This one's for you Stephen...

Jack wrote this in honor of your test. He'd like for you to transcribe it, please.

I like waffles.

 I don't believe in forks and knives, they slow a fellow down. 

If you set the food in front of me, I'll see it gets devoured.

two peas in a pod

This picture would be perfect if we hadn't disturbed little Josiah's sweet nap. He may have even given us one of his charming new smiles, but we'll forgive his slight frown and accept the beautiful open eyes. I must say they both look pretty spunky in the outfits from Great Grandpa Carl. Thank you to the 14 people that helped us get this picture after church on Sunday. It wouldn't exist without you.

Top tooth!

Jack also got his first top tooth in yesterday. Not that we'll be allowed to see it or touch it anytime soon. We might not have known til it was completely grown in save for the fact that 3 seconds after it broke through his gums he learned how to grind his teeth. What...music.

First Snow!

 Seeing my favorite things through my baby's eyes is pretty awesome. He loved the snow, stood at this window multiple times during the day just mesmerized. It snowed about 8 inches yesterday, and was so fluffy and steady.

 However, going out to play in it was a different matter. He maintained a stoic, non-enthused, somewhat perturbed face the entire time. Not one smile, not one noise.

 Just suspicious malice.

We'll try again.

Good Material

 

Good content is not always the same as a good picture. I love taking pictures of Jack man, but the more active he becomes the more of a challenge it is :) Sometimes I feel like for every one of these (look up) I also get one of these (look down) But, the bad ones amuse me just as much because they capture him blurry with motion.

 

 

Miscellaneous Holiday Cheer

 We searched high and low and finally came up with the perfect Nativity. 2 ornaments, 6 little people, 2 willow trees, 1 metronome, 2 scenes handcarved in Jordan, and my mom's manger and Baby from downstairs later, it is finished! Unfortunately, mom noticed her missing Baby about 14 hours later and retrieved it.

 Cousin bonding time. Please don't count my chins, that isn't nice or fair. This last picture was the sudden thought that I will have two 24/7 in less than 6 months.

 This is my cheeky monkey. I hope he keeps the fluffy face forever.

 At our Good News Club Christmas party we had about 50 kids! Only about 1/3 of them were our normal kids. So many sweet ones, I hope they come back!

 The cheeky monkey likes to snuggle too.

 Kim would like everyone to believe that this is all I did while others did my baking, but if that is true, then why was I so knock down tired the next day?

 Chillin' with Aunt M

 Stage 3 of clean up

 "while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads"

The next night we had a caroling party and Jack went along for a few houses before his bedtime :)