New Baby Pics

I figure I'll look just like this in 50 years, only wrinkly...Thanks for the awesome hairline Dad!

I'm ready for the snow, but I'm not waking up!

Help! I can't put my arms down!

Does this jumper make me look fat?

Taylor, I think I told you...I'm a lover, not a fighter.

USU is ranked 17th in the nation!!!!

I happened to metion to Heidi tonight the Utah State is ranked 17th in the nation. Her response was, "Wow that's really good." Then I told her that their only loss is to BYU by 2. And she said, "Ohhhhhh, I thought you meant academically!"

An unknown benefit of no TV

Heidi was telling me earlier that since we have gotten rid of the TV...well most of our cable channels at least.(Heidi wouldn't be able to get by without Days of Our Lives. Did you hear about Jon and Marlena by the way?) Anyway, it seems that Olivia and Taylor have been playing really well together lately. I have to include that it's only been a two day run so far, so we don't know what the real result will be, but this observation by Heidi is, so far, a very promising benefit of the loss of expanded cable. Another added benefit is the loss of all those obnoxious cartoons on the Cartoon Network. Hmmm...if only the Food Network was included in basic cable...

Experiences With The New Baby

Ok, ok, we finally have a blog. Thank you Adam and Britney.

To start off I'll relay a little story about Little Milt. Well, its really mostly about Taylor. Anyway, for the first couple of weeks, Heidi and I were amazed at how great the new baby was. He never cried, screamed, or yelled. As a matter of fact, more than once I had to check on him just to make sure he was still alive. I like to think he'd adopted the 'whatever' outlook on life. "I'm cool, dude. Don't worry. I'll let you know when I need anything."

Lately, however, Little Milt has learned that when he cries or screams, he gets attention and whatever is wrong gets taken care of. At first he did it just a little bit to let us know. But now, he's gotten into the habit of going on and on until he's taken care of.

In my infinite wisdom, with Heidi's approval (I put that in there just in case she reads this), we have agreed to avoid rushing to him when he cries so that he doesn't get used to immediate results. This is where Taylor comes into the story. Now that the baby cries so much, we are constantly bombarded with "Give the baby a bottle", or "I think the baby's teeth are coming in", from Taylor.

I think what strikes me the most about having the new baby in the house is how disinterested Olivia and Taylor seem to be. When asked how they like the baby, both will reply, "OK." Olivia does help to make the formula and Taylor will let the little dude 'beat him up', but that's about all the real interest they have for now. I think Olivia may have been a little more interested if it had been a girl. Both Heidi and I think that once the baby begins to show a little more personality, that they will begine to show even more interest.

Baby Pictures Are Here

Grandpa Harrop took these pictures. Which accounts for the general tiredness of everyone in them!

My Cute Kids

Olivia and Taylor on a 'getting along' day. Those days are awesome, but seem to be fewer and farther between lately. We're now going through the 'don't touch my stuff' phase.