SUNDAY NEWS
May 17, 2009
Lori and Karl started a diet this week. The goal is not to embarrass and cause unnecessary psychological harm to the kids on vacation since we will be hitting the beach together. The last time Karl came out of the bedroom without a shirt on, Alyssa’s mouth dropped in horror and she looked a little shell shocked. Lori started talking about her hunger within hours of starting the diet. Lori believes she can feel herself shrinking. Karl believes it is going to be a long six weeks.
This past week Lori and Vayden had to go to the hospital for a special meeting. A startling outbreak has been observed recently at Chandler Regional Medical Center. 34 female employees of Lori’s Maternity Unit have developed full blown symptoms and been diagnosed over the past year. Both female nurses and 5 female doctors have been affected. This week Lori and Vayden met at the Hospital to document the outbreak. They all posed for a picture. The outbreak was pregnancies. 25 new babies have been born and 9 more are on the way. That is a lot of maternity leave.
Very Vayden
Vayden is mobile, on the go, and into everything. She is on a mission to touch and taste the whole world. She wants to pull Roxy’s shed hair out of her bed and get a mouth full. She wants to taste Karl’s shoes. If you leave your toes unattended for long you may find Vayden with her mouth around one sucking away. This week Vayden got a hold of the cord that Lori’s plugs her computer into in the loft and sucked on that. Unfortunately it was still plugged in and Vayden had quite a shocking experience. She is ok. She will crawl on carpet or hard cold tile to reach her objective. She has an attention span of about 3 seconds then it is on to the next object. She is on a mission and very determined.
Vayden has her first tooth. It is a bottom tooth. She is still a discriminating eater. We try feeding her a few bites of fruit and then sneaking in a spoon full of vegetables, but she looks at us like we are crazy and often spits it out. She is gets more cute by the day and has quite a little personality developing now. She is very vocal and likes to sing. There is a video of her singing on both Lori and Karl’s Facebook pages.
Completely Christian
Christian is counting the days until school is out which is this Wednesday. He has been going around singing Alice Cooper’s song “School’s Out for Summer.” Christian and Karl bought some new practice swords at Sam’s Club. One of them is a bow staff . . . or double light saber to Christian and Karl. Christian and his friend Tristian team up against Karl. Lori captured some unauthorized video of one of the battles on her new Flip which she got for Mother’s day. You can see this video on her Facebook page. Karl is realizing just how old he is getting and can’t believe how sore his right side and right lower back are many days after these battles.
Really Roxy
Roxy has become obsessed with chasing the cats that cross the back wall. She will even sleep outside now so as not to miss an opportunity. Roxy and Vayden are good pals and constantly entertaining each other. There is a video of the two on both Lori and Karl’s Facebook pages. You can also watch a video of Roxy talking. She becomes very vocal when someone mentions the word ‘walk’. Vayden crawls around chasing Roxy trying to get a handful of that long soft fur. Roxy is very patient and has accepted the fact that her indoor life now consists of getting up and finding a new spot to lay down about every 20 seconds so as to avoid the grabby hands of our little Vaydy Bug. Now and then Roxy will hold still and let Vayden get a handful of fur. Maybe it is because she likes hearing Vayden shriek with happiness and smile ear to ear.
Note from the Editors
We referenced Facebook for the first time in this edition. We know that some of you have been on Facebook for some time. It is an undeniably useful, easy, and free way to stay in touch and share pictures, videos, and much more.
