Ideas?

Does anyone have any ideas how to bribe a month old baby to sleep? I've memorized every infomercial currently on the air in the middle of the night. My favorite is the Magic Bullet blender thing. Though, the Proactive and other beauty product commercials are always fun.

James is 1 month old!

It's already been a month. Where has the time gone? He's about 8 pounds, maybe a few ounces less, and 20-something inches long. My sister Ashlyn made a scrapbook page on her blog for James. Click here to see it. He is a serious cuddle bug and adored by his brothers.

We love you James!

Family Game Show

Since I am nursing we are watching much more t.v. than usual. After dinner and before bedtime the Wheel of Fortune comes on. We have started watching this as a family every night. Kenny is the driving force behind this. When it starts getting dark, he starts asking when The Wheel will be on. We have a great time watching together. Nathan gets into pointing out the letters, and Kenny likes watching the money add up and identifying parts of words that he knows (for example, tonight one of the words had I_G at the end and Kenny said, "That word has an -ing in it.") Daddy and I like to beat each other to solve the puzzle. It's nice to have a calm time before bed. And the boys like to play pretend Wheel of Fortune. Kenny even buildt a wheel out of legos- complete with Star Wars people for the players.

Kenny-isms

I was upstairs and asked Kenny to bring me a glass of water. He comes up a few minutes later and loudly announces, "Here's the stuff you use to make milk!"

He Is Still so Tiny!

Almost 4 weeks old and he can still wear newborn size clothes. The 0-3 months drown him.This is one of my favorite little sleepers. It says "Everywhere a quack, quack" with a big duck and a line of baby ducks.

"Actually Mom..."

Kenny has a new friend at school. His name is Cody. Cody is 5 years old, almost six (because Kenny said you aren't very smart until you are almost six).

According to Kenny, Cody is the smartest person in the whole world. He knows everything. Unfortunately, he knows everything wrong.

Trying to contradict Cody will get you no where. After all, I'm just a grown-up. How could I know more than a kindergartner?

For example, Cody says that on your birthday you can choose how old you want to turn. It doesn't go in order.

Cody also says if you eat too many raisins that your stomach will explode.

And we mustn't forget that you don't have to brush your teeth because stinky breath will keep the bad guys away.

Just about every night at dinner Kenny says, "Hey Mom, did you know...(fill in the dots with some ridiculous theory.) After presenting his thought he says, "Do you know who told me that?"

Of course it is always Cody. And when I try to set him straight he scowls at me and says, "Actually Mom, you are just wrong and I believe Cody because he is the smartest." I try to appeal to his logic, but Kenny's logic is often stooped in his imaginary world that he lives in and therefore he can argue anything as possible.

I just hope this isn't a sign he is always going to be this influenced by his peers. We may be in serious trouble.

James' 1st Video