Neglected Blog

Some of you may have heard about the ice storm here in Louisville a couple weeks ago. Fortunately, we had electricity the entire time, but I was without internet for a couple weeks, thus no blog updates. Here are some pics of the storm (which looks benign to you Chicago folks, I know). Keep in mind there was a layer of ice 3 inches thick underneath all of that snow:



Liam's buddy Will and his family crashed with us for a night during the storm. They were without power for almost a week! But the boys had fun together until Will's grandma's house became warm again. Sometimes when we're out, people ask Jessica (Will's mom) or I if these boys are twins. Here they are watching Elmo:

Liam is still loving "my baby", as he calls Grady. He's so funny and is talking more every day. He is enjoying school and talks about the lunch I pack for him all the time: "turkey manich, nola bar, apples, sometimes juice"

Grady has found his thumb, and it makes him an even more pleasant baby, if that is even possible! He is a darling child and I'm really enjoying getting to know his personality.

Chatterbox

Liam is hilarious these days...to borrow a term from a friend of mine (also with a 2 year old), he's "Captain Obvious". He likes to point to objects and name them. Driving in the car with him is a trip. Today we were on our way to music class and he was naming all the fast food restaurants we passed. "There's McDonald's!" "Chick-Fil-A!" We passed Best Buy and he said, "Ikea!" (they do kind of look alike) I swear we don't eat fast food that much, but he sure knows them all by name. Construction sites are fun, too. Like most little boys, he can differentiate between cranes, diggers, and bulldozers.

The newest funny phrase is "good idea". He asked me if he could play in the playroom (it's cold in there so we have to warm it with a spaceheater for a while before playing), and I told him that I would warm it up during nap so he could play later, and he said "warm up playroom. Good idea, mom!"

Mark thinks that we should start writing this stuff down...it's easier to forget when you've got two to look after!

Lookalikes

One of these was taken today, and other one in April of 2007. Any guesses as to which one is Liam and which one is Grady? I guess the hairline gives it away (and the fact that Grady's clothes are more faded because they've been washed a million times).

Here's another one of Grady. When he smiles, I don't think they look too much alike.

It's been a long week. Both boys are coughing and have faucet-like noses. And it's really cold here, for Kentucky anyway. I'm ready for Spring!

What a morning!

So far this morning, we've already been to the doctor because Liam has an ear infection. He also managed to puke all over himself on the way there. Then we went to Kroger to fill his Rx, but the drive thru was closed. So we had to go inside, which was a blast, let me tell you. After waiting 25 minutes for his Rx to be filled, we were informed that they didn't have the cough medicine in stock, but could order it for tomorrow. "Can you call another Kroger?" I asked. After calling four other Krogers (another 20 minutes), we realized that there is none in stock in the entire city. The kids that Liam got the cough from have probably used it all up. So we left cough syrupless, and will wait until tomorrow to get it.

And then Grady pooped all over himself in his carseat.

And it isn't even noon yet.

Oops

Tonight we packed up the fam and headed out to the home and garden show to gather ideas for our backyard overhaul this summer. We realized we were at the wrong expo center as we were walking up to the entrance...we had noticed a lot of cowboy hats and souped up pick-up trucks but failed to realize that we had actually shown up for a double feature of bull-riding and Hot Rod Mania. Needless to say, we were the only ones there in a Subaru station wagon. And the only ones (thankfully!) with a sleeping baby in an infant seat.

It would be even funnier if we had a) not paid $6 to park before we realized this and b) it wasn't too late at that point to really go to the home and garden show at the other location.

Oh well. Maybe next year.