I Am Going To Hold Him To It, Maybe

Boy Wonder: When I turn six will I be old enough to have a girlfriend?
Mama: What?! Why do you ask? Do you know what it means to have a girlfriend and not just a friend who is a girl?!
Boy Wonder: Well, how old do I need to be before I can have a girlfriend?
Mama: 16
Boy Wonder: (whining) No.... I don't want to be 16!
Mama: How old do you want to be?
Boy Wonder: 26

As of now I am perfectly content to be his main girl until he is 26 (since I really don't want to share him). But I know that someday he will (presumably before he is 26) want to date. But until he does his sister and I are his "best girls."

Sometimes You Just Have to Close Your Eyes and Rest...

Even if you are in the middle of eating lunch.

Ten Months and Yes, a Few Weeks

Baby Wonder is 10 months old. She is crawling all over, standing on her own for a few seconds, and into pretty much everything. She also

has gotten her first tooth (and after only 4 short months of teething?!) is waving, and heaven help us-talking. She says Mommmmmmaaaa, Dadddddaaaaa, hi baby, peekaboo, and some have even heard Grandpa.

She loves playing with Boy Wonder and laughing at him! The other day she even crawled over to where he was laying on the floor and threw herself on top of him an a bodyslamesque manner. She loves to dance and play with the toy guitars and signing into the microphone, and playing peekaboo.

At dinner you LOVE to run your food caked hands through your hair and have figured out how to use a cup which isn't surprising since you are so smart (genius really but I don't want to brag).

Happy Birthday Boy Wonder

I just can't believe that you are four years old today. On one hand it seems like just yesterday that you can into our lives, but on the other I have known you my whole life.

You are the most amazing little boy. You have a heart of gold and nerves of steel. Everyday you make the lives of those who know you brighter. Just knowing you make me better. You have a laugh that is contagious. You tell the best knock knock jokes (orange you glad I didn't write one). You LOVE sports, playing Wii (mostly sports games), reading books (your favorites are your name book, Horton Hears a Who, Are you My Mother, and I love You As Much As). Your favorite movie is Cars, and you love to watch the show Pinky Dinky Doo, Curious George, Handy Manny, and Barney.

I hope you never lose your courageous spirit. Never be afraid to try something because after all you never know what you will like, who you will meet or what you can become unless you dare yourself. Just remember that as your Mom, I will always love you and will try really hard not to worry too much (although I really wasn't kidding when I told you that you have be 21 to go down the big ski jump. I just don't think I could stand watching you fly through the air like they do.)

As you get older I hope that you will still think being with your family is fun. I hope that you and Baby Wonder will always be friends and look out for each other. So far you and she are off to a pretty good start and I can just tell that you are going to be a good team.

Always remember that you are a special gift from above and no matter how big you get you will always be my baby boy. So Happy Birthday to you Freddie , Rye Rye, Peanut Butter, Bruce (your puppy dog name), and Ryman!

I Love you and am so glad I get you be your Mom!

Mom, Ginger, Jelly, Momio, and Annabelle

And So It Goes

Boy Wonder had a little moment that he couldn't play outside anymore. He was having what we call the ugly cry. Snot running, tears flowing, red face, and beyond the point of reason.

Baby Wonder thought it was a little funny so she giggled. Boy Wonder did not find the situation to be funny. At all. He looked at her and said with the most serious look "It's not funny to laugh at somebody when they are crying."

And so we enter into the days were one laughs at the other, and the other isn't a laughing.

Happy Anniversary

The Wonder's would like to wish Great Grandma and Grandpa J congratulations on 62 years of wedded bliss!

Boy Wonder Hits the Slopes for the First Time

He had the time of his life! We are fairly certain that if an almost 4 year old could be a ski bum, he we would want to be one. If you watch carefully you can see him go over a little jump. The jump was the highlight of the day for him.