A Valentine's gift for you.

You're welcome.

Dad thoughts v. Mom thoughts

I've come across an absolutely hilarious website-

"How To Be A Dad"

If you have a minute, it's a must-check-out.

They've got funny insights into parenthood, categories such as

"My Wife Just Said..."

and "Instructional Diagrams" like the following:

(click any pic to enlarge)

**I may or may not have had one or four of these thoughts. Allegedly.

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**True. All true.

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And just cuz it made me laugh, I included this:

**I love the hand/foot marks on the baby, and I LOVE the bum marks

at the end of the toddler's walk!

Ahhh, parenthood.

how to be a good hubs during 'ladytimes'...

Courses for Men and Women...

Courses for Men and Women
-by James S. Huggins (adapted)
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Courses for Women

Taught by men, for women.

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101

Avoiding Walking in Front of the TV

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102

Shopping: Buying What You Can Afford, Not What You Can Charge

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103

Going to The Bathroom Alone

(formerly 'Coping Without My Friends')

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104

Understanding the Male Response to "Do I Look OK?"

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105

Exercise: How it Keeps You from Looking Like Your Mother

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106

Learning How to Initiate Intimacy

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107

How to Apologize When You Are Obviously Wrong

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108

Understanding the Male Response to "Am I Fat?"

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109

Dishwashers: Rinsing Before Is Not a Must

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The Toilet Seat: You Can Learn to Put It Down Too

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111

"The Weekend" and "Long Boring Walks" Are Not Synonymous

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112

How to Go Shopping With Your Mate and Not Embarrass Him

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113

The Remote Control: Don't Touch What You Can't Handle

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114

You Too Can Be the One to Hang Up the Phone

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115

Hairspray: The Effects On The Ecosystem

(formerly 'One Can Is Enough')

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116

Runs In Your Nylons? It's Not the End of the World

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117

Fishing: Being Able to Bait Your Own Hook

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118

Learning to Choose What to Wear In Less Than Four Hours

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119

Vacations: Doing Without 4 Suitcases

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120

Makeup: The Less is More Theory

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121

Nagging: Stop the Insanity!

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Courses for Men

Taught by women, for men.

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101

Combating Stupidity

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102

You Too Can Do Housework

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103

P.M.S. – Learning When To Keep Your Mouth Shut

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104

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How To Fill An Ice Cube Tray

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105

We Do Not Want Sleazy Underthings for Christmas –

Give Us Money

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106

Understanding the Female Response To You Coming In at 4am

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107

Wonderful Laundry Techniques

(Formerly 'Don't Wash My Silks')

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108

Parenting – No, It Doesn't End With Conception

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109

Get a Life – Learn How To Cook

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110

How Not To Act Like a Butthead When You Are Obviously Wrong

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111

Spelling – Even You Can Get It Right

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112

You – The Weaker Sex

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113

Reasons To Give Flowers

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114

Why It Is Unacceptable To Relieve Yourself

Anywhere But the Bathroom

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115

Garbage – Getting It To the Curb

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116

The Weekend and Sports Are Not Synonymous

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117How To Put The Toilet Seat Down

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118 

How To Go Shopping With Your Mate and Not Get Lost

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119 

The Remote Control – Overcoming Your Dependency

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120

Helpful Postural Hints For Couch Potatoes

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121

How Not To Act Younger Than Your Children

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122

You Too Can Be a Designated Driver

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123

Facing That You Don't Look Like Mel Gibson

No Really

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124

Changing Your Underwear – It Really Works

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125

The Attainable Goal – Omitting %@#*! From Your Vocabulary

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126 

Fluffing the Blankets After Farting is Not Necessary

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127 

Real Men Ask For Directions

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128

How To Take Illness Like a Man

need a laugh?

{I was just thinking how sad it is that I can relate to- and love-

pretty much every single one of these...}

how men find clothes:

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Now I just need chart to help him find his keys. 

And phone. 

And wallet...

boys vs. girls

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This is an oldie but a goodie:

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LITTLE BOYS and LITTLE GIRLS

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"Equal" is not always synonymous with "the same."

Men and women are created equal. But, boys and girls are not born the same.

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1.You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose.You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose.
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2.You dress your little girl in her Easter Sunday best, and she'll look just as pretty when you finally make it to church an hour later. You dress a boy in his Easter Sunday best, and he'll somehow find every mud puddle from your home to the church, even if you're driving there.
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3.Boys' rooms are usually messy. Girls' rooms are usually messy, except it's a good smelling mess.
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4.A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonderment at what nature has made. A baby boy will pick up a stick and turn it into a gun.
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5.When girls play with Barbie and Ken dolls, they like to dress them up and play house with them. When boys play with Barbie and Ken dolls, they like to tear off their appendages.
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6.Boys couldn't care less if their hair is unruly. If their bangs got cut a quarter-inch too short, girls would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public.
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7.Baby girls find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting their face. Baby boys find mommy's makeup and almost instinctively start painting the walls.
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8.If a girl accidentally burps, she will be embarrassed. If a boy accidentally burps, he will follow it with a dozen fake belches.
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9.Boys grow their fingernails long because they're too lazy to cut them. Girls grow their fingernails long -- not because they look nice -- but because they can dig them into a boys arm.
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10.Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt.
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11.By the age of 6, boys will stop giving their dad kisses. By the age of 6, girls will stop giving their dad kisses unless he bribes them with candy.
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12.Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make machine-gun noises.
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13.Girls will cry if someone dies in a movie. Boys will cry if you turn off the VCR after they've watched "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie three times in a row.
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14.Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys.
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In all seriousness, a series of studies done on

little girls and little boys found the following:

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*Boys like MOTION. 

