Randomness Update

Well, Hannah superseded her original cookie goal. She officially sold her 300th box to Andrew last night! She had 299 and Andrew said "There is no way I'm going to walk around for one box-I'll buy it!!" So we've delivered the first "round" and are working on round 2. With any luck we'll have round 2 completely delivered by Thursday, and then on to a short round three. Which is just some lose strings around our neighborhood of people that saw us with our wagon. Plus Steve's softball team-a group of "cookie oriented" men bought enough to feed a small island of people for a year! So her prizes now will include elephant slippers, a hippie lunchbox, a stuffed elephant, a charm bracelet, a t-shirt, an elephant piggy bank, and the participation badge, along with 3 extra hippie charms to go with the bracelet. We will not be going for the beach towel at 350 boxes! :)


Andrew's baseball team is annihilating the competition! They have yet to lose a game by less than 10 points. The mercy rule was put there for these guys! Probably helps that 2 of the boys on the team are taller than me-and one of them has the faint shading of a mustache! Andrew hasn't seen a lot of action yet-which coach was honest and upfront about from the beginning. He said he gives seniority to players from his previous years-but that it doesn't mean it won't even out in the end. Andrew is faring decently at bat. I've noticed that older doesn't mean more accurate-the boys may throw the ball REALLY hard, but it isn't very accurate in the strike zone. So he's mostly had some walks, with an occasional base hit, sprinkled with some strike outs. I think more than anything he just needs to gain his confidence back. Steve's planning some batting cages days with him and his work with pop fly catches is what probably helped land Andrew in this team-because he catches more pop flies than any other kid I've seen yet on the field.

On the flip side-if you want to see a great comedy act, go to one of Steve's softball games! It's like they were the inspiration for "Bad News Bears!" Only when they wrote the screenplay, they decided to play it down because Steve's team wouldn't be believable. It really is fun to watch though! All the guys are good hearted, and us wives can sit in the stands and cackle at them without hurt feelings in the end.

Thomas is doing great as well. His little personality shines through more and more each day-or should I say night? If I fall asleep and roll towards my stomach, he will start moving so much it wakes me up with my heart racing! He only likes when I lay on my right side, and if I vary from this position, he tells me immediately! I'm pretty confident that he's going through a very large growth spurt, because all I seem to be able to do is eat, sleep, and, and cry! Poor Steve. He's been such a champ throughout. I'm definitely not making it easy on him though! I guess I'm prepping him for those times when nothing we do will appease little man. Yeah...that's it..just warming him up...uh huh! :) Well, as they say, the first step is to admit you have a problem!