Center of Attention

This picture accurately depicts the role that Benjamin has taken in our family.  Whenever he's around we don't need conversation.  We just watch every movement Ben makes.  Every. Single. One. Because it's so darn cute.  On the occasion that we do have conversation it ends up something like this:

Tara:  Who wants to hold Ben?

Everyone in the room: Me! Me! Pick ME!!!

Leah: I need some attention too...

Erin: Ben just sneezed! How cute!

Josh: (Proud father face)

Trent: I think I made him cry again...

Leah: Did anyone hear me? 

Chase:  Look at his little nose!

Mom: Oh, I just love this little boy!

Leah: You love me too.  Right?

Dad:  I think he looks like me.

Leah: Right, Mom?  You love me?

Tate: (clear from the MTC) I'm Ben's favorite uncle!

Leah: Ben just smiled at me!  Ohmygosh he is so cute!!!


You guys, he is REALLY cute. Even if any real conversation is non-existent when he's around.  He is definitely loved in our family.

Sister Pride

Long gone are the days when.....

 We would put glow in the dark beads on our eyelids at night with the hope that we would scare each other in the dark with our "creepy eyes".  We were strange children.  I realize that now.

We would stay up way past our bedtime giggling like little girls in our shared room.  We weren't always little when this happened.

We would fight, like only sisters can, over our minimal bathroom space.  Before you judge, YOU try and share a two and a half foot counter space with another teenage girl.  Let me know how that goes.

We would make up our own slang term to replace a word that was 'bad'.  Little did we know at the time that the word we made up actually meant something worse than the word we replaced.  The price of being way too innocent.

Now she has a husband, a baby, and a college degree (well, almost).  I'm so proud of you Tara!!!

Kayvree Maddox - 4 months old

 Thanks Jamie for letting me spend some time with this sweet girl!

 

 

Benjamin Ricks

 

 Welcome to the family kiddo.