Fast Asleep

Megan fell fast asleep in her bean bag one night while we were cooking dinner. She wouldn't wake up to eat, and still wouldn't wake up to go to bed. We finally carried the bean bag to her room. She awoke briefly, and decided to sleep the night in the bean bag. I guess she slept great -- she was still snuggled in the next morning! I mean who really wants to fight all the battles...?

It's that time of year again

Chris found these and he and I found them comical (especially the first one)

Of course, as a house of two engineers working in a HUGE company (90,000+ worldwide), we have always found that Dilbert hit just a little too close to home!

Dinner time humor...

So tonight, we had king crab legs for dinner. Since we don't eat this much (I don't like seafood at all) we were not really outfitted for the meal. We don't have anything proper to crack the crab legs. Ok, in fairness, we don't have any kitchen items proper to crack the crab legs with, and we just couldn't find the pliers either. So this evolved into Chris hitting them with the handle of a butter knife until they were bludgeoned open [mostly] -- and Megan learning this process. Then Chris graduated to a hammer for a small stubborn section of crab leg.

I was able to capture a brief bit on video, which I will upload later because I am just too tired to go find my camera and deal with that right now! But I did want to capture a bit of the dinner humor.

Megan got herself a pretend hammer and was helping to "hammer" with Daddy (or on his arm). The conversation went something like this:

Chris, AnnaLisa & Megan at dinner

Bang bang bang
Megan, what are you doing?
I'm hammering Daddy. I'm hammering you.
Ok, be careful.
Wait, I have to get my [pretend] screwdriver....
click click [hand movements of a turning screwdriver]
Megan, what are you doing?
I'm screwing you Daddy.

[gulp] cough cough [hide that you are laughing]
careful, Megan....

Megan makes sugar cookies

megan makes sugar cookies , originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Ok, so today Megan had a fever, and it was a day of ice and freezing rain all day, so we stayed home AND in our pajamas all day. I swear I even made one attempt to brush or otherwise tame the crazy wild hair that she wakes up with (the back is always wild and unruly) although you could NEVER tell that from this video.

This was just so cute as she made cookies with Daddy tonight when he got home...

We have been working and working on her little Texas drawl (trying to get rid of it). SO far we have rescued the word "b-a-b-y" (which used to be pronounced "bay-beee". Lately we have been trying to reduce the word "there" to just one syllable (with very little success) so here at the beginning you get to hear her pretty Texas pronuciation. I mean she WAS born in FORT WORTH, and she does go to a daycare with a lot of good Texas folk! (and BOTH of her parents ARE native Texans too!)

Awwww poor kid

Megan is sick this morning. She cried at 5AM, and her Daddy went to check on her. He took her temperature and she has 102°F fever. So we got her medicine, filled up the humidifier, and I went to lay down with her. She told me "No mommy -- I'm still coughing, and I'll cough on you." So thoughtful. I told her that was "ok" I was her mommy. Then she said, "I kept coughing, so I called my Daddy and asked for medicine...and milk" We traded out the milk for juice that wouldn't make her cough, and she even took the yuckiest medicine without complaint. Such a big girl.

Megan's new dollhouse

dollhouse-3, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

This weekend, Megan finally got her new Christmas dollhouse up, she really likes playing with it! Thanks Nana and Papa! Thanks Daddy too for putting it together!

Megan meets Madison

Spoon on the nose

Spoon on the nose, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

Megan with her cousin Madison. After celebrating our LAST Christmas of 2008 (in mid 2009) Chris and Megan were teaching Madison the ever popular "spoon on the nose" trick. Madison is only 18 months, so she still has some time to practice. Chris has been practicing for many years now....! The girls had a great time together and really enjoyed it!

how to peel crawfish

how to peel crawfish, originally uploaded by homanhouse.

One of Chris's favorite things is Crawfish, and he has really enjoyed sharing the love with Megan. So for Chris's birthday, his parents often send him big box of crawfish. Usually a little late since the crawfish season isn't in full force yet. Here Megan learns to peel crawfish, and Chris learns of the meaning of sacrifice -- ultimately she out ate him, and he had to peel all of them (even hers!) such love.

Mmm crawfish

Mmm crawfish, originally uploaded by homanhouse.