sweet moments

my sweet boys.... most of the time.... ok, some of the time :)

guess who's 9 months old!?

i can hardly believe that adam is 9 months old already! (i know i say that every time, but it's true)

here were some of his stats at his dr. appointment:

Weight: 20lbs - 50%

Height: 28in - 50%

Head: 46cm - 50%

he did great with the doctor, he didn't cry once! even after his shots and finger prick, he was still smiling! he charmed the doctor and his entire staff, he was such a good boy! my doctor always does a great job of making ME feel like i'm doing a great job.... he said adam was perfect, growing wonderfully, and developing great.

badly needed haircut!

blake has been needing a haircut, BADLY, for months! but if you've ever tried to cut a 2 1/2 year olds hair, you would know why i was less than enthusiastic about doing it. so i didn't.


his uncle wynden did! and yes we bribed him, and no it didn't work, so he screamed through the entire thing.... but at least now you can see his ears! :o)

(i'm pretty sure i'm going to have to pay wynden to get him to do it again though!)

ps. don't mind the ketchup on his face, the kid would eat it with a spoon!

Christmas Day

we had a wonderful Christmas this year, for the first time since Jonathan started working for Customs, he got Christmas Day off!! my parents and sister spent the morning at our house opening presents and having breakfast! the boys both had a GREAT time....we all did!

before the mess.....

pa helping blake open his stocking

adam was pretty excited about the cars he got in his stocking

blake really got the hang of opening presents... and wanted to help everyone else open theirs

they got matching jammies from grandma that they got to open Christmas eve

jonathan & my dad

my mom & marilyn

these toys were a hit! (among MANY others)

adam loves to stand, so this toy was PERFECT!

Christmas evening we went up to Bellingham and had Christmas dinner with Jonathan's family, it was a perfect day!

how did i get so lucky?!

christmas rush and jingle bell run

me, stephanie, and ashley before the Christmas Rush 5k

and after... it was SOOOO cold! (but we all beat our previous 5k times!)

Kaitlyn and I at the Jingle Bell run, we try to do this every year (one year we even brought blake and blaine in strollers and dressed them up as santa and mrs. clause, see pic below)... but this is the first year we dressed up, and compared to other people this was NOTHING!

Jingle Bell Run 2007 (Blaine & Blake)

before the race....don't you love our dorky headbands!

during the race...

yep, i ran with my camera.... there are SO many people it's hard to really RUN, it's mostly to dress up, have fun, and donate to a great cause (at least that's why WE do it)!

and after... in all our red faced glory!

ps. the matching shirts were $5 at Target... that's why we ALL have the same one!

new top ten

(again... from my parenting magazine)

top ten things not to feel guilty about....

1. having the impulse, after discovering your kid has used your $20 lipstick to draw a giant plum-colored pig on your dining room wall, to call up Brad and Angelina and ask them if they'd like to take in one more

2. returning the fancy but useless baby gift to the department store and spending the credit on shoes for yourself

3. suspecting that those stars who got their prebaby bodies back in two weeks are on drugs

4. feeling secretly glad when you catch your neighbor's 'perfect' child in a nuclear meltdown

5. introducing your sister's kid - little miss organic only- to her very first twinkie

6. setting up playdates just with kids whose mothers you like

7. calling your jiggly belly your 'mummy tummy' ten years after childbirth

8. noticing the hot dad at dropoff (hey, you're just lookin'!)

9. insisting on grown-up music in the car

10. knowing, really knowing, with every fiber of your being, that your kid is the cutest one in his class picture