Pictures!

I've got 'em :)

Well a few anyway. Here's some of the adventures we have been having.

We took walks in the snow (boy that was a long time ago!)

Poor Liam, could barely bend his neck with his scarf/snowsuit combo there!

Liam and Jasper had some bonding moments

And then, as most 2 year olds do, Liam got mischievous

Jasper is a very good dog

and back around to try 1 (or 10) more times, Jasper is counting

down the days until Liam moves out of the house

Someone turned the big T.W.O. and got to hang with both his Grandmas

And got new trucks and train sets

That maybe, don't necessarily go together

Lots of stories have been read, even with Uncles and cousins

And we went to the beach with friends

Kyle did go to the beach incidentally, but Liam wouldn't

let me put him down, so Kyle was the one behind the camera this time

Oh and man, while we are on the beach, I should divulge all of the horrible things we did, accidentally, to Liam while we were there. He fell on the pool cover twice getting all wet (this was February mind you), got a goose egg on his head falling on the porch, he fell down half a flight of stairs and then, then, on the way home, we locked him in the 7-eleven bathroom. Whoops! You'll be happy to know, that we retrieved Liam quite quickly from the bathroom, and quite surprisingly, child protective services was not called. If our child is scarred for life from beach trips, we will know why.

We have had some warm days, allowing for things such as cowboy hats and underpant only clothing choices

Do you see how, despite the fact that he is only wearing his underpants,

his stickers still needed to go on his chest, silly silly boy

It's easier to find rocks on the gravel driveway

when you're only wearing your underwear anyway

And once again, Ava looked adorable on the swing set :)

And some more seasonable weather, left for some great

times enjoying early spring and swing sets. Please forgive the camera phone photo--

It was just too cute not to post :)

Happy spring!

our month in photos

Time for a monthly update :)

Since it's been so long, why don't we just skip all the writing part

I'm not good at the writing part anyway,

and we'll move on to the pictures.

That's why you're here anyway, right?

Since I've been gone....

It snowed!

I know, that in this photo, there happens to be more grass, than snow.

But Liam looked too cute in his snow suit to resist posting this!

This year, we decided to take some family photos to

send out in a christmas card (ha! Perhaps a January card?)

As with most family photos taken by an amateur,

we had a whole lot of outtakes:

First we thought we'd do one with Jasper:

hmmm... living room a little too small to get my camera back

quite far enough to get Jasper in the photo.

Incidentally however, this is Jasper's most prominent feature- his cone head :)

Then we thought, we'd do one of the two of us:

Yeah, Kyle looks pissed, I left my glasses on,

and oh right, totally not in focus :)

Then Liam just got silly

Notice, how I'm also flipping my hair in this one.

Definitely not going on a card.

This one was saved from outtakes by cutting

Kyle out, sorry Kyle. Liam was done with photos by now,

and was trying to be rescued by his Mommy

Coming soon to a January card near you

Finally! At least we're all semi-smiling (as much as an

almost 2 year old does for photos anyhow) and mostly happy.

Thank god for digital cameras, and the ability to delete!

I did get a couple of others, with Liam being super cute

Please forgive the exposure on this one, I tried to fix it, but it looked worse fiddled with, so I left it be, and it was just too cute not to post.

Liam is incidentally allowed to sit, but not bounce on Jasper.

Jasper doesn't seem to mind either way, but I am a little concerned

Liam may one day be heavier than 22lbs, and actually do some damage!

We also have been to Ohio, although sadly most of those photos

seem to still be on my camera, so will have to wait for a blog post soon.

While in Ohio, it snowed! (A real snow) At least we had

something to show for the 20 degree temps :)

And we got to play with cousin Christopher in the snow too!

wait for me!

My all-boy child is going to make his first debut

as a cross dresser. He first just has to get his shoes adjusted

So, I lied, I am going to type a bit. Liam loves, I mean loves wearing my shoes. I have no idea why. He often has me take shoes off my feet, so that he can put them on his feet instead. He has been known to spend, many, many tens of minutes (which in almost 2 year old world might as well be hours or days) at my closet putting on high heels, boots, flats, clogs, whatever he can reach. It is pretty hilarious. Especially for the fact that he is only very mildly interested in Kyle's shoes, and as you all know, he is 100% b-o-y. Perhaps he will one day be driving his hot-rod/tractor/recycling truck in stilettos :)

Just to reiterate his boy-ness, here is his new, tractor covered bathrobe,

sewed for him by his FarMor

Hopefully, with school out for a few weeks for me, and many adventures to

come in the interim, another blog post will be appearing soon.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas!!

Swings

We have two cousins, one who likes to smile for pictures, and one who does not. They both, however, love to swing

this may be my all time favorite picture of Ava

One guess which one doesn't smile :)

Look at her!

Sitting in the big kid swing already!

He may not smile for pictures, but he does have fun!

New and improved: Hello?? Is there anyone out there?

My dog ate my homework, so I couldn't update the blog

I was just about to update the blog, and then a tornado blew away my computer

My computer crashed, so I couldn't post

I got caught in traffic, and my cellphone died, so I didn't get home in time....

:)

Would you like any more excuses, real or ahem, otherwise?

So, yes, as it turns out, yes, I have been a delinquent blogger. But... I am going to change that now with a lovely post with pictures of the little one and our adventures over the past few weeks, and of course, of Halloween.

What? Halloween was almost a month ago, and christmas decorations have been out for weeks you say? Just a reminder about where we've been, and that yes, time does go quickly. Halloween does just seem like it was yesterday, and yes, Christmas will be here before we know it. Now, on to some photos :)

You may recognize this outfit from last year:

(last year)

But it finally fit this year! (although he was more

compliant with the photos last year, this year, he wore the hat!)

Both my boys, on the lawn for Halloween,

with Liam grasping the true meaning of Halloween: candy!

The Halloween gang, minus Talia and myself

After the lawn, we went back to Mary's house,

where Talia captured some lovely photos of myself

And of Mary and Chris

And of course, of the beloved Tractor

Aside from Halloween, we've been enjoying this wonderful fall weather.

Liam has thoroughly been enjoying his tractor,

aka the best hand-me-down present that a boy could possibly receive, ever

It's the perfect toy while Mom's hanging laundry on the line

And for playing with on a sunny afternoon

Liam also had an opportunity to help his Poppy

while burning some brush. A very safe, toddler activity, I assure you

See? He brought his boots. He was ready for anything