Happy Family

We have yet to get that perfect family of four photograph. I think I may need to hire a professional (aka one of my awesome photographer friends) to get a decent pic of the four of us. For now, I'm liking this montage of us with the kids from when we went out to dinner a week or two ago:

4 Months Old!

My baby girl is four months old already. I can't quite wrap my head around that. She's so much fun and so happy and such a great baby. I constantly compare her to Jake since that's all I know, and I find myself pleasantly surprised when I realize that she and he are completely different kids. They are both my sweet, loving, funny, happy babies, but they each have a personality all their own.

I never thought, after having a son who is the light of my life, that I could love having a daughter as much as I do! It's truly the best of both worlds, and I love saying "my favorite daughter" and "my favorite son." (Yes, we are done, two is perfect, I don't want to push my luck, lol.)

Here are some pictures from earlier today when she turned four months old :)


Super Happy! :)




My favorite:


Alex just discovered her feet, and she loves to chew on them. Heck, she loves to chew on ANYTHING. Not to be confused with her brother, who would gag the second anything went in his mouth. I'm planning a baby food post and video - coming soon :) If you have been reading this blog since Jake was a baby, you will soon realize just how opposite Jake and Alex are.


Eating her fist since her feet are inaccessible.

Now And Then - Baby Shrek

** For Anyone Who's Counting: This is my 450th Blogger post! Woo-hoo! :) **

I like to do these "Now and Then" Posts - A picture I remember taking of Jake 4 years ago, and then a similar picture of Alex from today. Sometimes these are on purpose, sometimes they are accidental. Here is the post from Jake, called Baby Shrek, from August 2006.



Has anyone else blogged (or want to blog?) a now and then picture of their kids? Leave me a comment or a link and let me know if you have done the same thing!

Happy Kids

In my mind, it's always this happy at our house :) But in reality, there are but a few precious minutes in each day where both kids are completely content and also willing to sit still for the camera. Here are two of those moments from a few days ago:




P.S. - These are from my point and shoot, not from my "fancy camera" - always like to point that out. You can get great shots with ANY camera you have available! It's about capturing the moment, not about expensive gear :)

Funniest Kid Ever.

Ralph frequently gets cell phone snaps from me throughtout the day as I'm playing with the kids. Here are two from today:


And one from the other day, when Jake crawled into Alex's Moses Basket:


And Alex in her new big-girl crib! I put the crib together Saturday, but couldn't bear to have her not sleep next to me that night. I scooped her up at 3 am and brought her into our room, gave her one more night in the co-sleeper and I savored every last minute of it. She's been sleeping in her big girl crib since Sunday night.

Super, uh, girl?

Jake was playing at his friend Gabby's house yesterday, when they emerged dressed in her old Halloween costumes. This was Jake's pick. Ha!

New haircut, old bed

How cute is Jake's new summer haircut?? :)


And here is one of Jake (pre-haircut) and Alex in Jake's old toddler bed, soon to be Alex's new crib once I get a free minute (HA!) to convert it back into a crib.