Well, Ellie woke up this morning "calling Ralph" in her crib. The smell itself was atrocious. She is feeling a little better this evening and able to tolerate jello and crackers. I decided that my new definition of love is "watching someone covered in puke reaching out their chubby arms to you and you scooping them up in your arms and hugging them without hesitation." I doubt it will make the 2008 edition of Webster's, but it makes sense to me.
Even though Ellie is sick and not in a laughing mood, she has been quite the comedian lately. Below are two stories that made me laugh.
1. Before we left for Thanksgiving in Destin (pictures to be added soon), Ellie and I took a trip to get our oil changed. We were walking aroud the lobby checking out their selection of tires, when Ellie walked right up to a giant poster of the Michelin Man and pointed saying "Mama." The entire waiting room burst into laughter while I vowed aloud to dig out my bottle of spray tan and avoid eat Thanksgiving dinner (this resolution did not last - I ate almost 1/2 of a pecan pie in two days).
2. On our way home from Thanksgiving, I was enjoying the Christmas carols on the radio. I am a big fan of Christmas carols (just ask the Maxwell family or Everett who loves watching the childhood video where I "sang" Away In a Manger in my "redneck childhood voice" and then run into my room crying because my brother Brad and Spot, our beloved dog, were stealing the spotlight.) Back to the car - Silent Night came on and I began to sing. I look in my baby rear view mirror and Ellie has both fingers in her ear. I dont even know where she learned to do that, but it was probably deserved. If you doubt me, consult my high school friends who asked me and Rebecca to please lip sync when we went Christmas caroling...
Does anyone else wish one of the radio stations here would turn to all Christmas music for the season? We had that in Baton Rouge and I loved it.
Even though Ellie is sick and not in a laughing mood, she has been quite the comedian lately. Below are two stories that made me laugh.
1. Before we left for Thanksgiving in Destin (pictures to be added soon), Ellie and I took a trip to get our oil changed. We were walking aroud the lobby checking out their selection of tires, when Ellie walked right up to a giant poster of the Michelin Man and pointed saying "Mama." The entire waiting room burst into laughter while I vowed aloud to dig out my bottle of spray tan and avoid eat Thanksgiving dinner (this resolution did not last - I ate almost 1/2 of a pecan pie in two days).
2. On our way home from Thanksgiving, I was enjoying the Christmas carols on the radio. I am a big fan of Christmas carols (just ask the Maxwell family or Everett who loves watching the childhood video where I "sang" Away In a Manger in my "redneck childhood voice" and then run into my room crying because my brother Brad and Spot, our beloved dog, were stealing the spotlight.) Back to the car - Silent Night came on and I began to sing. I look in my baby rear view mirror and Ellie has both fingers in her ear. I dont even know where she learned to do that, but it was probably deserved. If you doubt me, consult my high school friends who asked me and Rebecca to please lip sync when we went Christmas caroling...
Does anyone else wish one of the radio stations here would turn to all Christmas music for the season? We had that in Baton Rouge and I loved it.
4 comments:
i am with you an the radio station thing......i would LOVE a christmas station....when we had satelite radio, there was one and i loved it....
the stories are hilarious...ellie with her fingers in her ears is priceless....wish i could have been there for that one....and believe it or not, eliza kate does that to me sometimes, so don't feel bad....of course, she does it to john all the time....well, usually she just tells him "daddy, stop singing"....
oh, and how funny that you were a little performer when you were a young girl....that is great....you and i could have staged some serious shows....amy grant "the collection", anyone????
i will have to agree on the radio station! i know they have one like that in Memphis!! I have enough Christmas CDs that I could start my own radio station!
You crack me up...thanks for sharing. It was good to see you at Christy's wedding.
Oh Ellie!!! YOU are hysterical... I can just perfectly envision her little fingers in her ears... i'm sure Liza will be doing that to me in a few years!
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