The Christmas Story

I had been really aggravated this year whenever I watched any of Jayce's little kid shows and saw the way that they dealt with Christmas. I know that kid's shows have agendas as well as everything else does, but I got so annoyed that every mention of Christmas was sandwiched between discussions of Hanukkah and Kwanza. Furthermore, any mention of Christmas dealt with Santa, which I'm not opposed to, but I guess I just expected a nativity scene to...

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Favorite Projects of 2010

It seems like everywhere I look this week people are listing out their favorite projects of 2010.  We are doing something like that this week on LTC, except we are listing our favorite projects by our co-contributors, which is something that we decided to do months ago.  Anyway, as I was scrolling around the blog looking for links to my co-contributors posts, I was reminded of just how busy I've been.  Doing a project a week, and photographing...

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Christmas #1: Our Christmas

Since we traveled to Louisville for Christmas this year, we decided to do our family Christmas a week early.  It was so so fun.  Even though Jayce knew what was going on last year, this year was infinitely more exciting.We started Jayce off with his pizza shop and it was a hit!  I knew he would like it but he LOVED it!  He immediately put on his apron and started assembling pizzas for us.  Actually, any time that he plays...

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Christmas Spirit

Yesterday Jayce and I started off on the wrong foot.  The night before, I was completely exhausted for some reason at about 8, but didn't go to bed as early as I should have and woke up just as tired as when I had gone to bed.  Not a good way to start the day.  Also, Jayce woke up about an hour earlier than usual that morning, so needless to say, he was whinier and I had less patience than usual.  Naptime couldn't come soon enough.When...

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Baby Fun Facts

I'm so happy and relieved to finally be able to talk about Baby #2! I'm 14 weeks along, so we have known for a little bit now, but haven't been saying much about it to anyone.I have a jumble of information that I could share, as you do after sitting on a fun secret like this for over 2 months, so I think I'll turn to the numbered list as a means of organization.1.) Here is our little darling at 8 weeks along, our first sonogram. The sonogram lady...

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The News Is Out

and we couldn't be happier....

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Pretend

In the last few months Jayce has started pretending a lot. In the above picture, he is a bunny rabbit in a cage, obviously. He often is a Jayce kitty, crawling around on the floor, meowing and speaking in a high "kitty" voice. This transformation often occurs when we're trying to get him to do something, like come eat dinner."Jayce, come here and get in your seat so we can eat."As he crumbles to the floor, "No Mom, I a Jayce kitty. Meow, meow."I...

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