Broken Hand

Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets' star basket ball dribbler) is not the only one with a broken hand. Andrew tripped while racing me to the front door on Friday night and fractured his pinky metacarpal near the carpal joint. This is commonly known as the "boxer's break". He wears a splint for about a week till the swelling goes down enough for the orthopedist to cast him up.

Trip to the Zoo

Grandma gave our family a year pass to the Zoo for Christmas!! On New Years Day we were able to use it for the first time. We had a great day together as a family. We are excited to be able to go as often as we want. Thanks Grandma!

Cupcakes and Crystals

The last couple of weeks we have been working on all sorts of projects that Andrew and Mylie got for Christmas. Andrew got a crystal making kit and Mylie got a cupcake baking kit. Daddy help Andrew make the crystals. It was a quite envoled project and Andrew just thought it was the coolest thing ever. He had a fun time and was especially excited that it came with a set of gogles. He felt very offical. It has been fun to watch the crystals grow. I was just impressed that it actually worked!!


I got the better half of the deal. I helped Mylie bake her very own cupcakes. She did everything by herself (except for the clean up). She made very sure that I knew it was HER project. I thought she did a great job. With the help of Andrew she frosted them and she finished them off with of course sprinkles!! Maybe we have the next Martha on our hands. She was very proud of the final outcome. Yummy!!

Ultrasounds

Here are a couple cool ultrasounds of the baby.
This is the baby sitting criss-cross applesauce.

This is the baby doing yoga - holding on to its toe.

This is the babies profile. You can see the little tooth buds. We could also see the tongue moved when the baby swallowed.

Baby's piggies.

Crotch shot - possible spoiler if you know what you are looking for.

Go here to see an additional picture of the little criter.

Boy or Girl?

We find out if it is a girl or boy tomorrow. Vote on the right to see if you are right. The poll results will be posted on Wednesday with the big reveal.

Scooter

If a person who rides a bike is a biker and person who swims is a swimmer, then is a person who rides a scooter a scooterer? Or is the scooter riding a scoot? And does a person riding a scooter go scooting or scootering at the park. Here is Andrew and Mylie riding their new scooters. Mylie's scooter is named Fasty. Feel free to respond with captions for each picture.

Baby Names Update

So we've almost decided on names: Wyatt or Gwen. We are pretty sure that it shouldn't just be Gwen, but either Gwendolyn or Gwyneth (Gwenivere has already been vetoed). I checked on the social security website and found the following information. Each name has a number indicating how many baby's were born in 2007 with that name and how that name ranks with other names of 2007:
· Wyatt - 6445 babies - ranks 69
· Gwendolyn - 450 babies - ranks 650

The popularity of the name has no bearing on our decision. But I did think it was interesting. Here are some other interesting facts:
· Mylie - 322 babies - ranks 861 (I was surprised it was even on there)
· Andrew - 18,157 babies - ranks 10
· Gwyneth didn't make the top 1000
· Sybil didn't make the top 1000
· Polly didn't make the top 1000
· Leroy - ranked 999 was my second choice for a boy - vetoed

More interesting facts:
· Isabella moved up 43 places since 2000 to second most popular name in 2007. You would suspect Twilight as the culprit.
· However, in the same time frame, Edward moved down in popularity from 108th place to 145 place. Maybe her choice of the male protagonist's name was his only shortcoming ... despite his rapturous good looks, charm, elegant flowing gait and majestic persona ... ugh. Every time I read the book for ten minutes I have to take a break to call my friend in Transylvania, Count Barfula over the porcelain telephone. Definitely written for the reader who cares more for the rollercoaster emotions of high school romance. The premise is great and the vampire lore is fun.

Yet more interesting facts:
· Jacob ranked #1 in 2000 and 2007. BUT, his percentage of use went down almost half a percent since 2000.

One more fact less interesting but obvious:
· Mat is a turbo geek.

Here is a quick photo of Mylie in November.