reading time

Just a few pictures to show off my two handsome men in the house. L LOVES it when we read to him and he practices his words and letters. Melts my heart to watch him learn so fast! 

weekend get-a-way

Just getting back and settled after an awesome trip out to Jersey to visit family. It was a wonderful breath of fresh air, and my brother and his family were fabulous hosts. Our house is a little too quiet and boring for L now, so I'll have to wait until he's asleep to post more pictures. But here's a teaser from the Jersey Shore.

you've got to ask yourself one question ...

well, do ya, punk?

side note: I've never even seen the movie that this quote comes from. Ry and I just thought it would be funny.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

amusing

So it's been a while. And for all of you who are on the edge of your seat wondering what we've been up to this past month (I know the anticipation has been awful, hasn't it?), I promise we are alive and well. Our lives have been pretty standard, ordinary, predictable, and thus un-eventful as of late.

For example: I took a few pictures yesterday and wanted to upload them to our computer. In the process I realized that the only photographic documentation I have of our lives from February 18th (the day of the pictures from the last post) till March 14th is this sole picture:

An entire month, and this is all I've got.

Why would I take this picture you ask? Because this was a monumental day in our home. L ate a cookie. Not kidding. This kid will not eat cake, cookies, chocolate, brownies, even ice cream! And if you remember my fettish with ice cream, you'll understand how heart breaking this is! The only sweets he will eat are skittles and M&Ms. I'm not really complaining (okay, maybe I am) because I have the worst sweet tooth ever, and I'm happy that my child is at least not following my footsteps in that direction (at least not yet). I know there are many of you out there who wish your child would stop wanting those sweets, and who are probably yelling at your computer right now trying to help me understand what a blessing it is that L doesn't do so. 

But on this particular day, which was March 1st, L actually ate an entire snickerdoodle cookie. And I could not be more proud. Hence the picture. 

Since that day he has still refused sweets in any form - including additional snickerdoodles. Is this amusing to anyone else? Probably not. But at least it was reason enough to pull out the camera, and for that I am grateful.