Four

A retrospective

One day old

One year old

Two years old

Three Years Old

Four years Old

Hard to believe 4 years have passed. He's definitely a little boy now. No babyness left. He loves dinosaurs and can name more of them than I can; loves his tools, construction and building with blocks, arts and crafts. He's learning his letters and beginning to learn to spell, count, a little bit of math - he has been reciting math before going to sleep of late...3+3=6, 2+1=3 etc. Starting to write his name....I now see the benefit of giving your children short names. "Christian" is a lot harder to learn than "Jack" :) So loving to his sister...most of the time. He can make her smile and laugh the most. Finally learning to go to sleep on his own, with out mom or dad lying beside him. Oh, and we are now "Mom" and "Dad"much of the time, not "Mommy" and "Daddy"

He's into making up words and names. Jacqueline is Backeline, Smackeline ("because she smacks"), and today she was "The Smack-meister" I've been called "Mumsey" a few times lately - not sure where he got that from.

We had his birthday at a local art studio called "Glitter Pie." You can check out the pictures here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v516/mdthomson/christian%204th%20bday/?albumview=slideshow

There's nothing like baby laughs....

Thought I'd share this - it's so cute. Seriously, almost anything Christian does can garner a smile or laugh. We've never heard her laugh so much as this.

Baby in training

Recent photos...

I really like this head shot. it's hard to get him to smile and act natural for the camera these days.

It's usually more something like this:
Or this:

Jacqueline showing off he new pearly whites! Not the best shot, but the best one that shows her teeth. Beware...if you let her grab your hand, the first thing she does is try to put it in her mouth to chomp down with her razor sharp teeth.

Just another shot that I liked. Her eyes seem like they're going to turn out exactly like Christian's.

Another one of Christian...he has this thing with taking his shirt off lately. not sure why.

She is laughing at something Christian is doing here. He's the only one who can reliably and easily get a laugh out of her, and he doesn't even have to do much to get it.

They kind of have the same look on their faces here. it's hard to get photos of them together, because Jacqueline is always grabbing you if you get too close. Here I think she's holding on to his ear.

Solids...success??

Yes, some actually did get IN to the baby! This is the result of the fact that Jacqueline likes to handle the spoon herself. She's loving solids so much that she'll reach out and grab the spoon and help bring it to her mouth. I let her have at it, since she seems to enjoy it, hence the photo. This is the result of "veggies and turkey" & prunes.

Christmas pics

Yes, I know it's nearly been a month, but this is the first chance I've had to go through pics!


Our tree...Santa came!

In the kitchen, before breakfast...

Christian gets to work with his new tools..

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And Jacqueline thinks hers are good enough to eat....

My breakfast companion....

We've been trying to downsize lately, so we sold our bulky high chair on craigslist a while ago and just got this nifty little hook on seat. Only $40 and it clamps right on to the kitchen table. Jacqueline was quite happy to sit next to me while I ate my breakfast this morning.