Carlyn

luther found a canvas i had laying around and kept begging to paint on it. i finally gave in, and he painted for at least an hour. the next day he started asking again so i ended up letting him repaint the same canvas. he attention span is really increasing. he was so proud of his creation oneo mommy's creations. i made a roasted veggie and goat cheese pizza trying to recreate my fav pizza from the California pizza kitchen. sometimes food is just so pretty, you have to take picture of it :) i made french onion soup to go with our "gourmet" pizza

so, the day luther was painting, i tried letting pearl play with stickers. that only lasted a few minutes. she was begging to paint!! she wants to do whatever bubby is doing. so mommy gave in and let her little princess paint. with washable nontoxic paint of course!! see why i say non toxic. pearl trys to eat everything. i think she thought the red was ketchup at first. one of her paintings. pretty good for a 17 month old!!!

trying to get a picture before church on sunday in their sweater's from gran & grandaddy they weren't really into the photo session it was FINALLY warm enough to go the the park yesterday afternoon. it was so much fun to watch pearl explore. she is such a big girl now. Swinging. they barely fit in this swing together anymore :( merry-go-round. this was luther's favorite. he spent most of the afternoon playing we several older kids on it. it is funny how well he plays with 6 & 7 year olds. he talks so well, they have no idea he is only 3.

luther loved all of the crafts at the mcwane Christmas party pearl enjoyed coloring, she has finally learned not to eat the crayons pearl eating jello luther decorated his tiger

so i went to my 13 week ultrasound on tue where they never tell you the sex yet so i sure wasn't expecting to find out. well when the ultrasound tech finished a doctor came in and was chatting with me. she remember me from pearl and was asking how pearl was doing. she asked if i wanted her to look at the sex and i was like "YES!!!!!" i am a very impatient person. i know i already have a boy and a girl so it doesn't really matter for having to buy anything but i just love knowing and calling the baby by their name. i think it helps so much with bonding. so anyway, they have a really high definition ultrasound machine, so she was able to tell. she check several different angles and every way she said "looks like a boy." we have a picture of his little boy parts and everything. james was so proud. "of course you can already tell he is a boy, he is my son." LOL!! men are always so proud of these things. well james has had a name pick out ...