It’s hard for me to believe my baby is almost 9 months old. I am overwhelmed on a daily basis with my love for this little one. I am just in awe of his perfect little body and his sweet baby emotions and his attachment to me. I love that he loves me best. Of course, that might be pure survival instincts talking on his part, but I’ll take it.  I apologize for the poor quality of some of these pictures. I’m still figuring out how to take good pictures with the iPad.

There's that smile!

Who could resist those puppy dog eyes?

Worried Easton.

Surrounded by wonderful Christmas chaos.

He likes to tilt his head to one side sometimes. Pretty cute.

So happy.

I know I’ve said this before, but I just can’t believe how the amazement doesn’t fade with each child. I am as excited and thrilled about everything Easton does as I was with Amelie. Babies are just the best.

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. This is partially due to the fact that we now take pictures with my phone, Bryce’s phone, and the iPad that Bryce’s boss gave him as a thank you present (thank you, Alan!). So, lots of pictures in lots of different places. I need to get into a routine of getting all of the week’s pictures off the various devices and sorted every Sunday or something. But, until then, here are some random pictures to keep you entertained.

The other day, Amelie got down in this position with her lower legs bent up under her thighs to show me how flexible she is. Calder then proceeded to lie down to show me how flexible he is. Pretty flexible, wouldn't you say?

Art Show time! A couple of days ago, I let the kids have fun with good ol' fashioned glue and glitter. They had a blast.

As she explained to me, this is Pocahontas waving goodbye to John Smith from the cliff.

Standing in the snow waiting to drive to Grandma Austin's house.

Calder told me this was, "When a rainforest dies." His abstract conceptualization of pressing ecological issues is quite mature for a 3 year-old.

Pies! Bryce helped me make these delicious lemon meringue pies for our Christmas dinner with the Haymonds. Yum!

How’s that for random? I promise to post better organized posts about Christmas and the holidays.