random pictures to share

check out our big man! he's been wanting to stand since, oh, he was less than 24 hours old. a friend of mine came to see me in the hospital when he was born--and caught him in the act of trying to stand up on my lap. she quickly told him "you are ONE DAY OLD--act like it!" :) he absolutely loves to stand. (psst! those are the closet mirror doors which ryan put up in our room--i LOVE them!).
he doesn't seem too enthused, but i was trying my hand at taking pictures with my arm stretched out. i had a roommate in college who perfected this technique.
here i am at it again. this was at the soccer games this past weekend. evelyn got upset cause i wasn't taking any of her--so here she is!

snuggle time with daddy on the bed. this always brings a smile to my face cause i remember doing this exact thing with my own dad in his room in st. louis. we don't eat peanuts in bed (an old canlas family tradition), but snuggle and wrestle time is what we do.

ok, for some reason, seeing this picture reminds me a lot of my own mother. maybe cause at first glance it looks like her (when i was just a toddler). a smile while being with her children...that's all you see in my pictures while growing up. :) love you mom.