Look what Alice can do!!! She is so sure she needs to be just as big as her brother and cousins. We are so proud of you Ali-boo!

What is this kid doing? I wake up one morning to have Jude being very busy. I wake up to find out he had already helped himself to some breakfast.
Oh wait, no he didn't. He just left it to get really gross somewhere.

And then he did this. Hmm.... All I could think is that thank goodness he didn't break them. What a cooky kid.

Our kids being super adorable in the tub. Jude was splashing for Alice and then Alice was justcracking up. They are such a cute little pair.

Here is a video of Jude playing with his daddy. And Derek isn't to bad to look at either. Nice appeal, nice appeal! (he he he)

These aren't Alice's official 10 month pictures but these are just a cute collection of our Ali-boo!

Being tired and getting ready for sleeping.
Giving me a funny look.
Being a mischief maker under the computer. She loves the blue power button and will turn it on and off and on and off and break our computer. Stinker.

So cute, so sad, so down right precious. Our fridge was empty, we had nothing! So off we went to do some big shopping(as you can see by our over flowing cart) the kids did such a good job and we were trying our darndest to hussle but near the end Alice just gave up. Poor thing just feel asleep right there in the cart. Luckily at this point all we had left to do was check out. Sweet little princess.

The carnival was in town and we had so much fun! We went on family night and everything was at a special rate. The first thing we did was try and put Jude and I into a giant bubble. Jude got too nervous so i went alone and it was so much fun. They just stuff you inside a giant ball, fill it with air and then puch you into a pool. I was trying to run but just ended up falling and rolling. I was laughing so hard and had such a good time. Way to much fun. After that we took Jude to a petting zoo where he could have spent all day if we had let him. He was so interested in the goats. He loved the goats and just kept asking for more goats more goats. There was also a little station where you could hold kittens and Jude was in heaven! Until it was someone elses turn to hold the kitten. He lost his mind and started screaming "My cat, my cat!!" over and over. He just became a mess. Once we calmed him down. We wandered the fair. We played carnival games, and let Jude ride a train. All the lines were way too long for Derek and I to ride anything, but we were just as happy to watch Jude play. Such a treat.

This is what happens when you step away from a painting Jude for 5 seconds. I should have known better but there it is. I stepped away for 5 seconds to find a second paint brush so i could paint with Jude and the little opportunist made his move.

There is a cute low to the ground horse that Alice adores. SHe can climb up on to it herself and just starts laughing and bouncing. Ride 'em cow girl!

Thanks Alice for making all my kitchen tools more accessible. No more dealing with pesky drawers for me.

Acitivity time! Angie and I crammed all our boys into the back of her car and headed down to the mall to let the kids ride all the little vroom vroom machines. There was an icecream truck, a space ship, a motorcycle, a firetruck, and a car. The boys had a great time riding everything but after about 10 minutes we were out of quarters so we went to the bookstore into the kids section for an impromtu story time. While there I decided I adore book stores. I wish I had a five hour block where I could just get lost in one.

One of the reasons I love book stores so much is because you can find almost anything on any subject. Take this book that I found. I wonder who would win Zombies or unicorns. I guess I will have to read to find out.

Yeah for creativity! I got a paint set from Angie and I cracked it open today. Jude loved it and just kept exclaiming "I'm painting, I'm painting" Although he kept forgetting to go to the paint and would just rub a wet brush around on the paper. But he loved it and it kept him very busy for a long time.



My favorite part of this video is when Jude congratulates himself. "Good Job!"

Don't laugh. This is Jude's serious face. So what happened is that Jude got down really late for a nap (curse you 12:30 church time slot) and at this point he didn't want to take a nap. But i was insistant on at least an hour of in his room alone time. In a last ditch effort to appease to my better nature he comes out of the room with a pair of chonies(our nickname for underwear) on his head. I sent him back to bed while holding in laughter and he finally went to sleep. 2 hours later he wakes up screaming, I go in and get him and he had fallen asleep with the chonies on his head. He must have had an angry nap cause he was pissed! But it was so funny seeing him try to be all serious and upset with a pair of underwear on his head. I don't think I have ever seen him so mad before yet so funny. Ha HA HA!

Did you know that babies instictivley hold there breath when they go under water? Good thing they do. HA HA.