This afternoon I am exhausted, but can’t sleep. I just tried and got out of bed to write this, hoping it will help and then I will go back to bed and try again. I really want some chocolate and there isn’t any in my kitchen. I ate a delicious sandwich with colby jack cheese, avocado, and a vine ripened tomato. Half way through the sandwich I thought, “some chocolate would taste really good after this.” So I finished my lunch and started to look for chocolate. Which is silly because I know there isn’t any because I looked for some yesterday too. Sure enough, the only chocolate I found was the can of hot cocoa mix that has been in our cupboard since Feb 2006.

I don’t want some lousy excuse for cocoa. I don’t even want good cocoa, but I’m sure I would settle for it. I want pure 62% chocolate. I tried having more avocado, it did not satisfy my want for chocolate. I tried going the complete opposite route and ate a slice of pickle. This only made me thirsty. I then ate a fruit roll up. (Yuck!) Now I need to brush my teeth to get everything un-stuck and scrub the pink dye off my tongue.

Here is the problem with liking DARK chocolate. They don’t sell it in small quantities, ie. a daily ration. OK, that is not the root of the problem. The root of the problem is this, I will finish whatever amount of chocolate I have. I may not do it in one sitting, but it will be gone by the end of the day. So really the problem is with my lack of self discipline, but let’s blame the chocolatiers!

The Wiggles are Laurana’s favorite musical group. She calls them “Weebles.” They have a song called, “Point Your Fingers and do the Twist.” Laurana dances around pointing her “Mingers.” It is one of my favorite songs. Laurana likes it too, but alas we’ve decided that we don’t want her to watch TV anymore. I will miss the Wiggles. We found a lot of 11 Wiggles CDs for sell on Ebay. We will win them! I must have Greg, Murry, Anthony and Jeff in my life. I’m not sure I know how to go through my morning with out hearing Captian Feather Sword sing about his dolphin friends. And then there is Henry the Octopus, I will miss watching him dance in his eight legged pants. Dorothy truly is my favorite dinosaur. I’ve just started to get to know Wags the Dog, but I like how he dances.

I am sure I would discover many interesting things about myself if I stopped to ponder why I truly enjoy The Wiggles, but I have to go entertain Laurana. We aren’t letting the TV do that anymore.

We will call Adelle “Mutt” and Laurana “Jeff.”

Mutt was looking pretty rolly polly (not to be confused with Rolie Polie Olie) this morning. I think she grew last night. Brad measured the girl’s waists. They are the same! 18.5 inches.

This is remarkable because clothing makers have designated 18.5″ to be the size of a 6-12 month old. Apparently both our 2 month old and our 2 year old are the size of a 6-12 month old! What is even more remarkable is that neither girl looks odd. Jeff looks tall and muscular and Mutt looks cuddly, but not fat.

You can see that we would often delay taking the monthly pictures until late at night with Laurana. That’s not an option with Adelle now that Rana is sleeping on that bed at night. Maybe Adi will turn into even more of a morning person than Laurana (oh please let it not be so).

Sorry Adi, no bragging rights here. You were both 18.5 inches, so clearly our swaddling technique changed. (Adi’s on the left, Rana’s on the right in today’s shot, unlike March 24th’s).

I didn’t realize how lucky I got with Rana’s shot. Adi’s pic is the best of about 40 I took (gotta love Canon 20D’s 5 frames/second speed). If we have a third baby, future Brad, remember these tips:

• Stand on the bed post rather than the bed so baby does not keep rolling away
• This should keep your feet clear of the picture, too, but be aware nonetheless!
• Make sure diaper is securely fastened!!!

Someone’s a bit more yellow, and I don’t mean cowardly.

The lighting has a little to do with it, but there is definitely a hair-color difference…

She’s chubbier than Laurana was, that’s for sure. She seems to lack the jaundice too, so hopefully we won’t need the raver blanket this time!

Laurana is fascinated by Adi, and loves to kiss her and pretend to feed her.

We’ll have more pictures up later on our Picasaweb account (http://picasaweb.google.com/yumbrad) … But wanted to get a couple up right away as photographic proof that we have some baby. You’ll have to take our word for it that she’s ours.

World, meet Adelle Morrison. Adelle, meet world.

P.S. Oh ya… She answers to “Adelle Morrison Bozarth” :) … Morrison is Brad’s grandma’s maiden name!

Sarah was also very efficient. One contraction and two minutes worth of pushing and Adelle was here! (That’s one contraction with pushing – quite a few contractions before that with no pushing). Pictures to follow soon, no compact flash reader here at the hospital :)

Baby #2 seems to be a bit more lackadaisical than Laurana. He/she isn’t in a hurry to come out. So, in the meantime, we had some fun with Grandma and “Gracaw” (as Laurana says) this past week. We went to our favorite picture beach, Manresa, and Laurana was a good model. But just so you know how judicious I am with your time, this album has been trimmed from 97 pictures off of the camera to only 13 pictures in the final album! Only the best for the bozarthfamily.com readers :)

Oh, and breaking with tradition, this very recent album is going up in non-chronological order. We still need to get caught up from Christmas… Enjoy!

St. Patrick’s Day at Manresa Beach

And the rest of 2006 (almost)… We’ve been busy putting pictures up using Picasaweb – it’s very easy to upload and everything gets sorted by date. You can find all our albums at http://picasaweb.google.com/yumbrad

We will still post to bozarthfamily.com in the event of big album updates, additions of pets, births of new children, etc…