three and a half

On Feb 6th Londyn turned 3 1/2. Crazy!!

She is such a fun girl and man is she ALL girl! She's my drama queen...

My ballerina girl...

And my little princess.
I love you girlie girl!

6 months

On Feb. 4th Jackson turned 6 months! (That went fast!) We were in MN when he turned half a year and then he has been sick, so I am just getting around to doing this post.
At his 6 month check-up he was 6 months and 1 week.
he weighed 19 lbs 4 oz 85th %le
Ht. was 27.6 inches 85th %le
and head was 17.5 inches- 70th%le

He got 4 shots, which he was not happy about. He cried pretty good when he got them, then he stopped and would just start crying again off and on until we got to the car. Poor baby. Luckily he had a nice long nap when we got home. This is him after his nap checking out his bandaid on his leg.

At 6 months he is a pro at sitting up. He loves to sit on the floor and play with toys. He also loves to motor around the kitchen in his walker and jump around like crazy in his jumper. He loves food. He eats all of the vegetables, but squash w/ corn is his favorite. He's not so sure about fruits yet, but he'll eat pieces of a real banana. His Dr. said there are new food guidlines and that the only thing he can't have until he's 1 is honey. So he's tasted yogurt, bread, potato soup, etc... and loves them all.

He's a relly good sleeper during the day. He usually takes 2 good naps, or 3 short naps. He goes down really easy and loves his crib. At night it's a different story! He goes down well, but then he usually wakes up about 45 min. later and needs to ne reswaddled or burped. Then he's up every 2-4 hrs. Uh! I think we'll start letting him cry it out when he's totally over his sickness.

He loves his big sister and thinks she's pretty funny (most of the time!). He loves to grab her and they even roll around together on the bed. He also likes to pull her hair. She doesn't like that too much! On Feb 13th he cut his 1st tooth. He was the exact same age Londyn was when she got her 1st tooth, to the day! He also said his 1st word the other night, "mama"! He was sick and up in the middle of the night. Cody was holding him and trying to get him to stop crying and while he was crying he said "mama"!
I can't believe the first 6 months have come and gone. But I am excited to watch him learn and grow over the next 6 months!

Minnesota

The 1st week of Feb. we went to MN with Cody. He had some business meeting Wed.-Fri. and then the rest of his family came out for the weekend to celebrate his grandma's 90th birthday!

The kids did great on the plane. The hard part was getting through the airport with all of our bags, 2 carseats and a stroller! I'm sure we looked really funny!

Londyn had a BLAST playing with her cousin Charlie. He lives in Las Vegas so they don't get to see each other very often.

This is Jackson at the birthday party. He figured out how to put food in his mouth by himself. It was pretty funny. Except he destroyed my roll!

Mall of America

I finally fulfilled my dream to go to the Mall of America! So cool! Next time I go I want to go with money to shop! This time we onlyhad about an hour so we just took Londyn to the amusement park.

Her favorite ride was the orange roller coaster behind her and Jackson.

This little coaster was pretty lame.

And as you can see she was not excited about the last ride. It took you staright up and then dropped you several times. She hated it!!

"Sew" Happy

During the Christmas/New Year's break I found a couple of good fabric stores and did some fun projects!

I made this baby blanket and burp clothe for Cody's boss' wife, who just had their 3rd baby girl in January. I loved the fun bright colors.

Then I made 2 of these big pillows for our living room. The fabric was only $5/yard so both pillows were only like $8-$10 to make, including the stuffing.

And then we attempted to make a relaxed roman shade for the window above our tub. It turned out pretty good. It needs a little modification, but it was only about $20 to make vs. paying some one $200 (at least) to custom make one.

I'm still not that great at sewing, but I'm having fun learning as I go!

views

2 of the views from our new house.

Pretty sunset.

Herd of deer crossing the street.

5 months

Jackson is 5 months today! Last week he decided he wanted to sit-up! I couldn't believe it! Londyn was 6 1/2 mo. when she sat up. He has really good balance.

I would guess he weighs close to 18lbs now. He started to eat rice cereal and oatmeal and really likes them both. I was hoping the cereal would help w/his spitting up, but it didn't. I tried peas last week, but he wasn't too sure about those. He is a very happy kid. He loves to smile and laugh and talk. He is a thrill seeker and loves it when dad throws him around.

He is teething and that's about the only time he cries. Teething tablets and chewing on his fingers seem to help. He found his thumb, but doesn't suck it. He just chews on it! He loves to lay on his back and grab his toes. He takes one 2 hr nap and two 30-45min. naps. He doesn't sleep that great at night. He still gets up at least twice.

He also loves his walker. Londyn was 8 0r 9 months when we got that for her. He can scoot backwards across the entire kitchen floor.

Love that little man!

Deep thoughts by Londyn

So we had plans for tonight to go to dinner with Cody's brother and his wife at 7:00o. At 5:00 Londyn fell asleep on the couch and Jackson needed to take a nap at 6:30. So at 6:00, when Londyn was still asleep and Jackson was getting cranky, I thought maybe we should just forget about it and stay home. I thought it would have been better for the kids. But.... Cody convinced that they would be fine and we left.
As we were driving on I-15 Cody asks why I didn't want to go to dinner, and I said because I felt guilty. That I should be a better mom and keep my kids home when they are tired. A little while later Cody says, "I'm going to have a lemonade at dinner." I say, "Yeah, me too, that sounds good." And Londyn says, "Yeah mom, you need a lemonade because it will wash the guilty away, huh?"
So funny!

Earlier today Cody came home for lunch and we were eating left over pork burritos and he proceeded to drip pork juice all over the front of his shirt. Londyn says, "It's ok, we have OxiClean and it gets tough stains out in the wash."
I think she's seen one too many oxiclean commercials!

Santa

The kids got to visit Santa while we were in Louisiana earlier this month.

4 months

Jackson turned 4 months on December 4th. ( that went by fast!) His stats were:
Ht.: 26in -90th %ile
Wt.: 16lbs 15oz -90th %ile
Head: 16.8in - 50th%ile

He is such a fun, happy baby. Things he loves:
-standing up
-grabbing his toes
-rolling from side to side
-chewing on his fingers
-playing in his baby einstein jumper
-plaing w/links
-talking
-flapping his arms
-watching his sister run around like a crazy maniac
-taking baths

We are so glad you are part of our family. We love you baby Jackson!
(below- Londyn at 4 months)

ThAnKsGiViNg

This year for Turkey day we headed up to Idaho to my grandma's house. We hadn't been there since Londyn was Jackson's age. We had a great time. We left early Thursday morning and got there just in time for lunch. There were 25 family members (i think!) there so it was a good time!

The pies this year were great! Londyn really did love the pumpkin pie, eventhough you can't tell by her blank face! My favorites this year were the apple and the chocolate!

Me and my Girl and Boy!

Some of my cousins- Megan and Josh (from Boise) and the twins, Sam and Karli (from Pocatello).

Friday night we watched the Boise game at my Uncle Dave and Aunt Gracie's house and Sam was very proud of herself for getting Jackson to sleep. She's only 7, but she loves babies!
We came home Saturday morning and didn't have to stop once. The kids did great in the car! We had a great Thanksgiving and have so much to be grateful for.

Circus Baby

Cody and Jackson have a new trick.

He LOVES to balance in Cody's hands like this!

He gets super stiff and just smiles REALLY big! Makes me a little nervous sometimes, but it's SO funny!

Sippy cup time? Already?!

Jackson thinks he's ready for a sippy cup!