Jack or Brennan?
31 October 2008
30 October 2008
26 October 2008
107
I'm not going to lie. I am a bit over the whole blog thing. Life is busy. I am tired and sometimes I just can't come up with anything interesting to talk about here.
I know there are little moments I am taking for granted. Things that Brennan does to melt my heart. Things that Jack says to wow me. But the moment is fleeting and I let it float away unrecognized. I know this about me lately.
Life is complicated between work, politics, money ... it's hard to get super excited about anything.
Moment to note: Brennan is currently using my laptop as a tool for a joyful game of "hiya!"
Flip on the news ... housing is down, Americans are dying overseas, people are poor everywhere. It makes it hard to count the good stuff. 60 Minutes is reporting Greenspan wasn't as great as everyone believed.
We're all not sure what will happen in '09. Let's face it, we don't have much power to control it. That's got me worried. What is going to fix it all?
Who will run the country?
How will we stand internationally?
Will the housing market ever turn around?
But ...
Two healthy boys who continue to exceed all milestones set for their age.
Three new babies this year from friends and two more in-utero.
Two full-time jobs in an economy that lost 60,000 + this year alone.
Moment to note: Two little boys screaming "Daddy!" and running to the door as Joe walks in from Sunday evening work.
And yet sometimes it's still hard to remember the good things.
I know there are little moments I am taking for granted. Things that Brennan does to melt my heart. Things that Jack says to wow me. But the moment is fleeting and I let it float away unrecognized. I know this about me lately.
Life is complicated between work, politics, money ... it's hard to get super excited about anything.
Moment to note: Brennan is currently using my laptop as a tool for a joyful game of "hiya!"
Flip on the news ... housing is down, Americans are dying overseas, people are poor everywhere. It makes it hard to count the good stuff. 60 Minutes is reporting Greenspan wasn't as great as everyone believed.
We're all not sure what will happen in '09. Let's face it, we don't have much power to control it. That's got me worried. What is going to fix it all?
Who will run the country?
How will we stand internationally?
Will the housing market ever turn around?
But ...
Two healthy boys who continue to exceed all milestones set for their age.
Three new babies this year from friends and two more in-utero.
Two full-time jobs in an economy that lost 60,000 + this year alone.
Moment to note: Two little boys screaming "Daddy!" and running to the door as Joe walks in from Sunday evening work.
And yet sometimes it's still hard to remember the good things.
14 October 2008
106
I haven't had the heart to post something here and bump down that picture of Brennan eating cake. I am sure it will go down in history as one of my most favorites.
Went to Chicago this past weekend. MSU was playing Northwestern and it was the perfect opportunity to get out of dodge. Unlike Jack who is an amazing car traveler, B is not in favor of the car ride.
Somewhere along the way Joe and I made a silent agreement we would never expose our children to a children's music CD. Literally, our boys have never spent an afternoon jamming out to some crappy, cheery, high-pitched awfulness. Instead, Jack and Brennan have only listened to our CDs. The Cure was always a must have for traveling with J. B is currently favoring Radiohead and Outkast.
Brennan doesn't necessarily hate the driving. If we move steadily -- with no red lights even -- he can go with it. But get him in traffic on Lakeshore or in a standstill on I-94 just north of Kalamazoo and he's d-for-done. The slow-building shriek and tears won't end until traffic picks up until at least 60 mph. It got so bad I almost got sick of Radiohead ... almost.
B did. He didn't want food (completely unlike him); he didn't want "Hey ya!"; he didn't want his family to poorly sing him the alphabet song. He just wanted out. And today when we ran to Walmart, he let me know quickly he wasn't interested in riding in the car.
He's not shy when it comes to what he wants.
Went to Chicago this past weekend. MSU was playing Northwestern and it was the perfect opportunity to get out of dodge. Unlike Jack who is an amazing car traveler, B is not in favor of the car ride.
Somewhere along the way Joe and I made a silent agreement we would never expose our children to a children's music CD. Literally, our boys have never spent an afternoon jamming out to some crappy, cheery, high-pitched awfulness. Instead, Jack and Brennan have only listened to our CDs. The Cure was always a must have for traveling with J. B is currently favoring Radiohead and Outkast.
Brennan doesn't necessarily hate the driving. If we move steadily -- with no red lights even -- he can go with it. But get him in traffic on Lakeshore or in a standstill on I-94 just north of Kalamazoo and he's d-for-done. The slow-building shriek and tears won't end until traffic picks up until at least 60 mph. It got so bad I almost got sick of Radiohead ... almost.
B did. He didn't want food (completely unlike him); he didn't want "Hey ya!"; he didn't want his family to poorly sing him the alphabet song. He just wanted out. And today when we ran to Walmart, he let me know quickly he wasn't interested in riding in the car.
He's not shy when it comes to what he wants.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)