Andy's Favorite Daddy

So today I found out who Andy's favorite daddy really is. We were all playing in the living room and Andy was running down the hall towards us all yelling "Daddy, Daddy!" I was partly down on the floor when he turned the corner yelling "Daddy" again. All the sudden with a big smile on his face and his hands raised up high he screamed with excitement "Daddy" and started running as fast as he can straight towards me. I looked up and put my arms out to catch him and say "I love you Andy" when all the sudden he stops about 2 feet in front of me and bends down and picks up my old cabbage patch doll and gave it a huge hug and yelled "Daddy" as he turned around and ran back to the hallway.

Picture of Samuel

Today we went to the store looking for some shampoo for Asher. While there hanging on a wall was a nice round picture right at Samuel's eye level. He looked at it and then picked it up in amazement. With excitement in his voice he yelled, "Look mommy, this picture looks like me!" At the same time I saw him pull a mirror off the shelf and was asking him to put it back before he dropped it. :o)

Now the store was pretty empty at the time and all the cashiers were standing at their edge to let people know their line was open. Well, naturally my boys are babe magnets so Andy had to stop and talk with every one of them and tell them how old he was, and then all the ladies wanted to see the new baby too. Finally once Andy was done talking with all the ladies we headed to find Mommy and Samuel shopping but they had found us because they were already finished.

One Brother

Today before bedtime I asked Samuel if he had any brothers and he quickly answered "Yeah I have three." So I asked who they were and he thought for a while and then decided he only had one. So I asked who his brother was and he replied "Asher Thomas." I continued and asked him if he had anymore and he thought for a minute then said "No I only have one brother Asher Thomas." A little bit confused I asked him if Andy was his brother and he looked at me funny and quickly answered "No, Andy is my best friend."

Super Sonic Farts

So I have always thought the phrase "Super Sonic Farts" was just a lyric to a song until today...

Today during church both Samuel and Andy started acting up. Mommy had taken Asher to the back and Andy, who is becoming jealous because the new little brother is getting all of mommy's attention, started screaming and throwing a fit. Yes Gigi your grand child was throwing a fit during Church. Anyway it took a little while to get him to calm down. Anyway he started playing with the car seat and Samuel kept on wanting to go over and take it away so I kept telling him to sit down and being the good boy he was would, for about 5 seconds then get right back down and try to go over there. To make a long story kind of short, both boys got in trouble and had to sit in the naughty spot when we got home.

So we got home, Anndea turned on the washing machine, and Samuel and Andy sat in the naughty spot with Andy screaming bloody murder (hum I wonder where that phrase comes from?). Anyway mommy was in the bathroom with running water, Andy was screaming in the hall way, the washer was thumping very loudly and Asher Thomas and I were half way in the kitchen on the other side of everything when all the sudden Asher let it blow. Yes Asher farted and blew out a baby ton of poop! It was so loud it vibrated my arms and Mommy stopped what she was doing and yelled over all the noise "Was that Asher?" I at first could not hear her so I started walking to her and said "What" and she repeated loudly, "Was that Asher pooping?"

Needless to day there are such things as Super Sonic Farts.

Who will Buy It?

So the other day Samuel asked if we could go to Wal-Mart and get Whiff, for everyone who is not up on the latest Thomas the Tank Engine fads Whiff is one of the engines that is very rarely shown but Samuel loves him. Anyway I thought I would be smooth and replied "Ok, do you got any money to buy him?" And he quickly answered "No but Gigi will buy it."

The very next day I started preparing lunch for the boys and Samuel came running in saying "I do not want to eat hot dogs, I want to go to the PX and eat french fries and chick-Os." So again I replied "Sorry but I do not have any money." Samuel took a few steps back with a sad face and then turned around real quickly and said "Nana will pay for it!"

Yesterday while at the PX Anndea and the boys were shopping and passed by some Wiggles Cups and Samuel all excited aske "Mommy can I have the Wiggles Cups? Mommy will you buy me the Wiggles Cups?" Mommy replied "No Samuel you do not need any more cups." And Samuel with a smile or excitement still on his face said "Next time Santa's at the PX he will buy me the Wiggles Cups."

Pik-a-boo in Public?

So please let me know who thinks playing pik-a-boo in public with your kids is a socially acceptable activity and how do you go about playing it with your children? My boys love to hide under a blanket or pillow then pull it off of the other and say pik-a-boo!

Anyway while on this topic, my parents were up visiting the new baby and took us out to eat. Everyone was enjoying their meal even Asher Thomas. After a while of Asher feeding he was finished and Anndea was getting everything back together and had pulled the feeding blanket over her head so she could see what she was doing without showing everything to the whole world. Well Andy, who was sitting in a high chair, thought it would be fun to play pik-a-boo with mommy so he reached over and pulled the blanket off and yelled Ik-a-boo! Needless to say mommy was not playing and had not finished buttoning things up.

