Baby Liam :)

The other day I met up with Heather and her youngest son, baby Liam at the park. Heather and I go way back, back to elementary school days, but had lost touch with each other from high school on. Now, thanks to FB and our moving back to G'boro, we have caught up a little bit more and spent some time together. Hence, I was really excited to take some pics of baby Liam- isn't he adorable! He has the most intense eyes ever for a baby!

And here is the face that he gave me most of the time we were together!

He tried really hard to sit upright, but just couldn't quite make it all the time!

Did I mention the raspberry face above?? Yep, here it is again from another angle. :) But how cute is it that he is studying his feet here. Or maybe the grass? Or both. Yea, let's go with both.

Love it!

My favorite kind of family portrait. You can just see how much Heather adores her little boy!

Practicing his walking skills.

And a nice little portrait.

Maybe next time we can get Liam and his older brother Evan together?? Cuteness overload anyone?

Mickey er Minnie Kitty

Last week, someone dropped off a box of four little kittens by the back door of my school... for the third time this year. I, being the sucker that I am, offered to foster the kitten who did not have a furever home by the end of the day until one was found for him. How could you not be sucked into a face like this?

Skylar was overjoyed to have this little kitty in our house and relentlessly played with him. She wanted to call him Minnie (as in Mouse), but we tried to compromise with Mickey instead. However everytime we called him Mickey, she would correct us with his real name... There is no compromise with a two-year-old!

How precious is this little face!

Mickey er Minnie really enjoyed Grey's toys, most especially his floormat with the overhanging bars. Those were great fun to climb and chew on! As you can see- he was a great little climber. When I would walk around the house he would climb up on the back of my pants leg and just stay there for the ride!

You are going to be jealous of the next two that I got on camera. I just know it. I mean, who else has a ninja kitty!

And Ken? Well, at first he was a little upset that I brought home another animal home (this would be the third? fourth? time). However, he was definitely the first one to grab up the little guy for snuggle time on the couch. And you know where Mickey slept? Curled up on the bed in between the two of us! And the best part... when I sent him a text saying that the kitty had a new home as of the next day.. his answer, "Nooo! Not my snuggle buddy!" So yea, Ken is now a kitty guy. Rock on.

Jesus loves me, this I know

Lately we have been singing a lot of songs at home. Skylar has become quite the little performer and loves to sing all day every day instead of just at night-time. Her favorite song of the moment is Jesus loves me, this I know; and it is quite possibly the cutest thing ever!

It is also very touching for me to hear her sing this song in particular because this was the song sung at my father's funeral two years ago this June.

P.S. Don't judge us for not making her put her arms through the straps of her carseat... it's an on-going battle...

Cheyanne- for real or imaginary?

This is my niece Cheyanne... not to be confused with Skylar's imaginary friend named Cheyanne. As in, "Skylar do you love Mama?" "Nope, my wove Cheyanne." Or, "Skylar did you have fun at Nana's today?" "Uh-huh, and Cheyanne too." ... Or, "Skylar did you paint that picture!?" "Uh-huh, and Cheyanne too." ... Or, "Skylar, do you want to go to the store with Mama?" "Uh-huh, and Cheyanne come too?" This last one is interesting, b/c in these type of scenarios, Skylar will actually look to her side as if Cheyanne was really there.

Really, honestly... this is how Skylar answers about 98% of questions asked of her. Oh, and she also continues to call her "Shine" most of the time. I'm not sure if I should start to worry, or just accept that Skylar loves Cheyanne more than anyone in the world.

Grey + Mackenzy = stud muffin + cougar... :)

Yesterday I met a friend from school at the park so I could take some pictures of her little girl for practice. Mackenzy is so adorable, she was a very easy subject... basically every picture of her is cute and there is a lot of the "aww" factor going on! My mom met me at the park and dropped Grey off for me and so Mackenzy and Grey got to hang out for a little while and it was love at first drool. So cute! Grey couldn't stop smiling his large goofy grin and Mackenzy was enthralled with a younger baby (I can't really say smaller even though she is four months older than Grey) and wanted to hold his hand. I love the pics!

Note: She was very into both her hands and Grey's. When we put him down on the blanket, he couldn't open his eyes due to the sun, but was still grinning like a fool. :)

Ahh, I love that smile :) There is one of me like that as a baby, except that everyone called me a bird b/c I was a super skinny little baby with this huge mouth!

And the rest are some of the ones I got of Mackenzy- it was hard to narrow it down, so I probably put too many on here.

She loved being up in the air!

Sweet baby kisses :)

I could take pictures of her all day :)

New Grey Pics :)

Well, Grey is almost 3 months old- gasp! The time has flown by so quickly- even more so than with Skylar it seems. He is over his colic phase thank goodness; so I get to see more of him when he is happy. He is typically an easy baby, mornings are his happiest time of day, but he rarely just cries for no reason anymore. He is eating well, although I wish he would eat more when he eats from a bottle. He is still only drinking 3.5-5 oz. a time, when he should be up to 5 oz. by now. Although I bet when he nurses he gets much more than that, cuz he does have a few rolls on him.

He sleeps great. He typically takes 3 naps a day and sleeps from about 7:30 pm- 7:00 am, waking up once or twice on a bad night. He has slept all night for me a couple of times- and I can't wait for that to be a constant thing!

We are still getting settled into the new house- but its getting there. His room is mostly finished- I just have to figure out what/where I am putting stuff up on the walls and I would like to organize his closet a bit better. But here is a picture of his bedding that I designed and ordered off of Etsy:

Here are some more pics of Grey... notice how hard it is to get one of just him...

Farts ARE funny!

The other day I was driving and saw this on a bumper sticker, "Farts are funny." This is sooo true, especially if you are me. :) They make me laugh every.single.time.

It made me think of many of the different things that Skylar says/does and how she is just like me- we both think that bodily functions are funny stuff. A few weeks ago, I was asking Skylar if she needed to go potty and she said yes, but instead of going over to the potty, she squatted where she was and said, "pssss" and then threw her butt up in the air behind her and said, "bomp". I'm sure you can guess what she was referring to. :) Of course I thought this was hilarious and laughed, giving her the all-clear to do this ALL the time. She doesn't even do the accompanying motions all the time, however they do add a little extra "spice" if you know what I mean.

One of her favorite things about Baby Grey is that he is constantly pooting or making other bodily noises. And he is very loud. :) She thinks it is hilarious and every.single.time. he does this, she will yell out while laughing, "Baby Gay just pooted!" And of course, I'm not the best role model for her, because I'm usually the first one laughing. :)

I love this girl, crazy drama and all. :)