saddest. picture. ever.

jack... sleeping... with gloves on his hands to prevent him from sucking his thumb. this is how badly bryan wants him to not suck his thumb. can't we just leave him alone and let him suck his thumb until he is like... 10 or something?

and yes, when he woke up, the gloves were off.

of course, jack is a little sneaky kid too... before bryan put the gloves on, each time he would sneak in to check on jack and see if he was sucking his thumb, he would hear the oh-so-familiar sound of jack yanking his thumb out of his mouth... you know that loud suction-y sound... jack knowing that bryan would be there to remove it for him in a few steps.

shhh... don't tell, but i left the gloves off jack today for his naps... i have enough drama already.

and finally, the christmas post

so, we took like no pictures... just some really bad ones on christmas eve and like 2 on christmas morning... lame. well, here they are.
santa brought the girlies a doll house which, i swear is the best thing ever... the girls never ever stop playing with it.



and grace had a great time making a gingerbread house. her pride and joy... the best part? eating it.

scrumptious

randomness throughout december

well, it snowed... and it has snowed and snowed. but the kids are loving it... grace and raegan beg to put their snow clothes on and go out. grace will stay out until we make her come in because it looks like she is on the verge of frostbite... raegan will stay out for 5 - 10 minutes before begging to come in because she is so cold. the first time it snowed, they both were so excited for snow angels...



during december we also finished the bookcase project we started way back in august. yes, it took that long... here is a look at our journey.




and here we are... finally finished. yes, all that wood did have a purpose... the kids are so glad we are finished and they love their new storage. yay bryan and papa... i helped too, but mostly i just watched.



technically, this last picture happened in january... but i just had to show jack and raegan's cuteness. i love it when raegan plays with jack and she adores him. it is really so sweet.

jack makes it to one year of age...

ok, so jack turned one on 03 december. can you believe it? already? we celebrated at home with our little family and jack just about died, he loved the cupcakes so much. these first two pictures are on his birthday where he just grabbed the cupcake and smashed it in his fists and ate it without letting go... until it was gone. yum.




that weekend, we traveled to jeff city to have a party with nana and papa and the roberts clan. we had a great time and jack ate cupcakes again.



*pay no attention to the pink bib... after having 3 granddaughters, nana

has lots of pink bibs. ty and jack just have to go with it.

present time was fun, jack just wanted to look, but good thing he has two sisters to help him with the unwrapping. we are glad we were able to share this fun time with the clarks and the roberts! they are awesome!



and finally, pure happiness as you ride around on a dump truck.

one year stats...
weight: 21 lbs
height: 29.4 inches
teeth: 8