can it be Saturday already?

We sure are sorry that Daddy had to head back into the office today.  It has been so nice having him home the last few days (he worked from home Friday and Tuesday and had Monday off).  Here’s hoping that Saturday will hurry up and come soon so we can play again!

playing at the park
just hanging- honestly Jay really doesn't mind this :-)
a little after nap time gaming
sharing his duplo with Daddy

yahoo!!

We have child locks on all of the really important cabinets now.  This is something that has been on our list for quite some time and for one reason or another we just haven’t been able to check it off.  But yesterday, while Jamie was off from work, he (along with his terribly cute helper) was able to put a few on.  Yahoo, yahoo, yahoo!!

My knees (which have until now been holding them closed while little hands try to get in) and my sanity thank them both!

check out Jamie's serious face in this one- love it!!

cousin pictures

Every year when everyone is together (which is usually only at the holidays) Jamie’s family takes a cousin picture.  Last year they (the Moms and Dads/ Aunts and Uncles) made every cousin a book with all of the pictures- it was so cool to see everyone grow up from year to year.  And also pretty darn funny to see some of the clothing (a lot of it was from the 80’s and early 90’s).  This year Jay (since he is a cousin too) was included in the picture.  I can’t wait to see this picture continue to grow as the family continues to grow!

some other group shots that I (or others) took that day…

the Perreault kids plus me and Jay
Cooper kids
Constant Family shot
Mary Beth and Sean
Mary Beth and Michael
Mimi and her girls
Jamie and his sisters

christmas catch up…

We took so many pictures over the holidays and I have been steadily trying to play catch up.  I have finally sorted through all of our holiday ones so here they are…

Sit back, relax and stay awhile :-)

Jay and Mommy playing ball with Piper
Daddy and Jay playing four square (they made a good team) at the Holly/Holly Birthday party
YAHA playing four square- one of my two favorites from the game pics
a Mimi victory dance- my other favorite
Mary Playing a solo at the annual Sing-a-long
I can't remember what song this was- maybe Josh would?
Aunt Nancy getting the Sing-a-long quilt, it was beautiful
Christmas Eve- the bows were so much fun!
beautiful tree- spoiled family
Santa came- Jay must have been good this year!
proof that Santa was here- reindeer tracks in our family room!
Christmas morning

playing with his new pull toy
Perreault Family picture- 2010
Jay's first Christmas walk around
the parade...
dancing to holiday tunes with YAHA and Mary Beth
Scott and Frannie
Daddy with a sleepy boy after his nap
Grandmom and Jay opening presents
unwrapping time!
annual holiday picture
annual goofy picture of Scott and Frannie (or at least annual for Scott)
Grandmom and Jay by the tree
trying to get a group shot
a little better this time

surprise!

“I caught you mister…”

Did you know that your cabinets are home to wonderful treasures?!?!  Jay just found out and I was just made aware… maybe Daddy will realize now just how pressing the child-locks really are (hint, hint!!)

I have said it before and I am sure I will say it again, but he really is a cute little trouble maker!

I love how Piper is looking away in this one- "if I can't see it, it isn't happening"

for Nan :-)

If you noticed Nan’s comment on the last post she mentioned outtakes from our shoot- so Nan because I love ya (and I meant to put these up with the last post) here they are!

While we were taking pictures Jay was sitting on Jamie’s shoulders and while he was up there he spit up a little.  Normally this wouldn’t nearly be as funny; however, it took the spit up a good 15 minutes to seep through Jamie’s hair (it’s wild and sticks up a bunch) and reach his scalp.  When he finally realized we had almost finished taking pictures (so it was in his hair in most of the pictures) and I couldn’t stop laughing long enough to help him clean it off.

what's even funnier now is how nonchalant Jay seems to be during all of this

Oh and because I love these of Nan and her fellas, I will share them too… isn’t she great and her boys are pretty superb too!

beautiful, just beautiful!
one of the many reasons I love this girl
the knights

holiday cards

I love, love, love sending (as well as getting) holiday cards each year and I get so excited to start sending them out.  This year Jamie, Jay and I met up with Nan, Jeremy and Leyton to get family photos for the cards- I took theirs, she took ours and man-o-man do I love how they turned out!!  I am super, duper lucky to have a wonderful and talented friend, Nan, who is willing to put up with my crazy ideas (trespassing in an orange grove to get family photos done) and then design my holiday card each year.  She is amazing, trust me, and I love everything that she has ever done for me and she’s done a lot.

Since, I sent them the week before Christmas and I am assuming everyone has already gotten them; I am going to post a few more from that day that didn’t make it on to the card but are too good not to share…

a picture of the ginormous pile of cards that we sent before they were dropped off a the post office- we send close to 80 each year

great one of my guys
precious, just precious
one, two, three- wee!! probably my favorite from the day