Everyone... sing along!

(To the tune of The Inventor Song:)

Oh, it was...
Dad who first played (*whop!*) My Foe,
And it was Steph who made the elephant noise.
Well, it was Jenn's cougar! roaming the cliffs, the cliffs,
And Ryan's generator made from Tinker Toys.
A ball popped and Shair became Miss Crunchy Meat Pie,
On the piano Mom played John Denver songs.
So when you're spelling the word F-A-M-I-L-Y,
Don't forget the L's for the Longs (Thanks the big one!)
Don't forget the L's for the Longs!

A Project...

I found this cute piano bench at the Goodwill thrift store downtown. It's time for a little fixer-upper! Here are the 'before' photos... 'After' photos to come, when I've completely revamped it into the world's greatest single piece of furniture.



I'm going to turn it into an entry bench. I don't really have an entry in my apartment, but you get the idea. Wish me luck!

Fitting for it being Valentine's Day in a couple days.......

So, yesterday, as Jason helped Sydney get ready for school, she sighs and says "Me and Landon are in love."

Peyton's Near Death Experience

Update on Peyton. Peyton has turned into an uncommonly good child. He hardly ever cries which is so different from the first 2 months of his life as I remember it.

I picked up Peyton from his mother's work. She was going to the Jazz game with Sydney. During the ride home as I was singing to him, I heard this tiny little whimpering just a few little high pitched noises. They seemed partly a wheeze (which I am so familiar with) and partly a little singing. I was so flattered! Peyton was trying to sing like me!! By the time I got into the driveway, went to get him out of the car seat, I saw that the poor little thing had his hood down over his chin and was trying so hard to shake it off. What I egotistically thought was Peyton mimmicing is grandmother's beautiful singing, was a cry for help!

All things turned out well. I fed him and he ended up in Grandpa's arms, fast asleep.

Sir Chubby Spits-a-Lot and Sister Magoo

So the latest goings on in the Gillman household, is that Peyton is a chunky-monkey. He weighs just over 17 pounds which is two pounds more than Sydney weighed at the same age. His little legs are rolls of fat, but his smile is one of the cutest things you'll ever see. He is extremely ticklish, but will rarely give you an outward giggle, just lots of smiles. He LOVES his sister and wants her to talk to him constantly and loves to give her smiles. Which is great because Sydney gets a kick out of it too. He has started on rice cereal and Sydney couldn't wait to give it to him...and eat his left overs!

Sydney got a big kid booster seat for Jason's car and she is so excited. I have always strapped her in her carseat pretty tight so I think she (and I) will have some getting used to the actual car's seatbelt that allows a person to move around.

We miss everyone and hope to see you all soon!

Ricky Gervais...

Happy Christmas!

Hope you all had as fun a christmas as we did! Gramma Jaynee and Papa Philip spent the night on Christmas Eve and woke up before anyone else and opened all their presents before Sydney could even make it down the stairs! She did notice that Santa had eaten the cookies she left for him. It was a lot of fun. We only took a couple photos this year and Peyton wasn't even in them! ha! At least we have a bit of video.

Sydney putting out cookies, milk, and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.

Our tree after Santa came.

Our stockings filled from Santa.

Here are some silly pictures of us having a bit of fun. The one of me Sydney took by herself! Have a fun and safe New Year!