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Sickness has officially hit our house. Yesterday I was feeling pretty bad–which was really rough with kids to take care of. Actually, Desmond was the hardest to take care of. He was quite crabby and didn’t seem to be feeling well. I’m feeling better than yesterday but today Desmond has been down for the count. Poor guy only had a few ounces of formula since he woke up this morning and slept on and off the entire day. It’s always sad when your baby is sick but I did enjoy all the snuggles. Hopefully this passes quickly and doesn’t take down anyone else.
 
Anyway, I’m sure none of these pictures are too amazing by anyone else’s standards. Mostly spontaneous portraits. But pictures I wanted to remember. 
***edited to add–I just looked at this post through my phone and noticed a lot of weird coloration on photos even though they looked fine on my laptop. I have no idea what’s up with that. Sorry!
 
We missed the snow while Liam was in the hospital last month. But we did go outside a few days later when it was mostly melted. I made Liam sit down the whole time.
liam playing in snow

 

kingston playing in the snow

 

kai playing in the snow

 

The same night that we got home from the hospital, Liam lost his first tooth! Then about 10 days later he lost the one right next to it. It’s sad to see those baby teeth leaving and the “grown-up teeth” taking their place. Also, I hate everything about losing teeth so this is going to be a miserable stage for me haha.
baby teeth

 

The boys painted Valentine’s for their BFFs to give with the cookies.
valentines day water colors

 

valentines day watercoloring

 

valentines day water coloring

 

Desmond just wanted “one little drink” of coffee
desmond wants coffee

 

One of the only pictures I got from their cookie baking day. If you can’t see it, Evangeline has flour on her face.
kids baking cookies

 

excuse me while I get lost in those beautiful blue eyes. I’ve taken approximately 10,000 pictures of that beautiful face because his eyes always have me melting.
desmond 1

 

and those chubby hands!!
baby hands

 

this is a bit out of focus but it was just too sweet not to post. (also, Evangeline wears that Elsa dress about 98% of the time when we’re home)
cute siblings

 

kingston with a sock monkey
…speaking of beautiful blue eyes…
evangeline
kingston
(the only way I can ever get pictures of Kai is with a goofy face)
silly face
desmond 2
that face!!!
silly baby face
Recently I had the opportunity to team up with Nuby to try some of their new teethers that will be in store at Walmart in March. Desmond has loved trying them out and is very partial to this Beaver. Liam immediately named it “Justin Beaver” and I think that’s pretty hilarious. (also, that belly!!)
desmond with nuby baby teething toy

 

desmond with nuby baby teether toy

 

desmond chewing on nuby baby teething toy

 

We’re looking forward to spring and we’re officially counting down to our San Francisco vacation in April!!!
Have a good week!
Blog, christmas, Family, friends, holidays, kids

Never Enough Lights, baby!


Because I never did a post about last weekend, I’ll go ahead and wrap up this week with a few pictures before I write about our big cookie making extravaganza!

We visited the “Never Enough Lights” house in O’Fallon. This guy totally goes all out with his decorations. It’s all programmed to Christmas music. It’s always really fun to watch.
christmas decorations
crazy christmas lights house decoration

Afterwards we went to the Harrelson’s house. We learned some very amazing, exciting news!! Tim and Stef are having a baby!!! I thought it was exciting when she got married. But things just got kicked up a notch! I’m already dreaming up some homemade baby gifts for Baby Pip 🙂

pregnancy announcement
The boys are loving anything and everything craft related lately. I’m not big into putting a lot of time or money preparing things for them to do–which forces me to try to be creative. And let’s just say that my creativity gene isn’t too big. So we made some snowmen pictures. They loved it.
Liam’s has a “nightcap” and two ice cream cones on his head.
boy and snowman drawing
Kai’s looks punk rock. I love his coloring style lately. Just random colored scribbles.
little boy snowman craft
Kingston enjoys it–even if I do most of the work for him.
diy christmas crafts for kids
In the meantime, someone is getting big and thinks it’s great that she can pull herself up.
cute baby

And she found a new facial expression that I love!

funny baby girl

By the way, if you’re looking for a great cold weather meal, try making this pretzel bread bowl recipe and filling it up with your favorite soup. I made them with some delicious cheesy potato soup. The combination was amazing! And if you have leftover bread bowls, you can broil them in the oven the next day to revive that good, fresh taste.
Coming up next–cookie decorating pictures galore!