Desperately trying for the Christmas card...

I thought a lollipop would entice Max to smile...

but that didn't work.

Atticus wouldn't quit sticking out his tongue.

Max is just seconds away from a meltdown.

Next event for the weekend...

Atticus' baptism.

Max is 2!

We partied all weekend!

All the grandparents came in town for the party.

"Cowboy" was our theme-even Atticus participated.

EVERYONE participated in "dress-up". Papa was a construction worker, and JuJu was a police officer.

"You mean this tree is going to STAY in here?"

"This very tree?"

"Awesome! I'll put some of my own decor on it...blocks"

Max's serious face. "Hey-I'm performing here!"

We finally got some snow and could actually pull out the winter sweaters.

Atticus looked at me for every picture,

but Max resisted.

I finally got one good fake smile from Max.

Like my shirt?

Dad is reading, apparently, a very interesting book.

Max is showing his "one moment of kindness" to Atticus by giving him a little "pat-pat".

Of course, his hand drifts over to Atticus' head for a little "pat-pat".

Atticus is now looking for someone to stop the "pat-pat" because he can't lean forward much more to try and avoid it.

Atticus' first word...

will it be mom or dad?

Poor Max...another injury. He has a busted lip from hitting our bed side table.

Atticus loves playing in the basket with his toys.Max even remembered how much he loved it and wanted to get in with Atticus...

which immediately led to fighting over a toy.

But we were all getting along after a few tense moments.

Atticus fell asleep in the Johnny Jump-up-so similar to Max once. I guess my parenting hasn't improved much.

We went Trick or Treating with Trip and Coop.

Things did not start out so well. Trip and Max ran right on into the first house we went to. They simply thought they should do what we always do when someone opens their door--go on in. Max trying to catch the cat at the house did not help either.

Needless to say, Atticus was exhausted. We had a lot of fun-even though it was VERY cold!

"Mask" (the proud way Max now says his name) loves to put a hat on and then go look at himself in the mirror.

Happy Halloween!

Trying to take a picture of both kids is getting harder every day. Mostly because Max prefers to have the camera all to himself.

This is the "don't touch me" face.

Atticus usually ignores that request.

This is Max saying, "All done!"

Fall Festival at Church

As you can see, Max is the cowboy and Atticus is the cow.

Max found this soccer ball and was about to try to throw it into the basketball goal that was directly over the dessert table...but we did stop him in time.

He was LOVING all the basketballs. Being the typical ball hoarder that he is...he would hold the ball until he saw another one loose, and then he would drop his ball to go claim the free one.