January 2011

 January was full of cold, snowy days!  Joy kept toasty warm in all her snuggly pink clothes and blankets, but Jack LOVED being outside!!  On the best snow day, Jonathan, Jack, Keri, Andrew and their girls, along with  James, Larissa, and Alexandria went sledding down the big hill next door!  They had a blast.  I came out only to take pictures and to witness some of the fun.  I didn't feel so well.  :(

Another activity that occupied us in January was Westminster basketball!  We attended four games during January...and Jack LOVED every minute of the socializing.  Joy was always in the arms of one friend or another so that I could take pictures for the yearbook!

The highlight of my January is SCRAPFAST!!  Every Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, we girls get together for some scrapbooking time!!  It is always my favorite weekend--just girls!  We actually get a chance to cook only for ourselves and spend the days without trying to figure out naps for the babies!  We don't get as much scrapbooking done as we used to, but we relish the time to be GIRLS and not just wives and moms!  (But we are always so ready to see our sweet husbands and kids by then end of the weekend!  Perfect!!)

Sweet Baby Joy at 3 months!  I LOVE this outfit!!

More snow...Jack was busy making tracks as it fell!!

Mmmm!  Jack's first chocolate pudding.

Poor Jack had his first stomach bug this month too!  Mommy and Daddy were both terribly sick too!  Thankfully, Joy was fine!  Jack's little body was so pitiful and limp.  Poor Baby!

 

Joy looks a bit like Confucius here!  :)  She looks very wise--like she knows something we don't.  Or...maybe she is just  little prideful that she avoided the stomach bug! Ha!!

A Play-Doh family!  Jack loves, loves, loves to play Play-Doh!!

Joy loves her daddy...and her daddy sure loves her!!

 
So quiet, calm, and precious.  She doesn't smile much...she seems so serious.  But when she does smile, it  completely melts our hearts!!

 
Jack still LOVES to watch Baby Einstein with Joy!  He calls it "Music Sky" because at the beginning of the show, music notes float into the sky out of a musical instrument.  He knows every song and every animal.  He can even shout out the animal that is showing based on the song playing.  (He does this from the potty sometimes!!!)  :)  Below is not the potty--he is sitting in Joy's Bumbo seat!  :)

We have another sweet thumb-sucker!!  Look at those cozy warm red cheeks!

During January, Jonathan was busy thinking about finishing out the attic.  Here he is showing Jack the houseplans!  Jack loved that! We hope to begin work on the upstairs this year.....so maybe we will have room for more babies if God wants us to have more!!  (And if He doesn't, we will have LOTS of room for company!!  :)

Sweet days.

My little puzzle monster! Jack can play puzles ALL DAY LONG!!  :)