We are hunting the elusive Boo Smile!

The elusive Boo Smile tends to run away whenever there is a camera in sight, although it often shows up to surprise you in the morning.

I will look at you Mommy, but I'm not going to smile!

There it is! Finally caught on camera!




He seems to really like his cow puppet - the first toy we bought for him when I was pregnant. (It reminded me of the cow Ddonn gave me in a care package on my mission, so I had to buy it.) It's REALLY soft. When I put it down in front of him tonight, he immediately grinned. Here you can see him hugging the cow to his face to feel the softness.

Caricature for the teacher

This is what my students think I look like. They were drawing silly pictures of each other and I let one student draw me on the board. I don't know why I have red hair, but they did try to give me the right eye color.

Rollercoaster Week

Boo starting sleeping through the night, about 6-7 hours straight for only one week. Then he got his shots, and there goes the schedule. Now he sleeps from 2:30am - 5:00am. Yeah. After 1am Werty takes him so that I can get 4 hours of sleep. Boo wants to sleep off and on in the afternoon and evening, and I really try to wake him up! Today the thought struck me that maybe he is becoming classically conditioned that when Mommy comes home, it means time to eat and sleep. Since he wasn't feeling well, he wanted to be held more, and that means waking up as soon as you try to put him down to sleep. I am hoping this weekend I can pay close attention and try to get his sleeping back on gear. /em crosses fingers.

Meanwhile, school was up and down. Today was pretty good, mid-week was ugly. I'm not too thrilled about having hormones in my system again, and I'm already feeling fat... The unseasonably warm weather made my students stir crazy, especially the kid just out of juvy...I am worried about one of my friends who is starting the divorce process - I am worried about how ugly things might get as she gets closer to moving out. But, I still feel like counting my blessings because in the end life is good.

2 Months Old!

First of all, pictures from Boo's blessing last weekend. I wanted to get a picture of everyone who stood in the circle in front of the church, but I was in the mother's room feeding Boo when church ended, and by the time I got there, everyone had already scattered. Here he is in his beautiful blessing suit made by the talented Ddonn.


Great Grandma and Boo. She sang him a Tahitian lullaby.

Four generations (Werty's side).

There were a lot more people there that we didn't get pictures of, like people from my side of the family, but some of them couldn't stay very long. We filled over 4 rows of pews in the church, two rows of each side of the family. Werty sits up on the stand since he leads the music. He said that looking out over our family members he got choked up, thinking about how this must be what the celestial kingdom is like - being surrounded by so many people you love and who love you. It was wonderful to know that so many people love our little Boo and came to support him. His great uncle - and namesake - gave him a special present, similar to the one that was given to him by HIS great uncle of the same name - it was so sweet. Traditions like that are very special. Someday when he is older that present will remind him of his blessing day and that he is loved.

Here are some random pics of Boo being cute over the last couple of weeks.

Father and son.
First time he had a bath in the bathtub. He still doesn't like it.

We're getting closer to catching that smile of his on camera!

Halloween! The outfit is from our friend Dekan in NY. The socks are from Ddonn and say "Baby's 1st Halloween." He enjoyed his first Halloween, even though he was really sleepy from getting his 2 month vaccinations. He is now 23.5 inches long and 11 lbs 4 oz.

Grandpa stopped by to see Boo while we were carving the pumpin.


Boo as a dragon. I'm wearing my Cruella DeVil dress to take him treack-or-treating with his cousins. Check out the cute dragon feet on his costume - I just love them!


We dropped by to trick-or-treat at Grandma's. She needed a visit since Grandpa got to see him earlier that day.


For Halloween we had a Mr. Vamp1re (a Chinese classic comedy horror) party at our house. Werty' sister and her husband dressed up like Vamp1re zombies from the movie.

WWI Debate

Half the class was prepared, the other half wasn't - they finally admitted that they didn't read their packets. Hello! They were assigned Germany and A-H -- the Central Powers -- they already had their work cut out for them. Then another student failed to mention he would be gone, preparing for the pep rally. Ridiculous! So, we will take final statements and let Russia (the student in charge of the pep rally) report on Tuesday before we take a final vote. I look forward to this day, and it was kind of a let down. The IB kids let me down, how depressing...and that's not even taking into account their papers I am correcting, where one student did it correctly. I am going to have to push them more the next 3 terms if they are going to be ready for their exams in May. :P

I just got home from a long week. Time to get ready for family and everything happening on Sunday. (We will miss you Ddonn, ElCid, Fred, Jr, and George! I will take lots of pics for you.)

Surprise!

Saturday I received a pleasant surprise. Ddonn came to play! Really she came to play with the baby, but he's so cute, I can understand. Werty kept it a secret from me all Friday evening. We went to lunch, bought stuff for Jr. at distribution, and bought Boo a dragon halloween costume. Ddonn brought with her a video of OOTI, and I agree that the full skirts worked really well to enhance the choreography. I get to see Ddonn again this weekend, but this time she will have her whole family with her.

In other news, Werty's little sister has a confirmed case of the nasty flu. Good news, she has a week to get better. Bad news is that anyone else in the family exposed to her won't be able to join us next weekend. This is a scary year to have a newborn.

Randomness - I finally got to see the second part of the Dr. Who episode with the big cliff hanger that I missed at the beginning of the summer. I only had to wait 4 months for the re-runs to show again. Little things that make me happy.

This Friday my IB kids are going to engage in the famous WWI debate! Last year I had one packet of materials to give the kids, but ran out of time to do more. Tonight I finally finished packet #2. Yay! (And can I comment on how much Germany and A-H try to lay all the blame on Russia - which was the country I defended in HS when we did this debate.) I am hoping that the additional materials will help enliven the debate. I will let you know how it goes. Friday is also the end of term, so I have to get grades done at the same time that all this other family stuff is going on this weekend. Hmm, maybe not the best planning there. :P

I had two former students stop by today to see pictures of Boo. They said that my class was fun and they miss it. I wonder if any of my first semester students will feel that way, since I won't have as much time with them. Ah, well. I wouldn't trade Boo for anything.

More Pic Fun

Boo and Daddy catching some Zzzs.

Bath time - he's only happy when it's over.








That's My Boo - smiling in his sleep.