December 16

Brendan keeps asking for Nicklas to come out now. He knows that Nicklas won't be coming out until after Christmas, but he also knows that when Nicklas comes out, Oma is coming. The other day he held a baptism for the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene. He had all the figures around Jesus and he was saying "baptism, baptism, baptism..."
Luke has been telling us lately that he's the baby. He points at himself and says very insistently, "BABY". We may be in for a bit of trouble...
Tomorrow, Brendan turns three! He's very excited about this and likes to tell people that he's going to be three years old. He's looking forward to the candles on the cake.

November Recap

Everything's going well here. Brendan's learning to read. Luke has developed a habit of of running in circles around the living room, grinning and screeching. We call him "crazy baby". About a week ago, Michael was having a beer with dinner and Brendan asked me if I wanted some. I said no, I couldn't have beer because I have a baby in my tummy. Well, the other night, Michael was having a root beer in a brown glass bottle (Brendan thought it was beer). Michael offered me some and Brendan scolded him, "Daddy! Mama not have beer! She have baby Nicklas in tummy!"