A Visit with the Oldenburg Family

Last Saturday we had a visit from the Oldenburg family. It was so nice to catch up with Chris and Carolyn and watch Jackson play with sweet little Cora! And of course it was fun to introduce Baron to everyone.
Thanks so much for such a great afternoon and a wonderful lunch!

Super dad Chris immediately wanted to hold little Bear.
I LOVE this picture of the 3 kids. 26 years ago when Carolyn and I first became friends we had no idea about these 3 amazing little people.
Jackson is losing control here. Bear is slipping and Cora is reaching for Carolyn to pick her up:) Jackson was being bribed with a treat so of course he held on for dear life. So funny!
Sweet little Cora is getting so big!

Jackson's summer haircut

Jackson has been begging to get his hair cut for a while now. I finally gave in. . .and although I loved his hair long he does still look pretty cute.

Big Bear

Baron is getting so big and he even sleeps in his own crib now. We moved him to the crib at 12 weeks (Jackson went to his crib at 8 weeks) and he's done just fine. Here is how he looked in the bassinet before the big switch.


You can see that if he was fully stretched out he wouldn't fit:)

Toot Face

Yes, I know the title may shock you. . .but as a boy mom it's what I must report on. I read the girl mom blogs and see pictures of princess parties and toddlers drinking tea out of china without anything breaking and feel as though I'm reading another language. My language contains swords and we fight fires and use lots of tools. But I digress, anyway, as a boy mom there are certain things I have had to accept. One of these things is that bodily functions will be not only discussed but also a great source of pride for my three guys. That being said I will say that the smallest of the Adams men, little Bear has the most impressive gas I have ever heard. Now I know this isn't typical blog material but it has become such a part of our day I felt the need to include it. Jay often comments that Bear has "man gas" due to it's, well, eruptions. Bear's gas is so loud and impressive that Jackson has actually developed a face in response. When ever Baron toots Jackson immediately exclaims, "toot face" and makes the face below.


False alarm, this is not the toot face, I just liked this picture.
Here ya go. . .Jackson's "toot face!"

Like father like son

Jay has been doing a ton of yard work recently and Jackson loves it. Jackson gets right out there with him every time and is so excited to be working with daddy. The first day he ran in and said, "mommy, daddy is so cool and he only wants to work with ME!" A bit later he came back in to check on me and then reminded me, "we are doing man work mommy. Only for men, no girls. So don't come out there, we are just fine!" I love seeing how excited Jackson gets when he has "man time" with daddy!
He usually wears a tool belt, goggles, earphones, etc when doing the lawn work, however, this particular day all he had was the tool belt:)

Zoolander. . .

This is Jack and Emma after a long game of chase at church last week. I just thought it was a funny picture. Jack's hair is so out of control and they are both exhausted!

A few more bluebonnet pictures. . .

Baron Update

I just realized I haven't said anything about little Bear lately. He's such a wonderful and easy baby that we are enjoying every minute with him. Before he was born I had worried that as a second child he might be short changed. I was concerned that we might not be as excited about his milestones since we had already had a baby who had crawled, walked, talked, etc. Well, now I know that we are just as excited about everything he does as we were with Jackson. The only difference is that with him I don't have the stress, worries or general paranoia that I had as a first time mommy. Bear is cooing and laughing so much and just always happy.

Jackson goes to sleep around 7 or 7:30 and Baron goes to sleep at 10 so Jay and I have a few hours alone with Bear each night. We just love playing with him and making him laugh. He's such a joy and a blessing. At this point he's making it really hard for me to not want a third baby.

He's eating very well and has been sleeping 9 straight hours for several weeks. Unfortunately he's making me very spoiled because last week on two separate occasions he woke up to eat in the middle of the night and I felt like my world had turned upside down. Not that it wouldn't be totally appropriate for him to wake up once during the night but I just wasn't used to it. How quickly we become spoiled!
Anyway, Baron goes to bed by 10 most nights (he stays up as late as 11:30 occasionally)and sleeps until around 7 a.m.

Yesterday he rolled over from his tummy to his back three times. I'm not sure if he intended to do it or not so we will see if it happens again. Pretty much the only time he is unhappy is during tummy time. He's definitely not a fan of being on his stomach.

Jackson is such a wonderful big brother, he loves so much Baron and at least once a day kisses his little feet and talks about how much he loves those tiny toes:) Recently, he has been taking care of his little teddy bear (a gift from my friend Kristin when Jackson was born) which he named Barry. He swaddles Barry, feeds Barry, sings to Barry, puts him in the swing and the bassinet. It's very cute. When I change Baron's diaper Jack changes Barry's diaper. Funny stuff.

I'll try to post some good pictures soon but I wanted to give an update on our little guy on his 11 week birthday:) Also according to our scales he now weighs 14 pounds 8 ounces and he's currently wearing 3-6 month clothes. We are so blessed to have two healthy, happy boys!

I pledge. . .

Tonight at dinner Jackson busted out with the pledge of allegiance. He must have learned it at school. He sounded so cute that I just had to film it. I wasn't quick enough to get his first few words but I'm sure you know how it goes:)

Bluebonnets!

Once again we took bluebonnet pictures at the field by our house. I've got bluebonnet pictures from 2008 and 2009 posted below. And since Adrienne got some super cute pictures of Jax and Ellie this year, I decided to posted some pictures of the two of them together from April of 2008 and 2009.

Here's Jackson and Ellie in April of 2008:




And here's Jackson in the bluebonnets in 2008:



Jack and Ellie in 2009:


Jackson in the bluebonnets in 2009:
Notice he isn't sitting in the bonnets in any of these pictures. I'm sure you all remember a period where Jackson was ALWAYS moving. He literally would not sit for a single picture.


Jackson and Baron in the bluebonnets this year:





And Jax and Ellie this year:

Later I'll post some with mommy and daddy. . .right now I've gotta run!