Best Face of 2011

I Heart Faces is asking everyone to go through their photos of 2011 and pick their best face for the year...sounds like an impossible task, but I knew exactly which face was my favorite.....I mean look at this guy, doesn't he look like a doll in this photo?? And the fact that he is announcing our baby number two (who should be here soon) makes it extra special to me. Here's to 2011; it was a good year for our family: we lived in a different country, got to travel all over Europe, announce another baby into the Bills Family, and Thomas finished the first year of medical school successfully....couldn't ask for a better year!!! Can't wait to see what 2012 brings!

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge this week. "Best Face of 2011" – www.iheartfaces.com

Top 10

The super hero photo of Krew was chosen as one of  the "Top 10 Cutest Kids of 2011" for I Heart Faces. I had no idea they were doing "Top 10" categories to close out 2011, so it was a pleasant surprise to see Krew's photo up on the website. It has given me a little more motivation to keep taking photos, although I think this big belly of mine has slowed me down a bit. I am excited to keep capturing Krew and soon add this little guy into the mix.

cleaning up christmas

Putting away glass ornaments isn't the most ideal task for a two year old so I tried to keep Krew busy playing with some extra christmas lights while everyone else cleaned up christmas.  I wanted to take the photos a little later in the evening so that the lights shined a bit brighter, but Krew was so happy to be playing, I just had to snap a few. It was a good way to finish packing up christmas. 

merry and bright

I love my boys.  I really do.  Christmas always reminds me of how special they are to me and I cannot wait to add another boy to this family.  My due date has been moved up a few days earlier and this next Bills boy may be here sooner than we thought.  We don’t have a name yet but this next little guy looks just like Krew in the ultrasounds, "Whipple genes are strong" according to Thomas.  This Christmas in California has really brought our family together and it will be sad to have Thomas leave for school shortly after this next baby. But in the mean time its moments like this when he is here that I love to capture and look at over and over again.   

changes

I haven't had much motivation to blog lately...I blame all the changes going on around here. Krew and I flew home to California for Thanksgiving, leaving Thomas in Newcastle to finish up his first year of medical school (which he did great by the way; we are really proud of him). Krew had a little trouble transitioning from his simple Newcastle life to his new family filled life around here, but he has come around. We finally reunited with Thomas just in time for Christmas; it has been so nice to have him all to ourselves and not share him with school.  Thomas and I had fun teaching Krew all about Christmas; he understood that it was Jesus' birthday and that Santa brought presents. We might have made a rookie parent move and overdid Christmas, because Krew was not too interested in opening presents, which I guess is good news for us when it comes to future birthdays/holidays, but it was fun either way. Now that Christmas is over, things have calmed down a bit, but more changes are just around the corner. We are excited to meet our new addition in a few short weeks. Who knows what life will be like then, but as for now we are counting our blessings for being together, being healthy  and being near family. (As for the picture, I think I am about 34 weeks here. Krew and I were just outside playing when the sun was going down, which always makes for some fun shadow shots)

there has been a whole lot of this lately

Krew has had some rough couple of nights.. Not sure why; I think I blame everything on teething....which means I am chalking this one up to his two year old molars. The only thing that is saving us...well me, is nap time!!! So while I am snuggled up in an empty bed, making myself plenty comfortable with tons of leg and baby bump space, Krew is always cuddled up with his favorite black blanket!

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge this week. "Black" – www.iheartfaces.com

capes and suckers

Krew and I shared a sucker this afternoon, meaning I got the first two...maybe three licks in before it went straight into his mouth and then never came back out again until it was just the stick. It was a pretty dang good flavor too, but I couldn't bring myself to yank it out of his mouth for another lick, especially when he he was trying to flex like a superhero. 

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge this week. "Let Them Be Little" – www.iheartfaces.com