De-evolution of a Goat

Jamie was really bored around Christmas, so he decided to grow a goatee for 2 weeks. When it was time to say goodbye to his new found friend, he shaved it off in stages resulting in various looks that will never again be repeated. Warning: Viewing these pictures will cause nightmares.

The Goat / Evil Jamie

The Dodgeball
80’s Metal Band

Molestache / 70’s Bike Cop

The Westley (from “The Princess Bride”)

This just emphasizes why you always need to keep your husband busy doing something constructive, although I will miss Evil Jamie a little.

Chillaxin' at the Dentist

If my 3 year old can be this relaxed, there should be no complaints from grown ups about a trip to the dentist. Oh, and this was his first time ever to the dentist. He just needs a remote and a (root) beer.

There will be a short intermission as we re-group from the last several weeks. It all began when my grandma passed away the first weekend in October. A week after returning from her funeral, I got mastitis. The next weekend I had severe pain and will soon have an ultrasound to determine if I have gallstones. Parker got a peanut M&M at our church Halloween party (we didn't need to go to the hospital because I think we caught him on the first M&M) and then this weekend he fell off the toilet and hit his head on the tub. He was knocked out cold. We took him to the ER and had a CT Scan done. Thankfully, there was no internal bleeding or injury, but he did have a concussion. He wasn't able to keep anything down for 2 days and we began to worry about dehydration. He seems to have almost entirely recovered tonight and will just continue to get his strength back in the next few days. Of course, throughout all of this, Jamie was traveling 4 days a week for the last 3 weeks.

Know that we are okay, just tired and a little overwhelmed. We are grateful that nothing was worse than it was and that each of these events were over a weekend so Jamie was home at the time.

Bring on the holidays!!

I think it's funny...

Maybe you have to be a Sara(h) to fully appreciate it.

Let us bask in the glory of her cuteness!

We went to Josie's House of Photography for her 7 month shoot. They turned out great as always!

Emma with her bestie, Macy.

Thanks again Josie!

Emma has started real food.

She started cereal a few weeks ago and quite enjoys it.
As you can see, she was so intent on the whole process, she went cross-eyed watching the spoon.

Parker, the ever helpful one.

A happy cereal girl. We are just keeping fingers crossed that no allergies show up with this one!

No teeth yet so it is a lot of spitting and gumming to get the food down.

Jacob's 7th Birthday (a month late)

We are to the point that we are on the every other year rotation. One year we do a family party and the next is friend. This year was family. We celebrated a couple days before because Jamie was going to be gone on the actual day. When we asked Jacob what he wanted to do ... shocker, he wanted to go to the Lego store.

He then wanted to go to Taco Bell and get the 10 taco party pack for lunch - he is so Jamie's son.

On the day of his birthday we asked Josie and her kids to join us for cake and ice cream.

I can't believe it has already been 7 years! He is so mature for his age and I sometimes forget he is still just a little boy. He is an amazing big brother and such a thoughtful person. I feel blessed that he is our first.
I love you Jacob!