Siblings United

My Laugh for Today

2012-01-21T13:22:00.001-08:00

365 #354

2012-01-20T08:48:00.000-08:00

He had really missed his swing.

Yes, I know....we need to buy him some of his own gloves :P

Wanting to go back outside

I had to distract him with his car.....and he wouldn't take the hat off for over an hour

365 #353

2012-01-19T11:20:00.000-08:00

"He's trying to take my gloves dad!!!"

Tasting the snow

He likes posing for pics too

365 #352

2012-01-18T11:58:00.000-08:00

First snow we've seen this year! Pictures taken with a tripod and timer.

Joel: "My hat is cooler than yours."

Joel is like "you guys better not be about to kiss...."

"Ugh....I KNEW it!"

Grrrrr....my tripod kept taking crooked pics.

Oh well...

365 #351

2012-01-17T12:28:00.000-08:00

Last ones

365 #350

2012-01-16T11:21:00.000-08:00

365 #349

2012-01-15T11:18:00.000-08:00

365 #348

2012-01-14T09:17:00.000-08:00

365 #347

2012-01-13T08:21:00.000-08:00

I have very pretty sisters who are growing up so fast!

So, we decided to dress up and do a photo shoot.

Gillian was too busy ice skating to be bothered with taking pictures, but the rest of us had a ton of fun!

I was hoping for some snow to do pictures in, but it never came....so we made the brown grass work.

More to come!

365 #346

2012-01-12T08:06:00.000-08:00

Joel and Uncle Josiah had matching pajamas.

Monkey feet!

365 #345

2012-01-11T10:02:00.000-08:00

Hiked to Copper Falls

365 #344

2012-01-10T09:58:00.000-08:00

"I'm just giving Grandpa some hair!"

"Cuz he needs it! See!???"

365 #343

2012-01-09T09:55:00.000-08:00

These friends helped Nate with his proposal when we got engaged 2.5 years ago. Now they're married too, and we have a great time hanging out with them (even if it only happens about once a year). This year, we met them in Spokane, went ice skating and played games in Starbucks.

365 #342

2012-01-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

Best way to ice skate!

365 #341

2012-01-07T09:51:00.000-08:00

Getting ready to go ice skating

Staying warm in the weeds

365 #340

2012-01-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

Not everyone made it to midnight on New Year's Eve :)

365 #339

2012-01-05T10:49:00.000-08:00

My 6yo sister Gillian drew this picture of me and Nate.

I can't stop laughing at how much bigger than me Nate is.

365 #338

2012-01-04T15:07:00.000-08:00

We gave Josiah some plastic sharks for Christmas. I keep finding him "giving the sharks a bath so dey don't die!"

365 #337

2012-01-03T14:22:00.000-08:00

Last day in Hawaii...last sunset

Will really wanted me to take a picture of this rock because it looked like a heart

365 #336

2012-01-02T10:03:00.000-08:00

365 #335

2012-01-01T09:55:00.000-08:00

Joel: "WHAT are you guys doing to my dad???"

Brothers

Holding Grandma's hand

A brother in each arm

365 #334

2011-12-31T09:54:00.000-08:00

365 #333

2011-12-30T09:44:00.000-08:00

365 #332

2011-12-29T15:21:00.000-08:00

Aw....he's such a good daddy :)

Joel loves waves

365 #331

2011-12-28T15:17:00.000-08:00

First try....

....success!

last one standing

365 #330

2011-12-27T14:41:00.000-08:00

The boys took surfing lessons

365 #329

2011-12-26T13:13:00.000-08:00

Spouting Horn....where the waves come up through a huge hole in the rock. My ISO had to be 1600, so it's a little grainy here.

One of my favorite parts of the morning

365 #328

2011-12-25T00:38:00.000-08:00

365 #327

2011-12-24T00:13:00.000-08:00

All of these (except the last one) are from Kim's camera because I forgot my camera this day (grrrrrrr!).

This beach was perfect for Joel!

Lots of shallow water

And good sand.

And an aunt who will play in the sand.

She was trying to give him a hug....and he was pushing her away.

Waiting for his turn in the shower

365 #326

2011-12-23T11:20:00.000-08:00

I thought they were looking for shells...

...but they came back with golf balls....201 of them.

365 #325

2011-12-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

Grandparents

Cousins

Uncle Isaiah is an intense rock-thrower

Cool cave

365 Challenge #324

2011-12-21T23:15:00.000-08:00

Hawaii!

