Christmas Memories

Well, Christmas has come and gone, and despite our financial hardships we managed to make it through and Jack got more toys than we could have ever imagined. We started off at Mark's dad's house Christmas Eve in the afternoon and spent a few hours there. Jack got lots of blocks and a wagon to put them in, a John Deere 4-wheeler (one that he has to move himself...get those legs going!), a super cute outfit and an Elmo which he LOVED. It was so much fun watching him open presents. He wanted to play with every single toy he got, but that was expected.

Opening his blocks...
After Pepe's house we headed off to church. We have been bad Catholics and have not been to church in a while and I really wanted to go, so off we went. I've come out of that experience knowing that it will be a long time again before we go to church with a toddler....especially Jack. He was so tired but refused to fall asleep so we ended up going through a boat load of puffs, some teddy grams and a few trips up and down some stairs in the back. Jack did play with his buddy Alek from gym tots for a little bit to keep him busy, but that was short lived. I managed to listen to about 5 minutes of mass throughout the ordeal. Oh well....we'll try again when he is a little older.

Then we were off to Aunt Debbie's for Christmas dinner with Mark's family. Jack ended up sleeping there for about an hour despite all the noise. He woke up very cranky...

But eventually calmed down and started playing with everybody and being his normal self. He even tried to steal a toy from baby Noah. (Mark's cousin's grandson). Guess we know what we have to get him for his birthday...

Around 9:30....WAY past his bedtime...we headed home. The next morning Santa brought a few more toys for him to play with. Santa decided not to wrap up his new drumset....bad idea, Santa. All Jack wanted to do was play. It took us about an hour to get through 5 more presents because he kept going back to his drums. At least we know he liked them!!


We did manage to get him to open his K'Nex Elmo, which he loved...
And for some reason he really loved his toothbrush and toothpaste. At least he's got good hygeine.

Mark and I got each other a few things....I got three new pairs of pants (which I badly needed) and Mark got a new dress shirt, tie, Scrubs season 7 and a flash drive. The best part of it all was of course watching Jack open all his presents.

After our family Christmas we headed up to Montreal to spend Christmas with my family. It's the only time of year I get to see my Aunt's and Uncle's on my mom's side and my grandmother. We always have a great time up there and stuff ourselves silly with fabulous food. Jack loved going up and down the stairs to the playroom in the basement and kept us all busy chasing him. He also really liked their piano and Mammy tried to teach him how to play....he was more interested in doing it his way. So after all the running around, Mark and I had both of our immediate families over for a Lasagna dinner and opening of presents. Jack got royally spoiled by both families and Mark and I spent three days trying to find places for all of his toys to go. Some of his favories so far are his Elmo Live from Uncle Justin, a tent from Mammy and Papa, his tool bench from Auntie Katy and Uncle Ryan and his Diego backpack from Grammy. Those are the toys he seems to look for every day and play with more than once. I think he has more toys than he knows what to do with. This was our living room the next morning....lovely, isn't it?


That wasn't even half of the toys....Mark and I had put some away already. We have now found a place for everything, thank-goodness.

It was all around a wonderful Christmas. It was a little hard for me to get into the Christmas spirit this year, but I had to keep reminding myself that at least we are able to give our son a few presents, we have food on our table and bills are paid. It took a little extra work on my part, but it was possible.

On a side note...Jack had his 18 month check up today. He is 28 pounds 14 ounces (80%) and 35 inches tall (95+%) We have a tall kid. Everything checks out great and he is talking far more than most kids his age (so our pedi says). He is also showing some typical behaviors (hitting, tantruming) which we both knew was typical but talked to our pedi about anyway. Now we don't have to go back until he is two. I just can't believe that my little boy is growing up so fast.

If you have made it this far....thank-you. I am off to bed to rest up for tomorrow. A night full of friends, food and games. I can't wait. Have a safe and happy New Year everybody!

Merry Christmas!

I am again a little late with the holiday wishes. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We had a busy, yet very enjoyable Christmas filled with several family gatherings and a living room full of toys.

