Modern Family

I love, love, LOVE this show! It comes on ABC, Wednesdays at 8:00. Its the funniest show I've ever seen.

Photo Shoot!

As you can see, my blog has had a makeover. I was ready for a change and it came just in time for the proofs to come back from Baker's photo session this past weekend. I think they turned out great! They are by Elisabeth King here in Tuscaloosa. Baker did awesome considering he had 3 costume changes. He would not smile though, which was disappointing since he is a super smiler these days. Here are a few of my favorites!

Once upon a time...

When B was a wee little thing, I decided his fingernails were long enough to clip and so out of the box came the baby clippers. Baker Man was a wiggly little fella and made it very hard to accomplish this task. Then lo and behold, the most tragic thing happened...clip goes the skin of the 3rd finger. Baker was so upset and it broke my heart into a million pieces. I had physically injured my baby. It was 100% my fault (well 90% mine, 10% his for being so wiggly) Thus, I am now terrified to clip his nails. Resulting in this:



Fast forward to my little man having a grandiose case of eczema on his forehead. Redness and dryness for days. This must itch...keep in mind the long fingernails. Resulting in this:



Whats a mom to do?

No really, before you call DHR, we went to the doctor yesterday and are well on our way to a non-itchy forehead..I clip what he will let me of his fingernails. Why is this so hard??

This little man...

Oh, I love this sweet face. He makes me smile so much. I love so many things about him. I feel a list coming on...

1. He is so sweet now. There was a time in his "newborness" that we just could not make him happy. I thought that he was just miserable all the time and we could not fix it. Finally, he just grew out of that and is SO happy and content these days.

2. He laughed for the first time the other night while Brent was "zorbitting" his belly. I thought I was going to die right then and there. Cutest thing I have truly ever seen.

3. The smiling has been growing every day. He smiles so much now and it just melts me every time.

4. He is a great sleeper. We now have him on a 7:30 pm to 6:30 am sleep schedule. Well, I guess I shouldnt credit ourselves for that. He does it on his own.

5. He will sit content in his bouncy seat and let me get ready in the mornings. If he didn't, we would have some very long mornings.

He is getting his picture made on Saturday so we shall see how those turn out. I will post them when I get the digital images.

Baker is 3 months and Hayes is 1!!

Last Thursday Baker turned 3 months old and Sunday, Hayes turned one! Amy & Nathan had a Snow party at their house and 30 family members came to celebrate with her. It was a great day and little Hayesie was so cute. She has a LOT of little cousins to play with and they aren't always so gentle. It won't be long until Hayes is throwing Baker around too. Here are some pictures of Baker from the last month and Hayes' party.

My new job!

I just wanted to share my good news. After a very long working hiatus, I got a job at Calvary Baptist Church here in Tuscaloosa! I am the receptionist with several other duties. I started on Monday and Baker started at Calvary's day care as well. He is literally steps away from my desk and I think he likes it.

I absolutely love the job so far. The people here are wonderful and the job has proven to be such a blessing for me and for Baker. My work history has been lacking the stability and comfort that I needed and so far Calvary seems to be a great job for me.

Baker will be 3 months old on Thursday! Time is certainly flying!

Baker's First Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas at the Jones household. Baker loved his first Christmas. We had fun with both sides of the family as well. For my mom's side, we met in Prattville and had lunch and Dirty Santa, then headed to the river for our "hoedown". Christmas Eve we had Brent's family over for their family Christmas. Both were a success! Christmas Day we had Santa here in Tuscaloosa and then left for Dothan for the weekend. Here are some pictures of Baker and his first Christmas season.

Olivia comes to visit!



Hayesie Daisy!