Superhero siblings

Speaking of Lila's hobbies, one of her absolute, hands down favorite things to do is anything with her brother: playing superheros, chasing one another, pulling his hair and trying to eat his food...nothing better.

My little superheros...

Lila loves to color...

And I love it...she chooses clashing colors and draws lightly, but I see artistry in her future, which would be wonderful since I have zero artistic bones in my body and always wished I did. Jack will color, but it's never his first, second, or even third choice as a fun activity...so seeing Lila take an interest in something other than cars and superheros is fun...


She went through the entire day with purple and green marker on her neck, and turns out, it wasn't as "washable" as I'd hoped...but it's fading....


We'll stick to crayons for now, and she understands the phrase, " give that to mama," and listens...knock on wood...My little artist...

Me and mommer...

At the cards game...

she get's it from her dada...

I’m remiss in updating on Lila’s first birthday party and a mini-vacation to the lake and Jack jumping off a boat in the lake (!!!)…so I’m failing in my attempt to keep a current family journal to look back on as my memories fail me. Boo, Jen.

But for right now, I’ll talk about Lila and her Daddy. When I was pregnant with her, Jim would always ask if I thought this one would look like him, because Jack so carries so many traits from my side of the family, and he couldn't wait to have a baby that looked like him...

When Lila was first born, she was a spitting image of Jack, and we thought, “Another 'Christman'…” but more and more I’ve been seeing Greffet in her.

Jim’s mom brought us a picture of Jim at one year old, and the resemblance is strikingly scary. Here’s Jim and Lila on their first birthday's…the same nose, chubby cheeks, happy smile (even teeth), little chin, wispy blond hair, even ears...love, love, love this!


Like father, like daughter...

this is the life...

Jack is playing hookey with Nani and swimming naked on a hot, summer day...makes me happy and...


(Does it count as skinny-dipping if he's wearing water wings?!?)

Party prep...

Banner & cupcake garland: check.


Cake bunting: check.


Piñata, streamers, menu: check.

Ready for the party...just not ready for my baby girl to turn 1 year old already...

A first and hopefully last...

Baby girl will have surgery on Friday morning...it was a long day at Children's Hospital, but as usual, she made us proud with her smiles to everyone and her happy demeanor...


She has a foreign body stuck in the palm of her hand from a cut that happened almost 6 weeks ago. The procedure to remove it will be fairly minor, and hopefully less than an hour, but that doesn't mean I won't be a nervous wreck until it's over...

My poor baby girl...having her first surgery before her first birthday...my head hurts, my tummy hurts...and I just want her hand to be healed up and better...