this is him. and her. and other him.

here we are folks.  this is us. not much has changed. i'm 29 in this picture, so this is when time stood still. 

sure, the kids have gotten bigger.  and stopped wearing diapers.  and possibly stopped letting us hold them like this in family photos. possibly.  although, i'd like to recreate this picture soon.  #bucketlist

20+ pounds on all parties involved in this picture is beside the point.  the point is, stop judging.

the hunky dude on the right, is my hubby.  i like him.  he's neat. and i know he loves me because he likes correcting my grammar.  and he politely changes the radio station when a pop song comes on that i like love.  because pop music is terrible and i should listen to system of a down. and volbeat. and such.

this chick. my first born. she made me a mom.  it was the best job that anyone could give me.  and she continues to keep me challenged at said job on a daily basis.  she has great hair and a heart of pure gold. neither of which she inherited from me. 

she is unknowingly hilarious most of the time. 

and gosh, she's pretty.  she loves her family, her friends, evan peters from american horror story, my clothes and shoes, and acting like a goofball.  

she's a soccer player, a singer, a swimmer and a drama queen. she bleeds with talent and potential that she doesn't even know she has. time has gone by entirely too fast. i hate it.

this kid. my baby. he's awesome. he stopped letting me carry him to bed recently. sure it was awkward when his feet were dragging the ground. and i kept dropping him. whatever. 

he rarely takes a picture with a normal face. 

he can annoy his sister at the drop of a hat.  it's a gift. 

he loves to be with his family.  unless it's somewhere where his friends are. then he prefers them fully. almost like we have the plague.  

he's gifted according to his teachers. and his test scores. but i say the jury is still out. the kid has been working on a rubik's cube for weeks. don't they have youtube videos for that?  gifted.

to say he's athletic is an understatement. some kids are born with talent. some work really hard to achieve their goals. he's both. 

he's the most accident prone person i know.  truly. he takes my breath away.

they make me crazy. they make each other crazy. i yell. a lot. 

i love them all.

-stacy