So – it has been months and months since I have posted anything on here – I vowed to do so well this year =( I have just been so busy with so many things I haven’t had a moments rest to post – which is bad because I really should be taking the time to get it all up here!

I am starting a new workshop put on by my dear cousin, Christy Tomlinson, called “Your Living Canvas 6 week Workshop”. I am SOOOO excited for this workshop to begin! I have a feeling it is going to be very rewarding and life changing. While we will be doing art journals I also wanted to update things online to share – so I figured I better get started posting now and get the rest of our lives up to date first.

I would highly recommend Christy’s workshop – you won’t regret it – you can find more details on it here:

As I think about the task of updating my blog it is a bit daunting =) I think I will ease into the updates with a few different posts – taking each family member and updating them separately – hopefully that way I will not get overwhelmed like I seem to do so often and then it never gets done!! So – for now just a quick not to show that I am still among the living!

Can you believe it ?!? 5 months already – cute little Tayson has brought so much joy and laughter to our family – he is such a sweet little guy and is always so happy (well, almost always).  He was born smiling and has not stopped since!!

He is changing so quickly I feel like if I even blink I am going to miss something.   This past week he started on “solids” and is loving it, well, at least he loves what actually makes it into his mouth!!

His favorite toy right now is his little monkey (from his play gym) and his bouncer.  He loves to play with both and shows so much personality when doing so.  His jungle gym is so much fun, he loves batting at all the hanging animals – but the monkey is his favorite!  We tie the little monkey’s tail around the hanging butterflies and Tayson will pull on the monkey until he pulls it off and then attacks the monkey with slobbery goodness – here is a cute shot of him looking up at his monkey on the bouncer:

Can those cheeks be any cuter???  I think not.

He loves to play in his bouncer and now that he can finally touch the ground (we used to have to put a book or pillow under him) he can get some pretty good jumps in – he even surprises himself sometimes when he gets a few inches off of the ground!  A few days after we got the bouncer Tayson stayed in it for over an hour and plain tuckered himself out:

Not a day goes by that I am not grateful for this little guy.  He seriously has brought so much joy to our family already – he is so full of personality – I cannot wait to see how he is as he continues to develop and grow.

Here are a few more of my favorites:

Tayson chillin’ on the couch

And last but not least – a fun little trio we like to call “The 3 degrees of Glory”

What a good sport Tayson is – and for the record, these faces are seriously all natural – no pinching or anything was involved to get the different levels of expression!! =)