Taking Donations

of Cornstarch!!!! I want to do this....

Allow me to introduce....

In no particular order (because I don't know which is which) Donnie, Brent, Eleanor and Brenda. I actually think there is only one rooster in there, so I wonder if Donnie or Brent is going to be a girl....

Donnie is one of Jake's biggest fans. He is my Mother In Law's boyfriend and just LOVES Jake. He spoils him rotten. Jake loves hanging out with Donnie because what Jake wants... Jake gets... Donnie, if you're reading this I dare you to disagree.

Brent is Donnie's son, who is a great "big brother" to Jake.

Eleanor is a little girl in Jake's class. I tease and say that it is his girlfriend, because everyday just about they hug and I've seen a few kisses, too. She's cute as can be and her parents are so nice. She used to run up to me and give me a hug.

And everyone knows that Brenda is actually Tabitha. (Jake decided before the baby was born that her name was going to be Brenda. We don't know where Brenda came from as he doesn't know any Brendas. We have explained to him that he may call her Brenda if he wants, but that Mommy and Daddy and everyone else is going to call her is Tabitha. He is ok with it for now. He has tried several times to tell people that her name is Brenda but Mommy and Daddy just call her Tabitha...)

Jake and Tabitha spent the night at my mother in law's house Saturday. When we went to get them on Sunday these 4 tagged along. Donnie has been saying for a year that he wanted to get Jake some chickens to help teach him responsibility. That is fine because every now and then Jason decides he wants to hatch some chicks, play with them and then we would give them back to the people who supplied the eggs.

For those who do not have the benefit of being around baby chickens... They stink... They are cute as can be, but they stink. Also, because the weather isn't warm enough to put them outside and because we don't have anywhere outside to put them yet without the neighbor's dogs or coyotes eating them, they are in my house.. Actually they are on my dining room table in a rubbermaid tub. This is only temporary as Donnie has promised to return this week with a trough or bathtub or something to put them in outside. I changed the newspaper on the bottom of the tub yesterday morning and in just one day four baby chicks completely covered the new newspaper. Can you say Disgusting? They will probably stay inside for a couple more weeks until spring arrives and it stays warm enough for them to be outside permanently. Our dogs could care less about them, so they are safe in the house uncovered.

Future Blog post: In about a year I'll have a blog post entitled "Free Eggs". Stay Tuned! (that is IF they survive my 3 year old who doesn't watch where he walks)

Tabitha's 2 month Stats

We took Tabitha to the Dr. on Monday and here are her stats.

Weight: 10lb 3 oz (+3lb 4 oz since birth) (Slightly below Average)

Height: 22.75" (+2.25" since birth) (above average)

Head: 15" (I don't remember what it was at birth.) (Average)

She will be tall and skinny just like her...... well... I'm sure it's in the family genes somewhere....

She was healthy and happy and got 3 shots which made her very unhappy. She got one dose of vaccination orally and she even cried for that one. It must not have been the taste she wanted...

(brag alert) We have made several outings and pretty much at every one someone will stop in their tracks and tell me how beautiful or precious she is... Made me want to put her in a beauty pageant right then and there... just kidding... I know she is beautiful and precious... but much more than that I am just glad that she is a happy child. She and Jake will make a great duet of loving children. He is empathetic and compassionate and she will be one of those people who can turn the world on with her smile..... and I hope she doesn't get teeth for a good long time because nothing is funnier than a huge gummy grin.

She is starting to reciprocate smiles and is starting to "talk". She still has bright red hair (which has all but fallen out on top, but is abundant on the back of her head) and a small "strawberry" on her right eyelid and a much larger strawberry patch on the back of her head near her neck. Lucky for her she will have hair to cover the big one and I think that the eyelid one will fade with time and growth.

Her brother is still insisting her name is Brenda, even though we've corrected him numerous times. He calls her "Sissy" most of the time anyway. He LOVES her so much. He is constantly asking about her, hugging her, kissing her and being generally infatuated with her. He hasn't shown any jealousy toward her even though I can't respond to his needs as much as he would want me to. He HAS increased his whiney-factor by 564684651354%, though.

Life is good. Sleep is a distant memory. But smiles are-a-plenty at our house.

Karaoke Champion.

Jake isn't THIS bad (or good) but he is getting close. I think they need to turn CMT off every once in a while.. lol Enjoy this video. It's the cutest thing I've seen all day...

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1610699488?bctid=31812464001

I'm hoping to get video of Jake singing along to "Defying Gravity" off the Wicked Soundtrack. He's pretty good.... Repeats words he doesn't even know... lol