A little of everything

Wow, I have realized there's much to blog about that I have forgotten to mention! So now I will fill you all in. Bruce is walking. In December he started baby steps, 3 steps, fall down. Then it was 5. Then just after Christmas it was 7. Now he can go clear across a room and change directions. I think he prefers walking to crawling. You should see him try to carry stuff while he walks! It is so funny! He has three teeth on top and two on bottom. The last front top tooth is almost in but not quite. Bruce is very active and gets bumps and scrapes. He is very daring and helpful. He likes to play "crawl somewhere naughty so mommy will chase me." He giggles when I gets I way and I capture him. He says thank you when we give him something and when he gives things to other people or even Rocksy. Cracker was his first word, after mommommom an dadada. Uh-oh, all gone/ all done, too. He has understood these two phrases for a while, because when his food is gone I show him it is gone and say "all gone". And he quits fussing because it is all gone. If I think he is done but its not gone, I say all done, and he accepts that too. Sometimes we fib when we are eating and he wants our food. Then I go and get him his own. He loves big people food and baby food. He knows table is for food, and if Tessa is doing homework or if we are playing a game, we have to show him that we are not eating. Cooking is a problem, too, because he knows food comes from the stove but doesn't understand he has to wait, that it takes a while, so he gets whiny and in the way because he wants something to eat. I try to get the kids to play with him and shut the gate, but the kids let him come back to the gate and shakes it (he gets mad when he is locked out of an area that other people are in)- I hate this. So I may grab a jar of baby food and have Chantz feed him, or Tessa. Feeding Bruce grosses Austin out because it pops back out!

We won the lottery on Christmas Eve. What? And your still blogging? Yes, it was only a $100, silly! But ain't that cool? We didn't even check it right away. Oh! I have another one in my wallet I bought on Wednesday. I should get it. Wouldn't it suck to be the big powerball winner and just sit on it? We used it to put a down payment on our new bed we ordered from Koch's (pillowtop, no flipping... absolutely wonderful and will arrive on the 13th).

Damn I have 10 minutes left and I have to get Tessa up. Better hurry. Today is Bruce's first birthday and we are going to have cupcakes! Ma never called me back to tell me if she could come and I forgot to call her. She doesn't get off work till four, so I may have to call Bill and see if she decided yesterday. I told him it wasn't a big deal and understood id they couldn't make it; they live an hour away. (Which by Montana standards isn't very far-50mi, but it is still a pain to travel, you know?) Tonight Stargate SG1 and Atlantis come back on as well as the new Battlestar Gallatica. On SCI FI. I like these shows. I watch these three on Fridays and Gilmore Girls on Tuesdays. Otherwise its usually just HGTV, lol! Maybe Alias reruns if I am home at 2pm and remember.

Austin starts public school after the 16th, which is end of second semester. He will go from 9:30 to 1:30 to start, with science and English in the classroom and math and reading in the resource room, for now. Our goal is all day by the end of the year. Next year fifth grade is in the middle school so I want him to be prepared. Damn, 3 minutes. I have to go now. See ya later!