Meadows Family: January Picture Catch Up

Well, I blinked and January was gone! We have been busy and I guess I just didn't realize it until I started thumbing through pictures and realized what all I HADN'T posted! I think sometimes I forget about the good ol' blog since I post everything on Facebook! But, since it has been forgotten, I have done my duty to catch you up! During January, Berk has gone to two stockshows and has grown fond of them. She especially loved when her friend Bryson came to the one in Lamesa and they got to look at pigs together. Jack is now 10 months old and I am in the stages of getting stuff ready for his first birthday party! I can't believe that it has almost been a year! He now has 6 teeth and probably weighs around 26-28 lbs. He is not walking yet (Berk was already full-fledged walking by now) and he seems to really not have any interest as long as someone will carry him! He will push toys all day long, but when you take it away and tell him to walk, he just plops down. He is saying "Uh oh" and knows what it means; we play a game every feeding time where he will drop his cup, look at us and then say "Uh." He is on whole milk in his two bottles a day (in the morning and before bed), but seems to have his periods where he could care less about them. Berkley is still being a typical two year old with her tantrums, selfishness and moodiness, but we are working through it. I must say that all those "terrible two" things are just minimal when she looks at you with those big blue eyes and says "Cuddle with me mama!" She has become a big fan of "Sid the Science Kid" on PBS Kids and in all honesty, watches too much of him! Thad and I have been working like usual and nothing new on the homefront really! I have started sewing (GASP!) and am making camera straps to start selling. I am also trying to get my foot in the door with photography (hence the TONS of pictures that I have been taking lately). I have done some maternity pictures for some friends of ours (and soon newborn pictures for them) and some senior pictures for my sister-in-law and then just tons of pictures of the kids. I am hoping to get some other kids/families/seniors/babies in front of the camera soon! I am going to a workshop this weekend to hopefully be overwhelmed with knowledge so I can build on it. I love doing it and hope that it can be something to fulfill my artistic side along with teaching. So anyway that is about it. I am sure I have missed TONS but that's neither here nor there. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Meadows

One of our many photo shoots (this was the first of hte month)

Jack and his cup

Photoshoot (first of the month)

Berk has become a BIG fan of gum

See how sweet she looks!

After the Welch stockshow. Rusty was kind enough to give her a trophy even though she threw a wall-eyed fit when I tried to get her to go and show one of the lambs with Jessica!