Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Already slacking

It's not even the end of January and I am already slacking at putting up new pictures. I swear, I am taking them. I just rarely get around to actually editing and posting any. The biggest thing eating up my time lately is painting the bedroom. It's been almost a year since we had to tear down the wall because of the ice dam and I am just now getting around to painting. It looks good, it is just taking forever because the room is so dang big.

So, here are just a few of the boys. Zander is eating like a hog these days. He wants absolutely nothing to do with baby food and will only eat finger foods. I swear, there are nights he out eats his brother and I am worried he might explode. Thankfully, he has four teeth (three on bottom, one on top) so he doesn't have a problem with most things. Thanks to his horrible mother, one of his favorite foods is a McDonald's cheeseburger. Go figure --- my kid likes fast food. It's in his blood.
He is also getting very close to walking. He took one step the other night before falling flat on his face, but it's only a matter of time. He cruises the furniture constantly and will let go and then lunge forward. He just forgets to move his feet. Bathtime is getting a little easier now that the bathroom is at least functional again (I won't say done because we still have some work left). Zander loves the tub, but I think Nick really misses playing in there by himself. Now he's constantly having to look out for his brother.
Nick is just being a typical three year old. His attitude doesn't come across nearly as well in photos as it does in video. Man, does that kid have a mouth on him. His favorite word right now is "Fine" which drives me nuts. I can imagine he's only going to get mouthier though!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

My very own Handy Manny

My mom got this geeky Handy Manny costume for Nick for his birthday. She knew it was geeky, I knew it was geeky, but we also knew Nick would love it. He was having a rough morning Monday since his dad left for South Carolina bright and early so when Handy Manny came on TV we pulled this bad boy out and let him have some fun. He only wore it for about 10 minutes, but it was cute while it lasted. He loved matching the tools in his toolbox with the ones on TV.



Monday, January 5, 2009

More for Josh

I looked through the ones with the bass (at least I am hoping this is the bass :)) tonight and came across a few I could show you. Nothing mindblowing, but decent. The only problem is the one in the church foyer (in front of the windows) I wouldn't order any bigger than a wallet should you like it. The lighting in there made me adjust my setting wonky and the photo is very grainy and just not likely going to be good at even an 8x10. The rest should be fine regardless.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

A fresh start

I know that a picture a day is a pretty lofty goal for me, but I am going to try my hardest to get at least a picture a week posted. Most days, it will probably be a snapshot and I am OK with that. I realized that I have tons of mediocre photos of Nick but hardly any pictures of Zander. It seems as though once I learned what I was doing with my camera I hated to take pictures unless they were perfect. This year, I vow to remember that capturing the daily memories is just as important as capturing the "perfect" photograph.

It was a pretty lazy day around our house, but after dinner Mike got creative with the Thomas the Train tracks and connected all of Nick's TakeAlong sets together. This was the first time Nick really seemed to enjoy playing with the trains along the track. Usually he just pushes the buttons that make noise and crashes the trains into each other.