More portraits

This is picture heavy because I have the cutest little boy ever. These are his "one year" pictures although he is technically 14 months old. So stinking cute.

The family that eats Cheetos together, stays together

That was Jeremy's wisdom when I questioned him giving some to Blake. In that case, we will be a forever family!

Sunday entertainment

Carolyn has moved up to a sunday school class that incorporates singing time at church. She loves learning new songs. This is the first one she perfected. Watch it here, Grandmas!

Daddy-Daughter time

Jeremy's been working a lot. I remember thinking it was hard the first busy season I went through with him. Carolyn was seven months old when it went in full swing, and by the end he and I were exhausted from putting in 70-80 hour weeks at our respective jobs. I had no idea it would get harder as we went along. Jeremy doesn't work quite the same hours, but the time he misses with Carolyn is a lot harder for both of them.

Many a morning the first sound I hear out of Carolyn's room is a wail and then "Daddy!" She cries at the top of the stairs while I hurriedly get decent to chase Jeremy down outside so he can give her a hug and a kiss. And then she doesn't go back to sleep and is exhausted from waking at 5:30.


Anyway, all this background helps explain why Carolyn and Jeremy had the best weekend last week. I took off for my first night away from Blake. I foolishly thought that meant I would get a good night sleep, but time with friends is not for sleeping.

Carolyn got pop beads for Christmas and has been making jewelry ever since. She and Jeremy spent Blake's nap just making bracelets and necklaces for each other. Of course, this was after the doughnut breakfast. It sure is nice when Daddy is home.

Blakers

I've been having a hard time keeping up with all the different times in a day that my children want to eat. Mostly, it's Carolyn. She is in the fridge at least 5 times a day (that doesn't include meals). It doesn't help that our living area where we play is right next to the fridge. Today was Blake's first foray into stealing leftovers. Carolyn ate a protein bar for breakfast because I just give up (at least for today) on fighting her at meal times. She puts the food in her mouth by herself and doesn't have to sit on my lap? Well, I just might let her have ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if that's the case. Anyway, she had some leftovers she didn't keep a close eye on. Blake did though.


He sure enjoyed his bounty.

Of course, we can't take a picture of one child without the other one jumping in to join the fun!