Happy 2nd Birthday!

Happy Birthday Big Boy! I cannot believe my 'baby' is turning 2....sniff sniff. He had a great day and we ended it at Mellow Mushroom eating pizza and chocolate cake.

Happy Birthday to you....happy birthday to you... happy....


Blowing the candles out...bless his heart, he tried and tried!


still trying...


Daddy had to help blow the candles out. (yes, that is a big goose egg in the center of his forehead...he tripped and fell in his brothers room and hit the nightstand)


Yum Yum!!! (you should hear him say that...meemee said he would even say it when watching the food channel at her house!)


Posing after opening a gift...


Playing with my new gift...

A visit by Santa

We had our annual visit from Santa at our neighborhood clubhouse this afternoon. It is so much more relaxed than visiting a local mall. The kids truly get to spend 'time' with Santa...telling him what it is they want as well as asking questions.

Here Andrew tells Santa what he wants...a race track.


And Conner...a Wii and a new scooter.


Watching Santa walk in and take a seat.


Loving every minute...


There is nothing like living through a child's eyes this time of year.


Santa reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'


Priceless photo...I love it!


Daddy woke him up from a nap to come to the party.


Matthew still not sure even though daddy is holding!


Family with Santa...

Close Up on Favorite Foto Friday

This week I took the boys to get their picture made. After we got home and they were still dressed up, my husband suggested we try to get our Christmas card picture. I seem to have waited too long for an outdoor as we are having much colder temperatures this time of year than normal. I don't want to spoil my cards but will share a close up of each of my boys.

Hope you have a great weekend. We aware off to see Disney on Ice tonight. Please visit Kissthefrog4me for more FFF.

Sarah P.

Okay, I'm not very political...at.all. My husband will tell you. In fact, until the recent presidential election, I have not really paid close attention. But...that has changed. So when my neighbor called to tell me Sarah Palin was going to be in town, I was like "Yes, I want to go!"

I wasn't going to post these but the hubby asked to see. "Honey...these are for you!"










All were taken by yours truly. Thanks again for the lens!

Today. It was time...

Well I finally took Matthew to get his 'first' haircut. After having him cry when I was brushing out the tangles...I made up my mind to go through with it. He was great and the ladies at Sport Clips couldn't stop their bragging about his behavior.... "He's better than most 4-5 year olds..." was one of their many compliments. It's gone and I have an envelope full of my baby's hair.

This picture was taken after she wet it and right before we put a small rubber band around his hair.....some friends have referred to it as his mullet and others have called it his 'tail'.


Here he is being the big boy he is. As long as he had a dum dum sucker he was fine. (he had 3 total!) The only tear he cried was from the rubber band...I think it pulled his hair.


After... That man reading the newspaper acted like he had never saw a mama take pictures of her 'baby's' first hair cut. He just didn't get it. Or maybe he doesn't have children.


One last pose. Honestly...I was okay until I received a Pix on my cell phone of my first cousins newborn boy. He was born this morning at 7:20 and oh how I cannot wait to smell him!


Comments anyone???

He wasn't ready....

Yesterday, my sweet husband decided to take the day off from work. We had a few things he wanted to get done around the house. AND...(you know there was an and) he informed me a couple of weeks ago he guess he needed to take a day off to "take Matthew to get a hair cut..." Note...he hasn't had his first hair cut and will be 23 months old tomorrow. I agreed he would probably have to 'help' me get him a hair cut as I didn't want to give up his 'baby look' just yet.

Fast forward back to yesterday...after accomplishing 2 jobs here at home, we loaded up and headed into town. Our first stop...Yams. I got out with my camera in hand telling myself it was time to cut this hair. Winter cold dry weather is here and it doesn't do justice to his fine blonde baby hair...He would not sit in the airplane but would the firetruck. He started to raise his hands at me and started whining. I looked at his daddy and said "He's not happy and is not ready" to which he was determined to get it cut. I took a picture, trying to get him to smile...with no such luck. So when she started to put the cape around his neck he started fighting it. I gently picked him up and told them(daddy and hairdresser) we "didn't have to do this today...Maybe...he's not ready." OR maybe, just maybe, I'M the one not ready...
Sigh...

Sweet Kisses! (Favorite Foto Friday)

I knew exactly what I wanted to post when I saw the topic this morning. I have been going through some old digital photos and saw 2 great pictures last night... Sorry I can only come up with 2 as our 'playroom' computer crashed a few weeks ago and we have yet to get all my pictures off the hard drive. They aren't 'lost' thank goodness, just such large files that I probably need to invest in an external hard drive!

The following picture was taken the morning after Matthew was born. Conner was 3 1/2 and he quietly (all on his own I might add) walked over to the 'baby' and gave him a kiss on his head...I am so thankful I captured this shot of sweet innocence. Oh, how I love it! And it makes me realize how quickly my 'babies' are growing up.


I have a picture of Andrew on my 'broken' computer kissing Conner when he was a baby. They are only 18 months apart and it was so sweet to see him(as an 18 month old) kissing Conner when we brought him home from the hospital. This sweet 'hug' will have to do! Andrew was 5 when Matthew was born.




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