Das brood

What are they up to these days, you ask? Here is where we are at:

Quinn-
Would be summed up with the word, "Stormchasers". Not sure who is familiar with the show by that name on the Discovery Channel, but Quinn is absolutely obsessed with it and I am wondering what other four year old boys are out there re-enacting tornado interception with their DOW (doppler on wheels, for those not in the know) and hoping for an EF5 tornado footage. What a geek!

Ewan-
Has some giant man hands on him... like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry's date cracks a lobster with her hands... rather like that. He is an eating machine who I reckon will be kicking Quinn's arse any day now. He is like a little professor who loves to study everything, especially doors and drawers. Open. Close. Open. Close. Fast open. Slow close. Slow open. Fast close. You get the idea. He also has quite a fine set of pimp teeth on him.

Noel-
Is a compete goof and has such a fantastic belly laugh, when he isn't shrieking with displeasure. Also a major dare devil/risk taker type, can be found standing on the kitchen table trying to access the giant tub of animal crackers, and luring the others into working in teams against me. Noel is the darkest meat of all the babies. Yes, I did just say that.

Mairin-
Is the laziest baby in all of creation but the best news here is that she is finally walking this month, just in time for her second birthday. The girl has some major rhythm and loves to dance and sign. Her rendition of Jingle Bells brings down the house every time. Not quite so literally as Ewan jumping and slamming his crib on the wall, but close!

The babies have all been sleeping in the nursery, each in their own crib, and it is so enjoyable to hear them in there chattering away and singing together. However, the cribs have been progressively been moved closer and closer to the middle of the room because the naughty babies keep pulling things off windows, walls and sockets. We are all class around here... looks so trash haha.

Blog address change

Obviously if you are reading this you have been made aware that I changed my blog address yet again, by Eddy's bidding... and if you know me, you know I always do what I am told haha. He was all concerned that by using our last name, some total nutter might suss out exactly where we live and come kidnap one or all four of our children, or some mix thereof. Ah hello?? Don't you think I was hoping someone would do exactly that? Might have to resort to auctioning them off to the highest bidder now, or renting them out to holiday parties, bar mitzvahs, birthdays, what have you...

Okay, so it makes sense and makes me a good and obedient wife at the same time, a win/win!

Happy Christmas?

Though the past few days have been very emotional, I still tried to put on a happy face for Christmas today as I know Quinn has been looking forward to this day for months... ever since they started showing all those toy commercials back in July it seems. His obsession this year was still train related, the Geotrax train and airport set, which Santa thankfully saw fit to put under the tree even though Quinn has been threatened on numerous occasions that Santa would not be coming if he continued being a naughty boy. Wonder how many years that will work for? Quinn did wonder how Santa was able to get our Thomas wrapping paper to wrap his gifts, and also why he left some scraps behind that the babies happened to pull out of the recycle bad whilst looking for boxes to play with. Damn babies! There had also been a tense moment at Costco a couple weeks ago when I was buying a set of DVD stories for the babies when Quinn was with which prompted a lot of questions. I do believe in the end he bought my explanation that Santa's elves had difficulty this year producing some movie related merchandise so Santa had asked me to buy this and help him out. He may kill is later when he learns the truth but for now it was good.

Emilie's passing

My dear friend Emilie passed away late on Tuesday night, with her husband at her side holding her hand. She will be sorely missed by so many, but most especially by her husband Stephen and boys, Daniel and Benjamin. Even in her passing she was always thinking of and caring for others as evidenced by the quote she wanted Stephen to share after she had passed.

"And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."

— Raymond Carver


One of my favorite pictures of Emilie on her wedding day, which was also the first day we met in person after more than a year corresponding online. I remember watching her walking down the aisle and she caught sight of me and said, "Kerry!", in this fantastically happy voice. It was such a wonderful day.
It makes me happy to know that Emilie was loved by so many.

It has been awhile, no?

So I have been exceptionally tardy in making any type of regular updates as of late, but I am here now, so suck on that!

I expect you all want updates of some sort as you are all incredibly selfish and it is all about you, you, you! I kid...
keep your knickers on.

The big news is that Quinn officially became a man today! I was making dinner and he came round to look and got waaaay too excited and shouted in the most and loudest voice he could muster, "BACON?!? I LOOOOVE BACON!"... rather like the Beggin Strips commercial dog now that I think of it. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was heart healthy turkey bacon. I am led to believe that intense love of bacon makes him an official man though. He actually ate some of the strata I made so I consider that my Christmas miracle.

Emilie

I know, I know, long time no blog... we can get into that all later.

There are many people who had previously read about my friend Emilie who was battling cancer whilst PG. Ben is 9 months old but Emilie is now in hospice care at home preparing to die. Please take a minute to visit her blog and let her know she is thought of or say a few prayers for her and her family.