SHE SPEAKS!

A few days ago, Aunty Meridth called me (Aunty Adri) to tell me one of the greatest Uschi Sushi stories to date. 


At the time, Meridth and Uschi were staying with Uncle Edward's parents. This was because Uncle Edward was off training for secret Army things until the middle of September. Aunty Meridth was waiting to move to the next place they would be stationed (Clarksville, Tennessee). She didn't want to stay in a hotel to wait for Edward to get back, and she likes his parents, so she and Uschi stayed with them in Indiana for a few weeks while they got ready to move. 


One day, Aunty Meridth's doggie, Radar, got loose! He's a very good dog, but loves to chase and be chased. So when he gets out, if you run after him, he thinks it's all a big game and will run fast and far because that you are trying to play with him. Because of this, Meridth knew she had to be careful when trying to get her doggie back inside. She knew she couldn't search for Radar very well if she was holding her baby Uschi, so she gave Uschi to her Grandpa Gimbel. 


Meridth commenced the search for Radar, all the while calling out his name as loudly as she could. Suddenly, a few houses away, she heard (in a crystal clear, 4 or 5 year old voice), "RADAR!!!!" It was Uschi Sushi pants yelling for her missing pup! According to her Grandpa, she then looked at him in concern and said, "Radar? Radar!"

*Please note that Uschi is only 12 and 1/2 months old. She can say a handful of words, but has never said anything so clearly, all the while understanding exactly what she is talking about! 


What a smarty pants!

MERIDTH = PREGO AGAIN! Hazaah!

You heard us right. Edward Felix Gimbel (Felix for short) is going to be born January 18, 2011.

Just thought you might want to know.

Uschi Sushi: Comedian Girl...

I (Aunty Adri) was on the phone with Aunty Meridth the other day when she began to laugh. "Why on Earth did she do such a thing?!" might you ask. 


To my understanding, it was because Uschi felt it necessary to make her Mother laugh. She did this by squeezing her shoulders up to her ears (making her neck vanish), stretching the corners of her mouth to the bottom of her face and squinching her eyes together and sucking in breath while making the  weez of an old man (see picture to help illustrate it). 




She also tends to open and shut her mouth like a fish gasping for air, while making a "na na na na na na" sound. During such performance, she has completely serious eyes. But once the face is done, laughs at herself as she realizes her comedic genius. 


Uschi also loves to grab a hold of her dear mother's face and make alien or animalistic sounds while contorting her face in abnormially humours ways. 


Apparently her little daughter has become a little comedian...and is quite aware of her whit!

The Newest Edition to the McKeany Can

As you can see from the title of this Blog, the McKean Offspring Clan has a brand new member.


On June 19th, 2010...Aunty Adri and Uncle JR became the proud parents of Miss Bea Arthur!
Now, you may be asking yourself, "Isn't Bea Arthur my favorite Golden Girl? ... More importantly... isn't Miss Bea Arthur *gulp* deceased?!" Well, yes dears...but we have become the proud owners not of any non living Bea Arthur material, but a disgustingly adorable Welch Corgi, Beagle, Chihuahua mix. 

"What's that you say?!" A dog. We have adopted a dog! (You really need to work on your listening skills.) It is true. We are the proud parents of one Miss Bea Arthur, but we just call her Bea Bea. She's a terror of a dog, but that just means she'll fit in just fine at the McKean Family Reunions. Hopefully those reunions come soon. We would love to show her off. For now, we'll just share pictures and videos of her fantastic antics. Enjoy!

*Post Blog Note: We share this with you mainly just in case we have no human offspring. We didn't want to miss our opportunity to post on this blog about one of our own!

Oz 2009

I'd say we all had a great time...especially Uschi!

Again, Mt. Tamborine visually delivers!

---------> Silly Baca!

Our hike on Mt. Tamborine!

Uschi's new Australian umbrella.

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Grannie makes some strange friends on Mt. Tamborine!

Uncle Nat, Uschi & Aunty Merdith with Grannie Kath on a windy Brisbane beach.

Uh oh. Aunty Adri must be holding Ushi wrong or something! (Our trip to Brisbane)

Ushi's 1st trip to the beach!

Fully equipt w/ her Cindy Lauper swimsuit!

Uschi is a very

mellow baby, but she is not afraid to let you know when she's upset about something. How dare we?!

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But she has definately become an unequivical fan of Baca! ----->

This is when we visited the Canberra Capital

I forgot to mention that Uschi, Aunty Adri & Meridth (the mommy) went to visit Baca and Grandma (or as we now call her, Grannie Kath) in Australia this last December.

We had fun playing at Baca & Grannie's big house and eating meat pies, and going to free art museums and traveling 17 hours in a car with a baby to Brisbane!

Hopefully you have just as much fun as we did looking at some of our vacation photos!