7 Days & Counting!?!

 

Words of Wisdom for a Parent

I stumbled upon this great "short story" and really helps put a lot of things into perspective on just how easy it is to forget the age and maturity level of those around us, and just how important it is to put one self in the other persons shoes. Hard to believe the official countdown has begun, 10 days and counting!?! ;) - Scotty B

FATHER FORGETS
by W. Livingston Larned
condensed as in "Readers Digest"

Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.
There are the things I was thinking, son: I had been cross to you. I scolded you as you were dressing for school because you gave your face merely a dab with a towel. I took you to task for not cleaning your shoes. I called out angrily when you threw some of your things on the floor.

At breakfast I found fault, too. You spilled things. You gulped down your food. You put your elbows on the table. You spread butter too thick on your bread. And as you started off to play and I made for my train, you turned and waved a hand and called, "Goodbye, Daddy!" and I frowned, and said in reply, "Hold your shoulders back!"

Then it began all over again in the late afternoon. As I came up the road I spied you, down on your knees, playing marbles. There were holes in your stockings. I humiliated you before your boyfriends by marching you ahead of me to the house. Stockings were expensive-and if you had to buy them you would be more careful! Imagine that, son, from a father!

Do you remember, later, when I was reading in the library, how you came in timidly, with a sort of hurt look in your eyes? When I glanced up over my paper, impatient at the interruption, you hesitated at the door. "What is it you want?" I snapped.

You said nothing, but ran across in one tempestuous plunge, and threw your arms around my neck and kissed me, and your small arms tightened with an affection that God had set blooming in your heart and which even neglect could not wither. And then you were gone, pattering up the stairs.

Well, son, it was shortly afterwards that my paper slipped from my hands and a terrible sickening fear came over me. What has habit been doing to me? The habit of finding fault, of reprimanding-this was my reward to you for being a boy. It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.

And there was so much that was good and fine and true in your character. The little heart of you was as big as the dawn itself over the wide hills. This was shown by your spontaneous impulse to rush in and kiss me good night. Nothing else matters tonight, son. I have come to your bedside in the darkness, and I have knelt there, ashamed!

It is feeble atonement; I know you would not understand these things if I told them to you during your waking hours. But tomorrow I will be a real daddy! I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: "He is nothing but a boy-a little boy!"

I am afraid I have visualized you as a man. Yet as I see you now, son, crumpled and weary in your cot, I see that you are still a baby. Yesterday you were in your mother's arms, your head on her shoulder. I have asked too much, too much, yet given too little of myself. Promise me, as I teach you to have the manners of a man, that you will remind me how to have the loving spirit of a child.

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GO PATRIOTS!!!

New England Patriots
1960-1970 Boston Patriots, 1971-present New England Patriots

The Patriots were charter members of the AFL in 1960 and played as the Boston Patriots through 1970. Throughout the franchise's existence, the Patriots have been frequent contenders. It was, however, most recently that New England raised their level of success. Three Super Bowl championships in a four-year span – wins in Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX - have assured the Patriots place in NFL history.

For more history, visit http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=19

What Dog Breed are You?

There's a dog inside all of us, waiting to be let out. This game is based on a computer called SUKA, built in 1975 by Russian scientist Mikhail Volkonsky and now housed in a London museum.

SUKA is powered by CATS (Canine Algorithmic Transfer System™) which is able to determine what kind of dog you are. Simply answer 10 questions, being as honest and accurate as possible and CATS will calculate which breed you resemble the most.

Pregnancy - WEEK 34

what a great site, for week-by-week updates on our pregnancy...check it out http://www.pampers.com/en_US/tools.do?page=pregcal_details&contentId=12888

interesting tidbit for the week:

Baby blues. "Guess what color my eyes are now?" Regardless of the eye color your baby will end up with, right now her eyes are blue. The pigmentation process in her iris won't be complete until his eyes have been exposed to light for several weeks after birth. Her final eye color may not be evident for years.

Movie Buff with Lots of Time?!?

Okay, we all love finding out cool "hidden treasures". But did you know that many of the movies, like software programs, have hidden "easter eggs" that are put in by the designers? Netflix outlines these cool easter eggs and how to find them, click on this link to learn more http://www.netflix.com/EasterEggs?lnkctr=NavEasterEggs5111

Found the Tub Drain!!! ;)

The next step to making the home "baby friendly" is getting the 2nd floor bathroom finished. Thankfully found the drain that was roughed in for the tub/shower, which is a huge relief!!! Just need to get it all hooked up and then can do all the finish work, HOORAH!!!