Say What?

It always amazes me when we actually figure out what Easton is saying.

The latest: "ba-be-ya"

Translation: "Strawberry".

Go figure.

A nEwLy FoUnD pAsSiOn

Easton: "Colo?" (such a sweet tone to his voice)

Me: "Not right now Easton, it's night-night time, Colors are going night-night."



I put him to bed.



Easton: Through the monitor "Colo?" (still sweet)



Me: Just listening



Easton: Crying a little "Colo? COLO! COLO! COLO!"



Me: I gave up, and let him color.

He likes to get down real close, and concentrate on what he is doing. I hope this means that he is picking up on his Daddy's artistic talents.

...He was having fun! At least until he took a big bite out of one of the crayons. I don't think that he liked the taste too much.

New Jammies

I admit that I have a fetish with pajamas! I LOVE them. If I know that I am not going anywhere, I will wear them all day long. Even if I am going somewhere, I will postpone my "outside the house" clothing for as long as possible! Sometimes I will actually take a shower, and put on clean pajamas!

My fetish has passed on to Easton. Not that Easton loves his jammies, or even notices what he is wearing, but I love them for him! I love buying them, and I love the times when he is wearing them! This is Easton modeling his newest jammies! I love these ones so much, I think I will go back a buy some more in a different color!

It's kind of funny, because I also have a fetish for Sunday clothes for both he and I also. Which is quite the opposite of pajamas. I don't have a recent picture of him (or I for that matter) in our Sunday best. I guess I am too quick to change after church.

Grandpa Hawkins & Grandma LaRue

This is Grandpa Hawkins & Grandma LaRue. Dan's maternal grandfather, and Grandma LaRue is his step-grandmother (is grandma died before he was even born). This picture was taken June 2006, when almost all of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren came up for a surprise Father's Day visit. Grandpa Hawkins passed away a couple of weeks ago, on March 16, 2008. We were lucky enough to be able to attend the funeral in Idaho. It was beautiful, and something that will not be forgotten. During the viewing, funeral and graveside, you could tell that Grandma LaRue was taking Grandpa's death the very hardest. You knew that they loved each other very much. Because of Grandma LaRue's health, she was unable to live with Grandpa Hawkins for little bit before his death, but he would visit her as often as he could, and they would talk on the phone everyday. She had high hopes of returning home to her husband. She did, just not the way she had originally planned. She passed away just a couple of days ago, and now they are both together again. Even though death can be hard for those that are left behind, I feel so much happiness for the both of them. I know that they are so much happier together, and they probably have this sense of "finally, we made it!". I am grateful for the times that I have personally been able to spend with Dan's grandparents, I know that it will be something that I will only have deeper understanding and appreciation for as Dan and I grow old together.

Pictures!

We just got our pictures back from Michele Reyes. She really is amazing to get all of these shots! For those of you who may not know, Easton is pretty shy when he is new place, and it really took him a while to warm up. Who knows where he got his shyness from ;o). But once he warmed up, all he wanted to do was explore, and definiately not stay still for a half-second! I again, I am pretty amazed! All of these looks that she captured are "classic" Easton looks. I also have to put this in, to my family (if you're reading this), you will be amazed to find that this is my 100% natural hair color (it's so DARK, huh?)!

I am probably biased when I say this, but isn't he a cutie?

Sorry there's so many, it was so hard to pick which ones were my favorite!