Family Update

I had to put up some of these cute pictures of Peter and Austin playing at the park.




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Peter's new interests include choo choo trains and airplanes. We are near railroad tracks, so every time he hears a train whistle he instantly freezes and with a lot of excitement and wide eyes whispers, "choo, choo." We are also near a small airport, so every time he hears or sees a plane he says, "anue." How he came up with that for airplane, I have no idea.

Some unfortunate interests include throwing EVERYTHING into the garbage can and pulling EVERYTHING out of drawers and off the counter tops. We believe that half of Mr. Potato-Head's parts are probably in a landfill by now, and some of our shoes almost followed suit. He has also figured out how to scoot chairs/boxes around to reach into drawers and on top of the counters. My plastic wrap is continually under attach, and he also managed to grab the butter off the counter the other day. He proceeded to place it into his little pan so he could cook a tennis ball. I often find his little pan (filled with toys) on the stove top. He has also started trying to turn the knobs. Someday I will appreciate his determination and resourcefulness, but for now all I can do is laugh AFTER the fact.
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Scott and I have been doing some yard work lately (in November!). Gotta love the fabulous Houston winters. I am so proud of my pruning and weeded flowerbeds. The only bad thing about all of this is that we discovered poison oak in the process. I hope the itching stops soon!!!

We have also managed to damage our van a lot lately. We have had it for three months and listen to the list of damages we have done by ourselves:

1) I ran over a piece of metal and completely flattened an almost new tire. It could not be patched, so we bought a new tire.
2) We left the door opened all night and ran down the battery. Thankfully it charged and works now.
3) I forgot to pull the van into the garage one night and Scott ran into the van and scraped a large section of paint off both vehicles. In his defense, he was in a hurry and our driveway is a tight squeeze.
4) Peter pushed the garage door button in the Geo while the van was in the garage with the trunk opened. The garage door did not stop. More paint gone and a slight bend in the trunk.

Wow, this list does not inspire confidence in our intelligence does it. Hopefully we are reaching the end of our van abuse. On the bright side, these are all small accidents. I am so thankful they were not worse. I just had to document this so we could look back and laugh some day.
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Oh (so I don't leave Rigby out :), three more months until we get to meet our little baby boy!!! I cannot wait to see all three of my boys together.