on the road again...

we're leaving tomorrow for nj for about two weeks. today my mom got a new decked out yukon denali that the whole crew can ride in. take advantage of those rebates and employee discounts to the public, apparently they really rock! she's making the hour drive tomorrow morning to show it off, and to take shortstack for that ride he's already asked her for! (i had to fess up to getting him to ask for it...) it was so adorable how excited he was when she told him about it over the phone tonight. of course she couldn't see his eyes light up when she told him, and then his little hand cover his mouth as he gasped. that's been his, 'holy crap, i'm really freaking excited!' schtick since a little bit before his birthday. oh, it just makes me melt. it's so CUTE. CUTE CUTE CUTE. [a word i've admittedly been saying entirely too much lately, and shortstack was saying it about everything, including the high pitched little voice that is most definitely NOT from me! we're trying to deprogram him and encourage that only little girls and things in miniature are truly cute. everything else is cool, awesome, etc. he caught himself saying that a dog was cute, and he told me that it was ok because it was a girl doggy...anyways--it's MY blog, and i'll say CUTE as much as i want to, damn it! so i'm sure sometime in nj there will be plenty of manly man chest hair sprouting sessions with shortstack, the funky monkey, and grampa]