Gramma and Papa

He Dresses Himself

More Lucy; Fewer Creative Titles

Milestones...

The little one is semi-smiling and the big one is officially potty trained.

Videos

Click below to watch some videos (Warning: unless you are a grandparent, these may be a bit boring...)

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Cousins

Thirty Minutes of Calm

Lucy

Peaceful

Jack and Bones

Lucy with Kimmy and Nanny

He tells it like it is

For the eye-fixing-process, Jack now needs to wear a patch for at least an hour a day. Yesterday he had it on in the car and fell asleep he whole time. When we got home I explained to him at length that it didn't count as wearing it when he was asleep and that he needed to keep wearing it. I was fully expecting an outburst, but he simply said, "Okay, Bossy Pants."

Jack the Giant

Dad and Lucy

Neck of Steel

Fat Girl

I had to mark the date...

Yesterday was the first day Jack said, out of the blue while giving me a hug, "I love you." And I said, "I love you sooo much." And then he said, "I love you so much too."

It makes the twenty time-outs-a-day worth it.

"Uh Oh...Hat Guy..."

This is what Jack has been saying right before he puts this hat on. He's been sorting through some old clothes lately and found this. He thinks it quite funny.

Another thing he's been saying lately is (for example), "Did you bring my bike or no?" "Do you like this or no?" "Can I watch TV or no?"

At bedtime now, I tuck him in and then we talk for a few minutes. It's one of my new favorite things. He twirls my hair and we talk about what he did that day. Or he brings up the same story about how he and another little boy were shoving at the playground three days ago because Jack was there first and the other kid wouldn't give him a turn. This story has been brought up each night since the alleged incident. I love our conversations.

And he's still into his little sister. Click here for a recent video of the two of them.

Peaceful

Handmade with love from Nanny

(The quilt, not the kid)

Maybe she's hungry?

Videos

Remember how sweet those first videos of Jack and Lucy were...here's a true big brother: Video

And here's Jack doing 96% of the ABC's: Video

Ole!

She's awake!

She doesn't do much...

Guess which one of us is saying "cheese!!"

Big Brother Jack Videos

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Relaxed...

First Bath

"I Will Protect Her."

Quote from Jack within ten minutes of seeing his baby sister for the first time. After 12 days in the NICU, Lucy's home.

Pics from the NICU

Welcome to our world, Little Missy

Lucy Jane Povondra

Born 1/7/09

5 lbs, 18 inches

Christmas Morning

Click here to watch a video of Jack checking to see if Santa really did show up...

Five minutes prior to Crabby Christmas Meltdown

Hour 27 of Playing Diggers and Trucks

Preparing for the Big Day

He's just missing a gold chain.

Making Tissmas Tookies in his Halloween Shirt

We Thought They'd Make Him Look Smarter

Thanksgiving in Austin

Funny Kid

Jack and I went to the playground today and when he gave me some fresh-baked pizza (aka "mulch"), some of it fell on my shoe. He immediately cleaned it up and then said, "You're all set, Missy."

I'm a Music Guy

We recently found my grampa's old harmonica and Jack has become quite attached to it. He calls it his "harmoncica." The other morning he started playing it and then he said to me, "I'm a music guy." Later when I asked him to pick up his toy measuring tape, he said, "I'm a music guy, not a tape guy." An hour later when I told him we needed to cut his nails, he said, "I'm a music guy, not a dirty guy."
Click here to see a short harmoncica concert.