Detectives, Teeth and Quilts

1.) For Valentines Day this year, I made Jayce a little detective kit. (Did you recognize him above? He's in disguise, but showing his ID, so you know that it's really him.) I also made one for his sidekick, Chris. :) I'm having to sit on my hands to not write a tutorial for the detective kit. Oh Lemon Tree Creations, I'm having such a hard time quitting you! :)Either way, I'll write a little more about their kits in my Valentine's Day post....

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Jayce and Dixieland Delight

I took this video of Jayce sometime last summer, singing Dixieland Delight.  This was just after we realized that he knew all of the words and I was trying to get some evidence, so I got a little video on Chris' phone.One line in the lyrics says, "holding my lover" which I was a little unhappy with Jayce repeating, but luckily he says, "holding my wubber," which sounds a little nicer coming out of a 3 year old mouth.Enjoy.&nb...

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Eight Months and Eating

You're 8 months old now, and I never realized how a stationary baby can be so busy!You are constantly grabbing, constantly looking around, trying to fling yourself out of our arms, wanting to be held but then pushing away on our chest to try to turn your body towards whatever is going on behind you. Whenever we are eating something, or feeding you, you are constantly going, "Ah, ah, ah!!" as if to remind us that you are there expecting some attention,...

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Up Close

Sometimes when I'm taking a picture of the kids, and they are being relatively still, I can't resist stepping in and getting a reeeeeally close shot. Like a "this is what I see a split second before I'm kissing those cheeks" shot. They're my favori...

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Dear Jayce

Dear Jayce,I think you should know, and you might already know this, but you totally have my heart.Yesterday as we were playing, you stopped and said, "Mom, know how much I love you?"Then you put your hand down by your foot and counted as you moved your hand up your body until you reached the top of your head."I love you one, two, three, four, five, six!!" Then you jumped up and down and declared, "I love you six pounds!!!"I love you six pounds...

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Miscellaneous: Sick, Birchbox, and Valentines

1.) My last few weeks have been filled with poor sick kids. I actually called the doctor's office 6 times in 7 days, and one of those days I called twice. It's been an uphill battle to get these kids healthy, but we finally did it!! I am pretending like it is a coincidence that things started to get much better once the weather took a turn for the worse. Please tell me I'm not the only parent whose kids get super sick when it turns unseasonably...

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Cousins

While we were visiting in Louisville, Jayce and Hadley got some time to play together. There is almost 2 years between them, but are finally at the age where they can play together a bit. Jayce still needs to be reminded periodically to be careful, go slower and things like that since Hadley is obviously quite a bit smaller than he is, but they were really cute together.At one point, Jayce wasn't listening and was put into time out on the steps....

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Christmas With the Keiths

We celebrated Christmas with the Keiths a bit late this year, not until the 3rd week of January.  We were excited to get together to visit, exchange gifts, and also celebrate Chris' birthday, but we missed Aunt Erin!Unfortunately, poor Hannah had a horrible weekend.  The day that we left town, a terrible storm had just come in.  It was 14 degrees out, the wind was horrendous, and blowing the snow around so much that it almost looked...

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