National Grantham

I’ve been meaning to put this up for a while. Here are some funny things Pierce says.

• He calls all birds Robinsons (he started noticing the Robins in our yard around the same time he started watching “Meet The Robinsons” alot)
• He refers to taking a bath as “taking a tubby”
• The other night I was lying down with him trying to get him to go to bed and he looked at me and asked me to “hold him softly”
• He is wearing real underwear to school now (no pullups) and he calls them his undies
• Similarly he calls his pajamas “jammies”
• He calls the main character from the movie “Cars” “Lightning The Queen”
• Heather dropped him off at school yesterday (his first day with undies on) and she was reminding him to let the teacher know if he needs to potty as they walked into the class and he shh’d her and told her, “Don’t talk about that so loud”
• He still calls Spider-Man “Fighter-Man”, but now prefers “Black Fighter-Man” (Venom)

There’s more but I can’t think of them all right now.

Josh

James has his two month checkup today. We’ll find out how much he weighs and how tall he is. I’d say he’s bigger than Pierce was at this age. He looks about like Pierce did at 5 months. My guess is that he weighs 14 pounds or so. I’ll update later with the final results!

Josh

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am 2 months old today and I feel there are some things we need to discuss. Don’t get me wrong…you guys rule…but I’m getting older now, and I’ve got needs.

List of needs:
• More diaper cream. I feel like you guys are skimping on the cream lately. Are times tough? What’s the story? And what happened to the Boudreax Butt Paste? I really liked that stuff.
• More 1 on 1 time with Pierce. I’m not sure but I think I could learn a thing or two from this guy. Granted, he has a habit of pressing me on the soft spot by accident but really, what do you expect…he’s 2.
• Would it kill you to throw some Nestle’s Quik in my bottle every once in a while?
• Mom…this one is directed at you. Look, I’ve got minimal to non-existent control over my hands and fingers. If I DID, I would snatch that remote and turn the channel to ANYTHING other than The View. Seriously…I’ve had it up to here (I’m attempting to hold my hand up to the top of my head, but I keep punching myself in the eye…you get the picture)
• And finally…2 words…BABY POOL. Come on. It’s hotter than a 2 dollar pistol outside. Can’t a guy go for a swim?

Thanks guys! Really…you guys are great. Don’t take this as criticism. I love you both so much…you know that.

James

Ok, I officially feel like the worst dad on earth. Heather was taking James out to her car to go to our neighborhood board meeting and I was standing in the doorway seeing them off. Pierce was eating his dinner in the kitchen. Heather was struggling with the carseat because I parked too close to her in the garage so I decided to go help her. We always have to close exterior doors behind us because Katie will run out if we leave a door open. The garage door is sort of stubborn though and you have to close it kind of hard to make it shut because it’s got a big seal on it. I swung the door behind me and it hit something hard. I turned around to see Pierce reeling in the laundry room holding his head. I had smacked him good. He started bawling and I felt his head and there was already a big knot coming up above his ear. We came inside and he was crying his eyes out. I apologized over and over and told him it was an accident. He got a push pop (he likes to get popsicles when he has a boo boo) and calmed down enough to talk to me. I told him it was an accident and asked him if he knew daddy would never hurt him on purpose. He said, “Yes, but don’t ever do it again! It’s not good! Tell Mommy not to do it too!” He then asked me to kiss it. Boy do I feel bad.

Josh