Happy New Year, Baby Si

Yesterday I provided the pictures of my monkeys, here's the footage. I especially like baby Si's sweet expressions and his big brother giving him a special New Year's wish. Jon David tries to tell me that either he or Josiah is crying but that is clearly not the case. I think that is because I sometimes ask him what babies do and he responds that they cry.

Monkeys

Don't you have to be at least a teenager with pimples to have an expression like Jon David is giving me? Believe it or not, he had a great day and was in a (mostly) good mood.

First, a big thanks to Janice for my new header! How fun!!

I get such a kick out of seeing my two boys together. Josiah is starting to watch his big brother a lot and it is clear that he thinks Jon David is one cool dude. Here are my monkeys this morning.

Something tells me that Josiah was just about to get bonked in the back of the head here. I think he's going to be the bigger of the two boys so big brother had better watch out!

My sister had her blog on her fancy Mac and has since moved to Blogger which is much easier for most folks to see. Please check by her out and see this OH SO funny knife video. You won't be disappointed. http://myawesomeoliveshoots.blogspot.com/

Scrappin'

I get spoiled when my husband is home for too many days. I really like him being around. One, he is a great help with the kids and two, he's my best friend. So, after having him around a bunch for the past week, I prepare for him to head to the office tomorrow. Sometimes the end of a holiday can be kind of a let down.

One thing I did today which was NOT a bummer was get my "scrap" on. I used my oh-so-amazing Cricut machine and worked on the page for Jon David's 1st year of life album. The title is from my new toy. I'm trying so hard to finish his first year. I plan to skip his second year and just get to work on this current year and start baby Si's book. That way I will not feel perpetually behind.

I hope everyone had a great New Year's day and here's to 2008!!

Auld Lang Syne

This will be quick because I have a cute husband who needs a kiss at midnight.

I'm closing the December challenge with one last picture of Josiah in his Santa outfit. I just thought that was the cutest thing ever.

2007 - what a year! I remain in awe of our good Lord and all that He does. The biggest blessing this year was, of course, baby Josiah. What a little love he is! Next, babyGap - still amazes us. Our new home. It's just more than I could have ever dreamed. God is good ALL the time even in years that are not as exciting as 2007. It reminds me of my husband and my special verse from Ephesians 3:20 - 21:

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

The (almost) end of the road

No, I'm not giving up blogging and no this is not a Christmas carol. It's an old 90s song from Boyz II Men if you don't recognize it. I'm tired. My house is half Christmas, half normal. I desperately want to reclaim a few rooms in our house which have been the safe zones for chaos while the others are more welcoming. So, I need to bust through my un-decorating and get to work. Can anyone out there relate??

(TiVo alert- Jessica Seinfeld will be on Live with Regis & Kelly tomorrow, 12/31.)

NOTE - see my "major award" from Jamie who passed along this blog-a-day challenge. LOVE it!!!

Frosty the Snowman

Simply as a novelty, I'd love some of this snow that the Midwest is experiencing. Oh well. A cold front is headed our way which is good because it was actually almost warm today.

Do you like the chocolate batter lip liner Jon David is wearing? This was taken on Christmas Eve as we made a birthday cake for Jesus. The apron is a wonderful gift from my friend, Jenny. How a mother of 2 and about to have her 3rd has time to actually make gifts for both my children, I don't know. I'm more than impressed.

Speaking of cooking, here is an update on my Deceptively Delicious plan. Today's peanut butter and banana muffins (with pureed cauliflower and bananas) were a huge hit and one that I will often bake. The pumpkin oatmeal is also yummy. I'd give a fair rating to the macaroni and cheese (again with cauliflower). My oldest nephew happily ate it but he's growing and usually hungry so I'm not sure that counts. But, Jon David did in fact eat it a few times. I can't see anyone asking me for the recipe on taste alone but it was passable. I may skip the reduced fat cheese and add the real stuff which will probably add more flavor. I'm not a huge fan of really reduced fat cheeses.

Celebrate me home

My sister, Lorri, left cold and snowy Chicago to spend Christmas with our family. She is usually here every year for Christmas and a few other times if possible. She even met us in Hawaii last January to help with the whole babyGap thing and to give me and JD a night or two free to eat dinner, etc. without our super model. She's awesome.

Kids are usually really good judges of character and some people are just really good with kids. My sister is like that. Though Jon David only sees her a few times a year, he really takes to her and clearly enjoys her company.

Apparently he likes her so much that she has been bestowed a name that has never before been given by him - Diesel. Diesels are the super big trains in, you guessed it, Thomas the Tank Engine stories. So, for some reason, she was given a train name. Yes, he adds an additional syllable to her name so that it actually sounds like ovary. Add to that silliness that she is now also part diesel engine and you can see why we needed to capture this on tape. The video shows the two of them on the phone with my mom (Mimi).

So, we are sad that Lorri Diesel left and pray that she returns to us soon!