We started it off with a Christmas party last weekend with some of Gramps' family and a visit from Santa. I have tons of pictures of that day, so I just put them in a slide show for everyone to view. It starts off with us making cookies at Grammy's house, then the party with Santa and the last picture is from Grandma Joan's Christmas party.

When I have a free minute I'll make sure to post about our Christmas. It's been a long week and we have to head out to the mall now to exchange some things and look for some after Christmas sales.

Visits with Santa

Well, it's official, Jack does not like Santa. We took him Saturday morning up to Begor's in Mooers to see Santa and Mrs. Clause. He had no problems with Mrs. Clause, I think it's because she slightly resembled Grammy, but he cried every time we tried to bring him near Santa. He did have a good time hanging out with Ryan (they met this summer at camp) and a few other little girls, Sophia and Olivia, whose parents are friends of Grammys.

At least he wasn't crying....but he still isn't happy.
He seemed much more comfortable with Mrs. Clause...I also got a few cute pictures of him while we were there. He had a great time running around and playing with the other kids. He also got to color a little bit with daddy, eat a candy cane and a cookie, and he got a movie from Santa. Mark and I also got a chance to meet a few friends of Grammy's that we have been meaning to get together with and I got to see a few kids that used to be in my classroom. It was a pretty fun morning.

Playing in the racks of clothes...
This is what happens when Jack gets a hold of my camera...
We attempted to bribe Jack with a soda that Santa had, but that still didn't work...
After that he passed right out and then later in the evening he went and had his picture taken with Kasey. I was working my last night at the studio (YEAH!) and did Keith, Erika and Kasey's pictures as their Christmas present. I wanted to try to get a picture of the two of them together, so we attempted it. It turned out pretty cute, but Jack wanted no part of it. Kasey was a great sport through the whole picture experience and we got some pretty cute ones of him. The rest of my night was a little hectic because I started getting a little sick and didn't end up leaving until an hour after we close. Grammy and Gramps took Jack for the night so Mark and I could go shopping for him on Sunday. I ended up catching Jack's stomach bug and was a mess all night and all day Sunday. I still got out and went shopping though...although it was pretty rough.

We are both feeling much better today, but neither of us is really eating much. It's a good thing for me to not eat, but I worry about my little man not eating much. He still is full of energy, no fever and making enough wet and dirty diapers though, so I don't think I need to worry too much.

Today Jack's day care provider took him to have breakfast with Santa at Duke's Diner in Plattsburgh. I figured this is his third encounter with Santa and it would probably go smoother...wrong again. Of course he cried and would not sit on Santa's lap. Oh well, maybe when he gets older we can get a picture of him smiling.

I'll leave you with a picture of Jack near our tree playing with his Santa he got last year. He is a little blurry, but it's still a cute picture.

Brownies!

I have been trying to let Jack try to help with some of the baking and cooking lately; i.e. mixing or placing toppings on pizza. He brings a chair up to the counter, takes his spoon (or cheese) and starts copying me. He loves helping and I'm an advocate for having children help with a lot of household things, of course all of them being safe things. So the other night I was in the mood for chocolate, but the only thing we had were low fat brownies. It has been a while since I made brownies, so I decided to go for it. Jack of course brought his chair over and starting stirring away. After everything was mixed well, I poured them into the pan and let Jack lick the spoon. The licking of the spoon turned into dipping the spoon in the bowl and making a mess all over...see pictures below.



Don't worry, low fat brownies do not require anything but water, so he wasn't exposed to any raw eggs. He absolutely loved being able to dip the spoon in the bowl and of course getting chocolate on the spoon was an added bonus. We had to take it away though because it was getting all over him and the floor. This is what happened after we took the bowl away...

Thought everyone would get a kick out of those pictures. Anyway, our monkey has had the 24 hour stomach bug and resting with Grammy all day. Lucky lady. He seems much better tonight and has been playing for quite a while at Mammy and Papa's. He was tired though, and just passed out about 20 minutes ago.

Tomorrow is a big day for us...we go see Santa and Mrs. Clause up at Begor's Supply in Mooers. The owners are Gramps' Aunt and Uncle, so we are going to visit with them and some other friends and family. Look for lots of pictures of that =) We also have pictures to take of him and Kasey (and auntie Erika and uncle Keith) and one of Jack alone (I forgot to order the 10x13 for our living room and I need more wallets for x-mas cards). So he needs his beauty sleep.

