The First Meal

Why on Earth do our parents expect us infants to eat this disgusting tasting "food" they call rice cereal? Why!? Have you tried it...?? You can tell I'm the third kid, as Mumma didn't give my brothers any food until they were at least 6 months old.

I'm curious, why don't they just start off with a nice serving of Grandmas jello salad? ...well, actually my Mumma did! She gave just a taste to Great Grandma Bates' ribbon jello salad and I was hooked! Yummo! And now she thinks I'm going to eat rice cereal? Okay, beggars can't be choosers so I will eat the stuff, but the good stuff better follow right behind this paste they call food!

And, yes, it does help ME to eat when Mumma opens her mouth wide. :)

Ian 5 Mos

Happy Birthday Jesus!

While Jesus celebrates yet another glorious birthday we had a very Merry Christmas in his honor! Santa came, he really came! What a joyous day!! He brought me some nice things, but the best was the Wii and games that were on my list for him. I did manage to stay in my bedroom until 7:00 (that's the law in this town) but straight up on the dot, I was outta there and ran right downstairs. Elliot and Ian were excited too, but not nearly as much as I.

Just before Christmas Santa sent me a very special message, you can click the link below if you would like to watch it. (You may have to copy and paste the link into your browser.)

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/-tBvhBIN6gzMwsPQVGk6JA

Milk and cookies for Santa

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Mummas favorite Christmas ornament this year!

Christmas Greetings

Jammie Time 2010

Here is our annual PJ picture from Gramma Annie and Papa James' house.

Visit to Santa

We finally got to go see the big man so I could let him know everything, and I mean everything that is on my Christmas list (see below), which by the way, I wrote all by myself. Elliot wanted NOTHING to do with him, but I'm sure it didn't hurt Santa's feelings and he will still bring Elliot some nice things on Christmas Eve. Ian, well, he just goes everywhere we do.

Just in case you can't read it (claw car, hot wheels, Wii with Cars and Monster Truck game, airplane)

(Nerf Gun, RC helicopter, Toy Story 3 Spiral Speedway)

Hiii-Deee-Ho

Some of you will be laughing hysterically at this post (and you know who you are) while others will have no idea what this picture represents. So just watch a Christmas episode of South Park and you will see a character resemblance to the photo. I bought this new "tortilla" (aka swaddler) for Ian, since he was too much of a beefcake and could bust out of the others that we had. I didn't realize the color when I bought it and well, as you can see by the picture... well, enough said. :) Hiii, deee, ho!

Ian - 4 Months

Okay, so it's a bit late, I guess Mumma should have just waited another couple of weeks and posted "Ian is 5 Months". I am growing like a weed, still in the 75% for height at 26" and in about the 75% for weight at a hefty 15.9 pounds. I still like to make sure my Mom and Dad are still around and eat 2 or even 3 times a night (thus the hefty 15.9 pounds). And Mumma calls me a very "spirited" infant, honestly, she's just being nice when she says that, cuz I'm a pretty high maintenance baby. Or is that what she's calling me...??? Hhhmmmm....

Ho, Ho, and Ho

Snow Beautiful Snow

Oh the glorious white stuff is upon us! I have been waiting a very long time for this day! If I wouldn't freeze, I could be outside all day playing in the snow. Elliot doesn't just yet have the same feeling as I do, but still likes to play outside with me.

This and That

Dunlop

No, I ain't talkin' tires, I'm talkin' that my belly dun-lop over my pants! And yes, those are man-boobs and I also have a matching pair on my back.

O Christmas Tree

Ah...she's a bueat Clark! We found the perfect Christmas tree, until we got it home and figured out that it was sitting on a hill at the tree farm! That's no problem for my Dad, he can fix anything!!!

Family Photo Shoot

...wow, talk about stresssssfulll!!! Who cares about these things anyway? It really was a bit of a goat rodeo getting these done, but don't we look good!? (You can click on the collages to enlarge them.)

Handyboys

Daddy sometimes takes us to the hardware store on Saturday mornings to let Mumma have some (not so) quiet time with Ian. We have a BLAST! I thought the best part about going was driving the "race car" shopping cart, UNTIL.... last Saturday we found out there is a weekly kids workshop where we get to build something! Yes, that's right, Daddy holds the nail while WE get to swing the hammer!! We get our own Home Depot apron with our name on it and when we complete a project we get a special pin to put on our apron. This week we built a spice rack for Mumma. We both can't wait to go back and build something else! Daddy.....well, I don't think he's as excited as we are about us building things. ;)

Kids Gym

The second time around, or at least for Mumma. ...and as you may recall from Myles post several years ago, it's NOT gymnastics, it's tumbling!!! :) Finally the poor forgotten middle child gets to do something fun! I get to go to Kids Gym just like Myles did when he was my age. The biggest difference is that I am not a chicken like he was! Man, I will do anything!!! Backward roll, forward roll, trampoline, rings, sponge pit, you name it! I LOVE going and I think Mumma likes me going too, cuz I go to bed very nicely after all of my running, jumping, and tumbling.