Aunt Helen is here!

Hello everyone! How in the world are you? We are fine as frog hair here in UB. Sorry I am late on this week's post, I am sure you figured out I am quite the busy bee. Lots of news...first of all the good news, our friend Helen is here for a visit from the exotic Florida Keys. As you can imagine, we are having quite a wonderful time. I think she and mom are going to try to do some shopping today with or without me. I might just hop on over to Ms. Michele's and play with my friends instead. No offense ladies, but I think I might sit this one out read (those two are slower in molasses in January when it comes to making decisions--I simply have not developed that sort of patience yet). Everyone say a big thank you to the good lord for us. Dad was in a car accident on Wednesday, but don't worry, he is doing great, not even sore. The Honda, not so much. We will see if it is totaled, but it's okay either way. The important part is dad, and he is safe and sound. The good news is they gave him rental truck and he is now able to fulfill his dream of going to the dump. How about that?! Mom says every cloud has a silver lining. We have the day off today because aunt Helen is here and of course, we are loving it. You know I am crawling everywhere and have been for the past 2 weeks. I really want to walk and have been trying out my sea legs on all of the furniture. In fact, I have been trying out nearly everything. I keep mom and dad hopping, that's for sure. I guess Wednesday mom may have hopped too much because the two of us sat right down at our computer and she ordered me a corral! Can you imagine?! She says it is to keep me safe, but I honestly think she is too old and slow to keep up with a little guy...she can't pull the wool over this boy's eyes! Funny how this day coincided with the fact that she had a near nervous breakdown after finding me playing with her stethoscope. The scary part for her was, I had one of the ears in my mouth and when she pulled it out, the ear piece was missing. Now you can imagine things progressed to sheer hysteria quickly. She called dad bawling her poor head off and he proceeded to talk in soothing tones and try to calm her down. I am watching the whole event, totally nonplussed, going about my woos and coos, laughing and trying to get mom to hand over the phone. You may not know it, but I am quite a big talker on the phone. Anywho, mom got off with dad, (still in tears but promising she was now "calm"; now I don't truly know the meaning of calm, but I don't think she was being completely honest. She then tore apart my room in her terror and lo and behold, there was the ear bud, buried under the blanket on the changing table. Mom immediately called dad back to tell him the coast was clear and he could stop worrying about an intestinal obstruction and a potential surgery (trust me, he wasn't). Maybe this explains why we have both the pen and the gate arriving via UPS sometime very soon. We have another big weekend coming up, Liz and John's wedding and gram and gramps B are coming to hang out with me. They are bringing aunt Amber with them and I bet I am gonna WOW her! She hasn't seen me in 6 months! She won't believe what a big handsome boy I am becoming. I am full of squeals and woos and this week I have a new sound, sss sss. I wish mom and dad would just listen, I have so much to say! We have some very sad news to report, our friend Cliff Wasko, Cyndy's dad, passed away this past Monday after a long battle with cancer. We are so truly sorry and have been thinking of them all week. His services are today and tomorrow, so please, keep them all in your thoughts and prayers. We had some birthdays this past week, uncle Scott, aunt Tide, Josh Halfin, and on Sunday is aunt Dawn and Uncle Mark's anniversary. Oh yes, Papaw Bill, Lisa, and Sabrina J celebrated bdays last week. Now don't forget my birthday TOMORROW and I will be EIGHT whole months old! Can you believe it?! Hard to believe a little guy can get this handsome in such a short time frame! I better run. I hope everyone is doing great. We'll be thinking of you. Come and see us soon. I hope you enjoy the pics from my visit with Grammy J, the Townsends, great Nanny H, and Jacob. We had such a great time and it was so wonderful to see them. Take care out there. Lots of love to you and yours. Don't forget to keep uncle Bart in your prayers. Cooper B