Hope everyone is enjoying the snow!!

I've been slacking....

Sorry about the lack of posts lately...we've all been a little busy around the house.

My two jobs are going well...but I can't wait for a break. I work a full week providing therapy and then I work about 17-20 hours at the Portrait Studio, I'm getting tired. It's great for Jack and Mark to hang out though, and they were even able to go shopping for me last weekend. Nice boys day out. I on the other hand, have not had one free moment to shop for anyone. I think I'll be one of those Christmas Eve shoppers. Oh, well.

Jack is feeling much better and back to his happy ol' self. We took him to see Santa on Friday night up in Rouses Point with Grammy, Gramps, Erika and Kasey. While waiting to see Santa, Jack took off on Grammy and ran down the sidewalk. Well, my child is just as clumsy as me on his feet and he went face first into the sidewalk. Ended up with a big scrape on his nose. Poor baby was crying so hard. We then went for a walk down Lake street in Rouses Point, went to see the tree lighting and then had cookies with Santa. I thought for sure Jack would like Santa, it's his new favorite word, but I was wrong. He loved watching him, but as soon as I went to put him on Santa's lap he started crying. I was shocked. So the pictures we have are of Jack crying with Santa and a big scratch on his nose. It makes for an interesting story when he gets older.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of him with Santa...Grammy took them and I'm waiting for her to e-mail them to me *hint hint*.

Other than that, not too much is happening. We are catching up on some Christams movies, spending some time with our families and relaxing if we get a chance to.

As soon as I get those pictures from Grammy I'll make sure to post them. As for now, here are a few I took of Jack the other night.

His new favorite thing is doing Patty Cake by himself. It's the cutest thing ever. This is him saying "all done"My little ham...

Happy Turkey Day!

First off...



Hope everyone had lots of turkey and stuffed their bellies until they hurt!!

On to the crazy lives in the Brown household. Jack is feeling a little better...still stuffy and coughing a little bit, but much better than he was before. He doesn't let much get him down.

Mark has been able to spend a lot more time with Jack lately, which I think they are both enjoying. I've been busy with both my jobs and haven't had a lot of time to even sit down and Mark has been getting a lot of his work done at school so he doesn't have to bring it home. As sad as I am that I can't spend more time with Jack, I know it's important that he spend time with Mark. Jack has been quite the mommy's boy since he was born and I want to make sure he's comfortable with different people, especially his daddy.

Uncle Justin came home for the week, so Jack's got to spend some time with him. Every time he sees him, Jack seems scared or not too sure about him, but he quickly changes and gets more comfortable with him.

We had a great Thanksgiving. We decided this year to stay at home and have Thanksgiving at our house. Last year we went to four different places with a five month old and it just ended horribly. Jack was pretty miserable. This year, Mark and I spent the day cleaning the house and getting dinner prepared. It was actually pretty fun. We had my family, Mark's family and Cliff's daughters along with their boyfriends in our house. I thought for sure the house was too small for that many people, but it wasn't and things went very well.

Today we set up our Christmas tree. Mark and I always set it up the day after Thanksgiving...we just love Christmas. Jack was a little stinker and got into everything he shouldn't have been into, but who can blame him? As soon as he saw all the lights on the tree he got really excited. We have a red star on the top of our tree and he kept calling it an "apple". At least he's recognizing colors and knows that apples are red!

So as busy as we all are, I have still found time to take a few pictures of Jack and some things we've been up to lately when we have a moment.

Jack holding his towel after a bath...
Making faces for the camera...
Rocking out on the guitar!

Have a great weekend!!

