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Meet my new friend, Edward. I call him Little Eddie.

Courtney — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:03:42 +0000

Last night I headed over to Newport Beach to visit my dear friend Pearl, and her sweet spanking new baby boy, Edward. He is just 4 1/2 weeks old, and as beautiful as can be. (I promise, Pearl, this is a true compliment since I kinda think ALL newborns look the same. Mine included.) Oh, and it was great seeing new-daddy Tom again too – because it had been years!

Edward Rollinger, 4 1/2 weeks.

Now, as another dear friend (E-dog) always says, “I’m not gunna lie…” Sweet little Eddie did bust out that desperate newborn baby cry on me a few times. My blood pressure shot up, and my nerves rattled a tad, just like back in the ol’ Baby-Jack days. But have no fear, this old momma still has it! I battled back with some tight swaddling and my patented super-rock-and-jiggle move. I had that little guy out cold in minutes. My 2 hours visit left me simmering over a wide range of feelings, from “what the heck have we gotten ourselves into?!?!” to “I think I am going to be able to do this.”

Not that it matters at this point, since tomorrow I will be 6 months and 1 week 8 months pregnant.

Ready for the job.

We got our hair did. You should too.

Courtney — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:57:39 +0000

So, the $0.99 paid itself off instantly in belly laughs. On a recommendation for Sarah K, I just bought this silly little iPhone app: ReDo – which lets you try on different hair styles. The hair is more cartoony than realistic, but c’mon, its still good fun.

DJ thinks I am a dead ringer for Ellen Degeneres with this do:

And Check out the DJ with Michal Scott hair (or is it more of John Travolta????):

And the viking neighbor Lars, looking like Ryan Adams:

funny little things

Courtney — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:17:28 +0000

The first, from Jack. I was commenting that the nasty carved pumpkins are molding and need to go in the trash.

Jack said, “That’s a good job for daddy. Daddy likes gross stuff, that’s what he is a lawyer.”

A text message from our favorite viking neighbor midwife mom:

“Just drove by your house, Annike shouted ‘I see DJ’s head. Shiny’ Have a good night friend, and may your glow serve as a beacon of happiness to all of us.”

Chargers beat the Raiders, and we got out alive!

Courtney — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:56 +0000

The Chargers won! Yay!

And we parked and tailgated next to the ESPN-made-famous Raider nation fans. These are the three guys you see in the front row of every game – all spooky with their face paint, skulls, spikes, etc. (Even the Gorilla dude.) Turns out, they were really nice. We laughed at them for the first two hours while they politely stood and posed for photos with fans. Then when DJ finally went over to chat, I snapped one of him. He is gunna kill me!

Halloween Dance class with AnnikeBeano

Courtney — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:46:53 +0000

All dressed up in costume, Jack headed out for his first (and maybe last) tap and ballet class.

The great pumpkin deal

Courtney — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:49 +0000

So it turns out the best deal on pumpkins is the “all u can carry” for $17 at Armstrongs. So we packed up two cars full of kids with the Vikings and headed over…

Happy kids

Courtney — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:59:02 +0000

Happy kids, originally uploaded by charmeling.

Jack and Soren loving popsicles.

Darth Vader is no match for these boys

Courtney — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:43:39 +0000

Jack and his school friend, Wilken, fought off “dark vader” at Legoland.

Not for children

Courtney — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:06:36 +0000

Not for children, originally uploaded by charmeling.

I don’t think my car was made for 3 kids in the back. Petra is smooshed.

Thanks,
Courtney

Happy Birthday America

Courtney — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:27:24 +0000

We had a wonderful 4th of July this year, a great swim/bbq party with the Kaenals, Okamotos, and the Vikings of course.

Happy Birthday America! from Courtney Harmeling on Vimeo.