Today's Best Gifts

Husband's

#1 - The gift of lazy middle schoolers - When you started shooting black line threes on offense and not getting back past half court to play defense, my workout intensified. Now I had to not only guard the opposing team all by myself, but I had to make sure you didn't get the ball too! "Sweat dripping all over my chest. I don't (nah) I just press... harder..." Yes, I did just quote some MC Hammer, but don't worry, it's from before you were born.

#2 - The gift of little boys building roads right up to the shower - In the shower, with my mother-in-law close by, Big Son cracked open the bathroom door and hummed his way into the room, diggers and dump trucks in hand. He was building a road, so I could get out of the shower and come play with him.

#3 - The gift of new friends (really little ones!) - Our good friends just had their second boy! Let me tell you, Son #1 and Son #2 are lots of fun. Why just last night I got to quiet a nightmare (about a missing blue-footed booby) and quiet a son (who was missing a booby). Oh the fun times ahead my friends!

#4 - The gift of your technological diligence - Cutest, you have all sorts of good looks. I thought I'd seen them all, but tonight you pulled off "techie cute" as you followed the action of the family dance party through the lens of the video camera. Too cool!

Wife's

#1 - The gift of the sisterhood of motherhood - Too much fun today trading stories of weird pregnancy practices and paranoia with coworkers. Am I really the only one that was afraid that my water might break at any second during the week of my due date? Or do I just plan for every possibility even if it's not much of a probability...hmmmm.
And you heard it here first, Prego Depends! The answer to a whole host of pregnancy issues in a neat, comfortable, waterproof package!
Apology shout out to our young, male office volunteer, who got a whole lot of TMI throughout that conversation. Hope we didn't scar you irreparably.

#2 - The gift of marital transactions - A good marriage is all about the give and take. Letting the hubs watch IU game instead of forcing him to sit through Grey's Anatomy = lengthy foot rub for me! Yipee! PS. I love you DVR.

#3 - The gift of marrying a great father - So sweet to watch you, Husband, as you actively play with our sons! Whether its piecing together puzzle after puzzle (after puzzle after puzzle) or rockin' out with Son #1 or continually plucking Son #2 out of precarious spots he crawls his way into, your engagement in our family life warms my heart. Can't imagine what they (or I) would do without you!

Hey all, if you're anywhere near Goshen, Indiana, you should go to First Fridays tomorow. Our friend Andrew Hauser is playing with his band, The Minor Profits. They are as rad as cheese-and-mustard sandwiches (or at least that's what Wife says!)

So what's your favorite marital transaction? What was your favorite lunch during elementary school? What other random questions should I ask?