Jammin

Brody and his BFF Caleb playing with the Mickey band. Too cute!

Failure. Well sorta.

tonight I sat in traffic for 1 hr and 45 min on my way home from work.  the highway was shut down due to a bad accident. by the time I got home, brody was CRANKY 40 minutes past bedtime.  we had just enough time for a few snuggles before heading to bed.  therefore... today's 365 picture = dark room + sleeping baby+ no flash.  He sure look sweet sound asleep though!

Finally, a smile!

Over the last month or so, Brody has been so active we hadn't been able to get a picture of him actually looking at the camera.  Recently though, as soon as I pull out the camera he hams it up for me.  I'm loving it! 

This week, Brody learned how to use a zipper.  He is so proud of himself, but now he can get out of his jammies.  We are in trouble! His new word this week is "uh-oh".  I'm guessing he learned that one at school.  He throws his toy, cup, book, etc down and then says uh-oh and cracks up.  It's not really an accident when you throw them on the floor dude!

Monster Jammies

I'm going to try to post daily more often this year ... maybe a whole post, maybe just a 365 pic.  Here's to a New Year's Resolution.  

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Brody is pretty proud of his new pj's from his cousin Jude.  Pretty cool if I do say so myself! 

Family Christmas 2012

We celebrated our family Christmas on December 26th, 2011.  Cody had to work Christmas weekend, so we waited just one more day to celebrate.  We had a lovely lunch and opened tons of presents.  Brody must have been really good this year!

 Brody in his fancy Christmas Sweater

 opening gifts with daddy

the big hit present, the cell phone from grandma 

robert thinking "jackpot"! 

Brody and Papa 

Brody with Grammy & Pa-Pa 

Brody and Grandma 

 playing a mean game of pass the trash.  We sort of forgot about the "annual" wii bowling tournament.  Good thing this would have been the 2nd annual.  Maybe it should be a  Bi-annual Wii bowling tournament and we will do it again next year.  

 getting a ride from Uncle Patrick

we didn't know which camera to look at!

 Brody's Present from Santa

Happy New Year!

Cheers to the New Year!

The Loveless Family

Cody, Tara & Brody

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Thanks to Susan, I am thinking about tackling Project 365 this year.  I thought about it last year, but just didn't have more than a few days in me with going back to work from maternity leave.  Brody has changed so much in the last year, and I figure having a photo each day will be a cool way to look back at our year together.  I'm sure most of my photos will be iphone photos, so don't expect much from my photography quality ok?!

January 1, 2012
technically taken december 31st {the only pic I took today was of me after my run... } I decided to try this project last minute [like 11:45 pm last minute], so it was the best I could do.  

Wordless(ish) Wednesday

All this Christmas shopping is exhausting...

sneak peek

at least they are finally in my possession.  addressing and mailing may be asking a bit much!

fourteen months

You are well overdue for a monthly post {i sorta missed thirteen months... mommy fail} 

This month has brought lots of changes for little man's schedule.  He is now going to school daycare three days a week.  We found a great in home daycare that operates with an actual lesson plan/school day {for way cheaper than the private preschool I had fallen in love with}.  We drop him off around at either 6 am or 7:15 depending on the day, and daddy picks him up after work about 6 pm.  Brody has a great time with Ms. Michelle and Ms. Erin and is learning how to share and play with other kiddos.  

It is official that any sign of baby-ness is long gone.  We have ourselves a full-fledged toddler on our hands.  He is quickly becoming a little boy and his independent personality has emerged.  He is walking everywhere, running a little, and is even able to walk backwards some.  He is climbing onto everything and is becoming a little daredevil.  It is getting pretty hard to get pictures of him, as he doesn't stay still long enough! 

I think he is weighing in around 20 pounds and is getting really tall.  I'm looking forward to his 15 month checkup to see how much he has grown.  He is wearing size 12 month clothes, 18 month pajamas and size 4 shoes.  He is obsessed with brushing his teeth.  He is a really good eater, eating all table food.  He uses his fork pretty well and is working on the spoon.  He signs for "more" food and when he is "all done".  We are working on "please" and "drink".  Daddy is trying to teach him an incorrect sign for dirty diaper.   

'talking' on momma's phone

We have established a pretty decent schedule around here as well.  He sleeps from 7:30pm until around 8 am (except on school days).  He is still sleeping with his Ellie (the elephant) and has his tiger at school for naptime.  He is napping for about 3 hours around noon.    

Overall, I'm loving this age right now.  He stops playing and comes over for kisses.  Lays his head on my shoulder when I am holding him.  Snuggles with us before bed and when we wake him up.  We are having a little issue with separation anxiety and is becoming a little bit of a 'momma's boy', but i know that will pass and I don't mind the extra bit of snuggling that comes with it!

I sure do love this kid.

Stopping in to say hi...

Time is flying by these days. Brody's 14 month update is in the works. Here are a couple photos to tide you over until then.