Here's to 2011!

I have to say, 2010 was pretty great but the optimist in me knows that 2011 will be just as great, if not better!  I don't have any resolutions set in stone but one resolution that I saw on another womans' blog and liked was "Worry less and pray more"...I could get on board with that.  I want to be a better mom...I want to clean less and play more BUT in order for that to happen, I need to pray for my neurotic tendancies to have everything "just so", to be limited...or at least, on a far smaller scale.  I need to pray for patience because I've never had it...and let me tell ya...adding kids to the equation hasn't helped me one bit!  I want to take more time to listen instead of listening while I'm doing other things (like cleaning!)...I want to watch Blue's Clues and Mario Bros instead of writing on the blog...not because I want to but because they want me to, and that should be good enough for me.  That's basically it...become closer to God by praying more and making more of an effort...and being a better mom...I could probably throw in being a better wife too...but I'm pretty awesome now, aren't I Chris??? =)  Seriously though, perhaps my goal is just to be a better person all around.  Nothing else really matters...if I don't lose those 20 pounds...oh well...I'll be thin some other day...

Adler has been clingy lately, to say the least.  Even if he's happier than happy, when I go to sit him on the floor, he starts to fuss...basically if I put him down at all...unless I'm sitting right beside him...like legs touching kind of close.  At first, I thought he had another ear infection...because why in the world was my perfect baby being such a crabby pants?  But once that was ruled out, I realized he must just be going through the seperation anxiety stage...it's just a little more excessive than it was with the other two.  But the other two were in daycare at this age...so I never had to deal with it on the level that I am now...not only that but Adler has been around me 24/7 since he was born, unlike Ayris and Asher...so I guess that gives him more reason to be completely full force in this stage.  None the less, we're getting through it...or I should say, I'm getting through it...he, on the other hand, is loving it...but I can't complain...seriously, look at this cuteness below!

Mom says this hat makes me look cute...like hippy cute...what do you think?



Oh, look at my two new teeth!  I have been working on them for months!



Mom said it was about time I started smiling for the camera without her having to elicit one by acting like an idiot...











I ordered this "Juppy" through babysteals (a website that gives huge discounts on baby products)...it's for when your baby starts trying to walk...you don't have to bend over and deal with the back pain...anyway, I thought it might be helpful/fun to try and Ayris was ready to test it out pronto...she started pulling him around on the carpet with it and he went crazy...so I guess it has multiple uses.




Okay, so I went a little nuts with the next few pictures...I just couldn't narrow them down...he just has so many looks!  And they're all pretty cute =)






















Adler is *this close* to crawling...he starts like this...


And then can't figure out what to do with his other knee...so he just kind of rocks back and forth like this for a while until...


He ends up like this...


Ayris took this shot while I was making lunch today...I'm having to bring out the big guns when it comes to getting things done around here (you know, with his excessive love for mom these days)...


But look at how happy he is!  It's just because he knows who is in control...and let me tell you, it isn't me!  This kid has got me wrapped around his cute little fingers!  And look at that shaggy shag hair...he's about due for his first haircut!