What does love mean?

What does love mean?

This was a question that D'arcy posed to me at the lunch table one day. I searched for a philosophical answer, an answer that would capture the essence of the word. I started to ramble, and D'arcy stopped me and said, "No, Love means to give kisses and hugs."

True.

Boo!

Sometime after we came home from Tennessee in November, Julian decided that peek-a-boo was his favorite game which meant he played all day long. When I entered the room after his nap he said Boo (well his version actually sounds more like buh). When he would come down the hall into the kitchen he would yell Buh! He would go behind me, then come around one side and buh! then the other side and buh!

The doctor asked how many words he was saying. 4? 6? Let's see, thus far he can say, Daddy, Mama, D'arcy, Doggy, Begbie, Up, Please (we've only heard this one a couple of times), Ball, and Yeah. That makes 9.

Official Geek Family

Last Christmas, Stephen's mom bought us binary T-shirts that said Mom, Dad, and kid, respectively. Stephen sent the picture into ThinkGeek.com where the T-shirts were purchased, and they added us as the primary Customer Action Shot! Stephen was thrilled to say the least. Check us out at...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/8333/

Let the geek in you emerge.

Family Pictures taken in Tennessee

D'ar........................cyyyy

We are officially declaring d'ar.........cyyy as Julian's first word. Julian choose to honor his very best friend who makes sure that he is read to at night even when mommy isn't up to it. She's the one who keeps him giggling long after they should have been asleep and who frees him from the jerry rigged thumb sucking prevention bandage that mommy and daddy are forcing him to wear at night. Good choice, Julian.

Julian has also decided that walking is worth the pain and suffering. Yesterday, at the library, he spent about an hour and a half happily walking up and down the aisles. D'arcy was excited to get her stroller back as she has decided that walking isn't really worth the trouble.

Radio Flyer

Julian's new wheels! D'arcy is just as excited. We've been taking walks in the wagon a couple of times a week.

Pumpkin Patch

D'Arcy was adament that I needed a pumpkin to paint as well. Even after I told her that I wasn't buying another one, she somehow convinced the lady to give her one for free. I guess it was her cuteness factor.