Ode to Wilson.

Tiny little sweet, small man
Does the very best he can
With the tools he has at hand
I must be his biggest fan
(*let's review*)

Tiny little sweet, small guy
Always gives the college try
Even when he's not sure why
He's the apple of my eye

- by Daddy

*"let's review" essentially means "repeat at will"

Violet's Song.

Sung to the tune of the chorus of "Daisy Bell":

Stinky, Stinky
Stinky-Butt-Pee-yew...
I think you're Stinky
Yes I really do
I'm gunna punch you in the belly
Be-cause you are so smelly
I think you're cute
Even when you poot
You Stinky-Butt-Pee-yew!

- by Mommy

My Peeps.

Here are two of my three favorite people. I like them more and more!

Put simply, we are overcome with love for our little people. For whatever reason, these past days and weeks, Josh and I have marveled over our deepening affection for the two little stinky parasites who share our home. Weekends are particular joys, especially when they are like this past one. What did we do that was so special? Nuthin. We spent nearly all day at home, and when we did go out it was to run errands. It was a fabulous day.

Aren't they cute? We sure like them.

Take it to the Lemon... One More Time

Lately Wilson has a new favorite band--in addition to Buddy Holly, of course: The Eagles. He dances around the house, demanding "Eagles! Eagles! Eagles!" I don't think the Eagles even like the Eagles as much as he does. His favorite song right now is "Take it to the Limit", which, although some lines can be misinterpreted in the ears of a two-year-old (see post title), has a fun repetitive chorus. He also likes the Stray Cats well enough (mostly for dancing).

Violet is more of a Waterboys fan; I'm hoping this will translate someday into her being more into the Dropkicks than Baby Man is.

In any case, I'm looking forward to 20 years from now when Wilson is in some hipster Seattle band and I can remind him often of his early and deep love of the not-quite-so-hipster Eagles.

Marching For (and With) Babies.

Out of sheer enthusiasm, I've started a team to do the March for Babies walk in early May. I originally named the team "TdukkaMan & Wylet," them being a) the resident babies (um, Wilson and Violet) and b) funny names.

But then I talked with Josh, who had much better ideas on good team names. Here are his:

1) A Fistful of Babies
2) For a Few Babies More
and, the winner,
3) The Good, the Bad and the Babies.

Join my team or contribute here: http://www.marchforbabies.org/teams/thegoodthebadandthebabies

Goooooo babies!

Hi, Dada!

I am happy to report that Violet is speaking. Yes, she's under 8 months old, but yesterday she clearly said "Hi, Dada". Well, actually, she said, "HahahahihihihihiHIDADAdadadadadadababababa", but given that she's a tiny baby, I don't think the context is really that important.

In any case, baby babbling is totally cute and fun to listen to. Sometimes Nicole and I lay in bed and listen to her have these conversations with herself over the baby monitor.

Christmas Childrens

For everyone who hasn't quite gotten their fill of Christmas, here are a few pictures of Violet and Wilson and some family (we kind of dropped the ball on present-opening pictures this year; you can thank me later).