2011-12-20T23:43:00.000-08:00

It's Nate's grandparents 50th anniversary, so the whole family is celebrating in Hawaii for a week. We got here a couple days ago and have already had a ton of fun (duh...kinda hard NOT to have fun in the tropics :)

365 #316 Rainbows everywhere all day

365 #317

Joel loves the beach! It's so refreshing because the last few times we've been to a beach, he hasn't liked the sand much. But he doesn't seem to mind it anymore and has probably eaten a pound of it by now. He does still get alarmed when his hands get too dirty....that hasn't changed.

He gets so pampered by his aunts and second cousins

1st sunset. Nate took this for me because I had gotten carsick and was hugging the toilet.

This canyon was amazing! Trent and Gillian are on the deck.

I hate to post pictures of it because pictures don't show the true beauty and grandeur of the canyon.

We have goofy faces here because the wind was blowing that red dirt and stinging our legs.

365 #318
Helicopter

365 #319
"All aboard!"

"Bye bye"

"Oooooh yeah!"

365 #320
More rainbows

They were looking at this crab

365 #321 Giving daddy a kiss....

...and a hug

LOVE these guys!

"Ooooooooh!"
Translation: "These rocks are sharp!"

He loves posing for pictures. I'm so incredibly bummed that this one is a little blurry.

"Heeeey.....Dad is in this picture!"

365 #322

365 #323
2nd sunset....I wasn't throwing up for this sunset :)

Ok....I think I'm all caught up! Correct me if I'm mistaken :)

Another Massive 365 Catch Up

2011-12-17T16:19:00.000-08:00

Still catching up. We've spent the last couple of days at Nate's grandparents' house in CA. Joel is loving being the center of attention.

365 #306

365 #307 Joel: "BUhahahaha.....I've got them both under my thumb."

Apparently, the neighbor has a stuffed animal addiction.

Joel was impressed.

365 #308 We visited the Marriott to see the fish and birds.

Joel really liked the parrots.

365 #309

365 #310
It's very beautiful here....more mountainous than I thought it would be. This photo was taken from the car window while driving (no...I wasn't the one driving).

365 #311

365 #312 Nate and I took a gondola up the mountain. So pretty and fun! We went up over 5000 feet--from desert to snowy mountain peak.

365 #313

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365 #315 Joel is fascinated with dryers....

...and loves hiding in them.

Ok...I'm close to be caught up, but I think I'm going to need to do one more catch up post.

Massive 365 Challenge Catch Up

2011-12-17T15:48:00.000-08:00

So, when I got back from my midwifery conference, our computer was dead...dead, dead, dead. We finally got a new one a few days ago, and I have a lot of photos to catch up on. I think it will be easiest to just post a big 365 catch up of pictures I took over the past month. Here's what we have been up to:

The conference lectures were somewhat disappointing (more "pep" talks than actual information), but it was great to see girls from school who I haven't seen in years!

365 #282 Camera set on picnic table in self-timer mode.

365 #283 You could see Niagara Falls from the conference hotel. I love the bird flying in front of the falls in this picture.

365 #284 Camera pointing straight into the sun.

365 #285 The hotel

Posing "Filipino style"

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365 #288 We hiked down to the river

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365 # 294 We visited the Windmill where Sarah's family runs a beautiful bakery and store.

And bought ourselves some treats.

One of the mixers

It was a fun week....but I was glad to be home again. I missed Nate and Joel!

365 #295 Nate is assistant coaching Spencer and Justin's basketball team.

365 #296 No, they aren't all ours....we were kittysitting one of them for a friend.

365 #297 This is why we keep the cats....Joel love them so much!

365 #298 He loves giving them hugs and kisses...and they actually put up with the attention.

He says, "Hi kitty. Hi kitty. Mwah!"

365 #299 And this is why we keep the dog. :)

365 #300 He loves to help me mop and sweep

365 #301 He crawls up into this chair all by himself and plays the piano several times a day. He LOVES music!

365 #302 We got some new kitchen chairs at Ikea. Yay! No more mustard yellow chairs! :)

Joel has become such a big helper

Sort of anyway..... His little friend wanted to help too.

365 #303 First time in the McDonald's play area....he had lots of aunts and uncles helping him.

365 #304 We also got a train set at Ikea

It was a huge hit....with both of them.

365 #305

Joel: "Maybe we should read the instructions, dad."

