Walk Like A....

Duck?!

Such a Silly Goose!!

2 Months!

My little Buster....at 2 months old you are 23 inches long and weigh exactly 11lbs. Although this is only average on the curve, compared to your sister, who didn't weigh 11lbs until she was 4 months old, you are a small giant. You are getting so big way too fast....you are rolling over from your belly to your back, you are sleeping through the night (anywhere from 7-9 hour stretches usually, but every few days you relapse and wake up at 2am) and you are melting my heart with your charming smile and interactive coos. You love to be in your momma's arms and you absolutely adore your big sister. You follow her with your eyes and always smile when she looks at you. and I think she is finally developing a fondness for you too ;) Although she still ignores you 80% of the time, she is beginning to torment you less and less and will actually try to "help" you sometimes when you are crying, by vigorously rocking your infant carrier, pushing you in your swing or turning the music on on your bouncer. Believe it or not, she really doesn't like to see you cry and I think she does enjoy your company. Wherever we go, whether it be upstairs, downstairs, on a walk, in the car, she always asks if "baby comee too" (baby coming too) and she will even refer to you as "baby Takey" (baby Jakey) sometimes, instead of just "baby". So although we still have a ways to go, we are at least making progress. And I have no doubt that if you just keep flashing her that adorable little smirk of yours, you will capture her heart just like you have mine ;) I love you so much, my little man!

he does this cute little side smirk that i just love!

We had some special visitors this month...Great Uncle Jerry and Great Aunt Susan stopped by to meet the little guy....and Rylee found a new buddy in Great Uncle Jerry. She pretty much didn't leave his side the whole visit. She especially liked that he let her play with his glasses....since Daddy never lets her play with his ;)

And one of my bestest friends also came to visit for a weekend. Jake loved being in Aunt Megan's arms and would almost instantly pass out anytime she would hold him....

speaking of sleeping...not so sure how this sideways head position thing can be comfortable?!


tummy time! Unlike his sister, this guy loves to be on his belly!

Doggy time!

and finally....Sister time!yes, she is actually giving him a kiss!

yes, she is actually reading him a book!

and yes, she is actually checking on him...

and trying to figure out how to make him stop crying.

Oh I just love having two little munchkins!!

Our Hallowee-kend....

Was BUNCHES of FUN!

Here's a recap of all our TRICKS and TREATS...

Halloween Morning TRICK:

Starting off our day waiting in line for 2 hours to get the H1N1 vaccine.

Halloween Morning TREAT: The relief of having this controversial decision behind me and the hopes for a healthy winter! I'm done obsessing.

Halloween Afternoon TRICK:
Killing Rylee's beloved pumpkin

which was quite traumatic...

for both kids.

Halloween Afternoon TREAT:

Eventually realizing that pumpkin guts are FUN!

And even Jacoboo cheered up.

temporarily.

Halloween Evening TRICK:

Trying to get a monkey and a bunch of bananas to sit still and look at the camera.

We finally opted for individual shots...

and yes, they are certified organic ;)

Halloween Evening TREAT:

Duh!

Although at first collecting leaves was far more appealing then candy for this little monkey.

but eventually there was a change of heart.

Especially after she got her first taste of Hershey's chocolate :)Day after Halloween TRICK:

Our Security alarm going off and Rylee making friends with the policeman that showed up in our driveway.

Day after Halloween TREAT:

Enjoying some gorgeous fall weather outside as a family.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

The Jake-O-Lantern

And a halloween message from my other little pumpkin...

Quarantined

I apologize for the little bloggy break, but Rylee, Jake and I were "vacationing" at my parents house all last week. Ryan is super busy at work right now, so the kids and I headed to Ytown where Grammy and Papa could enjoy the little ones and I could enjoy the the extra hands :) We had a busy week planned with lots of visits with friends and family, but that all came to a screeching halt when Miss Rylee woke up Sunday morning with a red, puffy, rashy face and a low grade fever.

does it look like i smacked her in the face?!

For fear of the darn swine flu swarming all the doctors offices and urgent cares, I refused to take her to the dr's unless the symptoms got significantly worse or her fever spiked really high (thankfully it never did!), so we never really found out what it was she had, but from what I have read and heard it sounds like it could have been Fifth's Disease. Or just a virus. But regardless... unfortunately it lasted the entire time we were home....for 7 days she had a low grade fever and a rash that would come and go all day long. Literally, one minute her face would look normal and the next she would have red "slap" marks all over it. She also had little red bumpy rashes all over her arms and legs that would come and go. it was really weird. So poor Rylee...I had her on house arrest the whole week! Supposedly once the rash breaks out, she is no longer contagious, be we still wanted to play it safe and keep her away from people, considering she had a fever. But anyways, regardless of the fact that it stunk that Rylee was sick, I still had fun catching up and seeing lots of my high school friends that were in town, as well as just being home with my family, watching them enjoy my little ones! And honestly, if it wasn't for the rash that kept appearing on Rylee's face, you would never have even known she was sick! Her spirits were still high and whatever it was she had didn't keep her from having fun....

watching football...TOUCHDOWN!

and finger painting with Aunt Maura

and tormenting her brother... (notice Jake's little bare feet and the thief caught red handed!)

and just being her silly little self!

And of course, sick or not, my parents enjoyed having the little pumpkins all week!

Thanks everyone for a great week! and sorry for those of you we had to cancel plans with because of Rylee's mystery rash. We were so bummed :(

Tummy Time for Two

Finally there is something Rylee will do with her baby brother. She doesn't show much interest in him at all, but the second I say we are going to do "tummy time", she wants to lay right down on the floor and do "tu tie" with him. So maybe there is hope! We just have to keep a close watch to make sure she doesn't whack him in the back, kick him in the head, or drop her books on him ;)

Family of three, we'll no longer be

We didn't know it at the time, but this was our last weekend as a family of three. Five days after these pictures were taken, our new little man entered our lives and made us a family of four.

Who knew life could be any better than this?

But now it is.

We are so blessed!