Mother Nature Has PMS

There has been a lot of talk lately of doomsday, the end of the world and my personal favorite "God is punishing us." I think I have figured out what is really going on in the world and it's natural disasters; Mother Nature has PMS.
It is quite simple you see. When I was in college I took a geology class from a professor that was old enough to know how dirt was made. He was quite the kook. His favorite line to say to the class was, "In geology time, 1 million years is like one year in our time." He reminded of this time line every class period. SOOOOO, if that is true (and I assuming it is because he saw how dirt was made ya know) and PMS usually lasts around a week, then for the next 20,000 years the earth should be seeing an onslaught of tornadoes, earth quakes, tsunamis, blizzards, ice storms, flooding, mudslides and other weather related issues. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am convinced! A full blown blizzard, two earthquakes, tornado watches and an ice storm within one month, that is just here in Oklahoma. We all know what has happen around the rest of the US and around the world.
Here is proof from the most recent PMS outburst. Rain, freezing rain started on Thursday. By Thursday evening it was all snow. It snowed until Saturday morning. Totals were 1/2-3/4 inch of ice and about 7-8 inches of snow. At one point there were 140,000 people without power.

Friday at 9:15am. Freezing rain had covered our bushes.

Friday at 9:15am. Snow is falling and at times, really large flakes.

Friday at 12:30pm. Growing amount of snow on the bushes.

Friday at 12:30pm. Snow continues to fall.

Friday at 12:30pm. Berries are frozen solid.

Saturday at 2:30pm. Large icicle from our roof.

Saturday at 2:30pm. Our small tree bending from the weight.

Saturday at 2:30pm. The final amounts of snow on the bushes.

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I wrote this post on Monday and never got any pictures to go with it. I am going to post it otherwise, it may never get done.....

It has been a crazy couple of months in this household; lots of things going on. Madison has been practicing honor choir twice a week after school. This will continue through the month of February. She is also preparing for her first dance competition coming up in less than three weeks. We had dress rehearsal a few weeks ago and that was okay, only some minor costume adjustments. Tonight after honor choir practice she has a two hour practice (it is usually just one hour). She will be worn out when she gets home!

Spencer has decided that he can say words now. It is hard to imagine that two months ago, he said less than 5 words. That has definitely changed! Some of his new words include:

• Haree (Harley)
• anyou (thank you)
• ub yooooooooo (love you)
• oxs (socks)
• shoe (says this really good)
• ju (juice)
• ruu (fruit)
• puppeee (puppy)
• issee (Sissy)
• ba (bath)
• baaa (ball)
• nack (snack)
• ootbaaa (football)
• nana (banana)

Other words are coming along as well. He doesn't bobble when he walks or tries to get up anymore and his balance is overall much better. He can cruise through the house fairly quickly on those two little legs.

He is also growing taller and heavier. It seemed like overnight his t-shirts didn't fit him anymore. His belly began to hang out and that just isn't attractive at any age. Thank goodness all of the long sleeve t-shirts are clearanced right now. Gotta love JC Penny t-shirts for $2.39!

Spencer loves to take things out and put them back in. It doesn't matter what it is. He will take laundry out of the baskets and throw them all over the floor. He will always clean up after himself and put the clothes back in. Unfortunately, his sorting technique needs some work. He also likes to help put the clothes into the washer, out of the washer into the dryer and out of the dryer. Now, if I could only get him to fold and put everything away.

Grandma's Visit

My mom was supposed to come visit at Thanksgiving, but because of the nasty H1N1 flu, she couldn't make it. Thank goodness for government holidays! She was able to make it for a short 3 day weekend visit. The kids had a blast and I think she did to.

Spencer and Grandma Connie playing outside with sticks and grass.

Grandma and Madison posing for one of the few shots that Madison would let me take.

Spencer and his beloved football. Gorgeous day in the 60's!

Spencer discovering Grandma's water bottle. MMMMM good!

Spencer giving kisses to Grandma Connie.

Spencer sharing his food...sort of. He would act like he was going to give it to Grandma and then quickly put it in his mouth! What a little stinker!

Play time on Grandma! He would climb up over and over again to get turned upside down.

It was a good weekend. My mom learned to play the Wii, hilarious! She loved up on her grandkids and we did some shopping to boot! Good times!

Bobble Head

I'm not quite sure where Spencer learned this "bobble head dance," but it is very funny. He started doing it spontaneously in his highchair and hasn't stopped. So, enjoy the 30 seconds of "Spencer the Bobble Head" doll.

Graduation

We attended Justin's graduation reception at the University of Oklahoma last night. The reception was very nice and it included about 30 graduates from the College of Engineering. It was a short and sweet ceremony, which was nice because Spencer wanted to sit with daddy, but couldn't.
Madison looked so nice last night. She was sitting snacking on the good food and waiting for the presentation to begin.

What a great picture of Spencer. This was the ONLY picture of him that he sat still long enough for me to take. He was constantly moving and squirming. When the presentation started, he was not a happy camper. He could see Justin sitting amongst the other graduates and that is where he wanted to sit. I ended up walking around and bouncing him most of the presentation.

Madison took over the camera since I was busy with Spencer. She did a good job considering that there were many taller people standing in her way. This is Justin accepting his degree from the Dean.

Justin's cap and gown were easy to get on, but trying to figure out how to put on the yellow sash was not so easy. We had to enlist the help of our friend Shyla, who graduated from law school in May. Thanks so much Shyla!

As you can see, Spencer was not in the mood for picture taking.

We celebrated with tons of food:

• little smokies
• BBQ meatballs
• cream puffs
• cheesecake
• cookies
• cake (yummy cake made by our friend Leslie)
• red velvet cake balls (delish - made by our friend Emily)
• chocolate fountain with lots of yummies to dip
• veggie, meat and fruit trays
• great wine and other adult beverages

We enjoyed the feast and sharing it with great friends and co-workers.

Some of the truly great friends that joined us, Clay, Shyla, Becky and Leslie. There were many others that attended and we truly appreciated everyone who came or stopped by.

It was a great night had be all. We are sooooooo very blessed to have such a great set of family and friends to support us. Justin deserved a great party and I have to say, I think he got one.

Look What I Can Do!

Spencer's new fascination is to climb! He has learned to hike up his knee and push off to get up on the fireplace or the couch. He has tried it in the bathtub and his crib. Thank goodness he has not yet achieved that goal.

He looks so proud of himself.

This picture was after climbing up and down from the couch over and over until his hair was electrified! I just knew I was going to get shocked when I touched him.

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