365 Challenge #281

2011-11-09T10:36:00.000-08:00

19 weeks! Yes! I'm almost halfway done! Baby K is about 10 inches long and weighs over half a pound (a little bigger than a bell pepper)! His/her arms and legs are properly proportioned, he/she can probably hear us now, and he/she can swallow amniotic fluid!

(Nate took the picture, but I'm including it in the 365 challenge anyway, since for me, the challenge is more about saving memories every day than about me taking pictures. I'll be at the North American Midwifery conference in Canada this week, so I'll be taking a little break and will hopefully be back next week!)

365 Challenge #280

2011-11-08T10:28:00.000-08:00

We spent most of Saturday cleaning the backyard. I love our two big trees.....until they lose their leaves. Grrrr...it takes forever to clean!!

Nervous smile. "I'm drowning in leaves mom!!"

Exactly My Reaction

2011-11-07T12:19:00.000-08:00

Source: cheezburger.com via Angelah on Pinterest

Hahaha....I love pinterest

365 Challenge #279

2011-11-07T10:27:00.000-08:00

He's a big help.....

....at least, he thinks he is...

365 Challenge #278

2011-11-07T10:23:00.000-08:00

soooooo manyyyyy leeeeeaaaves........

365 Challenge #277

2011-11-05T05:33:00.000-07:00

Joel: "Mom, I think Dad's losing!"

Toe-curling suspense

Joel: "Boohahahaha! Nevermind! I just thought of a GREAT strategy." (And yes, they won.)

365 Challenge #276

2011-11-04T05:47:00.000-07:00

Joel and Uncle Will hanging out on "sucky thumb pillow"

Joel: "Try my apple Uncle Will"

"It's reeeeally good. See?"

"Just try it!"

"Fine. I'll eat it all myself!"

Sucky Thumb Pillow is the best place to hang out!

365 Challenge #275

2011-11-03T05:24:00.000-07:00

4 wheeling at the cabin while Joel took a nap

Trying to get all three of us in the picture....didn't exactly work :P

365 Challenge #274

2011-11-02T05:18:00.000-07:00

We visited Joel's aunts and uncles for the afternoon at a cabin a couple hours away where they were staying for the weekend.

"Hot, hot, hot, hot...."

365 Challenge #273

2011-11-01T05:11:00.000-07:00

"Are you still taking pics of me mom??"

This must be about what we look like from Joel's perspective.

365 Challenge #272

2011-10-31T10:11:00.000-07:00

So many fun things to do with the box

It can even be a slide

"Ok, I'm tired...you can put me to bed now."

365 Challenge #271

2011-10-31T09:55:00.000-07:00

Our old washer finally died, so we got a new one, and Nate saved the box.

Cardboard boxes are so fun!

He isn't drugged....

....I promise.

365 Challenge #270

2011-10-31T09:39:00.000-07:00

Joel and I went to Fremont lake park on one of the last few nice days of October

Joel liked trying to climb up the slide more than he liked going down it

Running away from me

Little daredevil

He made it to the top, but I put my camera down to make sure he didn't fall.

365 Challenge #269

2011-10-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

Church hayride. It couldn't have been a more perfect day!

On the wagon with one of his favorite people

Another favorite person

Giving Aunt Victoria a high five

365 Challenge #268

2011-10-31T09:20:00.000-07:00

Playing in the leaves one last time before bed

"You can shut the door dad. I'm staying out here."

365 Challenge #267

2011-10-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

Last few pics of this super cute family. We're feeling a little better, so I should be pulling out my camera again.

365 Challenge #266

2011-10-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

David

2011-10-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

Loving this song today.

365 Challenge #265

2011-10-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

Little difference in lighting...this one was taken with my back to the sun.

This one, I was facing the the sun.

Facing the sun, but with my flash on. I don't usually do this because I don't like how the color of the sky disappears and looks overexposed, but I really, really didn't want to miss the adorable expression on their son's face.

365 Challenge #264

2011-10-24T07:43:00.000-07:00

365 Challenge #263

2011-10-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

We have had colds and the flu all week, so I haven't taken any pics for a few days (who wants to take a picture when they have the flu....or for that matter, wants to have their picture taken when they have the flu??). I did pictures for a family a little over a week ago....here is their adorable son who is about a week older than Joel.

