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Absolute Zero

Yes, my thermometer now has absolute zero. Bascially, that means the biggest number is no longer going to change. I am pretty sure that is the grand total.

$33,239.33

All in all, it could have been a lot worse.

I hope to have the white gone by the end of January and the pink gone by the end of April.

We'll see.

-J

Negligent

Well, perhaps...but only about my posting. WOO HOO!!! The kids are officially ours. The finalization went great. It didn't take very long, which was nice. We were worried that we would have to sit in the court for a long time.

We had an awesome Thanksgiving. As with our last real vacation Jason made a huge leap in his movement abilities. And why wouldn't he. He had to keep up with Zoë and she's trying to keep up with Alex. Of course that means that everyone else was trying to keep up with all three of them.

We got some pictures of all three of them taking a bath. We'll see if any are PG and post them. Yeah, that's right. We can post pics now without having to password protect them BECAUSE THEY'RE OURS!!!

So, anyhow, Jason's favorite mode of transportation is now walking. Now the fun begins. :)

-J

Yikes!!!

Well, we finally got Jason's hospital bill. It wasn't as much as I thought it would be, but I'm sure glad we aren't having to foot all $130,263.75 of it.

-J

Finalization Date

It has been confirmed. November 20th, 10:00AM

And as far as I'm concerned, you're all invited. That's right world, everyone of you. It's not my fault if they don't have seating for 6,200,000,000 people.

Seriously, for any of ya'll that have ridden this rollercoaster with us and can take Monday before Thanksgiving off, we'd love to have ya.

We're going to have a party at the house to celebrate. It will be on a weekend. So, hopefully more people can come. With that being Thanksgiving week, it will likely be December before the party.

Anyhow,
Justin

Go Go Gadget ...

Well, I haven't taught him the word gadget yet, but here's the story.

I took Jason and the dogs for a walk the other day. Hmm, that sounds kinda weird. Anyhow, the girls (B&Z) were asleep and I wanted to walk the dogs. So, I had two leashes on one arm and a Jason on the other.

Btw, if you need something funny to think about, imagine Bonny trying to do this. Better yet, imagine Bonny leashing both dogs to the double jogging stroller, putting both kids in the stroller and hanging on for dear life. Hmm, maybe she could put on roller blades. I bet they could get going twenty or thirty miles an hour.

Well, the dogs aren't weaklings and if they both decide to pull hard it can jerk me pretty good. Jason didn't like these spurts of movement, and Jason doesn't really like animals very much. So, he was watching them very closely. If they got too close he'd make a disapproving noise to try and scare them off. I doubt the dogs even noticed.

So, the dogs don't know many commands, but they know stay and go. Stay means stop moving. Go means run like the rabbit has just been let out the gate. At each corner, on the way to the park, I'd have the dogs stay and once there were no cars in sight, I'd brace myself and say "go". Then the dogs would bolt about ten feet until they got to the end of the leash. I'd absorbe the blow and then start walking.

Well, by the time we made it to the park, Jason had this pattern figured out. So, every time the dogs got closer than he'd like, he'd say, "doe". What? 'g' is a hard letter!!! He'd say it in that deep baby baritone of his. Eventually, he got to where he'd just say it over and over again to make sure they stayed away. "Doe doe doe doe doe doe ... doe ... doe doe doe ..." Of course, the dogs had no idea. The dogs don't even respond to Bonny when she says it.

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It's so weird to me that Jason is afraid of animals. He's not really into stuffed animals either, but at least he's not afraid of them. I had taken Jason to the nursery at church last night. He was getting in trouble for being loud during the sermon. Afterward, we just sat there for a while, and then he started looking at some of the toys around. At one point he spotted a relatively realistic looking owl. It was made of rubber and had its wings stretched out. He was totally freaked out. He came running to me. I picked him and the toy up and tried to show him that it was nothing, but he was having none of that. The toy had all of a seven inch wingspan and he would smack it out of my hand every time I picked it up.

Well, more later...

-Justin

Bleh

That's how we've all been feeling. All of us got colds. I thought I might be in the clear, but then Jason climbed up on me and said, "Dada, AH CHOO" ... right in my mouth. The kids are actually doing much better. In fact, they are going to visit the zoo today.

But, that's not what this post is about. We have finally made it through all the legal junk that we have to do before the lawyer can get us on the docet. They are trying for a November 20th date. Bonny and I desperately want this completed this year, for both financial and piece of mind reasons. Please pray about this.

Thanks,
-J

Baby Pong

So, take a day like Saturday, where I might be in bed a little later than usual. Jason tends to be the first one up for the day. So, Bonny goes and gets him and then brings him into our bed. Normally, I'm already gone for work when he wakes up. So, if I'm there, this is extra exciting. So, he's set on the bed and laughs and come running for me. "Dadadadada". Then he looks back and mom has lied down. He laughs and sprints off in her direction. Thus begins the game of pong. Bonny is the first paddle and releases. Then Jason proceeds to bounce back and forth. However, this game of pong is a little different. The paddles (mom and dad) are almost as wide as the board (bed). So, rather than sneaking around a paddle, allowing the other side to score a point, this ball (Jason) takes advantage of this 3-D version of the game and plows right over. Normally this ends up with a parent grabbing him and hoisting him back onto the bed. At which point, he begins to bounce again.

I must admit, I normally lose the game. I must be really exciting to climb.

-J

P.S. No, I haven't forgotten about Halloween. I'll get to the post. I'm trying to get pictures up first.