Pajama Party

Atticus has a new fetish...wearing his footie pajamas. Why is it that kids become obsessed with certain things? The past week after I have him dressed he goes and grabs his pajamas, either the ones I had him in or new ones, and asks me to put them on him. When I say he "asks me" I mean he signs "please" and holds them at me. If I don't start to put them on he will cry. So we sit down and dress him back in his pajamas to make him happy. This morning the same thing happened. I got him dressed and he was distracted and reading a book, then sees his pajamas and grabs them. He walks over to me and asks me to out him on him. I just put the footie part on but that clearly wasn't enough. Through him signing please and grunting to put them on I just pulled them up over his outfit for today, and he ran off as happy as can be. We will see if he lets me take them off of him at all, we have plans to get out today and it will be in the 80's! The fleece will make for him to be a bit toasty...but for now, he is happy.

Right before posting this, I couldn't find him, he was in the laundry room with the door closed. Sure enough I open it and he's holding another pair of pajamas saying please and holding them up to Zach and I. He is crazy about Pajamas!

Head First

I'm just going for it and diving in head first! It has been awhile, and everyday I beat myself up about not blogging anymore. I miss it. It feels difficult this time around though, because I have fallen so far behind. Zach doesn't think it is a big deal like I do, he knows how busy I've been. Even with all the chaos, I'm putting one foot in front of the other and going for it. This blog is intended for my family, friends, husband, my son, and me. It is for us to look back on and see all we have done together and the memories we are making. I need to let myself forget about what I may have "missed" on my blog and know that I haven't missed one second with my baby boy and Zach.  Believe me when I say that I have photographed so much, almost daily of my boys and me....so in a way I have so many of those memories just without the words.

I still feel this is so important and fun though! I'm excited to share so many memories and PHOTOS of the past year, and what's to come. Like I said, the chaos has been real, and really great! We get so busy and sometimes start to whine about it, but heck! bring on the busy and let us drown ourselves in it.

This past week summer has hit so hard! I am NOT complaining because the winter sucked so bad. I was whiter then ever, poor Atticus is like a vampire and never sees the sun around here. So once we got back from California, which I will blog later, we have been kissed with the sun like we haven't felt before! (we totally have felt it before, but it sure hasn't felt like it.) This week Atticus, Lauren, Luna, and Myself went to Thanksgiving Point and walked the Ashton Gardens.

We arrived when it opened, at 9am, and it was already high 70's. Around we walked and talked and pushed the babies around. All the while working on our tans, for reals though this summer I'm getting the tan of my life...that's how bad winter was. After we walked and talked we stopped at the falls there and let our littles out to walk and roam. Luna isn't walking yet, but her cousin sure is. Atticus takes off now with no direction in sight, he just goes for it. So we took turns chasing him making sure he wasn't by the water, he would come over and say "buh-bye" in his cutest voice, wave to us, smile, then book it the other way. Meanwhile, Luna chilled eating her cousins banana...smart girl. I love getting out with these cute babies in their cute summer clothes. I of course have to douse Atticus in sunscreen, literally head to toe so he doesn't fry. His hair is so white it will blind you in the process. It's no joke. But my goodness I love this little guy.

Telling him to give Luna a kiss! He gives the sweetest kisses now, and even says "muah!"

My Family in Paint

When we were getting our photos taken in April, I really wanted to pick one to have painted for our home. So I finally chose one and asked a friend of a friend to paint the portrait for me. For years I have seen that some watercolor artists do family portraits and I have loved them so much! They are so pretty and unique, and who doesn't want a custom art piece of their loved ones in their home? So once my friend, Michelle, posted her watercoloring of her cute little family, I immediately messaged the artist and soon after sent her a photo of my family. She sent me the final product so quickly and I am so in love!! Thank you Hannah MacDonald!

I haven't framed it yet so this is a photo she sent me before I received it, but I just had to share!