Last couple months

A lot has happened since I last blogged!

We went to the zoo with Jax's class and he got to ride the school bus! He was so excited! I was able to go without Whit so I could just hang out with Jax and we had a great time! Here he is with his best friend Adam!

We celebrated Easter with David's parents, grandfather and brother and his family. His parents met Whit for the first time. It was so good to see them! We colored Easter eggs and had an Easter egg hunt! It was fun!

We went to Santa Barbara on a trip that David won through work. It was a blast! We stayed at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara and it was an absolutely beautiful hotel! We hung out with some of David's coworkers and had a great time. We saw Jeff Bridges at dinner one night which was very cool! We went on a segway tour of Santa Barbara and it was so fun! If you ever get the chance to do it, you should! I didn't think it would be quite as fun as it was! I got a massage and a pedicure and was absolutely spoiled!



Not a comfortable piece of driftwood :0)

Jax and Whit stayed at my Mom and Dad's house. Everything went really well! I missed them so much and was so happy to be back home after a week away!

I missed these faces!

We've survived the first 8 weeks!

Whit had his 8 week checkup yesterday. He's doing great! He's 11lbs and 24 inches long. He's in the 50th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for length. He's sleeping really well and goes about 6-8 hours at night between feedings. I'd say that is pretty awesome!! I'm praying we continue to have some good sleep at night! Here are some pictures of him from today. I added a picture of Jax when he was 8 weeks old. He was a little smaller than Whit is now. Jax was in the 25th percentile for weight and 75th for length at this point. I don't think they could look any different! Jax with his red hair and dark brown eyes, and Whit with his dark brown hair and blue eyes.

Whit is smiling more and more! Its such a nice reward!

I could eat that chin! He's so yummy!

My sweet little Jax. Its hard to believe he's such a big boy now.

This picture was taken right after Whit was born. Jax is such a happy kid!

Jax is 3 & Whit is 7 weeks!

We've had an eventful 7 weeks since Whit arrived. It has been quite an adjustment but we are settling into a routine which is really nice! Jax has become a little easier to deal with now that he has gotten used to Whit being in the picture. Jax turned 3 this past Saturday and he had a great time with some friends and family. It is so hard to believe that he is 3! I'm already so proud of the big boy that he has become!

Whit will be 7 weeks old tomorrow! Geez! How crazy to think how fast it has gone by but how slow it felt at the time :0). Whit is SUCH a sweet baby! He definitely likes a routine like the rest of his family which has made planning my days much easier to handle. He's starting to stretch his sleeping at night to about 6 hours which is wonderful! Also, he and Jax are usually sleeping at the same time around 2:00 in the afternoon so that gives me some time to myself which has been really nice to say the least! Most days I don't feel like I stop until then!

Here are some pictures!

We went to the beach a few weeks ago and the weather was beautiful!

Is it time to go back to sleep yet?

Seriously, why am I awake?

Hmmm, I wonder why this snack is so gritty....

Jax with his new bike and "mote contro car". Thanks, Kaitlyn! He loves that car!

Why won't these candles blow out?! (I think he spit on half the cake. :0) It was so funny!!)

Whit is here!

Whit decided he wanted to come early! I was scheduled to have a c-section on Friday the 28th but Monday evening about 7:30 my water broke. I called the dr. and they told us to come to the hospital to get checked out. We called David's brother to come over and watch Jax while we went to the hospital. We were both sure that itwas possibly a false alarm and that we would come back home. (And you say how could it be a false alarm?? I don't know, we just thought it might be :0) We called David's brother to come stay with Jax, jumped in the car (without any bags packed of course) and headed to the hospital. The nurse checked to see if my water had actually broken and it had. Then they said, "when did you eat last?" Well I had eaten at 6:30 of course so they informed us they had to wait 6 hours until they could do the csection. The waiting was the worst. I started having contractions and they gave me something to stop them. That was very helpful! So at about 2 am they came into get me for my csection. David was so great and encouraging through everything!

Whit was born at 2:40 am on Tuesday. He weighed 7lbs 11oz and was 21 inches long. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes. I'm really hoping he keeps his blue eyes! We can't figure out who he looks like yet. :0)

Here are some pictures from the hospital. Luckily our friend Brian got some good shots!

So far Jax has been a good big brother. He definitely knows things are different around here. I think so far the hardest part of having a newborn again has been knowing how to teach Jax through "the 2's" and also making sure he gets the attention he needs through this huge change in our family. I guess we will all learn together.

Potty training, bikes and Halloween!

We are doing it all folks! Potty training, riding bikes, carving pumpkins! We started potty training a couple weeks ago and there's no turning back now! Without being too graphic, we've conquered #1 but are SO not getting #2. Oh well, a friend told me the other day, "you never see an 8 year old wearing diapers.....". I know he will get it but this is the most frustrating process!! Any suggestions are welcome!

David taught Jax to ride his bike with training wheels the other day. I was inside making dinner and I looked outside and there he went, down the sidewalk on his bike like a grown kid. I was shocked! He has gotten pretty good at it and is enjoying a new freedom. Luckily he goes slow enough that we can always catch up with him! :0)

Here's a quick video! Don't worry, he now wears a helmet....... Oh and in the video he's saying "come on mommy, lets go!"

Jax had a Halloween parade at school. I tried to get him excited about wearing his cowboy costume and marching in the parade. He was pretty much confused as to why they were walking through the parking lot of the school and why he was wearing an oversized hat and vest. Oh well! There's always next year!

Cowboy/golfer???

Here he is next to his good buddy Adam! (Leo from little einsteins)

David and Jax carved a pumpkin together this year. Well, David did all of it and every so often Jax would check in to see how it was going. Nonetheless, here it is! We'll go trick-or-treating tonight on our street. Should be fun!

And here I am, my pregnant self with Jax. I'm hoping the holidays go by quickly because I'm oh so tired of being pregnant. Hoping to master potty training before the baby comes!! :0)

Pumpkin Patch!!!

We headed to a pumpkin patch today! It was a little hot for pumpkin picking but Jax had a blast!

Happy birthday, Mom!

We headed to Atlanta for my Mom's birthday a couple weeks ago. Jax and I flew to Atlanta and David met us there a few days later. We had a great time while we were there. I even got some quality time with my Mom and sister!

Happy birthday, Mom!!

Here's Papa with Marshall, Mathis and Jax! Never a dull moment when the 3 of those boys get together!

Jax started school last week! He is now in 2 year old preschool. He goes 3 days a week from 9-1. He was a little tentative the 1st and 2nd days but I know he'll adjust to it and love it!

Here he is before we headed for school! CHEEEEZE!!