Saturday, November 25, 2006

Somebody help me PLEASE!!!

Yes, I need help! Well, not really, I just need to vent a little...

The following are pics of our home. WARNING: not for the faint-hearted. Be brave, be VERY brave...

Dining room














Family room














Bedroom














Craft table












Living room














The problem, as I see it, is that I seem to be capable of only concentrating on one or two things at a time {besides making sure my children are dressed, diapered, fed, etc.}. Right now, I am trying to get a small business off the ground, and trying to regain my fitness since having Ben. I am having reasonable success with both endeavors, but EVERYTHING else has gone south. That and the once-a-month cooking I have recently undertaken, which, I have learned, leaves me so burnt out for a few days that cleaning is the LAST thing I want to do. Want more excuses? I've got more!

Now, in fairness, it is difficult to maintain any kind of tidyness with three rampant youngsters who think it's their lifetime career to make messes {the fourth is still easily containable}. They don't LIKE it tidy. I do, however. I can't think straight in a messy home. Therefore, at the moment, I am most certainly not thinking very straight at all.

Originally I took these photos so I could do side-by-side before and afters to cheer myself up on a day {like every day} when I have spent a couple hours cleaning up only to have children unclean everything in half that time. Only, I haven't gotten around to the afters yet. *SMACKING SELF IN FOREHEAD*

Tales of a twelve- {nearly thirteen-} week-old!

OK, first and foremost, Ben discovered his thumb this week. He is now officially a Thumb Sucker! :o) I love the way he wraps his forefinger around his nose, just like Mae did {and still does}. It's such a baby thing to do!









I love this photo because it shows how pretty Ben's eyes are...just like his daddy's. I don't really understand how we ended up with three blue-eyed babes -- Larry's are blue, mine are hazel. Until we had Mae I had assumed they were brown-green hazel, but apparently they're brown-blue?? I guess so.







He's not always that serious...here are a few smiles for ya!




















































And to end on a sweet note, here is a pic of Ben and Mae, our two blondies...Mae is a super big sister {most of the time} and these two adore each other {most of the time}!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Baby Body Double



A friend shared this photo {on the left} of her son, Elijah, when he was about Ben's age {Ben is two months in this photo, Elijah was about three months}. We were both amazed at how similar the babies are!

Just for kicks, I asked her for a current photo of Elijah -- so here's what may be a future glimpse of what Ben's going to look like! :D

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tobin James


This is our new nephew/cousin, Tobin James. He's a beautiful little guy belonging to my sister, Moey and her husband Tom. Congratulations, Tom and Moey! :D