Sick, sick baby =(

My poor, poor baby is sick. Of course it's probably my fault too, so I feel even more terrible about it. He's been out of sorts for a few days, but just in the past two he has started coughing really hard, wheezing and his nose is running like a faucet. Last night, the first night this has EVER happened, he ended up sleeping in bed with us. He just couldn't get comfortable in his own bed and kept crying and coughing and it was a vicious cycle of the two. So I got up, went and got him, and per Mark's request, put him in between us. Needless to say Mark and I slept horribly, but Jack slept better and that's all that matters. He's been getting his nebulizer treatments and Grammy is coming over tomorrow to keep an eye on him so he doesn't get the other boys he goes to daycare with sick. I hate to see him so miserable...it breaks my heart. =(

We did have a nice weekend before he got really sick. Mark was gone Friday and Saturday to a Leadership conference, so Jack and I got in a lot of bonding time (not that my kid needs to bond with me anymore). We went over to Mammy and Papa's house for dinner on Friday night and took a trip to Target with Mammy and auntie Kim. Jack got some Christmas presents and we picked up his pictures from Sears while we were in the mall. It was a very busy night, all ending with Jack watching about 10 minutes of The Wizard of Oz and getting a little scared of the lion. I decided to turn it off, read him a book and then put him to bed.

He then spent some time with Mammy on Saturday while I went to work and then we went up to Lyon Mountain to visit with Mark's family. Mark's aunt Missy was up from Florida for a few days so we wanted to go visit with her and baby Hunter. Unfortunately because Jack was not feeling well, he couldn't go meet his new cousin. I know I'll have another chance to take a picture of the two of them together soon. While we were there, Jessica got the cutest video of Jack with Aunt Pam and Aunt Missy playing ring-around the rosie. Jack's new thing is to pull on people's clothes (or hair in this case) to get them to sit up or lay down. Thanks, Gramps for teaching him this!

Here is Jack, Aunt Pam (left) and Aunt Missy (right) and Jack pulling on their hair to get them to sit back up and play again. What a kid!



So on Sunday we headed back up the mountain so Mark could visit with everyone. Jack was getting pretty ill by later in the evening so we called it a night pretty early. It was still nice getting to visit with everyone when it is not a holiday or someone's birthday. I did manage to get one picture of baby Hunter while we were there...little guy wouldn't not wake up while I was there though. Oh well, maybe next time =)


Well, hopefully my next post will have better news about my baby feeling better. Wish Grammy luck tomorrow...she's going to need it watching this poor little guy!

Randomness

I know this is Jack's blog....but I feel the need to write a little off topic tonight. Hope no one minds.

I had some free time today because I had two families cancel visits and I didn't want to go get Jack while he was napping, so I came home to try to get some housework done. I've been exhausted lately, so I plopped down in front of my computer and couldn't get away. I don't know how it happened, but I stumbled across some web pages that started to make me think....this is both a good and a bad thing.

Why are there so many children out there who lose their lives to such random, tragic events? Whether it be a babysitter shaking them, drowning in a pool or a rare disease that has no cure. All of it makes me want to cry...I mean really cry, like sobbing to the point where I lose my breath. How is it possible that things like that can happen to a child that has not gotten the chance to experience life? It's just not fair.

Maybe it's the weather, or all of these stories being brought to my attention at once or maybe it's because I'm finally breaking free of these postpartum blues that I've been struggling with for so long, but all I wanted to do tonight was cuddle with Jack and never put him down. My heart aches for these parents who can't do that with their children anymore. I treasure every hug or kiss that Jack spontaneously gives me and I can't imagine my life without them. It makes me so mad that for so long I wanted nothing to do with him and watched each day go by as if I were living in fast forward. I have a hard time remembering much of what happened in his first year and I hate myself for that.

I also thank God every day that I still have my son with me and I'm still able to hug and kiss him goodnight. I can't get back that first year, but I can cherish every second I have with him now. In that aspect, I am lucky beyond words.

My point? Hug your child every day and let them know that you love them. Being a mom is the hardest thing I have ever had to go through, but it is truly the best and most rewarding job of my life. I'm starting to think that someone finally hit the play button for me and I can begin to enjoy life again.

I love you, my little monkey.

Alphabet Movie Meme

My friend Keith over at Kano's Kogitation tagged me to do an alphabet movie meme. This is my first attempt at anything relating to movies, so bare with me. As you all probably know, I watch a lot of kids movies, comedies and girlie movies so there won't be much variety, I'm sure. Below are the rules and then my movie picks for each letter of the alphabet.

The Rules

1. Pick one film (your favorite film) to represent each letter of the alphabet.

2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of a film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don't know of any films with those titles.

