Because we needed professional help...

We called our inspiring photographer friend Amy Free!
And here are a few shots that she snapped of our family.
I was speechless. It may not need to be said, but keep
in mind how fast this two year old moves! Amy was
playing with Evan and he didn't even know we were
taking pictures! She shot around toys on the floor...
tissue boxes and other items that blend into the
background of our house to me so I don't see them!
Basically, she had her hands full...and somehow
captured twinkle eyes, proud parents and a
sweetie pie baby! Amazing...

You can see our pictures on her site here.
Warning: you may be swept away by her
incredible work...so make some time to
peruse. You will not regret it.

Munchkin Alert!

Sunday Evan saw daddy wearing a hat to go play golf.
He insisted on wearing his too. I couldn't resist taking
some pictures of this munchkin in his hat from last year!

At long last...

I have updated the pictures on our blog!
We are officially a family of four in cyberspace.
Will share many more fun photos soon!
Stay tuned!

Without further ado...

Smiles from the happy peanut.
(Every morning when I first see Sam,
I find myself singing "I found a peanut"
to myself.)

Crackers

I wanted to share a moment from our dinner table last night...
and record it for myself before it flies out of my brain.
After dinner, I offered Evan some graham crackers.
We haven't had them for a while, so I told Evan they were
graham crackers. We have a friend named Graham that
Evan just adores. He looked at the cracker for awhile and asked,
"Gam?" (Translation... Graham?). Then I said, well, yes its a
graham cracker. He looked long and hard at that cracker, and
after a thoughtful pause he said decisively, "Evan cracker".

Love it.

In other news,
Sam is doing two really super things... sleeping from
about 10 to 5 (yay!) and smiling!
It is so much fun to see a smile creep across his little lips
then burst into a big open mouthed grin!
His whole face lights up.
I hope to catch a picture of that very soon!
Go Sam Go!

Family Visit

A few weekends ago we had the privilege of
visiting with family from the Grayson side.
Here is my Aunt Cathy and Grandmother.
Sam was a huge grandmother fan!

Evan was a huge granddaddy fan!
Driving home from time with them Evan
kept saying from the backseat..."cute, cute"
just talking to himself. When I asked him who
was cute he said, "granddaddy cute!"
Here's Granddaddy... I agree! He is cute!
He is so special to us. Sam's middle name is
James after Granddaddy.

Reading with my mom.

Cuddling more with Grandmother.

We had a great time with everyone! I wish we could
visit like this more often!

Hello, my name is...

Sam!