Boy Math

My mind sometimes wanders toward nerdy thoughts like these...

To have three boys so far, we have rolled the dice and fallen on one side of the 50% odds to come to the following percentage--.5 x .5 x .5 = 12.5% chance of having three children all of the same gender.

As of right now, it also appears Baby J will be keeping his beautiful blue eyes just like his big brothers (how did God know I desperately longed for blue eyes as a child and, of course, would want them for my own children?) 

Both GG and I are brown-eyed and each carry a recessive allele for blue eye color from Pappy and Mimi, respectively (science teacher coming out...)  So each of our children has a 25% chance of having blue eyes (think Punnett Square)--.25 x .25 x .25 = 1.6% chance of having three blue-eyed kids.  

Thus, the chance of winding up with THREE blue-eyed baby boys goes something like this = .5  x .5  x .5  x .25  x .25  x .25 = .0019 = .19%

That means our family is a .2% Godly "coincidence."

Gosh, we feel pretty special!!

Happy Saturday!

GGa Culpa

This week GG realized he had missed his godfather's birthday last week...  oops!!  Because Godfather Bob is a Texas A&M alum and avid football fan, we had Baby J don a "Gig 'Em Aggies" onesie yesterday and took oodles of pictures.  

Our hope is that J's cuteness will melt Godfather Bob into forgiveness for our forgetfulness.  And after seeing the outcome of the photo shoot, I'm pretty sure we'll be just fine. :)

Enjoy a blessed Friday!  Glorious!

Endorphin Smiles

The crew, courtesy of my timed camera placed on the bumper of the van! :)

Oh the goodness of a run!  I totally had a blast today running with T, J, and Custer...  We made it a blissful 35 minutes and I loved every minute of it!  It was my second venture out and was so blessed.  We ran around the neighborhood and down by the elementary school, then up to the neighborhood across the street.  We hadn't gone far when we chose to take a left and explore a large corporate complex nearby.  Oh the joy!--we found a beautiful path all the way around a large pond with fountains and ducks and gorgeous landscaping...  The heavens felt like they parted as we jogged around this green space; I was so giddy.  God reminded me of the beauty of His creation and the blessing of running to find my way around a new town.  Running has always allowed me to find the quaint nooks and crannies of the world around me!  Today was no exception...

And not to mention I'm now flying high on endorphins--definitely my "drug" of choice!  Love 'em! :)

Did I mention I've decided to run an 8k (~5mi) in Nov. with friends up in Philly?  It will be good motivation to get out there and enjoy the beautiful autumn.

God bless you today in all of your uphill adventures...  Hugs!

(sorry for all of the above exclamation points (I can't help my enthusiasm!)--see note on endorphins :)

A Good Sign

Me to M: 

"Alright, this is the last time.  You may only give the baby one more kiss."

With cheeks as scrumptious and kissable as this...

Can you blame him?  I'm having trouble holding back myself! :)

Sleeping report: Baby J is starting to give us a longer stretch (~5-6 hours), but unfortunately during the first sleeping stretch of the night (7-12am or 8-1:30am).  This means I rarely get to benefit from it.  When I do, I feel totally disoriented from going to bed so early!  Oh well!  He then sleeps 3-hour stretches for the rest of the night...  Ho hum!  He is officially 8-weeks-old today, so I just need to relax and let things happen.  :)  I should count my blessings that we're at least getting some sort of break. :)

That's the latest from Gasperini-Ville.  Hope your day has been blessed!  

Autumn--Check!

I found these bountiful mums today and was so happy to (finally) get something on our front stoop...  Don't they look happy themselves?  Now for those pumpkins!  Have a blessed Monday!Update: I just found this wreath for the front door!  So very excited...  I just love autumn!

Go Irish!

Glad for the win!

Satiated Saturday

The baby is sleeping
The boys are playing
GG is running (= endorphin-induced hubby!)
I have my coffee
Soccer is cancelled
The Irish play this afternoon
The dishes are done.

What could be better?
God bless you today and prayers for a blissful weekend!