3. Return of the Jedi belongs under "R," not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with "S." Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under "R," not "I" as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. Use your better judgement to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.

4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."

5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type "alphabet meme" into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.

6. If you're selected, you have to then select 5 more people.

Aladdin

Butterfly Effect, The

Center Stage

Drumline

Erin Brockovich

Father of the Bride

Ghost

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ice Age

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Knocked Up

Little Mermaid, The

Mulan

Never Been Kissed

O (the movie with Julia Stiles and Mekhi Phifer)

Pretty Woman

Quicksand (cheated on this one....had to look up a movie!)

Remember the Titans

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The

Titanic

Unbreakable

Village, The

Wizard of Oz, The

X-files, The

You, Me and Dupree

Zoolander

That was pretty fun....difficult, but fun. Since I don't have too many blogs that I read (or vice verse) I can't tag anyone....but if you want to do this feel free!

House Issues....blah

Of course it has been another busy week in the Brown household. Mark's crazy busy with his school schedule and I've been working two nights a week and Saturday mornings at the Studio to help out with Christmas. It's been fun taking pictures again and I thought for sure I'd lose my patience sooner with kids working with them all day and night but it's just the opposite, I love kids even more and it makes me so much happier when I get home to see Jack.

So, as it goes in our house, one thing after another seems to break or get damaged. Of course it has to be something big too when we need it the least. Mark called me Wednesday night as I was on my way home from work to let me know that our hot water heater busted. Yeah. So the next night he and his dad spend about 5 hours putting our new water heater in. Had it not been for one of our old copper pipes bursting and spraying water all over the place they would have been done sooner. Such is our luck. Thank-goodness for Lowe's and their 0% interest and no payments for 12 months.

Jack of course enjoyed the large box that the water heater came in...


I also had to babysit the night we put the water heater in. His name is Rusty and he is 4 months old....

He's Grammy's cat and just got fixed that day. Grammy had meetings to go to and had me babysit him until she got done. He was pretty groggy for a while and about 30 minutes before he got picked up he started walking around and drank a little bit. Of course Newton was very curious of him, hissed at him once and then cornered the poor cat in our office. I had to search all over the house for them and finally heard the meowing of Rusty and went to his rescue. I have a strong feeling Newton wouldn't do well if we added another cat to our household.

We've also been able to hang out with Kasey, Keith and Erika, Mammy and Papa and we're heading over to Grammy's tomorrow night for dinner. Jack also got a chance to meet a little guy named Alek at play group yesterday. His parents were in the same Hypnobirthing class as Mark and I and he was born about 10 days after Jack. Kate got some cute pictures of them playing that I stole from her blog (hope that's okay, Kate!)

I hope that I can get over to the gym one of these days again and play with all of them. Kate and her husband Randy have been through a lot and are fabulous parents to that handsome little boy. Head over to their blog; One Day at a Time to read their story.

Also, Mark's cousin Tori gave birth on Tuesday to baby Hunter!! I can remember being in the hospital and just wanting to rest, so we decided to wait and visit her and the baby. Jack and I will be heading up there hopefully on Saturday after work to visit with Aunt Missy (who is coming up from Florida!) and of course to meet baby Hunter. Daddy is going away this weekend to a conference so he'll have to meet baby Hunter at a later time. Congrats Tori and Jesse!! Let us know if you need anything!!

So I think that about covers it for the week. I got tagged by Keith at Kano's Kogitation to do an Alphabet Movie Meme. I'll hopefully be able to tackle that tomorrow night and we'll see how that goes!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Halloween Weekend

What a nice weekend! It helps that one of our favorite holidays was on Friday, but it still would have been a nice weekend even if it wasn't Halloween. On Friday we had Keith, Erika and Kasey over for dinner and some Trick-or-Treating around the park. The boys did great walking around the park, but they did get a little tired of walking and wanted to be carried around from house to house. I don't blame them, we were out for about an hour, which is a lot of walking for two little ones. Every time we got to a house both boys would sign "please" and then either say "thank-you" or blow kisses to the person giving them candy. It was so cute. They made out pretty good too in the candy department but that may be because they were both grabbing candy out of people's candy bowls...crazy kiddos. Here is the candy that Jack got for the night...


