Officially a Preschooler

Well Tyler has officially finished his first week at school. He was a little nervous at first, but now he loves it!!! We are so excited for him. He comes home everyday talking about what they did and singing songs that he learned. He sure is growing up fast. I can't believe he's in school already. But I must say its an exciting adventure to watch our little ones grow and learn new things. We are so proud of our TyTy!

Wes won the family name game the other day on Z88.3. Tyler was the name of the day and Wes was the first one to call in. Here's his audio clip they played on the radio.

1st Day of School!

My baby on his first day of school!! I can't believe he's 4 already!!! And going to school!!!!

Birthday Boy

Thank you everyone for coming to Ty's birthday! It was great to see everyone.

Tyler riding his new big kid bike we got for him-early birthday present. Now we just need to work on ditching the training wheels.

Tired again

Well things were going well in the sleep department, at least at night. However, now Jake is waking again in the middle of the night. I think he's going through a growth spurt because he has been eating more and will down a whole bottle when he wakes in the early a.m. He is napping but also wakes a couple of times during the course of a nap...?? O well...I guess it would be too boring if he were as easy a baby as Ty was. Hopefully things will work themselves out soon!
Jake has however been getting more active. He's talking more and we have great conversations! He giggles and laughs out loud-so cute!! And is starting to reach out and grab things. I can't believe how fast he's growing!

Anything for some sleep...

So Jacob has been sleeping through the night for the past week or so now. Its wonderful! However, he has now decided that he doesn't want to nap. He fights like a mad man as soon as I even think about puting him down. He can read my mind! I really blame it all on the fact that I believe he's teething. Poor little thing seems downright miserable sometimes. Nothing seems to help either..tylenol, baby oragel, teething rings...nothing. Yesterday he napped from about 12:30-4. Sounds pretty good, right? Except for the fact that he woke up about 6 times during that period. And its not that he doesn't need naps now that he's sleeping longer at night. You can see how tired his droopy little eyes are. So today I once again tried to get him to nap. And once again, seemed to be failing. I was just about to give up and go for a ride, thinking he may get a breif snooze in the car. But then his heavy eyes began to shut...and he quickly drifted off to sleep. Finally! I left him in his bouncy chair on the kitchen table not wanting to do anything to disturb him. Was this too good to be true? YES, it was. 10 minutes later he was up again. So for my last attempt I brought Mr. no-snoozies into my room, proping him up on my pillow (trying to make him as comfy as possible despite the fact that this is a forbidden act) and lay down next to him. I gently rubbed his nose until he was soon asleep again. Then the wonderful baby "startle" reflexes kicked in...hands flying up in the air, binky shooting across the bed, jolting him from his unattainable slumber. YOU WILL SLEEP, BABY! I retrieved the pasifier plopping it back in baby's mouth, holding it in place with one hand. The other hand I placed across baby's arms, gently holding them down. And there I lay, in that same position, for the next hour and a half...all in the name of sleep.

So Quiet

My little Ty Ty is gone to St. Louis with Nana and Papa, so its just Jakey and me. The house is soooo quiet. It feels like Ty's been gone for a week already! Jake has been in a pretty good mood today. Its a nice break from his recent crankiness. It must be all the sleep he's been getting. He slept really well again last night-almost 9 1/2 hours! Or maybe he just likes having Mommy all to himself! :o) Whatever it is, I'm just glad to see that he's happier today and feeling better. Going to be a long couple of days, since Daddy has to work, but maybe I'll actually get a few things done. :o)

And then there was sleep...

Jakey slept 8 hours last night!!! I got 6! I was starting to forget what it was like to get multiple hours of consecutive sleep. It was heavenly... I don't know if it will be a continuing trend but I'll take what I can get. :o)

Pictures!

I bought Jakey a Bumbo seat today since he loves to sit up and look around. He has a bit more neck work to do but I think he likes it! Also, here's a couple more pictues of the boys. Enjoy!

Numero Uno

Well I've finally decided to blog on my blog...that's what blogging is all about I suppose... I've been putting it off since our newest arrival in May. But since I see no extra time in my near future, there's no time like the present! I'll update as much and often as possible, promise!