How many tries does it take?

To get 3 almost 1 year olds to hold still for a picture. Let's see:

ONE:

(by the way, this is an action shot of how Chase now stands himself up w/ no hands - A-mazing, I know.)

TWO:

(Chase is thinking: "what is this weird stuff you have on your head?" It is called hair, son.

What is that Milana is chugging away on Val?)

THREE:

(ok, so sort of staying still)

FOUR:

Yipee! so actually all looking at the camera would be down right impossible - we take what we can get. My friend Julie was in town visiting (with Liam - other little boy that is 2 weeks older than Chase) and since it may be a long time before we see her again, I wanted to take a pic of all the babies together.

So I think as a mom you have a "moment" when you realize your baby is not a baby anymore. I had that moment the other day. I was folding laundry while Chase was happily entertaining himself and I looked over at him and thought "what happened to my baby?" I just stopped what I was doing and just sat and watched him for a while. Sometimes I think I don't do that enough -just watch him. And then I felt this overwhelming feeling to remember him, exactly as he is now, because before I know it he is going to be grown up.