I have taken about a million pictures of p in this same spot on our living room floor -- and i am always amazed when i look at the pictures at how blue his eyes really are. no editing, no tweaking - just the bluest eyes i have ever seen. so sweet. maybe im always in awe because i have brown eyes - or maybe because im his mom. whatever the reason... i can't stop taking pictures of them.



and this is just making the blog because its always cute to see babies without pants...



we are having a great weekend - weeded the flower beds, planted 2 trees, mulched the flower beds, realized many (most) of the plants in our flower beds that we thought were dormant are in fact very dead, got over it... and tonight aunt meg and uncle chris are coming over so we can go on hot anniversary date. hope everyone else is having a great weekend too. this weather is so good.

early release for snow!

this is the best part of teaching - by far. we are home now all snuggled up watching the snow from the window and enjoying the afternoon.

and seriously -- who wants to go to school when you are having this kind of hair day anyway?







on a side note - i documented a small part of a little game i like to play with p. i put the tennis ball in his shirt and see how long it takes him to get it out. just helping him develop problem solving skills...and maybe also entertaining myself :)

fun with honey

z was out of town this weekend at a preparation class for the professional engineer's test... and so my mom came to town to hang out with p and me. we had so much fun. the songs i sing and the games i play are never as cool...

and of course, honey decided to put my headband on p to make him look like an 80's work out queen -- king? whatever the case... these pictures will probably come in handy someday.

thanks for coming to hang with us, mom!

new toy

we got a new little toy -- its a little car thing and it converts into this thing he can push like a walker -- how's that for technical child toy vocabulary? well... he looked at it for about 3 seconds and then decided that he LOVES it. he was riding the car part and when we switched modes he was pushing it all over the living room. success.

engagement pics - ben and jennifer

ive been busy taking lots of pictures of little people... and this weekend i had my first shot at engagement pics. much harder. kids are either non moving, so you walk around and tweak things to get it right - OR - you do everything you possibly can (including make strange noises and jump around like a clown) to make them laugh... and then shoot away. couples are a whole other thing... i feel like it was much more organic and there was just a lot more to it. i had a great time and out of 275 pictures, i feel like i got 3 that i really like. probably not a great ratio. but i am certainly a beginner. a first timer. really hoping to get to try this again soon... thanks for being great romantical sports ben and jennifer :)

here are few that i thought turned out nice.