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this is how zeke rolls

Zeke rolled over 4 times tonight - and he's only 3 weeks old! His big brother did everything early, culminating in walking at 9 months so we were hoping this one would take things a bit slower. Well, I guess we can still hold out hope that he'll be a little more even tempered.

dance fever

Joel took Annie and Jonah to Annie's school dance last Friday night. Evidently, Annie spent the whole time dancing with her friends and chasing boys. Jonah wouldn't leave Joel's side and they danced the entire time. Meanwhile, Zeke and I had a very peaceful evening at home.

3.5

dinner...

in a pumpkin.


We've had friends bringing us meals all week and this one was pretty cool. Not to mention really yummy. Beef stew cooked inside a pumpkin.

countdown to 270

random pics

From the past week...


Saying goodbye to Grammy & Grampy.




We really need a bigger bed!


Just chillin'.


Story time.


Sleepy time.

halloween

Taking a little rest during the Halloween parade at Annie's school.


Annie was going to be a princess and Jonah was going to be Darth Vader until they got their matching pajamas. It's definitely more fun to trick-or-treat when you can glow in the dark!


Getting ready to hit the neighborhood.


Scary skeleton counting his candy.


Trying to decide what candy to keep and what candy to leave out for the Sugar Sprite.

zeke judah

28 October 2008
9:55 AM
9 pounds 7 ounces
20.5 inches

at the wurst fest

Which, incidentally, is the best name for a festival. Ever.

Jonah and the ever fabulous looking Soren.

Annie scooting up the rock wall.

and now for some random pictures...

Because it takes me months to upload pictures off my camera.

At the zoo with Dylan.

First day of 1st grade. It was a bad morning. Something about her shoelaces not looking pretty enough after being tied.

A week later. You can see we've switched to non-lacing shoes.

Blackberry picking.

and the winner is...

Barack Obama. According to the kids at least. Evidently, those kids are usually pretty accurate.

Scholastic released the results of their kids election poll and Obama received 57% to McCain's 39%. Of course, you can't leave out those write-in votes for Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers! The interesting thing about the poll is that it has been correct in every election since 1964.

Can you hear the cheers emanating from the IslandFourSoonToBeFive household? Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!

Annie has been learning about the election in school this week and she's excited to go to the polls with us when we vote. We found a Electoral College map that we're going to print out so she can color the states red or blue as the results come in. We'll even work on those math skills as we add up to 270. It could be a late night.

i can't wait!

I am SO going to make this for Thanksgiving this year! I mean, honestly, turkey and bacon. What could be better? And while I'm at it, I think I'll make this for Joel. Annie and I will probably eat an entire pumpkin pie by ourselves. That's assuming I have any room left after stuffing myself full of that turkey, my grandma's wild rice dressing (I might have to add some bacon or sausage to that this year) and garlic mashed potatoes. Oh, I really can't wait.

In the meantime, Jonah and I need to go make banana bread.

my surprise weekend away

Michelle.
Andrea.
Dairy Queen.
Sequim.
No kids.
Sleeping in to 10:00.
Oak Table (French toast and bacon!).
Big leather recliner.
Watching the Michigan game.
Shopping.
Sitting around reading magazines in the big leather recliner.
Candy.
Going to a movie.
No kids.
More shopping.
More magazines.
Watching Tina Fey on SNL (while sitting in the big leather recliner).
Sleeping in to 9:00.
No kids.

moment of panic

Jonah is our computer hacker. Or, a cracker as Joel calls him. It's seriously scary. When he was 6 months old we caught him pulling letters off of Joel's work laptop. Joel had to type without the "m" key for two weeks. Then there was the time he managed to push a random serious of buttons on the Mac which turned the monitor into a high contrast negative (imagine your screen looking like an old photo negative - remember those?). It took Joel two days to figure out what he did and how to fix it. The worst damage was to my fairly new MacBook which took a blow to the screen with a sippy cup and has never been the same (we now have to look at everything through a sort of purpley-greenish haze). He has broken two keyboards and somehow managed to break the recharging port for a laptop so it can no longer charge (or therefore work). You'd think we would have learned our lesson by now.

I just left the computer for less than a minute and came back to see that he was about to sign up me and ALL my Facebook friends for some sort of game called World Domination. It seems I have rallied 500 infantry soldiers to my side and am now posed to start my conquest. Luckily, we caught him right before he hit the "conquer world" button. We hope.

new discoveries

Jonah and Annie were hanging out in the bathtub tonight when we suddenly heard Jonah scream in his loudest, most excited voice, "Oh my goodness! I TOOTED and it made BUBBLES!"

jonah's bff

Jonah and I were reading a kid's magazine tonight and it had an article about friends. It went something like this:

Name a friend who...
- is taller than you
- makes you laugh
- has long hair
- is good at sports
- likes to dress up
- likes ice cream
- likes to draw
- has a pet

Jonah's answer to every single question was, "Soren." Even the last one, though she doesn't have a pet. His answer was, "Well, Soren doesn't have a pet."

Then it asked who his best friend is. He said Soren was his best friend because, "She's nice. She doesn't hit me. I like to play with her with her toys. She likes me and I like her."

I found a picture of the first time Soren and Jonah met. She doesn't seem to be too impressed with him:

final countdown

Only 4 weeks left. (The freaky floating alien baby on the right is technically wrong since we'll have a c-section at 39 weeks.) Anyway, 4 weeks. Crazy. We need to figure out how to shove his car seat in between Annie and Jonah's. We need a middle name. (Any ideas?) Jonah needs to start staying in his bed all night. (We're really not holding out hope on that one.) We need to update this blog. (There are pictures sitting in the camera from August.) We need to find Z a Michigan shirt. (How 'bout that game on Saturday, huh?) Can't believe we're going to have 3 kids. Annie is practicing putting diapers on every stuffed animal and doll she owns. Jonah is still certain the baby will share a bed with him. I'm attempting to stockpile sleep. Joel is crazy busy and ready to trade work for sleepless nights. 4 weeks seems like a long time right now.

the things jonah says

While playing with his Star Wars Legos:
"I'm gonna build this ship and it's gonna be so cool. Watch me. It's gonna be so freakin' awesome!"

Later, at dinner.
Joel, referring to Jonah's horrible haircut and wondering if we should have it fixed:
"What do you think? Should we take him back?"
Jonah, with a look of horror on his face and not understanding Joel was referring to the hair salon:
"You're going to take me back?"
Joel, not catching on:
"Yep."
Jonah:
"Don't take me back!"

nevermind

Annie was helping me put stacks of CD's back in their cases tonight when she came across a Nirvana case. I thought she would have some comment about the naked baby, but all she had to say was, "Look mom! There's money in the water!" Jonah wanted to know if it was a picture of him.

Speaking of that album cover, Joel heard this interview on NPR a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty interesting. Joel has fond memories of that album. Nirvana introduced him to Seattle, kept him away from hair band music and helped him survive volleyball road trips (it was that or the "Christian rap" that was playing in the van). Incidentally, the top 3 events that have shocked him the most are:
1. Space Shuttle Challenger
2. 9/11
3. Kurt Cobain's suicide