Jennifer & Bennett

I had so much fun taking Jennifer and Bennett's engagement pictures! They were great to work with and I'm sure we laughed more than we should be allowed to!

Clayton - 6 months old!

I had so much fun taking Clayton's 6-month pictures yesterday. I couldn't decide to go with a spring outfit or a warm outfit, so I decided to do both. :-) Here are a few favorites!

I just love babies in hats!
(Thanks for the outfit, Jennifer!)

At this point, it appears he is simply "enduring" - he's done with pictures! OK, OK, I'll stop (but only for now). :-)

A good weekend!

Aaron's parents and Cameron were here last weekend and we decided to do more grillin': Chicken Kabobs with onions, peppers, pineapple, tomatoes, and mushrooms!

I'd lots rather have too much food than not enough. We had plenty. :-)

Aaron got home from work - checked the grill - the propane tank was empty!
Thanks, Mark and Kristin, for coming to our rescue. Good neighbors and good friends are wonderful!

Cooking right along now.

Diggin' in!

Clayton had his first baby food - carrots! And he loved them!

Clayton enjoying his grandparents!

Clayton: ready for the final four!
Bet you can't guess who this outfit came from (thanks, Mark & Jana)!

The green beans weren't quite as good as the carrots, but he still did good with them.

Yum!

I tried my hand at the grill this week. Aaron is normally the "grill master", but he was working a little later than usual, so I thought I'd give it a try. The grill menu: T-bone Steaks and Asparagus. The steaks were delicious and the asparagus was to die for! I'd never actually even bought asparagus until this week. I was inspired to try grilling it after listening to Cooking with Marilyn on the radio. It was SO good and SO easy, which means we will definitely have this again!

Big Stuff!

Clayton thought he was "big stuff" today after church. Aaron was holding Clayton and got out to the car first. I was talking and had his car seat with me, so Aaron just put him down in the front seat of the car. Clayton can now sit up on his own, and thinks it's the grandest thing!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Clayton is not sitting up on his own yet, but is very, very close.

Just teasin'

I sure enjoyed the warm weather on Tuesday of this week. In fact, Clayton and I sat outside on the porch swing for a little while. He hasn't been outside much and seemed enthralled with the great outdoors (in fact, the toy I took out for him sat idle on the swing). I was so excited that Spring was on the way. But apparently the weather was just teasing us since it's now cold again.

We went from sunglasses and no coats . . .


to warm hats and blankets.


Come on, Spring, - we're ready!

Checking Back Into Life

After being so sick for so long, I'm finally beginning to feel better and am trying to check back into life (thanks to many, many answers to lots of prayer, lots and lots of medication, doctors, and a hospitalization). So, here's a very random update!

Clayton has started eating rice cereal and does really well with it!

My wonderful mother flew in to take care of me (and Clayton). While she was here we celebrated Caleb's 10th birthday!

Emme and Clayton are going to be good play buddies - although it looks like Clayton was still trying to figure Emme out in this picture.

Cameron turned the big 16 in February!
We thought Clayton might like a hat from Cracker Barrel - yeah right!

Cameron took good care of Clayton and made sure his hood stayed on since it was windy.

I was absolutely delighted to go back to church again - and I think Clayton enjoyed it too!
It's hard to believe he is now 5 months old!

My 2 favorite people!

I love this picture of Aaron and Clayton that I just happened to catch recently. We were setting up for retake day for school pictures and Aaron sat down with Clayton so I could test the lights. They make great "test subjects"!

Clayton's Check Up

Clayton had his 4-month doctor's appointment last Friday. I was too sick to go, so Aaron took him. I was glad Aaron's mother took these pictures so I could see how he did.

So far so good.

Not real thrilled with the doctor.

I think he knows what's coming.

After the shots. :-(
You can actually see the tears rolling down his face.

Whew! Glad we're done with shots for . . . 2 more months.

An update

We recently stayed at my brother's house for the weekend with Drew while the rest of the family was away. We had a good time just hanging out!

Drew and Aaron chatting away after lunch on Sunday. Clayton had been sleeping so he still looks a little groggy.

We're still Colts fans!

Happily watching me make cookies!

Aaron's parents came for a few hours on Saturday to see us, actually to see Clayton. :-)

We got aprons for our mother's birthdays with Clayton's picture on it.

Clayton enjoyed the carpet. He can't get traction on our hardwood floors.