Winter Bluez

From 12-30-2008

The winter blues are not setting in for this Winters family. We stay true to our name. No, we don’t stay inside all day crying, pressing up against the glass of the window, wishing it were summer. Nor do we take a daily trip to the tanning bed to receive our hot dose of Vitamin-D. Instead, we run around outside without any jacket or shoes on, jumping into the nearest pond and seeing how long it will take to get hypothermia.

Just kidding.

We are doing just fine though. For those of you that haven’t heard, Rachel is pregnant yet again, and the expected due date is sometime this year (if you don’t already know the due date, then we probably didn’t want you to know, haha).  The entire family is excited to have a new addition on its way. Noah wants a sister. Every time we asked him “Do you want a brother or a sister?”  for the past 3 or 4 months, he has consistently said sister. This I find interesting.

This time around, names are going to be secretive, and we are NOT finding out the sex of the baby until he or she is born. This will drive me crazy of course, due to the fact that I am a planner, and I hate surprises! I’m sure I will love this surprise.

Here’s a quick self-Q&A I had with myself just a few moments ago:

Josh: Are you ready to stop sleeping again?

Josh: No

Josh: Was this baby planned out?

Josh: I plan everything to happen, and if I didn’t, I did it for a reason.

Josh: How will your poker, video game, and binge drinking (haha) addictions be affected by this new addition?

Josh: Poker = None, because I never get to play. Video games = None, because I never get to play. Binge drinking = What? I drink like once per year?!?!

We had a good talk, Me and I. Sometimes you just have to sit down with yourself and talk. Some people do it in their heads, and some people do it out loud, and that’s what separates sane from the insane I guess. I’m out.

The “Daddy, I wanna [insert need here]” Stage

From Blog

As you can tell from the above image, Noah is a goofball. Recently, he had some 2-year pictures taken at Sears (yes, I’m inadvertently exposing Sears to some major free advertising) and he LOVED it. Every time they would snap the picture, Noah would look over at the image on the screen and say, “Aww, cute!” It was funny as heck.

The title of this entry pretty much explains the stage that Noah is in right now. “Daddy, I wanna watch Nemo,” or “I wanna vote for Obama.” If he says the latter, I usually go through this long explanation about how the constitution was amended in 1971 so that people 18 years or older can vote, but he still isn’t old enough. By the time I’m done explaning the whole “legal voting age” thing, I look over and he’s always gone. Hmmm…

In all seriousness, Noah is becoming his own little man. He is a very independent little guy, and hardly ever needs my help doing something. In fact, I get yelled at usually for helping him. For example, the other day we were at the park, and I had to lift Noah from the ladder to the platform. He turned around and fiercely explained how he could do it himself. I apologized of course, and said it would never happen again lol.

For me, life is all over the place. I am STILL, STILL working at Best Buy. I have been there so long that people who know me now ask, “Oh, you’re still with Best Buy?” which is embarassing, of course.

I will continue this blog at a later date. My wife is home and I have to watch big brother.