Josh

I just loved this picture of Josh. Not only does he have a great smile, but his hair looks super cool spiked up. This last weekend Jarod spent time cutting the boys' hair and styling it in a new awesome spiky do.

Happy Birthday Jarod!!

Jarod turned 30 yesterday, and now I feel like I'm living with an old man. Carly loves birthdays and when she saw me making a cake, she was excited to celebrate Daddy's birthday. She called him several times while he was out to lunch with this buddies to sing "Happy Birthday" to him. I think throughout the day she probably ended up singing to him seven or eight times. On Sunday we celebrated with a marble cake with my folks, and last night I made a cheesecake for him. Carly thought it was weird that Daddy's birthday lasted two days, when everyone else is just one.

Happy Birthday Jarod!

Carly's First Field Trip

A couple weeks ago Carly went on her first pre-school field trip to a local pet store. I hadn't ever been in it, and I was really impressed. They have on hand about 50 puppies, a ton of birds...including exotic, turtles, ferrets, bunnies, snakes, frogs, etc. It was a lot of fun. The kids got to play with a bunch of different puppies and bunnies. They had a great time. Carly was more brave with the puppies than Josh or Jack. They preferred to watch them from behind the glass.

There are six kids in Carly's preschool group. It is such a fun group of kids. Carly just loves all her new little friends.

This bird reminded me of Grandma Val's birds. So pretty! There was a bird there that looked just like Paco, too.

I fell in love with this Basset/English hound puppy, and was half way tempted to take him home, until he bit me. Then I remembered what a pain the teething phase is.

Hungry Jack

My Jack boy is growing too fast. I think of all my babies, he's the most anxious to move on to the next stage. Although, he did take his time with the whole walking thing...I think he was just waiting until he could do it perfectly, though. Lately he's been refusing to eat, unless he can feed himself...with a spoon or fork. He hasn't needed any help, in fact, he doesn't want help. I just can't believe how grown up he looks feeding himself. He just turned 15 months, and I'm sad to see the "baby" leaving him so quickly.

Kyle and Kathleen Visit

It was great fun to have Kyle and Kathleen visit, even if it was only for a VERY short time. They came in to town at 12:34 Saturday afternoon, and left at 12:00 Monday afternoon. Saturday we ate out/in from Salt Grass Steak House, and played Princess Crazy Eights, Go Fish, and Old Maid. Carly got the card game trio for Christmas and we've been practicing it ever since. She's getting better every day. On Sunday we went to church with my parents, and spent the rest of the day hanging out. In the afternoon we drove down to Zilker Park and rode the train around the park. It's a shame they weren't here in the spring, because the scenery would've been more appealing. Josh loves trains, and I admit, I had my own motives in suggesting this activity. Josh loved it. Carly was sitting near the front of the train with Kyle and Kathleen, while Jarod and I were near the rear with Dad and Josh. I'm going to have to steal some pictures of Carly from Kathleen, because every time the train turned enough to see them, my camera was too slow in turning on and taking the picture, so I never got a good one of them. That night we stayed up too late, playing Sabotage...a new favorite game. We were sad to see them go, and we look forward to crashing their scene, hopefully sometime soon.

Jammin' With Daddy

I couldn't resist taking a picture of this. I love to watch the interactions of my children with their daddy. Jarod sat down for a minute to learn a new song, and Josh wanted to be a part of it. He was giving kisses, and watching intently. Josh has become such a little love-bug. For the longest time we couldn't get him to give kisses. Now every time we turn around he's giving someone a big wet smacker.

Hat Boys

One morning Josh decided he wanted to wear his hat, and he decided Jack should wear one too. Carly decided they should be worn backwards. I get a kick out of how much Josh loves hats. Jarod was the same way growing up, so I'm told.

Josh is giving kisses...not trying to rip Jack's head off.

Jack has a new squinty-eyed smile...I don't know where he picked that up.