Where did the Name Come from

Ok today I got a nasty email from my mother-in-law because I have not posted in my blog lately. I apologize to all my boy's fans for the lateness.

Anyway a few days ago my wife was out and about with the boys and a lady asked what the newest addition to the family's name was and mommy answered Asher. The lady then replayed "Oh Asher is cute, where did you get Asher from?" and Samuel quickly answered "From the Hospital."

Adababy Itsaboy

Hey Everyone I just thought I would post a few pictures of Asher Thomas Jordan this morning or else I would not get around to it for a week or so so enjoy.

After a long excruciating 90 minutes of labor (or what she originally thought was needing to take a dump :o) he popped out. She made it to the hospital this time but never made it off of the ambulance bed, and when the doctor came in he said "Oh.... congratulations."

Name: Asher Thomas Jordan
Date: Sep. 10 2008
Time: 0137
Weight: 8 lbs. exactly
Height: 21 inches
Hair: Needs it Cut

Samuel already burning rubber!

So today Samuel learned how to burn rubber and man did it ever stink! To make a short story long let me explain. It all started on Monday night when I was working diligently on finishing a website before Anndea had the baby. I stayed up til some time after three in the morning writing, editing, printing, and marking up php web code. Finally I got the program to do what I wanted it to do but I did not have a nice look for the site so I decided to go to bed and finish it up later.

Well I was so tired from that night that I was not able to sit down awake again until Thursday night. So I sat down and added the nice look and feel and email text to the site, but then the server was having problems sending the emails so I had to develop a work around. Needless to say I was up again but this time until 4 in the morning coming up with a nice work around. So I hit the hay without brushing my teeth (yuck)! Last night Anndea left her car keys sitting on the kitchen table instead of hanging them up on the key rack.

Anyway this morning my boys decided to get up at 7 AM giving me less than 3 hours of sleep. Due to this I was extremely exhausted and layed on the couch dosing in and out. Dosing out when the boys were most quiet like out of the room and getting into trouble. Anyway the boys became quiet in the living room and I dosed off deeply and the boys wondered away into the kitchen messing with things on the table and managed to grab something and do something with it they were no suppose to do. Anyway this afternoon after I had pre-heated the oven, I opened it to put in their food and lying there on the middle rack was a rubber mouse pad that the boys always play with and 2 pot holders all mixed in with the wonderful aroma of burnt rubber.

The boys wanted to be a big helper this morning so they put the pot holders in the oven just like "Daddio" does and since the rubber mouse pad looks like one they added it and shut the door to the oven.

So moral of the story, always hang your keys up on the key rack or else someone might just go and burn some rubber.

Hurricane Gustav hits MO

Over the past 2 days we have had constant rain and cloud cover here. Today we did not get as much rain but it was a gloomy day. Yesterday at 5 pm the news said places south of us had gotten 6 inches of rain. I do not know exactly what we got because no news agency ever delivers news about our area, I guess it is because we are in the no mans zone, 2 hours from Columbia, 2 hours from St. Louis, 2 hours from Kansas City, and an hour and a half from Springfield so no one really claims our area.

When massive tornadoes are in the Springfield area all we see are tornado broadcasts blocking the TV shows but as soon as it gets 20 miles from us everyone goes back to their regular programs and we all run frantically around not knowing what is going on. Ok maybe not but it is annoying because I could have watch that hour of 24 that was blocked because I was not in danger yet. (I really do not watch 24 but I could not think of any other intense tv show to put there besides Word World :o)

Anyway, the hurricane hit Missouri with some strong force below is a picture of the nice big beautiful tree that used to be across the street from us. In fact this tree was such a healthy tree that it would stay green months after every other tree dropped their leaves (I personally think it is tapped into the sewer line that runs about 7 feet away from it).

Maybe we will get some of that disaster relief money that FEMA so kindly hands out. :o) I got 2 starving boys and a 9 month pregnant woman to take care of.

Anyway I have spent forever trying to figure out how to get the picture of the video camera and cannot figure it out so I will add it later on.

Volunteering

Many times I volunteer to help with things on post like the Family Building Programs or Red Cross. Through my actions I hope to set an example for my boys to follow. Today Samuel has started to show the first sign of recognizing what volunteering means and how it works. In fact he even spoke up before mommy had to even ask the question.

This afternoon mommy came down the hallway with her hair cutting tools in hand and before she could even ask who wanted to go first Samuel stopped what he was doing, stared at mommy and the quickly pointed his finger and said "Andy wants to go first." I tell yeah he has it down to an art. If there is something new to eat or drink he always lets Andy try if first. Oh what a good brother he is, he allows the younger go first and he even gives up his place in line so Andy can get his hair cut first.