Look What The Stork Brought In!

Introducing . . .

Liberty Pelfrey

Born: 1/3/09 at 7:41am, Chapel Hill, NC
Weight: 7 lbs. 1 ounce
Length: 20 inches
Black hair and blue eyes (while they last)
Favorites: Covering her face with her hands, sleeping, making sucking noises
Key attributes: Cute as a button, doesn't make a peep

Our little Libby is finally here, and we feel so blessed to have her!

Christmas Highlights

Cars, Dad! New remote controlled Thomas train!

Ethan did not enjoy his interview with Santa.

We had a good Christmas here in Durham with our little family. I enjoyed the warm weather, Eric did not. Ethan didn't know the difference. We are just patiently waiting for Baby Sister now. Thank you extended family for the wonderful gifts you sent us! We are enjoying them so much! We can't wait to see you! But he did enjoy unwrapping gifts......and his new Thomas boots...I got excited about my hairbrush from Brandon...Ethan preps to open more gifts. Mom, look at my Thomas haul!

What I Would Do with a Million Dollars

Eric asks me every once in awhile what I would do if I had endless money. Well, I have been thinking about it and I have a few ideas. First, I would get my whole body lasered (lased?) so I would never have a shave again. No more Venus razors or eyebrow plucking. That would be wonderful. Then I would buy as many Yankee candles as I could handle. Yankee candles are a love of mine, but they are too expensive. Next, I would drink eggnog year round. Is eggnog more expensive than milk? I feel like it is. Finally, I would go on a vacation/cruise to a tropical place. In fact, I would go on several vacations to tropical places. So anyway, when we make our first million (or Eric, rather) these items will be on the list.

Counting is Fun!

I personally have never found 1-10 very funny, but I am glad Ethan gets a kick out of it!

Big People Toothpaste

So the other day I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth. Ethan (2) came in and informed me that he wanted to brush his teeth as well. His little Thomas the Tank Engine toddler toothpaste was in the other bathroom and I didn't feel like going to get it, so I just put a tiny bit of Crest Wintergreen on his toothbrush so he could brush. He stuck it in his mouth, got a really funny urgent sour expression, and yelled, "HELP!"
Guess he didn't like it. Ha ha. I'll stick with Thomas.

Birthday Videos

Not a Baby Anymore

Ethan Joseph Pelfrey, 2 years old on December 1! Ethan is such a sweetheart, we love him so much.

The Thomas cake I made for his birthday. Here I am pretending to strangle Thomas because he was such a pain to frost!

Eric putting together Ethan's Thomas bike from Grammy Dearden. What a great present!

Some things Ethan knows and likes:

• Mill Dilly (Amelia Bedelia)
• Mewk (Milk)
• Pies (Fries)
• Cars
• Trucks
• Jeeps
• Pooper (Clifford...the big red dog)
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• Baby Sister
• Wash dishes (pulling a chair up by the sink to play in the water)
• Getting the mail with mom or dad
• Bocks (Blocks)
• Vacoom (Vacuuming)
• Makers (Music Makers, a little joy school program we go to on Mondays)
• Nursee (Nursery)
• Jackers
• Car bankee (Car blanket that he sleeps with every night)
• Daddy Duke! (Taking Eric to school)
• The Park
• Counting to 10 (he has no use for 5, however)
  
• Elmo
• And much more!