I spent most of yesterday with my two nephews. Not much else happens when you're taking care of 3 boys all at once. Good birth control. haha! It just goes to show me I might want to take it one kid at a time, or drink more coffee, or, I don't know, take some kind of pills. No, I'm kidding of course. The boys were very well behaved and very excited for what was to come later that day: their new baby brother! On the way to the hospital, Matthew (the oldest) kept us pretty entertained, like he usually does. They didn't know if they were getting a baby brother or a baby sister, so we joked with him about the baby coming out with two heads, one being a girl head and one being a boy head. Of course he didn't believe us. We asked if he'd be excited if it had two heads. He said "No! Wouldn't you be horrified if YOUR baby came out with two heads??" What kind of 5 year old uses words like "horrified"? The same kind of kid who knows the word "antidisestablishmentarianism", the word almost every one thinks is the longest word in the English language. We just found out that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is actually the longest word in the English language. Found that out by looking up the definition of antidisestablishmentarianism. ANYWAY, all that to say- he's such a smart kid!! So enough of that, here's the newest addition!
Joel Christopher
He reminds me of baby Harry. What a cutie!! And, hey! Antidisestablishmentarianism was a SPELLING word for me when I was 7, so...
ReplyDeleteThat entire conversation with Matthew about the two headed baby had me hysterically laughing. Good way to wake up. And now I have to look up pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - even though I think I recognize enough of those prefixes (prefii?) to sort out some kind of meaning.
Give baby Joel a kiss from me. I can't wait to see him! And give cuddles to my favorite little one of the cousins - YOUR spawn.
P.S. Someday, when I take him to his first DMB show and give him his first live show CDs, and he is amazed and becomes a HUGE fan, you are going to be SO SORRY you didn't let me get him a shirt, cause he will be really, really pissed, I swear.
Anyway, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, JOEL!!!
i actually have a picture oh matthew the day he was born where they look DEAD on each other. that's why i chose to post this one. i have to email rae so she can see the similarities, it's scary. you can't see it yet when he's all scrunched up with his eyes closed, but for this picture he was looking straight at the camera with his eyes open, so you can see it here!
ReplyDeleteand pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis means lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust from a volcano. fyi.
You're a frakking genius.
ReplyDeleteGod, I miss you.