January 13, 2012
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Our life in pictures
This is Miriam, leg warmers on to cut the cold, crawling out the open back door. This is a favorite pastime of hers
Jackson, watching affectionately as ‘Teddy’ gets a bath in the washing machine. Yes, there is a pacifier in his mouth. My explanation is twofold: first, because Miriam is obsessed with ‘eating’ everything- a dangerous venture- I keep trying to get her to take a pacifier, so that her mouth will be full. In this way, I hope to keep her from chewing on everything else. We’ve had limited success. Jackson, upon seeing his beloved pacifiers laying all about, couldn’t resist the temptation and has taken up his pacifier habit, like an old smoker who can’t kick the habit. The only reason I allow it is because, in the abscence of a pacifier, he sucks on his bottom lip. I’m concerned that this sucking habit will lead to serious orthodontic issues. And so, he is 2 1/2 and still periodically sucks the pacifier. (though he will tell me, with a serious face, that it is only for bedtime
Is it Fall??!! Oh, wait…it’s Christmas. Ha!
Caleb, and his beautiful camoflauge eyes!
Our Christmas tree - 2011
Our Christmas presents – the boys got one gift each, plus stocking stuffers
Caleb got a remote control car, Jackson got matching Woody and Buzz figurines. Both boys got harmonicas and peppermints puffs in their stockings
Another pacifier…and his beloved toys!
Caleb weaving melody magic on his harmonica
Miraim Claire
Her first Christmas!
She was 8 months old for her first Christmas!
She got the “Mary Engelbright’s Mother Goose” book – with beautiful illustrations. And she got diaper covers in her stocking
Miriam loves to help with the dishes!
Crawling out the front door…
My ‘pirate’ son. He loves to dress up! He frequently likes to put his pants on inside out, shirt on backwards, donn the eye patch, the pirate bandana, a pirate hat (on sideways) and only one boot (as a ‘wooden leg’) It’s only funny if it is not your son. Self-expression at its finest
Darling Jackson and his endearing smile! This may actually be the only picture of our house decorated for Christmas! Look closely..
Teddy-a sweet family member
I had meant to take Miriam’s picture in the pumpkin, but forgot. Fortunately, the pumpkins were still good after Christmas. I went to take her picture in it but she was like “EWWW!!! Disgusting, slimy pumpkin! I’m not going anywhere near that!” So we had to just set her next to it!
As it turns out, December pumpkins are pretty tasty
We got a bird feeder.. (ahem…’squirrel’ feeder) for Christmas. The acrobats of these squirrels have been a real source of entertainment for us!
Some gingerbread men we decorated
Miriam started crawling the day she turned six months. She crawls on her belly, army style, when she has dresses on (because she can’t get her knees up with the dress!) And she crawls on her hands and knees all other times. She started pulling up the day she turned 8 months…a skill that she is very proud of! She is ahead of Jackson, he wasn’t even sitting up or crawling until 8 months. But she is far behind Caleb, who was walking around furniture at 6 months and taking small steps by 8 months. Amazing how different all three of them are!
My precious boys have started sharing a bed. We often find them like this-snuggled in cute positions. They really love each other! Notice that the pirate bandana doesn’t get a break, even at night. Also note the cowboy vest and camoflouge gear….a pirate-army-cowboy. People tell me that I should get ready for having a girl; ’she’ll want to change clothes 8 times a day and play dress up’ they warn. So..umm…how is that different from my boy??!!
