Cheeeeeeeeeeeese!

This morning, Dave went out for his loooooooong run and Jack and I headed to Durham for a photo shoot with our favorite photographers Annie Leibovitz Harrison and Rebecca Faulk.  After our drive through Scary Town, we arrived at the location of shoot-an old refurbished textile factory.  The space was great with lots of hardwoods and exposed brick.  I changed Jack into his super cute outfit and Annie and Rebecca got to shooting.  I took my camera because Jack always smiles when he sees it (kind of like Pavolv's Dog).  While I was aiming my camera at Jack, I accidentally took this picture:

photo edited due to a disgruntled photog

Apparently, Rebecca moonlights as a contortionist.  The girls took Jack all over the space and used lots of different backgrounds and he was very cooperative.  Once they were done taking his pictures, it was time to snuggle.  Jack got lots of snuggle time with Annie and Rebecca and then passed out as soon as we got in the car.

I cannot wait to see his pictures.  They showed me a few on their cameras and they were so cute.

In the meantime, here are a couple pictures I took at home of Jack in his cute outfit.

I'll be sure to let you know when we get our disc with the pictures on it.  If it takes too long, I'll have you help me harass the photographers :)

"Walking"

Lately, Jack is only happy if he is standing up.  He can't stand up on his own, so he needs one of us to hold his hands so he can stand.  He has also begun to get "a little big for his britches" in that he quickly tries to let go of our hands and then falls down.

Our friend Blanca told us that when her kids were little, she would use a towel to hold them up to they could walk around and the adult wouldn't have to bend over so far and get a sore back.

Jack is loving his new mobility!

I was able to get a little video of Jack in action.  As you are watching, you'll notice that someone tries to steal the show (ahem, Scout!).  I also really encourage you to watch until the very end (it's only 25 seconds long, people) because it's pretty stinkin' cute right at the end!

Twins?

No!  I'm not having twins but I did get a glimpse into the life of having twins today.  My friend, Kristen, dropped her little girl, Eva, off while she went to work for a few hours.  Kristen is going to be working at the hospital that is about 1 mile from my house and I offered to watch her little girl while she worked.  It worked outs really well since Kristen is only going to be working part time and I live so close to where she works.  I don't really want to watch kids every day of the week so this will give me a little extra spending money but still leave the majority of my week open.  Kristen said it really well when she said, "I don't want to do anything everyday besides be a mom".  At 5 months old, Eva is only a couple months younger than Jack so we had quite the afternoon.

Jack reading a book to Eva

Eva enjoying Jack's "Circle of Neglect"

taking a little break for some hand holding

I do believe these two will be trouble when they get older

Jack giving Eva a little pat on her head

They both did really well.  Jack was happy to share his mommy and Eva was happy to play with a friend and some new toys.  The only hard part was when they both got tired at the same time and needed to be put down for a nap, but we managed just fine. 

I may not be bringing home the bacon, but now I'm able to bring home a few bacon bits!

I think someone knew what they were talking about when they made sure a woman couldn't have babies 2.5 months apart!

Here Fishy, Fishy!

Jack has discovered the fish tank in the playroom office and he loves to stand in front of it and admire the fishies.  By admire, I mean bang on the tank and scream loudly with joy.

She's Crafty

So I went ahead and tackled another one of my "pinspirations" from Pinterest.

I made a little monogram for Jack's room out of crayons.  When I saw that Crayola crayons were BOGO at Toys R Us, I went and got some so that I could tackle this project.

It was pretty easy.  I printed out some Js in various fonts and then started cutting and arranging the crayons to my liking.  I had a hard time finding a J that I liked.  I wanted one with the "top hat" and I wanted one that wasn't too fancy.  I ended up, finding on that I kind of liked and then improvising.  I glued all of the crayons to each other.  First, I tried hot glue.  That didn't work.  Then, I tried good ol' Elmer's glue.  That didn't work either.  Finally, I tried Gorilla Glue whose tag line is "For the toughest jobs on planet Earth" and it worked!  I'm not sure that my crayon monogram is the toughest job on Planet Earth...but maybe on Mercury...he seems like a wimpy planet.  Once I got everything glued together, I waited or it to dry before gluing the letter down to some card-stock.  I'm hoping I can find a shadow box frame so I can finish this puppy off and hang it up in Jack's room.

What pinspirations you working on?  Which planet do you think is the wimpiest?

Happy 200th Blog Post

Wow!  I can't believe this is my 200th blog post!  My original purpose for starting this blog was to keep all of our friends and family who live near and far up to date on our lives.  I never had any idea that I would stick with it and I'm happy that I have.  Thank you for sticking with us and following along on our crazy (often boring) adventure.  Here's to 200 more posts!

Piña Colada Cake

Oh. My. God! I made a very delicious dessert tonight and I just had to share with everyone.  It's super easy and super delicious and super not so bad for you.

Piña Colada Cake

INGREDIENTS
1 package of Angel Food Cake mix
1 (20 oz) can of crushed pineapple in it's own juice
1/2 cup shredded coconut (the sweet stuff)
1 teaspoon rum extract
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 (12 oz) contain of frozen fat free whipped topping, thawed

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Spray a 9x13 pan with Kitchen KY cooking spray
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pineapple (including juices), coconut, rum extract and coconut extract.  Mix well until blended.
3. Pour batter into prepared 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown and level.  Let cool.
4. Serve with whipped topping

Just try not to eat the whole thing!!!