Skye Loves Her Brother

Skye loves her baby brother--sometimes a little too much. She is a very intense, aggressive person so I still often tell her to be careful with him. At first, when we'd ask her if she wanted to try and hold him, she was scared and said no. But now she sometimes asks me if she can hold him and even wants to try and pick him up by herself--to which she's been told she can when she's bigger. 

 Even though Skye loves Jack, Jack doesn't always appreciate Skye yet! But he will when he's bigger!

 Here are both of the kids getting a plane ride from Daddy!

 I often used to awake to this scene on mornings Lance didn't have to go to work. I always liked seeing Skye sleeping on Lance, too. There's something special about it for some reason.

 One time, I came home from shopping to see all three of them asleep on the couch! It was so cute I had to get a picture!

Jack Overload

Here are a bunch of pictures of my cute little guy.

 He loves smiling these days! He is a very smiley, happy baby. He loves looking at faces. It's usually one sure way to get a smile out of him.

 Another thing he loves is sticking his hands in his mouth! He has started using those hands to bat at objects, too. It's so much fun to watch him exploring the world around him.

 Smiling again!

 He's also started exploring his voice. He is still pretty quiet much of the time, but he has progressed beyond just grunting. He likes to make cute and silly baby noises. I love having conversations with him!

 Isn't he the cutest little boy ever?!

Hallelujah!!

This cute little guy slept through the night last night! Actually, he's still asleep! It's been about 11 hours! Hallelujah! Amazing!

Jack's First Outing

We took Jack on his first outing a little over a month ago to the new Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake. He was really good and we all had a great time.

This was really cool--dinosaur bones beneath glass you could walk on! We had fun walking over them and looking down at the bones. 

 Lance took this picture of Jack on it.

 Skye LOVES dinosaurs!

 She was ecstatic to see they had a brachiosaurus skeleton! It was HUGE!

 They had a whole wall full of ceratopsion skulls like triceratops.

 And here's a cosmoceratops that Dr. Scott the paleontologist from Dinosaur Train named! You've got to love Dinosaur Train!

 They had tons of fun activities for kids there. We probably didn't even see half of them or half of the museum. Lance took Skye back not too long ago. It's a really fun place that I'm sure we will visit again.

Two Months

I can't believe my baby boy is already two months old today! It has gone by WAY too fast. He's already changed so much. Our little chubbers is just that--so chubby! And cute! He weighs 13 pounds, 4 ounces, in the 84th percentile and is 23 1/2 inches long in the 72nd percentile. So he's a lot bigger than Skye who wasn't  even quite 13 pounds at 3 months (see why I call him chubbers?!), but then he was also a lot bigger than her when he was born.

 Jack is a pretty good baby, though he does love to be held, demands to be held. That's okay because I love holding him! He's started smiling and he even laughed yesterday. He has started "talking" a little more, but still prefers to grunt most of the time--such a boy already! One of his favorite places is his diaper changing table. He can be crying like mad and as soon as he's put down on the changing table, his face lights up and he smiles away--just staring at the white wall next to him! He's sleeping better at night, still wakes up twice usually, but is quite unpredictable during the day. Most of the time he takes short 20-30 minute naps, but every once in awhile, he surprises me by taking 1-2 hour naps. Silly boy. And we love him!

 Isn't he the cutest?! I love this cute dress shirt onesie. And I love my baby boy so much! Oh, I already mentioned that, huh!

Christmas 2011...Nearly a Month Later!!!

As mentioned in my last post, it sure is a lot harder to blog now. So I'm finally getting Christmas pictures on here! Skye really got spoiled this Christmas, first at my parent's house.

 Here's their cute, little Christmas tree--a lot easier to set up and decorate!

 And here's our Christmas tree! After having a bad experience with a live tree last year, we decided to just spend the money and get a fake one. I think it's very nice and really like it.

 Skye also got spoiled by Santa--here are the presents he left for her!

 Skye got a reindeer toy (name Rani) as a white elephant gift at a Christmas party a few years ago. This year on her Christmas list to Santa, she wanted a reindeer friend for Rani. And he delivered!

 She then got spoiled by my sister and brother-in-law with this HUGE present.

 This is what was inside. Of course, Skye was quite excited since she loves horses so much. She named her Ginger and I'll get video of her riding it soon.

 Finally, she got a little spoiled by us, too!

 Skye with all of her presents.

 This is how Jack spent his first Christmas--just hanging out, sleeping, and...

 eating! He did not get spoiled. But what do you expect as a one-month-old?! He was spoiled when he was born!

 Here's Skye in her Christmas dress by the Christmas tree just before going to church.

 Oh, and did I mention that I got spoiled, too? I know the picture ended up blurry, but I had to put it on anyway. Lance got me this wonderful, new laptap for Christmas and I LOVE it!!!! Thanks, Bandit! It was a really great Christmas!

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

I've discovered blogging is a lot harder when you have two kids, one of which doesn't nap anymore and the other of which only naps if he's being held. I swear I will get Christmas pictures on here soon, but I just wanted to say that my Christmas present to Lance was tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. We went Wednesday night. Are they everything they're hyped up to be? Yes, and even more! It was amazing! One of the best shows/concerts I have ever seen! The music was amazing, the effects were absolutely spectacular! I love being a part of things like that!

This is not a picture we took--it's one I found on the internet. There's my disclaimer!

Family Pictures

About a week ago, we had family pictures taken. Of course Jack woke up right before and was hungry, so it was quite a trick getting him to cooperate and look good for them. He looks kind of funny in the one of the whole family, but the rest of us look good!

 A big sister loving her little brother!

 Skye always looks good for pictures. It's so unfair! She's so photogenic, knows how to pose, and loves all the attention put on her. She could probably be a model!

 And this was my favorite one of our little guy! He really is quite cute!

One Month Already

Last Sunday was Jack's one month birthday. It's crazy how slow and fast time seems to go. In a way, it seems like he's been a part of our family forever, but at the same time, it seems just yesterday that I had him. I took these first two pictures on his "birthday."

Here are some more pictures of our cute, little guy! 

 So precious!

 I can't believe how much he's changed already. He's still a very good baby, though a little more demanding than the first week or two we had him. He used to do just fine hanging out in his bouncy chair, being ignored for long periods of time, but now he's more likely to put up a stink if you don't hold him a lot! 

 Another yawing picture!

 He's still a grunter, though. He doesn't make the cute, high pitched cooing noises that I remember so often from Skye--he just grunts! Totally a boy!

 I had to get a picture of him in this cute outfit my friend, Kara, got for him.

 Skye was quite excited about him wearing this tie-dye onesie that was hers as a baby (given to us by my good friend, Jessica!). She calls it the rainbow shirt! 

I may have already written this in another post, but I honestly was so nervous about having a boy and really struggled with it my whole pregnancy. But now that we have our Jack-Jack, I can't believe I could have wanted anything but him! I love having my boy!