Monk's Four Year Pictures

Walcott Imaging also did Monk's four year pictures. He captured some great shots of Monk's personality. Here are just a couple to share.

Bebo's Two Year Pictures

A friend of mine has his own photography business called Walcott Imaging and he took some great two year and four year pictures of my boys. Just a couple to share with you from Bebo's photo shoot.

Forty-Nine Months 03/08/10 - Monk

Monk I just love your smile. When you smile the bad things in life seem so much better. Lately I have been looking at you, and though many people say it I didn't totally buy into it, and I see your dad staring back at me. I can tell that you are growing up and getting older. You are able to play on your own and you come up with some fabulous things to do.
Woody has gotten lots of love at our house. Here he is sharing a snooze with you in my bed. There are not too many days that you take a nap anymore, but when you do, Woody is usually there beside you. You average one to two naps a week.

You have this HUGE love for coloring right now. You color in the lines and each little section of the picture is a different color. It amazes me both how much time you can spend doing this and how good you really are at it. This past month you have taken karate. You love it and I can see you catching on more and more every class. My favorite is to watch you count while kicking your little leg in the air. Or when you do your cotta and how you want a purple belt so badly.

Monk I have been enjoying you so much. Last night you were planting some seeds with your dad and when you got how to do the whole process on your own your face just lite up. I love seeing you succeed and seeing you be proud of yourself. I love you so much Monk. - Mama

Twenty-Five Months 03/06/10 - Bebo

Twenty-Five months little man! You LOVE to talk. I want to say that it is more than the average two year old. I remember your brother talking a lot at this age, but you barely come up for air man. Every sentence that you say usually ends in the name of the person that you are talking to so I hear my name MANY times throughout the day. "I suck my thumb mom." "Where's my B mom?" "You're welcome mom." This makes me smile.
I am so glad I got a picture of you playing with this cowboy. Not a day goes by that you don't play with this cowboy and horse. You chubby little hands place the cowboy on his horse and you ride him up and down your leg. I love it!
We have a puzzle that you use a magnetic fishing pole to pull the pieces off. You are obsessed with this right now. You get a fish hooked on and you say, "got a big huge shark mom." You copy everything your brother does or says. It is much harder keeping a second child innocent that's all I have to say.

Lately you have been telling me that you want to go to Crazy Bounce or to the Critter Barn. You LOVE to eat! You are always the first one at the table even if I just started cooking dinner. You climb up in your "new chair" as you call it and wait for the food to be laid out for you. This past month I tried putting some underwear on you just for the heck of it. When you didn't go potty on the toilet once I knew we needed to wait awhile until you were ready. I figured this, but I had high hopes. I love you buddy. I love how you ask for me in the morning and like me to get you out of your crib. I love your smile and when you ask me to carry you. Your little voice says, "I carry you, mom?" You bring me so many smiles. Love, Mama

If You Can't Stay In Your Pj's All Day...

...put them on your stuffed animals so they can.

Skiing

I got some old cross country skis from my parents and have been using them a lot this winter. There is a place near our house that rents skis so the other day I checked to see if they had small enough ones for the Monk man.
He loved it! I prepared him and told him that he would fall, but that it was ok. We didn't go very fast at all, but we had fun.

I am sure Monk's favorite part was when we opened the back pack and had a snack along the trail.

What a great Mom and son date.