We came back to the house after our walk, took some pictures in everyone in their costumes, watched some Diego, played drums and then the boys went to bed. Now I forgot to mention that all of us adults were dressed up also. Keith was JD from Scrubs, Erika was a cowgirl, I threw a witch costume together last minute and Mark was a woman. He was the funniest looking woman we have ever seen, and what was even funnier was people thought he really was a woman when we were Trick-or-Treating. They realized once he opened his mouth that he was a man. You should have seen the looks on some people's faces...priceless. Anyway, here are some pictures from our night.

The whole clan minus myself...
The Kane family...The Brown family...Kasey and Jack playing the drums...
Kasey hamming it up for the camera....
As for the rest of our weekend, it was very relaxing and we got to spend time with Mammy and Papa and auntie Kim who we haven't seen in a while. I had to work Saturday morning (which is actually going well) so Mark got to spend some quality time with Jack before his nap. They went to Lowe's and then finished up with a wall Mark was building to go around our fuel tank (the winds in Cumberland Head are awful and our pipes froze last year...we don't want that to happen again!) So Jack helped his daddy hammer the wall together, measure and pick up his tools. He had so much fun that I don't even think he missed me at all!

So after work we went to have pizza with my parents and then played some Wii. It was a great night and very relaxing. Jack even stayed up until 9:30...way past his bed time but it worked out great because he slept in this morning and the time change didn't even affect him. I hope I remember to put him to bed later next year! Today he went to lunch with Grammy while mommy and daddy finished up some work and then we all went and did a little grocery shopping. My little man slept for about 30 minutes total today so he passed right out when it was bed time. Poor baby.

It was just a wonderful weekend. Not too much going on, but just enough to keep Jack busy. I'll leave you with a picture of him helping his daddy....he is getting so big =(

A little late but.....

It's late and I have notes to finish so I will update you more on our day later this weekend. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!!

Stress relief coming our way....

Seeing as it is 10:00 at night and I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow, I'll make this quick.

Some of you may already know but for those of you who haven't heard yet, I have been a little stressed out lately. The reason for this is because I don't get a paycheck from my new job until November. That means I will work for two and a half months without a paycheck. Not fun. Especially since Christmas is just around the corner. So, I have decided to do something about it and get myself another job. Yep, you heard me right, I now have two jobs. Where is this other job you ask? I'll give you three guesses, but you'll probably only need one.

I went back to the only other place I feel comfortable working.....Sears. Ten hours a week I will be a photographer at the portrait studio. It's the least I can do to get my family back on our feet and give my son a Christmas he deserves. I know, Grandparents are there to give Jack anything and everything he needs, but what kind of mother am I if I can't even buy a few presents for my son? And I know everyone may be thinking that this job will stress me out even more and I won't have much time at home...but it's only 10 hours a week and there is no reason for me to get stressed out doing this job. I'm just a photographer...not a manager this time. Getting this job has actually de-stressed me a little this week and I'm looking forward to getting behind the camera again, even if it's just for a short time.

As for Jack, he has been wonderful. He has now started saying "thank-you" and "papa" as well as quite a few other words that we don't quite understand. He also loves saying "Diego" and throwing his hands up in the air while looking at the TV. Yeah, my kid loves TV....shoot me. We also had a great weekend visiting with family and enjoying some quality time together as a family. My dad also fixed my car that has been squeaking at me for weeks....thank-you so much, dad!!

We have a very busy week ahead of us, so I may not be able to post again until after Halloween. Look for lots and lots of pictures!!

Also, as a side note, I have to send my camera to Canon because it is malfuntioning *sniff, sniff*. What this means is that I will be without a camera for approximately 10 days after Halloween. I have no idea what I'm going to do!! I'll have to just post old pictures of our monkey for everyone to enjoy!

Okay, I think I'm done my rambling so here are some pictures from this weekend for your enjoyment.

These are just in case anyone ever wondered what it would look like if Mark and I had a little girl....she would be just as cute as Jack =)


And last but not least...my kid watching the Backyardigans at Grammy's....