"GERIN!!"

My kiddos love their "Gerin!" Erin, our babysitter, has become part of the family while I go out parttime to work for corporate America. Without her, Grace still would probably be in diapers and sleeping a crib... Davis snuggles up to her the minute she walks in.

We feel very safe and blessed to have her in our lives, and are not above locking her in the basement if she ever threatens to leave us (at least for the next 5 years or so).

As proof that she is one of us, Grace refused to smile for the camera in a Christmas picture with her too. Knowing that my favorite pastime is taking photos, Gracie refuses these days to cooperate. I hear the terrible 2's are nothing compared to the 3s?!? Maybe I'll get another picture of her, without a surprise or a bribe, by her 4th birthday...

Swinging....

Don't take my picture, Heather!!