Some Pics. to update

 I have finally downloaded the camera.  Good things come to those who wait.  I even managed to put together the calendar that I had promised Granny for Christmas.  The good news was that I can change the beginning month to Feb.  and have the calendar run through next Feb.  I love that.  So here are a few of my favorite pics from the last couple months.

This is Christmas morning. since we don't have a lot of space we get a small tree(yes it is real) and place on top of the kids play table.  I won't tell you how many shots we had to take in order to get all the children looking acceptable.  I love the way the boys are looking at each other.

 This is the day after Christmas and Xavier's baptism,  The Feast of the Holy family. Lets just say the family in the picture only has one pure soul with them.  The rest of us are struggling to be holy.  At least we are in church and all dressed nice.

 This is Xavier and my brother Tom, the marine home on leave.
They don't look like they are related, do they ?

                         I just like the boys behaving nicely.  They are cute and color coordinated. 

 This is what the boys do best.  And they are bound to be nice and warm all snuggled together.

 Xavier at two months.  I have a friend who takes beautiful pictures.  These are not hers.  Mine never are as beautiful no matter how hard I try.  How do you get the pictures to even do justice to the beauty of God's creation before you?   Xavier is still cute though.  And I will keep trying.

He has learned to smile.  I can even get him to giggle a little.  Nothing makes a mothers heart melt more than to see how her babies eyes light up and the smile creep up when her baby see her.

I am sorry that it doesn't happen as quickly for Daddy.  Well lets face it mom puts in a lot more hours with baby.  And loses a lot of sleep.  We need those early smiles to keep us going.

These are just some gentle reminders of the beautiful family I have been blessed with.