Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010 was so much fun! We have a new addition to our family to make the holidays even more special!
Here he is - J.J. with one of his favorite toys!

Here's the boys in their Christmas pajamas.

Here's the boys in their Christmas finest. Andrew ate a blue candy cane just before I took their picture...

On Christmas Eve, we went to my parent's house to open gifts. Here we are getting ready to tear into all those gifts!

Andrew loves anything Star Wars!

Here's the favorite toy I mentioned earlier.

I was trying to take a good picture of J.J. with the tree behind him. Neither the tree nor J.J. were cooperating. =0)

Here's the boys opening their Christmas Eve pajamas that you saw earlier.

Here's another attempt at getting a good picture of J.J. near the Christmas tree. Again, no cooperation. Naughty boy. =0)

Andrew's putting cookies out for Santa.

J.J. is too sleepy to care about cookies. He just wants his favorite toy.

Good thing Andrew was looking out for the both of them and left cookies for Santa. He came by and left some goodies for them in return. Here's the stockings.

Yes, that is a pink Bumbo chair J.J. is in. Luckily, he was a good boy this year so we got him a green one for Christmas. He just hasn't opened that gift prior to this picture...

Santa brought Andrew a Dippin' Dots maker. We tried it and it wasn't so great. Bummer. I guess we'll just have to buy the real stuff in the future.

Here's the green Bumbo chair! J.J. looks a little overwhelmed by the size of that gift for him.

Here's Andrew in one of his favorite gifts; a Badger snuggie.

I love this shirt Auntie Megan got J.J. "Good things come in small packages."

And look who is too tired to open his gift at Auntie Kristi and Uncle Steve's house?!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Andrew, age 7

My first baby is seven years old! Wow! He is in First Grade, he wears size 8 clothes (for length, we have to buy him slim because he is so skinny), he eats anything and everything when he is growing, but other than that, he just wants junk food (like his momma). He is an awesome swimmer, reader, and runner. He is a well-rounded, funny, handsome little man. He will be able to teach J.J. so much!

He is really into football right now and his favorite team is the University of Wisconsin Badgers. So, naturally, his party was football themed. He wore his Halloween costume.

Randi made him a Badger cake that was super yummy!

And Jeremy organized a game of flag football. There was also a football piñata that I failed to get pictures of.

It was a great time and so many of Andrew's family and friends came out to celebrate with him.

On his actual birthday, December 3rd, his request was to go to Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo.

We had a lot of fun walking around and looking at the lights. J.J. couldn't take his eyes off of all the twinkling lights! We all had a great time celebrating Andrew's birthday and, at the same time, receiving a little Christmas spirit to prepare us for the next few weeks.

Thanksgiving

And finally, her are some pictures of us from Thanksgiving:

3 Months Old

Look what's up next: J.J. turned 3 months old on November 27th!
I weighed him at home and he is coming in at 14.8 pounds! He's really chunking out, just like Andrew had done! He is in size 2 diapers and in 6-9 month clothing. Yikes! He's growing so fast!

He is a very smiley baby! If anyone looks him right in his face and talks to him; he'll smile at them. Especially if it's momma, dadda or brother.
He eats 5 ounces every 3 hours and sleeps at night from 9:00 pm-5:00 am, has a bottle then goes back to sleep until 8:00 am for another bottle. And he LOVES to sleep in his crib; at night and for his naps. I put him in there when he is wide awake and he falls asleep pretty much right away and with no fussing. Sometimes he'll talk to his toys for a little bit before sleeping.

We are so blessed by this little boy! He is so sweet, happy, and easy (so far). We love him!

Halloween

I'm a little behind... Let's play catch up. First up: Halloween!
This year we went to Schnepf Farms with Josh, Mindy, Derek, Kamryn, and Gail. We had a really fun time! The kids are at a good age to really enjoy the rides and walk around a lot without getting tired. J.J. just hung out in his stroller the whole time.

On Halloween night we went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood with Josh, Mindy, Derek and Kami.

Andrew has really taken a liking to the Wisconsin Badger football team (I'm sure because of watching the games with my parents) and I was lucky enough to find a Wisconsin football costume for him! He was so excited.

I call J.J. my little monkey butt (because his diapers have monkeys on them and he has a pair of pants with a monkey on his butt) so when I found this monkey costume at Target, I thought it was perfect. He was my little chunky monkey for Halloween!

Derek was Batman and Kami was Batgirl. I think it is so cute when siblings costumes match each other!

J.J. trick-or-treated in his stroller. Not really, he just went along for the ride. No candy for him this year. Jeremy said we had a mom come trick-or-treating with her baby that wasn't much older than J.J. I think he said the mom had no costume on, but she was saying trick-or-treat and taking the candy like her baby was going to be able to eat it. Weird.

The kids hit every house in our neighborhood and got a pretty good amount of candy! We all had fun!

2 Months

On October 27th, JJ turned 2 months old! He had his 2 month doctor visit that same day. He weighed 12.9 pounds and was 23 3/4 inches long. He's really filled out and is very alert and smiley! He takes a 5 oz. bottle every 3 hours during the day and at night he sleeps from 9:30-4:00, takes a bottle then goes back to sleep until 7:00. He wears size 3-6 months. He is very squirmy and strong (like Andrew was) and loves his pacifier. It calms him down. He's a very easy baby so far! He's a cutie!

At his 2 month check up, he had to have 5 vaccinations in 2 shots. I spent the afternoon holding a grumpy baby. He didn't want to be put down. Poor baby! But, I didn't mind one bit!

Andrew Update

As well as being the best big brother ever, Andrew has some other great adventures he is partaking in now-a-days:
SOCCER - he is a part of the Gilbert Soccer League. His team is made up of 9 other six year old boys called the Crushers! He loves soccer and is very good at it. He is a super fast runner, can dribble the ball well without looking, and has been working on his passing skills. He passed the ball to a teammate that scored a goal during the second game. He has scored two goals in the last 3 games. We love going out and watching him play!

FIRST GRADE - Andrew is doing really well in school. Last Friday they had the 1st Quarter Awards Day where Andrew received the Principal's Award for having all As and Bs. He had a B in Art class (due to absences when we were on vacation). He works really hard in class, still loves to read, his teacher has nothing but praise to report on him when we meet with her, and he comes home every day with a green light (meaning he is following directions and behaving). We are really proud of him!

6 Weeks

Look who's happy to be 6 weeks old!!