A Pirates Christmas for Ye!

So as not to keep you in suspense about the title of this blog, I will explain. As I mentioned a few posts back, we had our annual gingerbread house competition the other night - of course I say "gingerbread", but in reality, there was not a hint of ginger or bread to be found. Regardless, our group (consisting of all guys) was trying to decide a theme for our creation. And what Christmasy, fun-spirited motif did we choose ... a pirate ship of course! Of course the safe approach would be to just go with the standard "Santa's-Winter-Wonderland" concept (see the girls' creation below for an example). However, we men (us men?) opted to challenge the norm! Call us "outside-of-the-box"ers, call us trailblazers, or just call us crazy w/ no holiday spirit - we just thought we would try something different. With no further ado, here is our (dare I say) masterpiece...

Now the layman might just sit back and say "No Talent" or "No Holiday-Spirit". My response to these nay-sayers, "O ye of no vision! No creativity!" Sure, technically we lost the competition to the girls. But just ponder this - if people like Ford, Edison, and Einstein stopped because of a simple technicality, where would we be today? I'll tell you, on a horse, in the dark, with no real understanding of the Theory of Relativity! Not really sure where I was going with this, but I think you get the point. Oh yeah, for you "traditionalists", here is the "winning" creation...

Now I'm sure you're reading this and saying to yourself: Josh, this is all fine and dandy, but what is new with your baby?! I mean how ever did her 2-month appointment go?? I'm dying to know! To those 1 or 2 of you that were thinking this, I will not keep you waiting! The short answer is it went very well! We found out that we are apparently raising a future middle hitter for volleyball! At 24", she is in the 95 percentile for her age! Other stats: 12 lbs. 3 oz. (75 percentile) and a proportionately-sized head. Kaylee also had the privilege of enduring 3 vaccinations which, I must say, she handled like a seasoned veteran! As Kendy always does, I will let her to fill in some of the missing maternal-viewpoint highlights from this experience in a later post - including one of Kaylee's firsts that occurred at the appointment!

Here is a photo we took of our "little bird" the other day. The cuter she gets, the more I'm convinced she's probably not mine (kidding of course!). She is always good for a smile and a "coo" these days, and it just makes my heart melt! Even at 1 in the morning...