Family Picture

Not professional, but it'll do.

I realized that we didn't have a family picture for 2007 (and I needed one for MOPS steering introduction slide show) so today we stood outside in front of our pampas grass and set the camera to take a picture for us. Thanks camera!

Benaiah just looks so cute in just a diaper with all those rolls...I mean, muscles.

Gloria's "angry eyes"

See post below, "Gloria-isms", to read about her "angry eyes." This was the first time I asked her to do her "angry eyes" for the camera and she wasn't smiling at the same time.

You may be wondering about the braids...she brings me about 5 or 6 hairbands and insists that I put them all in her hair. This was the only way I could think of to get them ALL in her hair without it looking too kooky. She looks pretty cute with multiple braids.

JBisms - edition 1

"This is much nastier than you would respect"
-referring to his destroyed cardboard fort

"How was it with Benaiah last night? Tell me all about it."
-referring to my time in the hospital giving birth.

Daddy on the phone: "Col ____ is going to eat me alive"
JB: "Mommy, let's pray that Daddy doesn't get eaten by his boss."

JB: "Daddy is strong. He's the only redneck at work."
-referring to "The World's Strongest Redneck" on Country Fried Home Videos

Discussing which book to read:
Mommy: "I changed my mind, let's read the blue book instead"
JB:" You're only allowed to have one mind Mommy!"

Gloria and JB playing with "pet" locust on the coffee table:
"Gloria, we don't know if she's a baby, or a mommy, or a daddy, or a Christian!"

Gloria-isms Edition 1

With a little scrape on her thumb:
"Mommy my thumb is bwoken. It has a hole in it. I need a new one."

"All of the bad guys are in the desert"
She says this because when Daddy is deployed we say that he is "in the desert". When the kids ask why he is there I tell them "he's fighting the bad guys". Therefore, all of the bad guys are in the desert to her.

Gloria is crying:
Daddy: Show me where it hurts.
Gloria: It's only my feewings, Daddy.

Mommy not understanding what Gloria is saying:
"The foower!"
"The what?"
"The foower!!" with accusing eyes.
"Wow, your eyes are piercing!" -not thinking she knows what I mean.
"That's because I'm angry!"
...I still don't know what she was saying initially...poor girl

Daddy: "Let's go watch TV Gloria"
Gloria: "The mote is downstairs"
Daddy: "What?"
G: "The mote is downstairs!"
Eventually Daddy figured out that she was telling him that the remote was in the basement.

Gloria's dream [doll] house

The unveiling of her birthday present.

Gloria knew what to do with each piece of furniture or doll she unwrapped. Before giving her a doll house, she would play pretend with locusts she found outside. I'm sure we'll be finding locusts and other critters in her doll house, sleeping in the beds. After playing with it with her bro for just about an hour, there is now a giant duck in the attic and a miniature horse in the bedroom.

We got the doll house with more furniture and dolls, but we are giving them to her little by little. For today, her 3rd birthday, she got the bedroom set (including bunk beds) and the little girl and little boy doll.

Sad

A rare facial expression on Benaiah, our normally happy boy. I got him up from his nap and didn't feed him right away because we were in the middle of Gloria's birthday party.

Be Careful...

...how close you get to Daddy's feet!

Can you find the baby in this picture?

I guess I was too "Sassy" (notice the placement of the tag) so my mom decided to dump a bunch of toys on me. Not really, my brother and sister decided I looked bored just sitting in my swing, so they brought me all of my little toys to keep me company.

Look! I got one! Now I can speak my mind...

Cuteness #2

This is the first time I've seen him suck his thumb and actually keep it in his mouth without it involuntarily fleeing. He's so cute.