cell phones
camera phones are so awesome. so so awesome. howie had wanted one for his birthday/christmas (he was born the day before christmas eve, so his present list for the two occasions are usually the same), and mom decided to switch over her and dad's numbers to a new provider, and get new phones as well. so now, mom, dad, and howie have cool new camera phones. the flippy kind, with polyphonic ringtones and color screens and games that you can download- ok, i want one too. doesn't look like i'll be getting one anytime soon, although we have room for another phone on our family plan thing. :(