ipod shuffle

ok so earlier i posted that i got flannel pajamas and that was the best gift ever. i had not opened my gifts from dak and eli yet! dak gave me a clip on tiny ipod shuffle! so i have it clipped on to my flannel pajamas and i dont know how i ever lived without it! i can not hear dogs barking at passing cars or anything but my music! no headbanging and drumming upstairs, nothing! just melissa etheridge singing damn i want to be your lover with sophie hawkins.

of course the trip to visit with damien went well and look at how big he has gotten! that is his other papa in the photo with him. he really got a bunch of christmas presents and he loves to play with cars and he is going to be 4 january 29. what a big tall boy he is! he looks a lot like his dad. his dad and him are pretty good partners.

in other grandbaby news promise and preslie had christmas with their dad, my son david, in kansas city. i did not get to be there for their christmas but their paw paw david's new girlfriend made an sd card of christmas photos of their christmas and sent with eli for me. that was pretty awesome. a nice gift from a nice future ex of my ex instead of that stinky old ex of my ex and her nasty hating the first ex crap. or something. wow that was confusing huh. in every photo promise is making this exact same face. i asked eli what was up with that and he said she is saying cheese so her face looks like this in every photo!

here are some photos of the fantastic eli original artwork that he gave me for christmas! eli did this awesome picture of a soldier statue at the korean war memorial and he created this soldier's entire face from words. it is amazing. he turned it into his art teacher for a grade and got 100 percent on it and there is no doubt it is 100% work and i am not just saying because he is my artist but because it really is that good! totally awesome!

and finally ralph and suzie are coming soon! cant wait til they get here! it is sort of cool when you have kids coming and going because then the holiday drags on longer and you have something still to look forward too. eli is really excited about ralph coming so he can hang out and go snowboarding with him. i just want to see the baby bump again. so exciting to get another sweet grambaby!