Two questions as a result of the previous entry have amused me greatly:

1) Was that a true story?

and

2) Can we have more entries by Nikki’s Brain?

Firstly, YES that was a true story (you can ask my friend Carrie, who arrived in my driveway JUST as Sean informed that behold, in this new space age, garage door openers can now be programmed into cars; my friend Carrie, who had her very own sleepy baby, ready for a nap; and oh, the pressure to get us all inside alive was about to do me in, hence my state of  mild hysteria.)

Second, hee!  You are some FUNNY people.  Nikki’s Brain…I don’t know about. The Garage Door though is a total publicity hound and you should not encourage it.  It is not unlike Kate Gosselin, strutting about town in a miniskirt and high heels.  Maybe if we ignore them both, they will go away.

Anyway, hello!  I have many things going through my head right now, all competing to make it into this blog post.

To write about each one in detail would be tiresome, so maybe I’ll just give each topic a little preview.  You tell me which one you would like me to expound upon, and I will oblige.

Topic One: The Homebirth

Guess what!  I’m not done talking about Emma’s birth.  I still think about it every day.  It was just so hugely transformative.  But I don’t want to be annoying about it, so I’ve kept it to myself. I would looooove some permission to be annoying though because DUDE, I had a homebirth! I am sort of a rock star that way.  In my own head, at least.

Topic Two: Idolatry and the County Fair

You know how John Calvin says the heart is an idol factory?  Well, I say it’s a Whack-a-Mole game.  As soon as you thump one over the head, another one pops up.  More thoughts are swirling through my mind about this…maybe another time.

But anyway, moles! I have a little story about that. We had one at our old house.  Sean’s hatred for that furry little creature was immediate and all-consuming.  It tore up the yard and left holes everywhere. And mind you, this was just one.

So, Sean tried various ways of ridding us of the mole, but what finally led to the little guy’s demise was Sean, tracking it in the yard, with big huge gloves on, ready to grab it at first sight.  I came outside to watch the event, as it was rather humorous to me to see Sean digging into tunnels chasing a mole.  I didn’t really think he would EVER actually catch it.  I mean, who catches moles with their bare hands?

Sean does, apparently.  He grabbed that little sucker and brought it over to me, showing off his hunting prowess, and I was so proud of my little predator-husband that I indulged him and looked the mole over, and awarded Sean my praise and appreciation.

And to my surprise, the mole was kind of cute, with the crazy looking head and enormous paws. I pondered the animal’s unique characteristics until it suddenly freaked out and tried to bite Sean, so he threw it against the fence and killed it. The end!

Topic Three: In Which I Realize I am Aging at an Alarming Rate

There’s this couple Sean and I went to church with in college.  They were Waco locals and had two kids, ages seven and four.  They were older than us, and we couldn’t really relate to them much at the time, as we were only dating and not even legal.  But we loved their family and were sad when we moved away.

Anyway, now we are Facebook friends, and I just got an update that their oldest is a freshman at the very same college we went to. This kind of blew my mind.

Nikki: Sean, their seven year old is a freshman in college!

Sean: I know. You’re old!

Nikki:  But how…?  How did this happen?  They were us…and now we’re them…it’s like the circle of life is out to get me.

Sean: …yeah…

Nikki: This is why we should keep having babies. It keeps us young.

Sean:  Dumb?  Did you say it keeps us dumb?

Nikki: No!  I said young. It keeps us young…

Sean: …

Nikki: …and okay maybe dumb.

(Oh whoops!  I went and got all talky about topic three after all.  You will maybe not want to vote on that one.  I’m kind of, done with it now.)

Topics Worthy of Honorable Mention

Vaccinations

That time I had a good hair day

Exactly, how crunchy am I…

The cast of Firefly is totally messing with us all

Baby items I cannot live without, perhaps you would like to know them

Netflix, the joys of

(and, finally)

Fish tacos

The lines are open.  Let the voting begin!