365 Challenge #262

2011-10-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Running full speed across the backyard

Lincoln kept getting in the way

365 Challenge #261

2011-10-20T08:19:00.000-07:00

365 Challenge #260

2011-10-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

I love this....these are the kind of pictures I get when I'm frantically trying to change camera settings, while backing up, while trying to get a picture of a child running at full speed. Oh...and did I mention that the dog was running circles around me too??

Notice the crazy dog in the background

365 Challenge #259

2011-10-18T08:09:00.000-07:00

Not sure if it's safe to step out into the leaves

Decides it's ok

365 Challenge #258

2011-10-17T07:54:00.000-07:00

This is the expression he always has when I tell him to "stay".

And he gets very happy and turns around in circles when I tell him he can move again

Again, notice the sad, forlorn look on Lincoln's face because I told him to stay

Such a contrast between the two faces...this one makes me laugh. I can just hear Lincoln thinking, "WHY does the kid get to do whatever he wants and *I* have to obey???"

Uhoh....now they're both giving me the evil eye.

365 Challenge #257

2011-10-16T04:33:00.000-07:00

Our backyard went from green grass to LEAVES in a just a few blustery days. I feel like Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.
Gopher: If I was you, I'd think about skedaddlin' out of here.
Winnie the Pooh: Why?
Gopher: 'Cause it's "Winds-day."

I love how the leaves stick to the greenhouse.

Winnie the Pooh: Happy "Winds-day", Piglet.
Piglet: [being blown away] Well... it isn't... very happy... f-for me.
Winnie the Pooh: Where are you going, Piglet?
Piglet: That's what I'm asking myself, where?
[he is lifted into the air by a gust of wind]
Piglet: W-Whoops! P-P-P-Pooh!
Winnie the Pooh: [grabbing Piglet's scarf] And what do you think you will answer yourself?

365 Challenge #256

2011-10-15T12:26:00.000-07:00

Sometimes cardboard boxes are the most fun toys.

Especially if you have a dishtowel to use as a cape

365 Challenge #255

2011-10-14T01:07:00.000-07:00

"WHAT is THAT?"

Taste test with one finger

Decides it's worth getting more fingers dirty (in case you didn't know it already, he hates when his hands are dirty)

Still concerned about his fingers and the fact that they are getting sticky

Decides it's still worth getting them sticky

No, I didn't actually let him eat the candle

Very, very concerned about the state of his hands

So he wipes them on Lincoln's face

Waiting to get washed up

365 Challenge #254

2011-10-13T12:02:00.000-07:00

The new glasses!

He likes them...usually.

After wearing them a couple of hours though, he takes them off when I'm not looking and hides them in random places. Not good for pregnancy brain mama. In fact, I'm not sure where they are at the moment.

365 Challenge #253

2011-10-12T05:17:00.000-07:00

365 Challenge #252

2011-10-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

365 Challenge #251

2011-10-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

Dinner at Fremont Lake

The tiger shoes still fit :)

365 Challenge #250

2011-10-09T10:55:00.000-07:00

Pretty sure my heart just melted a hundred times

See the difference in lighting between the above pics and the below pics? Above were taken facing the sun, giving them a hazy look, the faces are a little dark, and the sky is overexposed. I like this look sometimes. Below were taken with my back to the sun. These are more "correct" pictures. The faces are lighter, and the sky isn't overexposed, so you can see how blue it was.

365 Challenge #249

2011-10-08T05:38:00.000-07:00

Tilling the garden to get it ready for next year

365 Challenge #248

2011-10-07T05:54:00.000-07:00

Some of Joel's aunts and uncles put on a show at his birthday party....a rhyme about some little ducks who listen to their daddy.

Joel thought it was a great show

"The daddy duck says, 'quack, quack, QUACK, QUACK!!'"

14 weeks....26 to go!

2011-10-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

2nd trimester here we come!!! My morning sickness is mostly gone. So happy this was a more "normal" pregnancy than Joel's, and the sickness didn't decide to stay for another 4 months. This baby is very energetic, and I can occasionally feel little flutters against the doppler when I'm listening to her heartbeat (yes, today I'm convinced she is a girl....tomorrow I might change my mind and call "her" a "him", and no, we aren't finding out).

She has fingerprints already! And she will double her size in the next 3 weeks. She can suck on her thumb, pee, frown, her liver is producing bile, and she's growing hair (lanugo) all over her body. I'd say that's pretty accomplished when you're only 14 weeks old!

