Ari and his hat

Since I have not been  great about posting things on my personal blog lately, I thought I would do a personal post here. I don’t want this site full of pics of my kids, but once in a while I’ll share them here.

Today was one of those days where I felt like I got nothing done and while I was hoping to cross things off my to-do list, it seems I just kept adding to it. While doing the dishes,  Ari walked up to me with his jeans on and said “hat on”, handing me this adorable hat that he has refused to put on until today. I put it on him and just melted looking at him standing there in his jeans with no shirt on and that hat.  I decided the dishes could wait and brought him outside to take a few pictures. He was working with me for about 10 minutes, until the other kids found us, but in that 10 minutes I got some photos of him that I will treasure forever.

This little guy warms my heart and really does give me exactly what I need to keep me sane on even the hardest days. Todd and I are amazed with the things he does and says. He repeats EVERYTHING anyone says and actually seems to understand most of it. He also has this tendency to say things twice which is just adorable.  He says things like “cream cream” for ice cream, “bowl bowl” for bowling and “drawn drawn” for draw. He knows how to use my iphone  “phone game now”  and like most 2 year old boys, love trains and balls. Ari gives the best kisses and hugs and just adores Zoe. When she is upset, he walks up to her and hugs her and says “zoe hug”. He is a total comedian and knows just what to do to get a laugh out of his siblings and can just as easily put on the sad face when he needs to. During out little 10 minute shoot he just kept saying “1, 2, cheese”. I love this boy!