Livie Smiles

No words needed, well except for maybe...How beautiful is she, huh!?

Murphy's Throw In Towel and Admit Defeat to Winter Ails

This photo was taken in the midst of a week that we would rather forget. Teri and the kids came home from California (in what was supposed to be a fun filled vacation, and instead turned into a week where the kids competed to see who could throw up more) sick with what seemed like the flu, except that it stuck around for two weeks with both kids. Teri only had flu like symptoms for a day or so, but when she arrived back in Nashville she got an upper respitory infection. The next day I came down with it too, and we have both spent more than a week recouperating. All said and done, we have all been over 101 degrees at some point, taken five trips to the doctor, and spent a total of probably three hours standing in line at Walgreens filling various prescriptions. Fun, fun, fun.

The First Month At A Glance

Here are a few shots to see how Liv has grown in her first four weeks...

day 4... pondering what's ahead


day 19... doing her best Chabad dance


day 23... holding on to her magic carpet


day 31... sorry, but yes you look puffy in that

Let's Play A Games Shall We...

I'll give you three attempts to guess where James is.
Ok?
Here we go...

1. It comes in a set. Any thoughts?


2. It's made of metal. Figured it out?


3. Given time, it'll heat up a situation. Last chance.


That's right... he's all up in a dryer!

James' Winter Stroll

Ready and suited up in the finest dog-wear you can buy.


Where did he go?...


...Oh there he is.


Triumphant after a long, hard climb!

Big James' First Slam Dunk

He may look small in stature, but it really is effortless for him to "get rim"

Liv's First Real Bath

Liv's first real bath (first time in water and not just sponged off) was as most baby's first baths...
...a little uncertainty with a good measure of thinking...


... a little more thinking...


...and then TOTAL FREAKOUT!


But in the end, all is made well by Mommy's touch.