Happy New Year

We've had a lovely New Year. We spent the Eve of the year at church playing in a rock band. Brian played bass and sang lots of songs. I played clarinet and shaker in one song. I'm glad my education is going to good use. Gabe loved seeing his Dad perform, but sadly his attention did not last for the entire hour and a half long set. This morning, we invited some friends over for brunch. Now Brian is at work at the little boys are sleeping.

At the New Year, we're grateful for many, many things - but mostly our boys. We love them to pieces and bits.

Here is Gabe trying to convince me on a cold, rainy day, it would be fun to go outside. He was pressing his face against the screen, hence the dirty noise. (The things that teach you how dirty your house really is...)

Gabe's attempts were successful. I let him go outside for one minute. As you can seen, he didn't have that great of a time. He got cold.

Here, Gabriel is trying to use those persuasive powers to get his brother excited about the medical profession. Maybe the boys can establish a joint practice, although Josh doesn't look too excited about the prospect.

And this smile is just infectious. I can barely stand it when he smiles at me like this - it causes the eating of cheeks. Even Gabe tries to eat Joshua's cheeks off.