my first homemade pizza... food network here i come!

mommy was hesitant to lift the blanket to see how successful the stripping actually was...

doing my part to deck the halls...

I would like to introduce...

"...my new baby sister Karis!! She lives in China but my mommy and daddy will fly on an airplane to get her and bring her home."

These pictures were taken last week for us when we received official permission from China to pursue adoption of Karis! She will be 2 years old on January 1st, so she and Jacob will be 3 months apart... We hope to bring her home in April or May.

can you tell which ones live in sunny california??

sporting some sweet sunday duds

he only acted perplexed for mommy, but he knew exactly how it happened!

Two of his favorite things...reading and nudity

Happy 2nd Birthday to my favorite brother!!

Big Al and little al

the first part of my vacation

this used to be an 18 wheeler... (it was a LONG wait while they cleared the road)

lunch at Priester's Pecan's, a very fun spot

my new friend jess, or "jestin" as i like to call her

whew, playing all day is hard work (thanks leslie!!)