Grammie visits

My mom came to visit the week before Thanksgiving. We are trying to get our house ready to put on the market and she was a HUGE help to me!

Jake being silly. He wanted to wear my glasses, and then wouldn't take them off. I think he looks pretty good in glasses!

Grammie and Luke.

Grammie and Jake.

Halloween

I have gotten horrible about blogging, so I will just try to catch up!

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Jake was Superman! We went trick or treating at a nursing home, a fall festival at the Y and on Halloween night. Luke was a baby for Halloween, and he did a great job being a baby! :)

Luke out trick or treating

Practicing trick or treating.

My handsome men at the fall festival.

Jake is all about trucks right now, so he was very excited to be able to sit in a real firetruck!

Farm with Kirk

We had just been to Lucky Ladd Farms with my mom and sister, but I really wanted to take the kids back with Kirk. So, last weekend we made the drive down to the farm. We had a great time. Jake loves Kirk so much and he had a great time hanging out with him and playing. This trip, Jake pretty just wanted to play in the corn pit. When we would try to get him out and play with something else, he would just run back to the corn. He also liked going down the slide with Kirk. Here are some pictures from our day.

Luke and I watching Jake play in the corn.

He had corn everywhere! Even behind his ears.

So much fun to ride with Dad!

Kirk is such a great dad and you can tell by how much Jake loves him!

Haha... Jake wasn't too sure about this.

Petting the animals. Jake fed a pig and it kind of scared him, and so he didn't want to feed any more animals after that.

Compare

So I was starting to think the boys didn't look very much alike, but after looking at these pictures, I think they do really look alike.

Luke 7 weeks

Luke 7 weeks

Jake 8 weeks

7 weeks

It is hard to believe it has been 7 weeks since I had Luke! The weeks are just flying by. These boys are definitely keeping me busy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I had forgotten how much I love having a little one. There is nothing better than the sweet snuggles from a little baby. I am just trying to savor every moment that Luke is this little, because I know how fast it goes by.

Luke is doing great. He is really starting to "wake up" and look around. He is also looking at us and smiling. He is such an amazing sleeper. He usually sleeps from 8pm-3am, he eats and goes back to sleep until about 7. It is so nice to only be getting up once during the night.

We have been trying to enjoy this last bit of warmth by being outside as much as possible. We take Jacob to the park almost every day and Luke just rides along in the Baby Bjorn. Luke usually has a fussy period from about 6-8 in the evenings. I'm not sure why, but other moms seem to think it is pretty common. We go to the Dr. next week for a check up and some shots. I don't think Luke is as big as Jake, but we will see!

Surprise!

I knew my mom was coming for a visit, but had no idea that Stacey and Connor were going to be coming as well. It was such an awesome surprise! It was so good to spend time with them and meet my precious nephew. Here are a few pictures from their visit.

Luke with Connor. They were born only 11 days apart. They will have so much fun growing up together.

We took the kids to Lucky Ladd Farms. Jake had so much fun!

They had a huge slide I took him down. He would have gone down the slide all day if I would have taken him.

Milking a cow.

Stacey and I with the babies in their front packs.

Jacob with the pumpkins.

Grammie with 3 of her 4 grandsons.

Sweet baby boys.

Stac and I with the new babies.

18 months

Jake is almost 18 months and we just went to the Dr. for his check up. Here are some of his stats.

-36.5 inches (our Dr. told us he is probably their tallest 18 month old. He is way off the charts)

-31.5 lbs

-Saying a lot of new words. His newest words are- juice, umbrella, koala, Luke, baby, bubble. He also makes all of his animal noises and signs please, thank you and more.

- Loves to go to the playground and climbs all over the jungle gym. Likes to hang from the bar and swing.

- Has a ton of energy! A lot of evening, he literally runs in circles around our living room.

- Sleeping from 8pm-7:30ish every night.

- Gives Luke hugs and every once in a while a kiss.

- Still loves to read books. Reading is about the only time I can get him to sit still.

- Likes to go to the YMCA and play with the other kids while I workout.

- Is very social and not shy at all. At the playground he likes to go up to other kids and try to play with them.

- Loves his cars and pretends he is driving them all over. Also likes to pretend he is going to sleep and that he is eating things.

- Is a pretty good eater, but is kind of picky. Won't eat meat or vegetables.

I can't believe it has been a year and a half since we brought Jake home! He is a sweet little boy and we are blessed beyond belief. We love you buddy!!