My Human Thesaurus

Kira (making up a story and telling it to Trenton):

"...and when I woke up, I was astonished! I was flabbergasted! I was dumbfounded!"

(She might have kept going if her mother hadn't broken into laughter).

Anyone need to borrow my human thesaurus? She isn't very heavy.

Tessa @ One Year Old

Here is Tessa after her birthday party last month, with all of her fun presents.

She had her one-year-old check-up today. I thought I should share the stats:
weight: 24 lbs. 4 oz. (without diaper) - 90%
height: 31 1/2 inches - 100%

So she is still growing strong!

And strong minded! And strong willed! She is climbing on everything, tackling her siblings and dad, and flirting with old men at restaurants (I'm going to have to watch this one closely when she gets a little older) coming up with new stuff every day.

She says:
Ball (all the time)
Bottle (sounds a lot like Ball)
Bye ("")
Dad
Hi
Mom
*barks like a dog*

She signs:
nurse/milk
I want
more
bye

And she has gone from hating anything on her feet to having a major shoe fettish, fueled by these adorable purple ones given her by her aunts for her birthday. She always wants them on and proceeds to tap dance around.

Even if she isn't wearing anything else!

Election Day Trentonism

I had to take Tessa and Trenton in for some shots today (more on Tessa's stats later). Trenton was prattling on (like he often does) about school and Halloween etc. Out of the blue he says to the nurse, "my dad is afraid of 'Brock Obama.'" She started laughing! I turned a little red in the face. When the doctor came in, he repeated it (pronouncing Barak a little more clearly). She said she was a little afraid, too. (She must not like his Health Care Plan.)

You never know what they are going to pick up on.

Happy Election Day!

Attitude of Gratitude Month

So this blog has gotten a bit mixed up lately. Every summer I get thrown off-track by traveling, getting out of my routine, and taking lots of pictures. I always intend to get caught up by Christmas but it rarely happens this busy time of year. This year I have been focusing on building my other blog, and moving in, and keeping Tessa from destroying our new home, etc., so I am especially behind.

Regardless, I have been witnessing the power of gratitude lately, and I want to use this blog to help our family have an "Attitude of Gratitude" throughout the month of November. We are going to keep track of things that we are grateful for EVERY day, and I will periodically post them on our side bar.

I know this is a time of upheaval and turmoil in the world, but we have been greatly blessed, and I think it's always time to remember that--but especially in this month of Thanksgiving!

And look for random postings from current events, or summer, or whatever, and hopefully I will get it all sorted out some day when I print my blog book.