Finally, A Few Photos

Here's Jack at Jeremy and Julie's wedding in January. He had fun playing in the Sunday school room beforehand.

Despite the fun Sunday school room, this was kind of a crabby day. Jack stayed up front with Joah during the ceremony for as long as it took for everyone to get up the aisle. Then it got boring and I had to take him to the back.

Here is Jack's new favorite activity: skateboarding with his "howt" (helmet) in our driveway.

Jack and Joah spent a while digging a hole in the backyard for a transplanted flower, and Jack is showing me his dirty hand. This is the same day that Lulu escaped. We'll have to be more careful next time we're playing in the backyard!
In other family news, Joah caught his hand in a saw at work on Wednesday, resulting in 8 stitches and a few days off work. We're hoping he can go back on Tuesday, but we'll see what the doctor says at his follow-up appointment on Monday.

Good News!

Good news for the Widman family: (or at least for the mom of the Widman family...) our wandering kitty Lulu has been found and returned to us, thanks to some attentive girls down the street!
I'm glad she's home, and I think she is too, now that her bath is over!

Happenings

Well, I haven't been very good at picking up the camera lately, but I suppose I can blog about what we've been doing.
Just over a week ago, our kitty Lulu slipped out the door without our knowledge and disappeared. We haven't seen her around, so I assume she's enjoying herself, wherever she is. We've been leaving food out at night, but I've seen two different cats eating it, neither of whom were Lulu. She may be gone for good. If you see our kitty, let us know!

I think the word has spread far and wide, but in case you didn't hear, we're expecting a new Widman this September. We're hoping for an 09/09/09 birthday because that would be awesome.

Joah's brother Jeremy and his new wife Julie have been staying with us since Thursday, which has been a lot of fun. They were married in January in North Carolina, so today we had a reception here for California friends and family. Most of the Gentry (Joah's mom's) side of the family showed up, and many of our church friends came as well. The food was delicious and plentiful. The leftovers in our fridge will be quite enjoyed.

Jack is very into his "howt" (helmet) lately--his bike helmet which my parents got for him--and especially likes to wear it to "eet" (skateboard) with Joah. Sometimes Joah holds his hands and lets him ride "by himself", and sometimes Joah will skateboard holding Jack, which is a really fun ride! They've made visits to the park and the post office that way. He also enjoys wearing his "howt" to ride his "ah-ee" (bike (tricycle)), but he can't quite grasp the concept of pedaling yet, so he'll climb on, push with his feet a little, climb off, push from behind, climb on, turn the wheel, etc. Maybe by this summer he'll actually go somewhere by pedaling!
Another current obsession of Jack's is to drive a car--any car, toy or real. The very best is when he can have the keys and stand in the driver's seat of one of our real cars and push every button, turn every knob, and pull every lever, which we don't like to let him do because he really yanks on the levers (I think a turn signal lever would be hard to replace). However, if we're ever having a tough day, I can take Jack out to the garage, open the driver's side window, let Jack go to town (figuratively, not literally) in the car, and I can sit in my camping chair and read my People magazine next to the car. That's good for at least 20 minutes of entertainment for both of us!

I think things will slow down for us, now that Jeremy and Julie's reception is over. It seems like we've had one big event or another to plan for since Christmas, so I'm ready for a few quiet months. Perhaps we'll finish painting the house, and perhaps I'll even plant something in our yard. You never know what some schedule-free Saturdays might bring!