Here is an update on each member of our little family, smallest to largest! ;)
Owen:
Our little booger is nine months old. Yes, NINE. It makes my heart ache to think of my littlest baby growing up so fast. I am so blessed to be able to be home with him all of the time. He looks more and more like his big brother everyday. He hasn't walked all by himself yet, but he sure did try. He was walking along the couch the other day and was watching Jack and some daycare kids play and I think he forgot that he didn't know how to walk because he just sort of threw himself into a walk and landed flat on his face. Poor baby. He does, however, use a walker to get around and can almost turn it to where he wants to go! (A walker that he pushes, not that he sits in - he won't sit in that kind of walker anymore, he's way to independent!) He is eating all kinds of foods, but would love to just have crackers all day! He loves apples, strawberries, celery, bananas and squash. He says momma, dada and something that sounds like more. He is sleeping in his own crib (mostly) but still wakes up three or four times a night. He just can't get enough snuggles in with mommy. Though I hate losing the sleep, I love the cuddling.
Jack:
Oh my dearest Jack-a-roo! He's two. And a handful. He is so smart and sweet, but he is two. Anyone that's got a two year old or ever had a child that's been two can understand. He LOVES Thomas the train and Elmo (but, he calls Elmo 'Alf Alf' - I have no idea where he got that). We live close enough to a train track that two or three times a day he can hear a train and he stops everything and just holds as still as he can until the noise is gone and then he'll yell 'BYE BYE CHOO CHOO TRAIN!'. He does the same thing with airplanes. He is still a blanket baby and refuses to have an owie or sleepy time without it. He loves 'brush tooth brush' and 'BAFS' (brushing his teeth and baths), especially in mommy's bathroom. He is such a good big brother and helps Owen with getting toys, wiping his nose and getting him a diaper. He also LOVES helping me cook. He has started talking in complete sentences - 'Mom, I want more juice', 'I fall down', 'I want more cookies' - It's so nice to be able to understand what he needs and help him!
Me:
I'm hanging in there. This staying-at-home-no-adult-interaction thing is a HUGE adjustment still after almost a year. But, I love it. I wouldn't ever want to give it up. I also love having other children around for my kiddos to play with and so the daycare thing isn't terrible (I just have one bad apple that seems to spoil things sometimes). I'm back to the pant size I was before kids, though not happy with where everything is...just is (and yes, I'm saying this as I'm baking chocolate chip cookies). We eat healthy, I run around with kids all day, I am comfortable with my skin and I have a husband who loves me. I will eat cookies until my heart is content! :)
Clayton:
Ooh my dear husband. Well, I know you are all dying to know (I say that like I have a huge following...HA) but his face is almost all better! Within the past two days I've noticed a huge improvement and yesterday he smiled at me. It gave me butterflies and stopped me mid sentence when I was talking to him. I almost cried. It's been so hard not being able to nurse him back to health (I mean, what could I have done? Face massages?) and having it be such an obvious thing, I'm just glad for it to be gone. He loves his job and is such a great daddy to our boys.
Other than all of that there really isn't anything new to report. We haven't taken very many pictures, and I could try to come up with a good reason as to why but there really isn't one. I'm committing to being better about that. I used to be so good with weekly updates of Jack and then life just has a way of sneaking up on you and laundry has to be folded and dinner has to be made!
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| We went to McCall for the Winter Carnival! |
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| Clay and I look so mad, but we had a really great time, I swear. This is Zoe pulling Jack! |
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| Trying to keep warm in the car! |
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| Jack before... |
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| Jack after! :) |
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