She Is Joy

Little Boy Blue

They...

....are the biggest little blessings in mine and Neal's lives.


....make each other smile.


....make our hearts smile.


....amaze us every day.


She...

....is a wonderful big sister, although at times she can love her little brother a little too much.





....loves preschool.


....knows her letters and the sounds most of them make.


....has better manners than some adults I know.


....enjoys being mommy's little helper these days and is darn good at it.






....chooses fruit over french fries.


....is a whiz on the computer.


....loves, loves, loves, to be read to and will often sit and 'read' her books to herself.


....is full of life and energy.






....asks a lot of questions.


....has the ability to make our hearts melt with every 'I love you'.


He...

....has red hair that curls when wet.


....has the sweetest disposition.


....smiles all the time.






....lets out the occasional giggle.


....rolled over twice yesterday!


....wants so badly to sit up. Neal will hold his hands and he actually pulls himself up to a sitting position, then smiles.



....is constantly moving his arms and legs and is really strong.






....sleeps only 45 minutes at a time during the day, but does much better at night with 4 and 5 hour stretches.


....absolutely loves to take a bath.


....is our sweet little man.

Daddies Wear Babies Too

Hey Good Lookin'

Jonah loves to check himself out in the mirror, I mean with his Daddy's dashing good looks, who wouldn't want to stare at him all day long! We put his little play mirror up in his crib so that he could check himself out, just like his big sister did when she was his age. He really enjoys hanging out in his crib tapping on the mirror, smiling and talking away to himself.

Snow Part 2

The snow stuck around for about 3 days, I think that is the longest we have had snow on the ground here in the Carolinas, at least that I can recall. So needless to say when Sophie woke up on day 2 and saw that there was still snow on the ground she had to get out and play in it again. It was Daddy's turn this time and man did they have a blast! The snow had gotten a nice coating of sleet on top of it the first night and made for some great sledding down our front yard and on the street in front of our house....don't worry folks we live on a cul-de-sac so we weren't sending our precious little 3 year old careening into to traffic. No snow angels for Sophie and Daddy just an awesome igloo and sledding on her skateboard just like last year. Click HERE to see last year's snow pictures.

Snow Ya'll!

The snow started falling Friday afternoon around 3pm and did not stop until the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, I know because I was up nursing my almost 3 month old! We got a pretty decent amount of snow, at least it was a decent amount for us down here in the South! I would venture to say that there is a good 3 or 4 inches on the ground. We don't have snow plows around here, well at least not that many, some of the main roads get plowed, but residential areas...forget it, so you can imagine what the roads are like, a nice thick sheet of ice.

Sophie was so excited to see the snow start to fall yesterday afternoon and when she got up this morning and saw the ground covered with the beautiful white stuff, she could not wait to get out and play. All she could talk about was eating snow, making snow angels and building a snowman, we read lots of books about snow during the Christmas holiday that is how she knows about all things snow! We got all bundled up which took a good 15 minutes or so and since we don't have proper snow attire, Sophie was sporting 3 pairs of socks 4 pairs of pants, 2 shirts, a scarf, a hat, 2 pairs of gloves, her lady bug boots and her coat! Poor girl had on so many articles of clothing she could not stand up when she fell down! Luckily, since Neal stayed inside to listen out for Jonah who was happily sleeping upstairs, I got to wear Neal's snow pants that he had from a ski trip he took years ago for work.

We had such a blast playing outside, we played outside until we cold no longer feel our fingers. She can't wait to go out and play again tomorrow, because for once the snow did not melt all in the same day that it accumulated!

Sophie wanted to make a snow angel so bad, it was all she could talk about before we got outside, however once she realized she had to lay down in the wet snow to actually make one, her response when asked if she wanted to make one was, "no thanks" so all this hype about snow angels had me wanting to make a darn snow angel! So I did.

Graceful, I know.




Admiring my beautiful snow angel.