Best Friends (Photo #13)

Jackson never wants to talk to anyone on the phone, except one very special person!  His cousin, Oliver.  Oliver is only 2 months older than Jackson and they really are best buddies!  This morning, Jackson enjoyed some time conversing with Oliver on the phone.  Even Molly put in her two cents!!!

The Many Face of Molly (Photo #12)

Photo #11

When Jackson is able to get "bed head" we know it's time for a hair cut.  This morning, Jackson went to get his hair cut with Daddy.  This was the second time we paid to get his hair cut, but this was the first time I was able to take pictures since he insisted on sitting on my lap for the first one.  So here, I share with you Jackson's very SECOND professional hair cut.  He was amazing!  He has never even sat that well for Mommy.  Here is his before, during, and after!

I didn't know I had three kids....... (Photo #11)

Over this past Christmas, I may have made a mistake in buying my husband a rapid fire nerf gun.  I knew he wanted it and didn't really think it would be much of a problem.

As we drove to see family for the holidays, Jason asked if I had packed said gun.  I said I had not.  Once we got to his dad's house, he and his brother wasted no time in going out to purchase two new nerf guns.  I will spare the details of a very long week.  At the end of the visit, Uncle Matt decided he could not take his nerf gun back home since he was flying, so he was kind enough to give it to us.

A couple weeks after getting home from all the holiday visits, we were strolling through Target and came upon yet another nerf gun which we thought Jackson could use.  Yeah, super, right?

In the end, the forth nerf gun was not yet usable by Jackson and therefore my husband now owns four nerf guns (five if you count the fact that one of them is two guns in one). (Do they make nerf gun safes?)

Jackson and Molly have come up with a new and exciting activity to use said guns.  Our entertainment center has glass doors on either side of it.  Their activity consists of one of them standing on one side of the door, while Daddy (and sometimes Mommy) shoots darts at the other side.  See following photos for a visual aid.

Photo #10!!!

I have found that the best time to take photos of my kids is just before nap time.  Since they are playing upstairs, I have fooled myself into thinking it will be easier because they are in a bit more of a confined space.  I also like to think they are slowing down a bit so my camera just might be able to keep up with them.  (Those of you who know Jackson, know this is a challenge.)  :)  But I think today was a success!

Photo #9

So, looking at the following photos, some (mainly my husband) might say that I'm a mean mommy.  Really, I just love my kids and don't want to miss or forget a moment of their lives.  So, yes, I took pictures of Molly while she was sleeping and, yes, I did end up waking her up.  But her nap was going on 4 hours, so she was just fine!!!  The only thing I'm sad about is that I didn't manage to get into Jackson's room before he woke up.  Anywho, I call this series of photos "Leave me alone, Mommy!  I'm trying to sleep!"

ENJOY! :)

8 Down! 357 To Go!

Tuesdays never fail to been the craziest days of the week for our family!

I always have my ladies Bible study all morning, Jason has a regular meeting with his advisor, and we have a couples Bible study in the evenings.  On top of all that, Tuesdays seem to be the only day I can ever schedule any sort of doctors appointment.  Today is no exception. (My appointment is at 2:20 this afternoon after having been rescheduled from last....you guessed it...Tuesday.)

With all of that on my plate, I usually have to work extra hard to get a good photo on Tuesdays.  Thankfully, I have the best subjects for my canvas.  Is it really possible to take a bad photo of my children?  In all honesty, yes it is.  Thanks to the wonder of digital cameras, I can take 100 shots just to get that one.  That one photo that stands out and makes its way to the blog for the entire cyber world to enjoy.  And I do hope you enjoy it! :)