Goober

Oh, my goodness...what am I to do with this child of mine???? He's been in rare form today. After coming back downstairs after changing a stinky Jillian, I find him sitting in the recliner with my make-up bag. Lo and behold, the kid has figured out zippers! So, NO he is not severely bruised on his head, it's just blush. Then for lunch he had some chicken fingers and a few Cheetos. He stopped getting Cheetos when he started using them as Q-tips. Look closely, you'll see some orange crumbs! What am I going to do with this child????? Oh, and the sock in his mouth(which by the way is NOT clean)... he was pretending he was a puppy after seeing some playing on tv. Nice.

Photo Shoot Nightmare

Well, I thought since Jillian had just turned one, and Brock had just turned two, we ought to get in for another photo op. BIG mistake, HUGE. Brock was a perfect example of a photographer's nightmare. Do you think he would cooperate for even 2 minutes? Oh my goodness, no. Usually when it's time to view your photos, we are narrowing it down for a good while. Not the case this time. We had it narrowed down lickety split. He was such a booger. Jillian did pretty well. It took her a little bit to warm up, but once she did, she was great. I'm shocked I didn't have a heart palpitation with all the stress! I think next time...oh, wait, there will be no next time... I think we'll have to get Grandma set up with a picture taking station!

Jillian's 1st Birthday Party

We had Jillian's party this past Saturday. Of course, we would be the last ones to show up. Subway was late, we got on a sheet of ice road, excuses, excuses, excuses. I'm making being on time our New Year's Resolution. We'll see how that one goes, but anyways... Jillian's party was an ice cream cone/sundae theme. I went all out, or tried to anyways. I made her a cute Happy Birthday banner and I had sundae floral arrangements on the tables. I made hot chocolate ice cream cone favors and picture frames as departing gifts for our guests. We got an ice cream cone cupcake cake made for her and then her own individual cake. For future reference, don't pull the cupcakes out, cut around them, otherwise they end up looking not very pretty when you go to serve them. Jillian got lots of wonderful gifts. She had lots of helpers, Brock being the biggest help of all. When it was time for her to eat her cake, who do you think needed to show her how to dig right in? Well, Big Brother, of course! She didn't end up with it all over her, which really doesn't surprise me. She's a princess/drama queen. It was such a nice party with lots of family present. I really do enjoy the whole party planning scene. I'm looking forward to lots more birthdays in the future, but thank goodness I've got several months to rest up because I think I just about did myself in on Brock's party then Christmas and then Jillian's party. I'm exhausted! But it was ALL worth it!

The Birthday Girl!

I can't believe my little girl is ONE!!! Oh, my goodness, where does the time go these days?? We had her party on Saturday, those pictures will have to come later since they are all on my mom's camera, but we had to have cupcakes tonight to celebrate our little one year old. It's been an amazing year. God has truly blessed my sweet, little family.

What Is Your Child Doing at 10:30 PM????

I don't know what it is about nighttime, but around 10:00 every night, a little switch is flipped in Brock's body and he thinks it's time to go wild! He just runs and runs and runs and here's how we found him last night. All the lights were off, so it wasn't like we were encouraging this behavior!

Fun in a Tub

Out of all the new toys Brock and Jillian have gotten for Christmas and for their birthdays, the tub that holds all of Brock's little toy cars is the toy they like playing with the most. I've already had to replace one tub they cracked into pieces. I have a feeling this tub isn't going to be around for much longer, either!

A Roberts Family Christmas

Christmas evening we headed out to my parents' house in Gifford where we got to spend some time with Uncle Dustin, who was up from Texas, and Aunt Ashley who was home from Harding. Brock got a little power nap in the car ride from Rantoul to Gifford and it was just enough to perk him up for round three of gift opening! Brock and Jillian had such a wonderful Christmas filled with way too many fun, new presents. We are really blessed to have such a giving, caring family!

A Schlittler Family Christmas

After opening presents from Santa we had to rush to get ready to head to the Schlittler family Christmas. We were all set to go out to TJ's grandparents' house, but due to the ice, we couldn't make it out there. So, we had Christmas with his family at Moi and Papaw's house instead. The food was yummy and we had lots of fun opening even more presents! Brock and Jillian got some really neat toys and some super cute outfits.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning Brock and Jillian woke up to find that Santa had left them some cool presents! This was just the beginning of a fun-filled day of present opening.