365 Challenge #247

2011-10-06T05:45:00.000-07:00

This picture gets to be all alone. Because I love it so much. The perfectly clear eyes, orange sweater against the blue slide, perfect white skin and white wispy hair, even the tiny bit of runny nose (you can tell it was cold!), I love it all! Pictures like this are rare with a squirmy one year old boy (maybe only once every 500 pics or so). Good thing I don't have to shoot with film! BTW, this is straight out of the camera. If I were to edit it, I would probably make it warmer...add some very slight red tones, brighten the eyes a bit, probably slightly lighten the entire picture.....

Oh bother...I can't help it. Here's the edited version. But truly, I liked the original too.

365 Challenge #246

2011-10-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

Opening presents from the grandparents and great grandparents

He knew there was food inside!

He loved his new rocker

365 Challenge #245

2011-10-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

Mmmm. Cake!

365 Challenge #244

2011-10-03T09:59:00.000-07:00

Lighting the candle with his aunts and uncles.

Then everyone started singing "Happy Birthday"

Joel was like, "I think they are ALL looking at me..."

"Oh man...they definitely are. I don't know what I did...."

"And they're taking pictures....this is all very concerning."

He wasn't sure how to blow out the candle...he just kept saying "hot, hot"

So Uncle Will helped him.

365 Challenge #243

2011-10-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

This was my first time ever decorating a cake. I should have taken cake decorating in 4-H. It's harder than it looks. First lesson learned: don't flour the pan....even if the directions tell you that you should.

2nd lesson learned: even if your husband says "the tractor HAS to be red" doesn't necessarily mean you should make the tractor red. You should maybe try to compromise. Like, can we just use chocolate frosting for the tractor....and say it was a reeeeally muddy tractor??? I now have red hand prints all over the house. You know, it's impossible to get red dye out of the sofa....or off of white painted trim for that matter. I am quickly learning to just laugh at the red spots. Someday I'll be able to point to a red spot on the gray sofa and say, "Look! That was from your 1st birthday! How fun!!!" Right??

365 Challenge #242

2011-10-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

He put his hood up himself and thought it was hilarious

This is the look he always has on his face when he's looking at one of our phones. If you get a random call from one of us, it was probably Joel.

All done. Tired and ready to put jammies on.

Birthday Gift

2011-09-30T11:01:00.000-07:00

365 Challenge #241

2011-09-30T08:59:00.000-07:00

Joel got his first birthday gift last night.

It was a fun wooden game from Nana and Papa.

He thought it was great!

His favorite part was putting the wooden balls back into the holes.

He didn't quite understand the hammer part and wasn't happy when daddy tried showing him how.

He DID like waving the hammer around and just used his hands to push the balls through. Thanks Nana and Papa!

365 Challenge #240

2011-09-29T11:21:00.000-07:00

Whew...I think this is it! I'm caught up on my 365 challenge :P

Joel thought the yogurt sauce was the best part!

He was really good at dipping the burgers.

Oh NO....he just realized his hands got dirty. This results in a meltdown.

365 Challenge #239

2011-09-29T11:18:00.000-07:00

This is how we eat dinner when daddy is working late and eats his dinner at work.

Chickpea burgers (SO yummy!), Naan bread (leftover pizza dough rolled thin, brushed with butter, and cooked in a covered skillet), and yogurt sauce (plain yogurt, lemon juice, toasted sesame seeds, parsley). It was a hit! Joel loved them!

365 Challenge #238

2011-09-29T10:57:00.000-07:00

We set up some hay bales and pumpkins and took pictures of the families.

This sweet little girl slept through ALL the noise (and being passed to about 10 different people)....sure wish Joel would do that!

365 Challenge #237

2011-09-28T10:38:00.000-07:00

More of the party...this was a hit with most of the kids...just Joel hated it.

Sooooo hard to get in!

365 Challenge #236

2011-09-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Then the kids played "toss the cucumbers in the bucket".

Picking the perfect cucumber

365 Challenge #235

2011-09-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

We had a party for all the staff who work so hard to pick cucumbers all summer before they leave to go pick oranges in Florida. Their kids had a blast! This was "pin the nose on the pig".

I had to use flash in the above pictures because this is what the pics looked like when I didn't (even with my ISO as high as it would go and my aperture as wide as possible).

365 Challenge #234

2011-09-26T17:13:00.000-07:00

Nothing is safe anymore. Nothing. He knows how to open the dishwasher and use it as a stepping stool.

My favorite cooking counter isn't my favorite anymore.

Because someone has taken over it.

