Pulling Different Faces

Megans been pulling all different facial expressions. She smiles a lot now and loves to make cooing noises. She's already growing up so fast. I was sad to see that her newborn clothes aren't fitting anymore. They sure do grow up fast.



I loved her tongue just barely sticking out here. Also, I caught her with her eyes wide opened. It's funny to catch the funniest faces on camera when you can.





I really enjoy taking Megan and Jackson on walks or runs in this bike trailor we got that you can push with the handle and pull with a bike. It's nice to get out with the two of them often and enjoy the nice weather we've been having lately.





Jackson loves to be around Megan even though she can't do a whole lot, but every moment he can include her in what he does, he likes to. Jackson has had so much fun with this huge jumping balloon ball pit. His aunt Wendi gave it to us for Christmas and he has just had so much fun with it. He loves to throw his balls in and out (of course) of it. Gives me a workout picking them up all the time. It's all good. Megan sure loved laying in all the balls with Jackson though.

The Two We Love!

Here are some of the pictures we had taken of the two together. This is of Jackson at 2 1/2 years old and Megan at 6 weeks old. What a joy they bring to our lives.

"Look Mom, Brown!"

Ok, so today I went to my mothers group at our church where the kids play with the toys in the Nursery. However, today there was a luncheon with all the Relief Society. While we were in eating and talking all the kids were just running around together having fun. Jackson, on the other hand thought it'd be fun to wander off on his own. I guess he found some markers (thank goodness, washable) and thought it'd be great to draw on himself with them. His favorite color right now is brown just like the kids is down in this picture. So, Jackson comes running in to me with something all over his hands, face, and shirt, and says, "Look mom, brown!" At first I totally thought it was that he had gotten into some chocolate of some sort. But, then I got closer and noticed he had drawn all over himself with a brown marker. Yep, he looked pretty much just like this kid below. I would have taken a picture, but I didn't have my camera. So, I thought these pictures would justify it. Thank goodness he didn't draw on anything or anyone like this little boy did to his baby brother or sister, can't tell. And, no he didn't draw on Megan. It came off for the most part, but you can still see it on him. Anyway, oh the joys of being a parent. Like the mom said below, I never thought I'd be a parent that would let her kid draw all over themself, and now I am. I guess you just gotta laugh at the things that your kids do sometimes. I got this off of the internet for a advertising washable markers. A lady told her story that I thought was pretty funny too, that I put below.



I remember when I first got this picture via email…I was a brand-spanking-new mom, with baby Luke in my arms as I wondered, “What kind of idiot mom lets her kid have a marker?”

Then, my kids got older, and I realized that I was that mom. Though mine have never drawn on each other, they have had their share of incidents with the markers. Once you learn that the “My First Washable Markers” truly wipe off of anything with a baby wipe, you stop caring so much about where stray marks might end up. Crayola Washables, this is for you…

The first and best example of why they made them washable happened when Luke was about 18 months old. I was working from home the morning these pictures were taken, and I had gone into the office to answer some emails and realized that it had gotten really quiet in the adjacent toy room. When I walked in there, I gasped, ran for my camera, and when I got back in the room told him he had to stop drawing on himself. He’s crying in the pictures not so much because he got in trouble, but more because he really thought he was doing an art project…notice how he carefully marked on each finger. He was really proud of himself. We weren't so.

Oh the joy of being a parent.

SNOW!

Well, we finally got some snow at our house. Jackson has been asking us all week to go out and build a snowman, but its been below freezing so we didn't wan't to take him out when it's SO... COLD. However, on Saturday it was a lot warmer so we went outside to build a snowman before all the snow melted. We still had a little for him to play in, although the majority of it was ice. If you can tell in the picture below, Jackson wasn't heavy enough to step into the snow and was holding onto Daves hand since he was sliding all over the place.



Jackson had so much fun building a snowman. Although, Jacksons idea of building a snowman is running around picking up the snow and throwing.



This is the gigantic snowman we built...



He...He.. J/K Dave put the camera right by the tiny snowman you see up above that's on the far left. I thought he did a pretty good job making it look HUGE!



This was a picture of the snowmans the day after, on Sunday. Jackson said to Dave, "Dad, you picked up all the snow?" then,"Oh man! My snowman fell over." He says some pretty funny stuff these days.

PRETTY IN PINK!

I just thought I'd snap a few pictures of Megan for fun. Of course, she's gotta wear pink. Megan sure loves her Daddy!

Time with Family out here

It was so much fun during the holidays having family come to stay with us while we had Megan. My mother-in-law was so nice in coming out and helping with the baby during Christmas and New Years. Then later my parents came out the beginning of January. Here are some pictures of us having fun together at Chuckee Cheese, spending time with the cousins, etc. It was nice also that we were able to bless Megan while my parents were here. Here are a few pictures of her. We were so lucky to get this beautiful handmade dress from Daves mom who had her friend make it. Thanks for coming out here everyone and helping with the baby. It was a lot of fun!

Family Christmas Pictures

Sorry these are a little late of pictures for Christmas, but I thought I'd wait till we had baby Megan. Here are some pictures of us in our house by our Christmas tree. I thought I'd also take some fun pictures of Megan in her Sunday dress even though I wasn't able to take her to church today. Jackson is still loving being a big brother as you can see. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and will have a Happy New Year!