The Little Moments

I think it's the little moments that make up the sweetest parts of life. Not just the big grandiose moments that are so obvious, or even staged. The state of a child in their essence is timeless. I love these...

Trip's new hobby

For those who might need a little Trip...

This is my baby. Crazy hair, on a mission of childhood whim, chasing flies. Trip is like a whirlwind in our home. He runs everywhere his chubby feet take him, shouting names & baby jibberish as he goes. He is all boy, noises of crashing & growling; chugging through the house like my own personal little locomotive. People say he is all me, but he must be mostly Luke on the inside. He has no fear. He will climb anything, jump off of it & run back shouting "I do! I do!" Trip is such a free spirit, dancing to his own music with perfect rhythm. He inspires me to relax, live a little & enjoy every moment. Even the challenging ones!

Troublesome Trip

I hear silence this morning & have the 2 usual thoughts that follow the recognition of silence: "I'm about to either be so pleasantly surprised at how good the kids are playing by themselves or find a disaster." So I come around the corner & peek in their rooms...no Trip. (He's the one missing at the moment). But I do notice this:"That's weird, why is the soap on the very edge of the counter like that. The stool is hidden in the bath tub, so how did it get there???"

Oh, yes, a caterpillar has inched his way up the counter top-I have no idea how! And he is eating toothpaste. He must have been a hungry little caterpillar! (Notice in the mirror the Scentsy warmer positioned precariously behind his head-AND IT'S ON!)

Busted. See that grin? He was pretty proud. And saying "CHEEEEZE!"

I'm thinking this is how he made it up there. The toilet, the tp holder, the counter & then some how across the sink! I mean really! What am I supposed to do with this kid?!

Trip took a Fall

Poor Trip-it was a rough afternoon for the little guy. On top of new little canine teeth coming in & a snotty nose, he had his first bloody indecent. He was figuring out riding the little tricycle on his own, and doing quite well really. But all the sudden his weight just slightly shifted & that tiny bike popped right out from under him & he went over the handle bars to land on his face on the back porch. He was just shaking & screaming & we thought for sure we were going to have another snaggle tooth on our hands. But once the bleeding slowed down we could see his teeth were intact. Saved by his lip! These pics were a few minutes after it happened. Luke took a few yesterday that I'll have to load later. It turned into a giant blood blister after a day or 2. He is healing up quite well. Aside from looking like a duck with a little beak for a few days, you'd never know what happened!

New Camera Day!

Finally! A sweet new camera! I've saved & Luke has bargain shopped & the day has come! I wanted to play with it a little so I threw a precious punkin hat on Trip & snapped away. Here's a few of my Sunshine.

Every day life #1

Some times you just want to post a few pics of every day life. So I'll just call them Everyday life & # them from now on.

This made me nervous but Trip seemed to love it!Little Corn eater
Pushing babies with mommie
My little blue bell boy
This is Trip's blue steel pose with peas on top

Joss caught taking off her make up

Vintage Photos

A "Vintage Photographer" accosted me at Sam's one day & I succomed (he was very cheap-how could I resist?) So here they are. The photographer was a grumpy bald guy & he wasn't very patient with us. Joss didn't want to have anything to do with Trip. So we could only get pics of them individually that day. She also wouldn't keep on her precious hat or beads. So then her hair was down-which we never do & the photog wouldn't give me time to fix it! But she still look slike a little angel I think. Trip was about 4 months

& 3 weeks old & Joss about 22 months.

Trip Henson

1st attempt at a family photo. Joss was not so into it. She was hungry which is way more important to a 17 month old than a new baby!
Our new little man just a few hours old.
Hanging out...he does this alot.
Just born, love at first sight.
I just love this picture.

Our new baby boy has finally arrived! (5 days late-he takes after momma already!) He was born January 5th at 2:35pm weighing in at 7lbs & 12 oz (3 oz lighter than Joss), and 19 & 3/4" (just under an inch shorter than Joss). He is beautiful & healthy-with blue eyes, at least for now. Maybe I'll get my blue eyed boy after all. He has a kind spirit ( I know this because he came quick & easily). He is quiet as can be & sleeps like a champion. Joss is quite the big sister, giving him his passy, patting (smacking) him on the head, telling us to "shhh" when he's sleeping & pointing out his eyes, ears & nose every chance she gets. She's such a character. She is adjusting really well.

I woke up Monday morning & just didn't feel very good. I had an appointment with Jenny so I dropped Joss off at mom's & went on over. Byt the time I was walking in to her office, I could hardly walk & breath at the same time. I went on in & laid down & Jenny knew right away I didn't feel well. After about 15 minutes she knew I was in labor, even if I was in denial. So she worked on me for about 45 minutes, at which point the contractions were about 5 minutes apart. She called her next appt tp cancel, but they were already there so I told her to work on them & I'd hang out & sit on the birthing ball & drink water & chill. Right, chill, in LABOR hello. I called the doc & filled them in & they instruced me to get to the Women's Center NOW. Sowe Jenny ended that appt & drove me over. We got there at noon, I was dilated to a 7, Luke got there at 12:15 & he was born at 2:35. Whew, it's over. I'm so greatful to everyone who played a crucial role in our big day, juggling Joss, taking pics, picking up food, keeping us company-it all made the day so easy to enjoy. It is a 3 way tie for the best days in our lives.