This is our first family portrait after the baby was born. He made this one just a couple weeks after we had Shell.

Jackson is quite the artist lately! I’ve been very impressed by his art work lately.

Here is his latest drawing:

Can you tell what those are? Its two of these…

Not too shabby, eh?

He’s been very busy creating lately. He loves to make maps. There’s always an X to mark the spot, and when its finished we go out and have quite an adventure getting to where it tells us to go! It seems we always have to fight off some bad guys, watch out for the crocodiles, and go through a cave or tunnel to get to the right place! Its pretty entertaining to watch his imagination go.

Shelly has been smiling like crazy! I haven’t gotten too many pictures because the camera is just not her favorite thing. Here are my most recent attempts:

Today Lacey was playing with her and she smiled for her several times – Finally! Lacey’s been dying to make her Shell happy. She still comes up to Shell and says “baby’s so coot!” We love our Shelly girl! She’s a cute and sweet girl!

And here’s our “Fancy Nancy” that’s been hanging around lately

She asks for her Minnie dress everyday and cries if its in the washer or dryer. She loves her accessories… she wears her bright pink and orange square “watch-thing” (watch) almost always (it must have fallen off for a second during this picture). It really completes the outfit.

I love the fun personalities that children come with.

Finally… Jackson has been watching me put this post together and requested to type his own name, so without any help from mom, here it is:

JACKSON