Photogenic.

The great thing about having such a precious, adorable, beautiful, blonde-haired-blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked, ham-of-a child is that he is very, very photogenic and loves the camera.

Well ...

Most of the time.









Yesterday, dear little Benjamin was in one of his moods. I mean, if you can't already tell. And to be honest, due to his wake-up calls 5 times during the night, I was feeling a little cranky as well. To new moms (and experienced moms) who have babies waking them up through the night - I've really been feeling your pain lately. Benjamin has only slept through the night twice in his sweet little life, but usually he'll only wake up once or maybe twice... but lately it's been more around four or five times. Pretty much every hour after 2 or so.



Seriously.

Anyway ... so I've been keeping Mariah lately as I've already told you. Yesterday while Benjamin was napping, I decided to see if Mariah would sit for pictures. The lighting was off and I wasn't too fond of the shadows, but I did get a few pictures that I actually liked. We'll try again another day, but till then, I can share some of the ones I did like!


Reach for the stars!


Isn't she just adorable?


She really is one of the sweetest (busiest) babies!


I just love this girl! She is so much fun to play with and to keep.

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In other news, today is such a rainy day. We braved it and went out to the "big" city to get some shopping done and to get myself a haircut. We woke up to rain pouring down and it is still raining.

I got an e-mail from my dad this morning, he was trying to figure out how to put I guess a comment on my blog so he asked for me to just put this up for him:

Some things just happen ... we just happen to love our family! And it keeps getting bigger! Kristen is a wonderful example of how you can encourage others in what you say and do. We've been blessed to be a part of her life and the lives of those she brings near to us. We love you Kristen!!!!

Thanks, Dad! It means a lot! Love you!!