New Year's Resolution Part Two - Mama's Boy

So, like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have severely neglected my responsibility of taking pictures of my own family in the last couple of years. I spend a lot of time taking pictures of other people and when it comes time to document the moments in my life, I slack off. This year, I vowed to myself that I would make a conscious effort to take more pictures of John, Lucie, Shawn, and myself. So, here is part two of my New Year's Resolution post! Yay!

My little guy is four and a half. He is almost always barefoot, wearing pants with holes in the knees, and with dirt under his fingernails. Now, before I start to sound like a really bad mom, let me explain. This child is ALL BOY. He practically came out of my belly with bruises...come to think of it, he actually did enter this world with a bruised nose and swollen lip. When other babies rolled around on their backs contentedly admiring mobiles, my little man was trying desperately to pull himself up on the furniture, falling all over the place, and getting into everything!

These days, he insists on dressing himself to my chagrin. He seeks out danger (I spent two mornings in a row in the ER a couple of weeks ago...for separate incidents!). And no matter how clean he looks when he gets out of the shower, the dirt appears under his nails within a couple of hours. So, that said, I really wanted one batch of pictures of him with shoes on and gel in his hair. Don't worry! We spent about twenty minutes taking pictures before he talked his way into an ice cream cone... so much for the clean face!