today

"And what in the name of holy heck am I going to do with a boy?"

That would be what was running through my mind the second we found out that I was incubating a boy... and not a girl. You see, I was used to girls. So much more used to girls than boys. And while Brian said, "I know what to do with boys." my uncertainty was not swayed. That wouldn't help me during the day when I ran out of 'boy' things to do.

And yet, I have found over the last 20 1/2 months that boys seem to already know how to play with trucks and cars and produce bodily functions to make their daddies proud. They come with that know-how. And I haven't had to do a thing. Just sit back and marvel. Sit back and wonder at the inner-workings of a certain little boys' mind.

Today - I am loving this.

boys and their joys

This is a very, very old picture. A very old picture that - after all this time - I find I still want to share. I want to share this simple glimpse into our everyday life because... I love it. My boys. My boys and their joys. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen toys, to be exact. And, to quote Brian, "And this is only the first phase!" Of course, the second phase has come and gone - yet I still adore this photograph that I snapped on the sly.

Love seeing my boys together. Love seeing my boys so in their element. Just, you know... love my boys.

conversations

A look into one of the frequent battles here on Woodburn Drive – referencing the differences between Peter Cullen (who provides the voice for Optimus Prime in the Transformers cartoon series and movies … and whose voice, by the way, is considered to be the voice of God to boys of the 80s) verses Edward Cullen (whose charms speak for themselves):

Brian: “Peter Cullen is the best Cullen. At least he’s a real person!”

Stacy: “But you aren’t in love with Peter Cullen, you are in love with Optimus Prime. Peter Cullen is an old man. Optimus Prime is a robot. I don’t know which is worse.”

Brian: “But at least he’s a real person! Edward Cullen is fiction!”

Stacy: “Well – dearest – I would much rather obsess over a vampire who, at one point in time, was a h.u.m.a.n … than a r.o.b.o.t who only ever was a r.o.b.o.t .”

Brian: “You don’t know that there isn’t a real Optimus Prime out there somewhere – someplace – saying, “Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.” Take that E.d.w.a.r.d .”

Stacy: “Uh … excuse me?”

Sorry people. I couldn't help myself. Blame Kira. She started it.