I am dying over Drew calling Bella "it!" So who fussed the most at him over that one?
I truly wish we had video of Brooklyn reading to Bella -- I bet it was adorable! Did she make up her own version of the story?
We just laughed at him. You'd have to know Drew. We laugh at him a lot. He's got his things he likes and is good at, and then everything else just doesn't need to exist to him.
Brooklynn can recite those books word for word. She has a memory like you wouldn't believe!
Jill, the people want a video of her reading a book. I think you should oblige me...um, I mean them.
You'd just have to know Drew to know how uncomfortable he was. At this point, I can't ever see him having a child of his own. He'd just grunt at 'it' when it was tiny and grin at 'it' as it grew.... from afar, and there would be NO diaper changing activities!
He's about as comfortable with babies as I am with a car engine, and I can assure you that is not very comfortable. At least he does think a baby is cute, as long as he doesn't have to touch it! I'll tell him things Brooklynn says or does, and he'll grin or sometimes even give a snicker.Brooklynn will often say, "You calm her down, and then I will hold her."
She's not against holding her while she's screaming, but she prefers the calm version of Bella.
"ok take it now"
Maybe he meant "ok, take the picture now"?
I can't really say much though, cause when it comes to babies, Patrick is more comfortable with them than I am....they make me nervous and I feel out of my element....
No, he definitely meant take it, as in the alien object that he was being forced to hold that makes noises and puts out a gross smelling product from various body parts.
I can assure you that that is what he meant!
oh, bella is just NOT havin it!
he reminds me of a young ray. the first time ray EVER held a baby was when his nephew was born in 1996 and ray was about 25 years old. and the first babies that any of our friends had, he would like lean away from them because he said they were "contagious" and he made sure i didn't drink the water in their houses!!!!
oh, and that picture with trent and the girls is adorable.
Drew has been around kids all his life. Ever since he got here, I have been keeping kids in my home, in summer camps, at church, at school...
You'd think he'd have developed some kind of ability to cope with wee ones, but no luck so far. He still pretty much walks an exaggerated distance around them when he can!
Trent, on the other hand, voluntarily captures the girls and loves on them. It's just a matter of time before he feels like Bella is big enough to make her first official Bubby flight up high and into the air as he buzzes around the room and goes dangerously close to the ceiling fan while Jill and I gasp and say, "Don't hit the fan!" and he calmly says, "I've got it all under control."
Yes, that was a run-on sentence, but that is just exactly how it goes.
She's getting to be a big girl, and she's a good helper for her Mommy.
Thank you for the kind words. I think they are beautiful, and they are the most incredible gifts from God I have ever had!
Glad you enjoyed them.
Drew will acknowledge Brooklynn. He'll watch her do things and laugh at her. If the day ever comes when he volunteers to interact with her without coaxing, then we'll know he has arrived!
That bone is so weird looking. It sticks straight out the front of his shoulder.
Here's the Four Parks plan, as of now:
We're going to open Epcot and ride Soarin'. Whatever else we do, if anything, is just up to time.
Then we'll go to Cape May for a 10:05 brunch.
After that, it's off to the Magical Kingdom!
It's undecided what we'll do there. I'm fine with just riding the train around the whole park, but if we have time to ride a ride or two without much wait, I'm all for it. I'd like to ride Splash or Big Thunder, but it would depend on the wait times.
After that, I'm guessing Jill will be taking the girls back to the room for naps and then meeting me later at Animal Kingdom. Our thought was to watch the Jammin' Jungle Parade at 3:45. I'll be happy walking the trails until they get there. I'd love to do a safari, but I kind of hate to do that without them, so I'll probably just walk around and take pictures of animals and pretty flowers
and cool lights
and merchandise
and signs
and unusual cracks in the sidewalk.
After Animal Kingdom, we'll go to Hollywood Studios to eat mass quantities of food at Hollywood and Vine. I don't know if we'll have time for any other attraction before we go to Fantasmic.
So, as you can see, it's still going to be a very relaxed schedule with plenty of in between time. It's not like what one might think - riding two or three big rides and then racing for another park to do the same again and then falling out from exhaustion at the end of the day.
I'll be quite happy to share the day with my kids, hit every park for a few minutes, take lots of pictures, and manage to walk out of the Studios in the evening without falling flat on my face as I go to throw my trash away.
Being in Disney World on my birthday is very nice. I don't care a thing about my birthdays normally, but if I have to have one, then being in Disney World makes it special.
