I am super excited...

...because we finally got some family pictures!!! (Props to Mia for the family ones!)
Of course, these aren't the ones I used in my card...I'll post that in a few days...

And here we have Dennis looking eversodapper in his hat and vest....do not be fooled by his angelic face, I know better. He is a handful sometimes, but always a crackup. While climbing the ladder to adorn its branches with ornaments, he decided to jump off the second to last rung and while preparing, he would sing "One for the money......uh...two for the whatisitagain...oh yeah show....three to get...ummmmmm....READY...and howmany...oh...four. to. GOOOO!" And with a flying leap he would jump off and then run to us yelling, "Did you see that? That's what I call 'Wise Guy Flies'!" Sheesh, he is a wise guy!!


I told them to not smile...so this is what I got....a wierdtoobig-eyed face on C...and then a crazyopenmouthed-grin from N (who I could only get about 4 smiles out of total and then this...goodness, see what I mean about wise guy?!) But I do love it, it's hilarious!


And the C-man himself...what a sweetheart. He was sick the other day with a stomach bug...ick! He was up all night, therefore I was up all night. Every 20 minutes or so he would be up sick and I would run in to help rinse bowls, wipe his forehead and you know...mom stuff. Anyway, everytime he would look at me and hug me and say "Thanks Mom for helping me, I know you are very tired." It took me by suprise, why wouldn't I help my baby when he was sick? It's what moms do...but the appreciation was so wonderful...moms don't always get that. Without fail, 20 minutes later, it would all happen again and another Thank You would follow. One time he even said, "You're eyes aren't so red anymore." I guess I really was tired!


And Madam B...she is too darn big...gosh...but on to my ramblings. She is ever planning, creating, rearranging...and so on...otherwise known as making astronomical messes! Like the other night when her brother was sick, within 10 minutes of hearing he didn't feel good, she had stacks of books, coloring stuff, lamps, drinks, vitamins, and crackers set up by his bed and was up reading to him. Very, very good intentions...however they did get in the way a little the next time he was "sick"! But with the messes usually come great projects, thoughtful ideas and help for her brothers...we just need to work on the cleaning up part. (She just read this and glared at me....ha! she'll appreicate all these memories some day...or at least her kids will....)


And the little man himself...who is getting notsolittle very, very rapidly. *sigh*
He is trying to get a full belly laugh, we've gotten a few extended haaaa's and lots of coo's and squeals. He was 14 lbs at his 2 month checkup (goodness). His incision from his surgery is healing very, very nicely and he is doing good all around. He loves mostly to smile at all of us, furrow his eyebrows and slurp on his fists. He is trying to grab at toys and batting them around. As of today, he is 2 1/2 months.