Some recent pictures and news...

So Jeff is now 45 years old. His birthday was on the 16th. Olivia and I made a cake, Briar grew a tooth and Jeff and I went for dinner while our friend, Sheila, (Angus' mom) watched the kids.
Olivia has been pretty excited that Spring has begun and is very enthusiastically pointing out every possible 'sign of Spring'. Today, she and I had a little Spring tea party and decorated the front walk saying 'Welcome Spring' with chalk-drawn flowers, plants and animals.
Briar has begun standing briefly by himself. He has gotten very fast in the crawling department and stands while holding onto furniture and cruising every waking moment. I have to remember to close all the toilet lids after finding him splashing in the bowl. Good thing he has a very anal mother regarding cleaning....(No pun intended...)
Jeff is still working on various activities on the boat. He's pretty tired when he gets home. I do think he likes this job, though. He likes to be busy.
I am freaking out a bit anticipating our iminent move. I know it will be easier than last time seeing as I won't be 8 months pregnant and Jeff should be home to help, but I HATE moving. The only thing good about moving is that you get rid of things that you don't use. I LOVE that feeling. Pretty soon we won't have anything...Okay, that's a gross exaggeration, but I really am realizing that we have WAY more than we need. I have been purging since we last moved and I still manage to find things that don't have a spot in our house anymore. Are they multiplying?????
The dogs are doing well but I am concerned that Eli is going a bit blind. My poor guy seems to have developed a fear of the island in the kitchen and will do his utmost to avoid it. I can't explain this sudden fear. He will timidly walk past it if I go with him but otherwise, he'll take a 'longcut' through the livingroom even though he knows that he isn't allowed. It's hard not to laugh watching him gingerly creep through the livingroom with his ears and head down watching you through the corner of his eye trying to avoid detection in the 'NO DOG ZONE'. It's like he's thinking 'Don't see me. Don't see me. Don't see me.'
Well, I am off to bed now that the little ones are asleep....and the big hairy one (not the dogs)....
Olivia's imitation of a piece of paper....

This face reminded me of the monkey face you make when you put an orange peel in your mouth...You know what I mean, right?
Freckles LOVES any attention. Including camera attention.
Not Eli. He does not like his picture taken. Odd. He looks away almost everytime. Do you think it's the flash?

Briar cooking up a Desert Storm....
Mommy's little cowgirl on her noble stead that Daddy built for her...
Grandma and Briar share a snuggle....
Now THAT is tired!! Imagine falling asleep with your mouth full!!!
Our Spring Celebration Tea Party. Peppermint tea and chocolate heart cookies.

These pictures aren't in the order that I had hoped but this is the "After" picture from Jeff's birthday. For those of you who didn't know, Jeff was refraining from shaving and haircuts since December or January until his 45th birthday. Many people asked "Why?". I say "because he can"? (Jeff finds amusement in ways that the general public finds confusing...)
Pre-Birthday haircut and shave....
Liv picked out the candles for the cake. (I only now noticed that the '5' is backwards. Pretty awesome for a four year old!)
Hiding Daddy's present (a Louie Lamore book and a case of beer...she couldn't carry the case of beer herself...)

"What? Yeah, I can cook!"

I know I put tonnes of these pictures on but I just could decide which one I liked the best. You can just see what he's thinking! It's lucky that we have such a mellow cat!
Must...Get....WWWWWWhiskers!!!!!
Oh, look! A sign of Spring!!!
Me and the sign of Spring!!!

JJJJJust a BBBBit FFFFFFFurtherrrrrrrrr......
Doesn't he look like a little boy?! I swear he morphed into a toddler in hyper speed. What happened to my tiny baby boy?
Man, is she cute! What a lucky mommy I am. I sometimes look at our kids and am amazed by what a gift they are. I love them so much, I could *POP*!
Yup, I even thinks she's cute here....

P.S. I had my hair fixed at the hair dresser the other day. Much better.... I am just happy that Liv didn't cut my hair to the scalp....I'd have to go all 'Britney bald'.