Lilia 2.0

Lilia stared crawling Saturday, December 19th. This video is of her second successful attempt.

Crawler


*Update:  Google changed the way their URLs work in Picasa Web Albums.  Now they expire after 11 hours.  That explains why it would work for a while and then stop. The link above should take you to PWA.

Light Catcher

This was pretty cute.  Laura filmed Lilia trying to catch the light coming in through our living room window.

Light Catcher

*Update:  Google changed the way their URLs work in Picasa Web Albums.  Now they expire after 11 hours.  That explains why it would work for a while and then stop. The link above should take you to PWA.

Christmas Eve PJ's

Here is one of our Christmas Eve traditions. We read Luke 2 and then we open new pajamas. It is a lot of fun.

Snow in Dallas on Christmas eve

I told Mom that I ordered this snow just for her on Christmas eve I wasn't able to catch a shot of the snow when it was really coming down but it's still snowing here in the big D

New members of the family

Hi Everybody,
It is official, we have three new "members" of the family. We call them Sony TV, LG washer and LG dryer. The old TV was going out, and then one of the kids ran a magnet over it and killed it, so we got a new TV for Christmas. Then about a week ago the washing machine decided to run a river every time it was being used. It was 13 1/2 years old and was really tired. It has now gone to the old washing machine grounds in the sky. The dryer was getting older and someone in our ward needed it more than we did, so she now has it. I am grateful for the job that I got. Now we can pay off the new "members" of the family in time. I hope to take pictures and post them, but one of the kids unplugged the camera and the battery is dead. When it is up and running I will try to post them.

Love you all,
Connie

Octopus video

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091214-octopus-carries-coconuts-coconut-carrying.html

This was shared by someone in one of my classes. Octopi are really smart and this is a cool video showing small octopi using coconut shells as tools to hide and then taking the shells with them.

Dante's progress in the "mobile" department

We had a request for some video of Dante crawling, so I've uploaded a few videos of Dante crawling and "walking". Dante crawls like crazy, but it isn't his favorite form of transportation. He still prefers to walk just like he did before he figured out how to crawl. He used to hold on with two hands to which ever adult would help him walk, but now he likes to just use one hand. He is getting more stable every day although he still has a little work to do before he can walk by himself. Not that he hasn't tried. We have to watch him closely because if he is using the couch to walk (or some other object) when he gets to the end, he just lets go and tries to keep walking. He thinks he can walk already. He's only 8 1/2 months old. I think he'll be walking around 10 month if not earlier.

Crawling Dante

Here is one of Dante crawling.

Here is another Dante clip

Video attempt

Attempt at adding video.

Bears playing hockey

Uhhh.... I'm surprised they can even skate much less take shots.

To a nerd like me this is pretty neat

The NY Times article discusses some of the highlights of this report about how much information the average American consumes.

First day at work

Well, it was my first day at work. I am now a reading aid at Diamond Ridge Elementary. I work from 11:30 to 3:00. Isaac is in preschool from 12:45 to 3:45 so we miss syncing our schedules by about an hour. One of my good friends has her son going to preschool at the same time so she has Isaac for that hour, and then I am able to pick him up after he is done. I have a lot to learn and I hope I get it down quick.

I am still doing medical transcription in the evening when it is there. Just wanted to update you on what was happening here.
Connie

She's asleep...

I know - it doesn't really seem like it given the vice-like grip on both crib and bag. She fell asleep this way for her nap today.

Thanksgiving Break

What a Thanksgiving break. The plan was to go to Idaho for Thanksgiving this year. Nathan had a fever on Sunday and Monday, but nothing after that. I called my brothers and sisters who were going and they said it was okay. So we drove up Wednesday after Isaac got out of preschool. About 10 minutes from my mom and dads house, Isaac said "mom, I have a headache". That was the first clue that Nathan was getting a fever earlier that week. We got to my mom and dads house and took his temperature. He had a fever of 100.4. Well, we had a quick dinner of Spagettios that night, and got back in the car and drove home. The next day, Isaac had a fever of 103, so we made the right call in going home. We have had a very relaxing vacation, (once we got past the fevers and driving for six hours in one day), as the pictures attest to. Jarom is laying in the sun with Caleb (the dog), Jacob is on the couch, Erin and Nathan made a fort and slept in it Thanksgiving night. It has been fun.