I was just pretending

This is Gretchen after she pretended to cut her hair. This is only one of the many sections she has decided to style on her own. She's butched almost the entire side above her right ear. What's funny is Mat and I were just saying that morning how Gretchen's hair was finally getting to a cute length where we could do something with it. That won't happen for a year now seeing that it is a whole two inches long.

So what's your hair cutting story? I know they're out there. My brother Brian chopped my bangs the day before my 3yr old portraits. Being the second child, you have just a few pictures to cherish and this was one of them.

Mother's Day

I think my wife is pretty amazing, and here is why. The day Becket was born, she was very nervous before the delivery. She kept saying she didn't think she was ready to be a Mom and didn't know what to do with a kid. Miraculously, minutes after giving birth, while she was first holding him in the recovery room, all that nervousness went away and I could see this new glow come over her. I was amazed how she physically looked different as she took on this new mantle of motherhood. Ever since, she has been completely focused on being a Mom, and I think she does an amazing job at it. She has been lucky to have a great mom and close friends who have all supported her along the way, but deserves most of the credit herself. She is constantly worrying about how to teach our kids what they need to know to survive in this world, and despite their, at times, bizarre personalities and objections to being taught, she manages to make them learn. Most of all, she just genuinely loves her kids, as all good mothers do. I'm very grateful I have her.

Piddle & Puddle

We've been getting some heavy rains lately, which Becket and Gretchen thoroughly enjoy. Despite wearing boots and using umbrellas, they always end up soaked to the skin.

Sleeping Booties

We don't care how or where they sleep, just as long as they sleep.