Fraser & Friends!

Here goes the random list!

1. Three years ago, I bought this sweater in NZ for my future son. This week he wore it for the first time! I have become the hugest of saps at the most ridiculous of times, but I MAY have shed a legitimate tear or two as I basked in the complete surreal nature of the situation...

Speaking of NZ... this adorable possum wool vest was knit special for Fraser by Grandmere Gw in NZ. Thanks Grandmere!! It's sooo snuggly and gentlemanly-like!

2. These are Fraser's "don't hate me because I'm beautiful" shots. It's a good thing we know a few good dentists!

3. Fraser's been loving spending time with his little buds! He and Nico are going to be inseparable growing up (whether they like it or not!)...

Fraser seems quite pleased with the arrangement at least...

He's also a big fan of THIS pretty little lady...

Tummy time togetherness. "Go Hope Go!"...

"I am SO the man"...

I, for one, have been loving my time with other mamas, our babes, our doggies, and the great outdoors...

4. Fraser is proving to be quite the dapper young man...

But even dapper young men sometimes can't resist the taste of their own hand...

5. Our little Ginger appears to be aptly named. One of the meanings of Fraser is 'strawberry', and he has himself some strawberry blonde hair! Or rather... he HAD strawberry blonde hair. The new stuff seems to be coming in pure white blonde... love it!

6. Our sleeping beauty has been spinning around in his crib and is rarely in the same place that we leave him. Guess I need to come up with a new nighttime system of remembering what side I last nursed on!

7. Fraser has been rolling over front to back like a mad man, but it was just this week that he rolled COMPLETELY over from back to front for the first time! He didn't love it, however, and promptly returned to his back!

8. Fraser is soooo lucky to live less than 2 blocks away from Nana & Papa! He gets to spend heaps of time with them, and even went in a high chair at their house for the first time...

9. Fraselnut has been a pretty good little sleeper during church. And don't you worry... Lowell is not joining in the slumber, he's praying. I should have had my eyes closed too, but instead I was subtly taking pictures (hehe)...

10. Our little St. Patty's Day leprechaun...

Can't believe this kid is going to be 6 months old in TEN DAYS! Where has the time gone??!!!

THE END!

Family Week- Part 2

This is part TWO of our family time, and I am going to seriously overload you with pictures once again.

Here goes!

1. Shareen (the make-up guru of the family) did all of our make-up and we took some fun girly pictures to highlight her talent...

Shareen did a little gothic look on herself, and Mom had a very unusual motherly reaction of "That. Looks. AWESOME!" Had Shareen attempted to leave the house like that when she was 14, I think the reaction may have been a tad different!

While Shareen was busy DOING everyone's make-up, the rest of us had a little extra time to fool around, so Carlynne and I did a little Olsen twin impersonating...

I kissed Kylie...

She licked me...

And Fraser popped in for a shot...

Then of course we had to get a shot of all of us...

Kudos to Lowell- our fabulous (and patient!) photographer!

2. Some photogs of the cutesie cuzzies...

Can you spot the (blatantly obvious) Cuban souvenirs for Ty?

Oh, and Fraser has TOMS (thanks to Auntie Mandy and Uncle G-Reim)! He's officially more stylish than his mama. Soooooo cute...

3. Fraser- weighing in at almost 18lbs- is NEARLY rolling over back to front...

AND he's absolutely ROCKING tummy time...

Also, this child is CHATTY and GIGGLY and it's been a spectacularly fun stage (minus the lack of sleep that he once again deems necessary)!

4. Little Fraser also met BIG Fraser again! Yay for Fraser squared!

5. We resurrected the ol ping pong table and dusted off our skills. I'm not too shy to admit that Carlynne and I did pretty darn awesome (especially considering how long it had been since we've played)! Killer ping pong, I tell you... killer ping pong.

6. Believe it or not, there was also a lot more that we did that was NOT photographed. Hmmm... meals, calligraphy lessons from Carlynne, hot tub time, lattes and conversation up the wazoo and so so much more. The bottom line is... I LOVE me some family time!