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January 26

Ring in the new!

After many requests, and the recent changes on Windows Live spaces, I have decided to move our blog to blogspot. It is up and running at www.theluckiestmcbride.blogspot.com   I found a way to have a slideshow of pictures and even add some music! Now you can comment away and enjoy us just as much. I will keep this blog 'alive' for awhile since it still has lots of photos and videos to enjoy. See you over there!
January 21

Last video... for now

I've kinda run out of things to say. I never wanted to be a daily blog writer for the same reason I don't write daily in my journal. I personally tend to become too specific and miss out on the big picture. I talk about what I did this hour and what happened next and what I ate, when really those things get old afterawhile. So since this is the last video I will be updating the blog when a good story comes along or something eventful happens in our family. Oh, and for photos of course! Hope you've enjoyed all the videos so far.
 
The last one is of Cade singing. He really enjoys it, but it is hard to catch on tape.  
January 20

Alex!

So I've talked a bit about Dan and about Cade and even myself! Now it's time for what's new in the life of a 7 month old named Alex. I can't believe he's already 7 months old. We're nearing that age where he's been out of the womb longer than he was in! Here are some of the things Alex is doing.
  • Eating solids- squash, apples, pears, peaches and sweet potatoes (his favorite) so far! Soon to come, green beans. I've enjoyed making his own baby food for him and it has saved us tons of money. During Thanksgiving sweet potatoes were on sale, I made 3 trays of food for 39 cents!
  • Rolling over, in any direction
  • Getting up on hands and knees, hanging out for a bit, even rocking back and forth, and then flopping out. He's so close... but i'll take every day i can without him crawling. He has a very determined spirit, so if there's something he wants he goes for it 100%. I can only imagine what that'll mean when he's actually able to move towards what he wants
  • In most cases he is now sleeping through the night. Last night i didn't even have to get up and put him back to sleep! It only took 7 months!
  • His favorite toy, a toy piano.
  • What makes him laugh the hardest? Cade
  • His favorite place to be? In Cade's room
  • His general mood? He's happy until he's sad. He hasn't quite figured out the in between stuff. I'd say he's about 50/50.. still cries quite a bit. Still it's better than it was a few months ago, thank goodness!

With all that in mind, today's video looks like it's going to be about Cade, but Alex does what he does best. Cry and whine until the attention is on him.  Only one video left after this one! 

January 19

Bartering my goods...

Sometimes you need someone in your life who will do things you never would.  We walked around an antique store Saturday with Jenn, who works with Dan, and I saw this set of russian dolls (the ones that stack inside themselves) that were Santas. Cool, huh? Well they were $60, and that seller's stuff was 50% off. Still a bit expensive so I didn't give it another thought. Jenn bought an item and asked the seller again if they'd go any lower on them, maybe $15. He had seen me looking through old piano music and asked if I played. She said yes. He said he would give them to me for $8 if I would play two songs on the piano. Crazy, huh? I played a couple songs (or tried to anyways.. i do MUCH better with music in front of me) and he wanted me to teach him the first, maple leaf rag, and I tried my best. Then I got the dolls for $8! I guess I need to step outside my comfort zone every once and awhile huh? As Dan said, "Jenn, you're awesome. You managed to embarass my wife and get her something she wanted in a half an hour!"
 
Today's video is a good way to start the week. There's nothing better than a laughing baby!  
January 16

Brrrr....

I know I have little room to complain when most of the nation is in single digits or below, but when it's 24 in virginia beach that's pretty dang cold! I've had a long day with Cade today so I really have no energy or much time to compose much of a blog. I just wanted to post a video for ya. Enjoy! I'll post again on Monday.
 
Today's video is of Cade and Alex opening some presents. We forgot to get the camera out during our Christmas so this is the day after Christmas when G'ma Kathy's gifts came! :)  
 

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