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Hey...Can Somebody Pass Me A Roll?

Next time you find yourself surfing the web take a moment and check out bumbobabyseat.com. The site is dedicated to the bumbo chair...a product that helps babies sit up on their own. Heck, there are even dozens of thank you letters from parents who absolutely gush over thie chair. For example...

"The Bumbo Baby Seat is a snug and cozy environment for your baby... This revolutionary infant chair is uniquely designed according to the baby’s posture...Bumbo enables babies to sit upright all by themselves!... Bumbo Baby Seats are suitable for babies from as soon as they can support their own heads unaided until they can get out of the seat on their own....It is manufactured to the highest safety standards from low-density foam material, which makes it lightweight and portable...It is soft and comfortable for the baby, hygienic and nontoxic... The integral outer skin of the material is durable and easy to clean....Bumbo Baby Seat is definitely the extra set of hands you have always been looking for – the perfect gift for that special occasion...The Bumbo is a wonderful new way to ensure maximum interaction and enjoyable communication with your child."

Now don't get me wrong. Lindsey and I love the bumbo chair and all, but are you serious? Our letter would go a little something like this:

Dear Bumbo,

Your product rocks! Thanks to your baby bumbo seat my wife and I have been able to say 'goodbye' to numb shoulders and arms. Whenever our daughter starts to scream and yell we can just put her in her bumbo baby chair in front of the t.v. and BAM!...InstaBabysitter! And the best part about it is that there is no way she can get out....at least until her feet can reach the floor. Who would have ever thought that a carved up piece of purple painted foam could be such a Godsend! Your number one fans...The Tuckers

March Madness!

Ahhh...it's finally that time of year again! During the NCAA tournament, my television knows only one channel...CBS. Not only did I go 26-6 in the First Round of my Bracket pool, but is there anything better than non-stop basketball action all day long? Of course not! The cool thing about this year is that I am now feeding Maddie a steady dose of roundball so she can go ahead and start to develop her feel for the game (just kidding...we are going to push academics in the Tucker house...wink)! Maddie went shopping with Lindsey today, but now that she is home she is chilling out in her swing rooting against the Dookies (that's what us Tarheel fans call those imbreads eight miles further down Tobacco Road). I saw a special on SportsCenter about "Speedo Guy" (see clip below) from Duke. He held up his infant son (see 3:05-3:25 in clip) and declared that North Carolina better watch out in 20 years. Let's just say that this little boy better not ever set foot close to Maddie!

"Roll Maddie, Roll!"

Anyone remember the first time you actually told your dog to sit...and he did? Many of us never get to experience that satisfaction, but for some of us, after countless hours and tons of scooby snacks, man's best friend finally decides he will do what you've been begging him to do for months. Well, today our little "Fido" (Maddie) did her first trick. She has been flirting with rolling over for over a week, and believe me, Lindsey and I are there dangling the doggie biscuits right in her face. At times I actually think she's toying with us as she rolls 3/4 of the way over before stopping to look up and smile and squeal at us. This afternoon during a routine diaper change Maddie decided it was time to please her owners when she rolled over on her own out of the blue. Even though the smiles only lasted for a few minutes, you would have thought Lindsey and I had turned down the bed sheets to find a million dollars hiding under the sheets.

Maddie The Great!

"Come one, come all. Step right up. Ladies and Gentlemen. Don't miss this once in a lifetime chance to see Maddie the Great. For only $5 she will tell you the secret to becoming a millionaire...Oh wait, I meant to say $10, but $5 will get you your lucky numbers!" Sorry, but couldn't help but to think about one of those carnies at the state fair when i saw this picture. Either that or one of those skinny bearded guys that plays the wooden flute while the cobra dances in the basket (that's way to risky for my kid)! Or maybe it's that creepy genie in a box Jambi from the old school TV show Pee Wee's Playhouse. You know, the guy who said "Mekka-lekka hi mekka hiney hiney ho!" Wow....memories. Now I remember why that guy creeped me out so much. No, we are not training Maddie for a future in the "Big C" as Uncle Eddie would call it (carnival). Maddie was just making the most out of one of our little "wardrobe malfunctions" when Lindsey was struggling to get her dress off today.

Maddie Dane!

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Guess What Happened On December 11...

1620: Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1816: Indiana joins the Union as the 19th state

1844: First dental use of nitrous oxide (for you dad)

1909: First color moving picture debuts at Madison Square Garden

1919: Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Alabama

1930: Bank of the United States opens in NYC

1932: San Francisco's coldest day (27 degrees F) - it snowed!

1938: NY Giants win NFL championship

1941: Germany & Italy declare war on United States

1946: Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label

1951: Joe Dimaggio announces his baseball retirement

1954: Jermaine Jackson (the forgotten member of the Jackson 5 is born)

1958: Nicki Sixx of Motley Crue is born (one of my favorite guitarists)

1961: Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 weeks

1966: Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards

1981: Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick

2008: Madison Dane Tucker is born (7lb. 7oz , 20.5")

Can you believe Maddie is 3 months old!

Shopping!

Lindsey and Maddie went on a shopping spree on Monday. Okay, Okay...let's not get carried away. It was only a shopping spree if you consider rushing in and out of one store to buy one outfit (at least that's all I was made aware of) without even trying it on. Let me rewind and rephrase myself...Lindsey and Maddie went on their own little shopping sprint on Monday. Apparently Maddie does have Lindsey's good taste in clothes. Lindsey sent me a picture at school today of Maddie sporting her new threads. I bet Maddie had a fit over this outfit when she saw it. (Even if she does look a little like Rainbow Brite)!

Don't Blink...

Useless fact: The average human blinks 25 times per minute. Good thing I am not your average human. Kenny Chesney hit the nail on the head in his song "Don't Blink" when he said "you're six years old and you take a nap, wake up and you're 25 and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife.....don't blink, you just might miss, your babies growing like mine did...." Okay, I'll quit singing now, but you get the point. It is really depressing if you think about it. It seems like just yesterday that Lindsey and I were fighting for the "long couch." Of course being the good husband I am, I did momentarily loan it to her while she was pregnant. Now Maddie is almost three months old and we don't have time to sit down, much less fight over couches. Before you know it, Maddie will be 20 and I'll be running boys off of my porch. Haha!