Easter

I've turned them into chocolate snobs. They do not like the taste of cheep chocolate. Ha!

 The cavities are forming as we speak.

Aaron and I are not morning people.  I was not game-on with the camera. Forgot to take pictures of their baskets...way to go Mom. Happy Resurrection Day anyhow!!!!

Silly

 *First on our left here we have Christian or as Jack so affectionately calls him "Crish" He smiles the same for every Kodak moment.
*Second from our left we have Ben. Seirously people, there are no 2 pictures in existance where he is smiling the same or making the same face. The most expressive child I have ever seen in my entire life, hands down.
*Third from our left is Jack Jack.  Not normally photogenic. He is much cuter in person. As people in the south often say "bless it" or "bless his heart". I don't even know what that means, someone explain it to me please.

Jack's 3rd Birthday -picture overload

Thank you Tammy Gentry for taking some cool photos!

Again, Daddy masters the cake.

Happy Happy Birthday Jack-A-Roo! This boy had a super cool birthday party!  Not much to write here, the pictures say it all. We love you Jack!

Mom, I had a dream

Actually, he called it a nightmare. He said "I dreamt that all my freckles grew and grew until they were all connected and I turned brown." I had to try hard to keep from laughing. He was very serious and concerned.

My sweet Christian, my worrier, and my thinker, your freckles are not going to turn you brown. Your freckles are beautiful and I adore them along with your red hair and snaggletooth smile.

My Heart Could Burst

 Smiley Pants, I love you

is it weird that I want to bite it?

Oh I just love babies. Not everyone's babies, just mine. Sorry guys but I'm convinced that mine are the best babies in the world as I'm sure that all mothers understand. I just want to freeze time. Now I have a good sense of how quickly it passes and I want to enjoy all the moments.  All of the adoring glances, gummy smiles, chubby legs...he thinks I hung the moon. I am his provider. I love nursing him and would probably nurse him for much longer than anyone is comfortable with but I don't care. I don't want him to grow up. We are big fans of attachment parenting. Never not once have I said "I wish I hadn't of held him so much." Why in the world do we push our babies to self soothe, and figure things out for themselves.  Let them cry it out or lie them down all the time? They are babies!  Hold them, love them, snuggle them.  You only have an opportunity to do it once, then its gone. Enjoy them. They are precious.

Parker's First Photo Shoot

First, and I have said this before, I think photographers are awesome. It is so difficult to get all the elements to come together for a great photograph. Seriously, it is hard people! They are worth every penny, and I only wish I had more pennies to give them so I didn't have to try to do this on my own. I was sweating at the end of this shoot.

The most crazy artistic person I know happens to have an addiction for letters. Big, small, colorful, cursive, block, wood, metal...all letters are her thing. I called her up and she gathered all the letters she had for Parker's name. Yay! Thank you Jennifer Vinson for being so cool and crafty.  After I told her what I was doing, she offered all sorts of cool props.  Again, huge help. Even an original New Zealand lambs wool for my sweet boy to nuzzle.

I tried to nurse him into a coma-like state so I could manipulate him into all these super cute poses I had seen on Pinterest.  He is the most alert non sleepy baby EVER! He was wide awake for 90% of the photos.  Cute, yes, but not what I was going for. After I had called it quits, he passed out on the lambs wool and I got some sweet squished face shots. I love squished face. For the record, I didn't have to manipulate his hands much at all. What a doll! You only see 4 images above- I took about 127 photos. Did I mention I'm not a photographer? I have an uh-mazing camera that I keep on auto because it is still smarter than me. I googled for an hour on how to set my camera up to do this.

Okay, for all of those studying his face trying to determine who he looks like I will make this simple for you. He looks EXACTLY like his Daddy but he has my nose. That's the only thing I can claim on this kid. He looks more like Aaron than any of our other 3 boys. I realize that it changes as he grows but I think Aaron has a mini-me in the making right here.

It's hard to tell much about his personality at this point but I can testify that he is an awesome baby, and he sleeps well and eats well. We have no complaints. We just sort of sit around and gaze at him in wonder. We are somewhat star-struck that he is so beautiful and perfect.