And they prefer mechanical motion (such as windshield wipers)

over human motion (like a person talking).

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*Boys have MOVES.

While boys and girls actually start walking and such at the same time,

boys wiggle, squirm and kick much more than girls.

(They also are much more likely to end up in the ER with injuries.)

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*Boys are more EMOTIONAL than you think.

Boys tend to be more easily agitated than girls.  They also have a

harder time self-soothing and tend to be more upset than they appear.

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*Boys love a CROWD.

Boys prefer looking at groups of faces rather than one face.

In fact, they'd rather look at a mobile than a single face.

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*Boys are [comparitively] FEARLESS.

Boys show fear later and less often than girls.

Also, when a mom shows fear in her face, a girl will slow or stop

what she's doing while a boy will continue.

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*Girls are made to MIMIC.

As early as THREE hours of age, girls excel at imitation (a precursor

to back-and-forth interaction.)  As they grow, girls imitate human behaviors

(such as holding a baby) much earlier than boys, BUT are on pace with boys

in imitating non-human behaviors (like watering plants.)

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*Girls are good with their HANDS.

Girls are better with fine motor skills from infant age to preschool age

(including holding spoons, using toys and writing)

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*Girls may be better LISTENERS.

Girls and boys are no different when it comes to listening to non-human

sounds- such as a rattle.  But girls are more attuned than boys to human

voices, and actually prefer the sound to other sounds.

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*Girls like FACE TIME.

Girls are more likely to establish eye contact, and like individual faces-

particularly women's.  Girls are also much more skilled at reading emotional

expressions.  They can interpret facial expressions earlier, better and faster

than boys.

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*Girls TALK sooner.

Doctors assume it's all the extra watching and listening that the girls are doing

that helps them talk sooner than most boys.  They start gesturing first and

understand what you are saying before boys will.  At 16 months many girls

average 100-word vocabularies, while boys are at about 30.

BUT, by age 2 1/2, they are back on pace with each other.

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Any thoughts?

Having grown up with four brothers,

and now having a boy and a girl,

I found this fascinating.

And true.

did you know

Today is...

NATIONAL MEN MAKE DINNER DAY !!

come on, boyz... hint hint, wink wink

for all my girlzz

Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater.
If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
Therefore, if you give her any crap...
be ready to receive a ton of sh%#.

SERIOUSLY !? ...you really thought i needed to hear that?

Story Number One.

[In the middle of the night, there was a noise loud enough

to wake up both me and Suka. Thinking it was Peli, I roll out of bed

and go look in on him. He's sleeping and everything seems fine,

so I go get back in bed. As I climb in...]

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Suka says: "What was that?"

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I say: "A Bad Guy. I'm gonna go beat him up. You stay here."

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Story Number Two.

[Yesterday, I was asking Suka if he wanted me to help him carry

something in from the car. Looking at me like the

crazy eight-month-pregnant-chick I am...]

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Suka says: "No, I can get it."

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I say: "I can help! I'm not a wuss!"

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PELI says: "You're a wuss, Mom!!"

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I think: Thank you, Son.

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Story Number Three.

[And finally, yesterday I was explaining to Suka that

the baby had dropped, so I had been able to breathe a little better

and am not quite so uncomfortable...]

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Suka says: "Is that why you weren't grouchy today?"

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I think: Isn't it... um... refreshing to have kind, sweet people in your home

who believe that protecting your tender feelings is more important

than being flat-out honest to your hormonal self?!

oh dear.

{Awesome Balloons}

{Awesome Costume}
{Um... I Wont't.}

{...otherwise known as... knives and forks...}

{this parking space is MINE !!}

{Holy Makeup, Batman!}

{Only in... Romania ??}

{Why women live longer.}

it's been HOW LONG?!

1/22/05

Today's our Four Year Anniversary and I cannot believe it!

Above: us coming out of the Mt. Timp. Temple

Below: me and the Boyz- Ife, Pate, Matt, Hoot, Lance, Saki
Suka's family wasn't able to attend, so his boyz were his family for the day
Me and the Girlz: Natalie and Kriss with me,
Mom, Becky, V and Celeste in front
Mom, me and Suka
(my Dad was there, but was seriously ill and not in the pic)
All the Crazy Boys: Hoot, Matt, Suka, Pate, Ife
Dad, Lance, Saki- you can see NONE of them are Hams...
All the fam & friends-

just me

Poor Dallas was on his mish, so he wasn't at our wedding-

you can see him "in spirit" in the poster to the far left-

these are two of his friends/bruddas, who showed up on his behalf

to sing us a gorgeous song!

Us at the reception-

Our friends not only helped with the delish food,

they also put on a full-PCC-style performance with dances from all the islands-

It was a perfect day- everything went smoothly

and it was so fun to enjoy the day with our friends and family.

We were overwhelmed with love!

Thanks so much to everyone who made that day possible.

And thanks to Suka, who's kept my life crazy ever since...