Big Decision

He hasn't been smiling for the camera lately, so I got lucky with this one today

Audrey loves to pose now

Tony & I have decided that now may be the time for me to go back to work. I was laid off from my previous employer in Oct. '06 (along with several others). It was actually a blessing, because I was struggling with getting ready to return to work full-time (I had been part-time since coming back from maternity leave with Audrey and was scheduled to go back FT the following week). We got pregnant with Jack soon after, and I've been home ever since. But, now, I feel like I am ready to go back to work. My goal was to stay home until Jack was at least 1, and now he's nearly 17 months old. I know it will be hard to leave them after being with them all day every day. Audrey is such a Mommy's girl and struggles just to stay in the church nursery on Sundays. I would imagine that they both will be fine once they are used to it. I have a couple of resumes out, and have contacted some daycares here in town, so hopefully something good will come about soon. It is too bad that our parents can't care for the kids, but they just don't have the best health, and I sure don't expect them to do it. What will be really hard is that Tony is used to seeing us every day, and with his schedule he'll be lucky to see us of a morning before going off to daycare and work. But, people do this every day, and I know we will somehow adjust. Please pray for our family, that we are making the right decision!

Audrey Bit Jack!

Being silly

My baby is getting too big!

Last night when taking a bath, Audrey decided to all the sudden bite Jack on his back. She has never offered to hurt him like that, and it just came out of the blue! He wasn't doing anything to her at all, just standing up throwing one of his toys into the bucket, and she bit him really hard. He screamed for a minute, and it's no wonder because the place on his back looked awful. He has a bruise today. I felt sorry for him, because he just looked at her like "why did you do that to me?" and he looked confused. Of course I scolded her and told her to never do that, that Jack loves her. She started crying all the sudden, like she realized what she had done. Normally she is so affectionate with him. He has bitten her before, but it's been a long time. I guess she just thought she'd pay him back! Today after their nap, we went to the library and got the book "Teeth Are Not for Biting!"

Audrey is in Her Big Girl Bed

This is Audrey's new pose

We finally converted Audrey's crib into a full size bed a couple of days ago. I'm surprised she hadn't fallen out of her crib as tall as she's getting. We couldn't find the tools and stuff to fix it, but I finally found them when cleaning out the drawers. Anyway, she's doing great in her bed now and loves to play in her room. I hope she continues to like it.

A Little Bit More Christmas

LaLa, Pop, and Kevin

GiGi

Dad opening Audrey & Jack's picture, and Dillon looking real excited

Jack peeking under the door for the dog

Bree

Dillon being goofy

Traye

Caitlan and Audrey

Don't you love it when babies sleep with their butt in the air?

Tony, Jack, and Audrey

Let's go, Mom!

Here are some pictures from the past week. Today we finished Christmas by going to Dad & Robin's and opening gifts from them, and Pop & LaLa, Kevin, Ashley, Traye, Lucas, Lesley, Caitlan, Dillon, & Bree. We had a nice time. So sad that Christmas is over.....but already looking forward to 2009!!! Happy New Year. Oh, and today they surprised me with a birthday cake. It was so good, chocolate on chocolate!