A Few Updates

-We are all 4 fighting colds.  It has made for a pretty slow week for us, but the boys are both holding up pretty well considering how congested they are.

-C has mastered the art of rolling over!  He has rolled over twice randomly before, but as of yesterday, he has figured it out for good.  Anytime I put him on his back, he ends up on his belly in a few seconds.  This has made for some sleep adjustments since he loves to be swaddled when he sleeps.  The last two nights I've woken up to C making noise.  When I looked over at him, he had moved around so much that the blanket had come unswaddled and was wrapped around his head!  We used a sleep positioner last night and that seemed to work pretty well.  It keeps him in one place so he can't get out of his blanket.

-We're having another open house this weekend.  We have one family that wants to come through for a second showing, but their daughter just had surgery so I don't know when that will be.  Hopefully soon!  It's getting harder to keep our house in showing condition with C being awake more often and wanting to play instead of just swing.  

That's about it... as I said, it's been a slow week.  

So I was off a little...

C's 4 mo. appt was today. It went really well, but I thankful guessed his weight too high. He's "only" 16 lbs. 13 oz.... not the 18 I thought he would be. The frugal side of me is super thankful since it means he won't outgrow his carseat as quickly as I had thought he might!

I will post his 4 mo. pics when I get a chance. He really is getting so big... quite the chunk, but always with a smile on his face!

Good Morning, Mommy

They grow up so fast.  I know everyone says that, but it really is true.  Just a few months ago, A had only a few sounds that he knew.  He could say "ma", but it didn't mean me necessarily.  This morning, daddy got him out of bed.  He came running into the kitchen with  Duck in his hands and his hair all messed up.  He looked at me with a big smile and said as clear as day, "Good Morning, Mommy."  It was one of those moments that mean nothing but mean everything at the same time.  

Other updates:  Baby C is growing so fast.  I can't wait to see what he weighs in at tomorrow for his 4 month appt.  I'm guessing 18 pounds, but we'll see.  He is extremely close to rolling over... he just keeps getting one of his arms stuck and can't quite push over.  He is such a happy, smiley baby.  He is so easy going and laid back, which is great since his older brother is anything but laid back.  We went to storytime at the library today and then a birthday party for two of A's storytime buddies.  Baby C did great!  He only cried when I put him back in his car seat.  As long as he wasn't strapped in, he was full of smiles and coos.  

I guess that's it for now.  I hear C waking up, so I need to go get him.  Hopefully pics to follow soon.  

Beach Photos

Since I have so many pics from the trip, I decided to post them on picasa.  It takes a lot less time to upload them all.  So, here's the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/hawleykj/NCTrip2009#

Enjoy!  It was so fun to look back through these and remember the fun of the week.  

beach trip!

We just got back from a fabulous vacation with my family. I have to sort through all of our pics still (there were so many!), but here's one I got from my sister. That is one proud grandpa with his grandkids (next year the babies can be in the shot, too!). We had so much fun and are adjusting to the normal, quiet life without 16 people around. More pics and stories to follow.

Yitto

P's cousins visited last weekend.  His oldest cousin had a rugby tourney in Cincinnati, so the whole fam came down for the games.  It was great to get to see them, and the brought with them their new dog (only a few weeks old).  It doesn't have a name yet, so A kept calling him "little"... of course it came out as "Yitto".  He still asks for the cousins by name, and he wonders when "Yitto" will come to play.

A few more random pics

A's goofy face

C hanging with daddy.  He has some of the greatest facial expressions.

Baby C: 3 months old

A LOVES to be "nakey".  This is his favorite way to run around the house.  Of course, any time someone has skin showing (short sleeve shirt, bare feet, shorts, etc), A isn't used to it because of the many layers worn during winter, so he'll yell out "You Nakey!"  We have to cure him of this before summer kicks into full swing.  The neighbors will wonder when they hear A yelling "Mommy Nakey!"

I unwrapped C from his nap, and his hand was in the pocket of these sweatpants.  It was adorable!  I ran to get the camera, and he got so excited that he flailed his arm right out of the pocket.  I was a second too late!

Outdoor fun

We couldn't be more thankful that Spring has finally arrived.  A loves to be outside.  He is a completely different kid on the days when he gets fresh air.  We have been blessed with some of the greatest neighborhood friends.  Within a stretch of 6 houses, there are 12 kids, most of them 5 and under, and the love to play with A.  Here are some pics from this week.  They are playing with a bubble gun.  They loved spraying bubbles everywhere (including each other's hair!).  It was fun to see A having such a blast with his friends.

My Turn

Over and over, I've seen it to be true that little kids only want what someone else has.  A is learning the art of sharing, so after C has had some time in the exersaucer, I always hear "My Turn."  I don't know how it can be comfortable, but A loves to play in the exersaucer now, even with it set on the lowest level.  Before C was born, I'm sure I couldn't bribe him to get in it.  But now that someone else seems to be having fun, A doesn't want to be left out.  

I asked A to get his pic taken with C.  I was envisioning them standing a little closer together! 

3 Months Old

Baby C is now 3 months old!  He has FINALLY outgrown the colicky stage!  He truly is a sweet boy who loves to smile and laugh.  He is much more alert and loves to see the world around him.  Here are a few recent pics of our little man.

10 years old?

So, A went to bed as a 2 year old, and I think he woke up as a 10 year old. He has said some of the craziest things this morning.

*He wanted to read me a story from the Bible, so I randomly opened to a page. He said, "Jesus. John. Baptize." Now, we've read that story before, but I had NO IDEA he knew anything about it. I was floored!

*Then we were doing a puzzle with a fire truck. He said, "Night." I had no idea what he was talking about. Then he expanded. "Fire truck. Night. One, two, three." Last night we went for a walk and saw three fire trucks.

*One of the puzzle pieces had a cloud on it, and he was trying to put it at the bottom. I said, "Where do we look for clouds?" trying to get him to put it at the top. His answer was, "Miss Patti's class. Clouds? No clouds. Eat." This past week at his speech class, we went out side to look for clouds, but there was not a single cloud in the sky. So we went inside for snack time.

All this from a kid that only knew two words four months ago! I feel like there were a lot more stories just from this morning, but I can't remember them and I am running out of time to type. I'll try to add more later. And I'll try to add pics. I know I have a lot of pics to catch up on since the camera has been fixed.