4 Months

On Friday our sweet Vida Jayne will be four months old.  I cannot adequately describe how much we love her.  When I look into the eyes of my children, I am absolutely sure there's never been more beautiful creatures on the earth.  Is this a normal feeling?  I'm sure it is.  I can't help feeling like this kind of love has been around ever since there where children and yet it seems so specific to me and my children.





She is happy, easy going and a great eater.  Her height is striking and I still can't stop kissing those delectable cheeks!  Her coordination is increasing impressively.  Rolling over is a cinch, grabbing toys a no-brainer and she has her sights set on crawling.  She's starting to notice our food and grab at it.  We've let her try a banana and she couldn't get enough.

We all love her dearly.  Including Jaime.  Whenever Vida wakes up, Jaime rushes over to her and yells "Hi Vida Jayne!" in the cutest, dorkiest imitation of my baby-voice.  She also insists on trying the activities Vida is engaged in - sitting in baby chairs, having tummy time, and even being swaddled.

Why do I love them so much?  Oh yeah, those eyes...

 

Jaime's Beard

 

Justin can grow a good beard in no time.  The beard in the picture above only took him two weeks to grow.  They aren't a long term commitment and he grows them fairly often.

Jaime's been interested in the hair on his face, so we've taught her it's called a beard.  One day she was playing in my cooking utensil drawer and found the filter for the wheat grinder.  She picked it up, pressed it to her face and said "Jaime hap a beard!"  We about lost it.  It does bare a close resemblance to the dark hair on his face.  Every once in awhile she'll grab it and call it "Jaime's beard," and I was fortunate to grab a picture one time.

Growing Up

My little girl is potty trained.  It took time, patience, and endurance on both of our parts but she's got it down!  She keeps her panties dry like a champ, but has struggled with learning to keep them empty.  We promised her that when she had a success at this more difficult task, she'd get cookies.

 

Last weekend she did it, just in time to make cookies for a family gathering we had.

She is still learning but will have it down pat in no time.  I keep telling her how proud I am of her.  She's done a great job.  We've had so much joy watching her learn.  Working so hard to teach and then seeing progression has to be one of the most rewarding experiences we can have.

Photography Featured

Recently I responded to an ad requesting photography for products.  I undertook the project of photographing this tutu on the cutest little girl I know.











So far they've been featured on this website.

Photobooth

We have Photo Booth on our family computer and I just had to share these two awesome moments with you.

Justin Quotes

Just another installment.  It took me a bit to gather them all together with the transfer of computers, but here they are!

"That's why you're here, to teach me new tricks."

"Honey, I don't do hard things."

"If you don't want me to use all of the chocolate chips in front of me, you've GOT to tell me."

"Please take no offense from my foolish words."

"Do you know how dumb you sound?"

"...and don't write that down!"

"You're not allowed to go out tonight if you're ornery!"

Jodi: “I'm gonna have you change her diaper.”

Justin: “I don't do that any more, it's out of my pay grade. I can't even discuss it with you without my agent present.”

"That doesn't mean it's what you said, it's just what I heard."

"I'm always good for dumb sounds."

"Don't be goin' doin' things I'll regret."

"I am giving you crap, but not meaningful crap."

"We don't need to have proper perceptions of things."

"Don't worry about my ineptitudes."

"There you go.  Start promoting the 'eat crap diet' and see what happens to your reputation."

"You have to know that the things you buy and use are cheaper and quieter than the things I buy and use."

"Sorry for being a bum, I just have a good knack for it today"

"I'm allowed to tell you what to do, and you not to listen."

"I bet if you let me turn on football I'd do the dishes."

"I thought you had something in your hair.  It was just your ear."

“It’s fun to live vicariously through you.”

"I'll hang out with myself tonight."

"You know what? I am not you and I think it's time you understand that."

Me: “Are you just extrapolating things?”

Justin: “You're using big words on me...”

Fall Photos

...in January?

Even though it was freezing, there wasn't any snow so we went for it.  We happened to have Justin's sister, Marquie, staying with us for a couple of days and compelled her to snap a few family pictures for us.  Justin and I also snapped a few.  We're trying to get some family pictures up in our house and are considering some of these.