He even stands on the silverware tray to reach more of the counter. I need a childproof dishwasher :)

365 Challenge #233

2011-09-26T16:34:00.000-07:00

Ok, this isn't the best picture because it was dark, and I had to use my flash. But, this is the best dish we've had in awhile! Those are shrimp, deliciously breaded, bang-bang shrimp. The recipe is here: Bang-bang Shrimp. One of our favorite restaurants is Bonefish Grill, but at over $20 a plate and the normal 45 minute wait even with a reservation, we've only been there twice (once while dating and once with a Christmas gift card). Our favorite appetizer at Bonefish is the bang-bang shrimp, so when I found this recipe, I was beyond excited! And sure enough, it tastes like the restaurant's.

The sauce was a little spicy for my preggo belly, so I only coated half of each shrimp. Also, my panko was a little course at first and was falling off the shrimp when I fried them, so I ground the panko in a ziplock bag, and everything went much smoother after that.

365 Challenge #232

2011-09-26T14:49:00.000-07:00

The rest of the "for fun" pics we took.

Can't decide which I like better. I like the mood of the black and white above, but love how the blue shirt matches her eyes below.

365 Challenge #231

2011-09-26T14:20:00.000-07:00

I've been pretty busy working at my istock.com application. My friend, India, modeled for photos for the istock account, but we took some fun pics too. She is so beautiful and so photogenic!

365 Challenge #230

2011-09-19T03:55:00.000-07:00

New favorite expression...tongue hanging out combined with the lazy eye. Um...beautiful :P

365 Challenge #229

2011-09-18T15:54:00.000-07:00

Joel is loving the fall and fresh Michigan apples!

Until he realized the apple was making his fingers sticky.

This is totally unacceptable in his mind....I've never met a kid who was such a neat freak about his hands.

I washed his hands, and he resumed eating the apple.

365 Challenge #228

2011-09-18T15:48:00.000-07:00

We caught this in our garage. We're pretty sure it is what ate 3 of our kittens. Molly was NOT happy about it being back in the garage.

We fenced it in and made it run into the dog kennel.

Very effect possum-catching hubby.

It stank so bad....we might as well have had a skunk in our garage.

I did not feel sorry for it one bit when Nate shot it.

The whole evening almost felt Idahoan....almost.

365 Challenge #227

2011-09-18T15:29:00.000-07:00

They aren't content to just use the sofa cushions anymore....they gotta make a whole fort :)

365 Challenge #226

2011-09-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

We've had a busy last few days. We finally heard baby K's heartbeat, I got the worst case of strep throat I've ever had, we found out Joel will be needing glasses (how in the world are we supposed to keep glasses on an 11mo???), and Nate has a full schedule with squash harvesting. Needless to say, I got a little behind on posting my 365, but somehow in the chaos, I did get a few pics.

This was so cute. I've been keeping the back door open to let fresh air inside (helps the morning sickness), so Joel often goes onto the back porch to play. I hadn't heard him making any noise for about 30 seconds (not usually a good sign) so I peeked out to check on him, and this is what I saw.

Joel had crawled out to Lincoln's line to say hi, and Lincoln was giving him kisses (while awkwardly straining against his leash).

It looked like they were telling stories here. Joel sat with Lincoln for about 20 minutes.

Then he caught me taking pics and came crawling back as fast as he could.

365 Challenge #225

2011-09-14T05:03:00.000-07:00

"Can you please take my picture now? Please, please, please...."

"Maybe if we work together, we can get it upright again..."

"Nah...never mind...you set the truck up...I'm too boooooored."

"I'm so HAPPY!"

"Happy happy happy happy......."

365 Challenge #225

2011-09-13T05:56:00.000-07:00

Trying to get him to walk to me

He was like, "It's ok...I'll just stand here for now"

Then he changed his mind and started running

I don't know how he keeps his balance...he always looks like he's about to fall forward.

365 Challenge #224

2011-09-12T05:52:00.000-07:00

Watching the trucks go by

365 Challenge #223

2011-09-11T05:51:00.001-07:00

I can't believe it! Basil somehow survived in the garden! I wonder if I could transplant these to a pot and move them to the kitchen...

365 Challenge #222

2011-09-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

Playing in the backyard....the weather has been amazing this week!

Lincoln kept getting in the way

"Can't quite get my foot over the edge...if only I could lift my leg an inch higher...."

"Oh well...I'll just pose for pics"