Merry Christmas!

Merry, merry Christmas!!

and Lucy makes four

'cause THIS is what happens when three people sit in a chair and no one thinks to include the dog! she comes a runnin'!



(she is sitting literally on top of Will) (she is also quietly cursing Mike in her mind - can you hear it?)

might as well make the most of it and smile for real:

(AND a profile shot)

announcement

Here is Ryan's announcement and again, something else I forgot to post ...

2 months

again, a little behind (the pictures were on time! just forgot to post...)
Hope everyone is having a merry holiday season!




He is definitely putting on a few pounds! His 2 month check-up was great - being the bad mom that I am, I don't have the details right in front of me - but he is fabulous!

and here is an outtake:


Did you see it?


That! Right there!

my absolute MOST favorite part of a baby - thigh rolls!! seriously adorable on any baby, not just mine - ha!


What's that? You want to see him again? Well, okay.


and just 'cause I smile every time I see this:

Happy Birthday!!

William is 3! And yes, technically, his birthday was yesterday :)

Love you, sweet boy!

12-15-2006:


12-15-2007:


12-15-2008:


12-15-2009:

can't BELIEVE I didn't post these yet!!

maybe you remember this, well...
We have had these for a few weeks and I just realized I never posted them. And yes, he is the. cutest. baby. ever. (tied with William, of course!)

(and again, three cheers for Zoe!)

#326 deserves some explanation

In my previous post, I mentioned reason #326 that I love Mike. Let's face it, Mike doesn't get a lot of "air time" on this bloggy-thing, between my ranting and two kiddos. So I am going to throw him some props and work backwards from #326 (don't worry - not all at once! I'm sure I might throw-up form all the mushiness and lovey-feelings that would produce!)

#325: His super-fine (not fine like amazing, but fine as in the texture), not easily managed hair that he has passed on to one, and probably two, children. Weird, huh? But every time I am trying to get William's hair to lay down flat on his head, I think of Mike!

#324: He recognizes my lack of morning person-ness and while he often harasses me just for a reaction at 6am, he generally respects the fact that no intelligible words come from my mouth for at least 30 minutes after I wake up.

Good lord! I just realized the amount of stuff I am going to have to write - here's hoping he stays on my good side!

Oh yeah, #323: His laugh when something is genuinely funny and he can't help but die laughing!