A Few Cute Stories...

We've been so busy with our big move that I haven't had a chance to update the blog but did manage to remember a couple of cute stories that have happened over the last few days...

Story #1
Luke is a big waver. Everytime he sees someone, near or far, he waves and says "hi." Even if you just walk out of the room and walk back in five seconds later, he will turn and wave and say "hi" like he hasn't seen you in days. Its hilarious. What's even funnier is that he has two kids of waves. Wave #1 is a real low wave that is down by his hip. Wave #2 is when his arm is full extended and he just flicks his wrist up and down. So the other morning, I'm laying in bed in our new house. The door to our bedroom is freshly painted so it sticks just a little bit when you open it. All you need to do is the push the door just a bit harder for it to open but Luke didn't know that. The door was opened just a crack and Luke puts his entire face in a 3-inch crack and starts chanting, "Momma. Momma. Momma." I peek up at him and say "Morning, Lukey." In response, he removes his head from the 3-inch crack and sticks his hand through and gives me a wave (specifically - wave #2). It was a riot!

Story #2
Emma and I were driving to Jen's this week and she asked where her cousins, Hailey and Kenzie, were. I explained that they were in South Carolina, visiting their daddy. Emma asks, "I thought Uncle Mikey was their daddy." I go on to explain to Emma that before Uncle Mikey, Erin and the girls daddy lived in South Carolina and that at some point, Erin and the daddy decided not to live together any more. I further explained that she met Uncle Mikey and they got marrried and now Uncle Mikey is the girls' stepdaddy. She then wanted to know why Erin and the daddy didn't stay together. I give her a lengthy explanation that some dads and mommies decided not to live together but they still love their kids very much. I told her that she doesn't have to worry about her mommy and daddy because they love each other very much and love her and Lukey and that we'll always be a family. At this point, I'm pretty proud of myself because I have reassured my impressionable child that her parents are very much going to stay together. After a long pause, Emma says, "So... who's my stepdaddy?"

Story #3
Last night at dinner, we were discussing the big move and Emma asked Casey if he had ever moved before. Case goes into how he used to live in Athens during college and that when Emma gets older, she will move away and live somewhere else. So, for our own amusement, of course, Casey and I start telling Emma that she can go to ANY college that she wants to in southeast Ohio and that we will help her move into her new place one day. Emma starts getting all weepy and sayss that she doesn't want to live anywhere other than this house with us and that she wants to live with us forever and forever... and then she breaks into tears. Casey and I stare at each other with big eyes and then, all of the sudden, Lukey starts chanting "Ever! Ever! Ever!" at the top of his lungs. We finally got her calmed down but to hear Luke just screaming "forever" over and over was hilarious!

Those are all the stories for now. Hopefully once things calm down, I will be able to post some pictures of the new house!