Drive IN

This past weekend our church held a "Drive-In Movie" for the K1 kids and their families. They were showing the movie "CARS" and the kids were to come and watch the movie in homemade cardboard cars. Jeff and I had fun time making the cars and the kids thought the whole thing was a lot of fun!!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Jeff just had a Birthday on Feb 25! It was a Saturday so it was a nice day. We celebrated cake with the kids after lunch and did presents and then Jeff and I went out and did a little window shopping and then went to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays. It was a great day! We are so thankful for Daddy!!!

3 Months

Blake was 3 Months Old on Feb. 23! He is still a good baby, however, he is not sleeping as well as he was. He was giving me almost 7-8 hour stretches at night, and now he gives me about a 5 hour stretch and then a 3 hour one. It is a bit frustrating, but he is still good and goes right back down to sleep after he nurses.

He is really starting to talk... aka babble a lot. He saves it mostly for the evening after the other kids are in bed. He's shy like that! : )

Nothing else too new... he is getting a bit better with tummy time, but still not a huge fan of it.

I am Running

So, I have decided to train and run the Chicago Marathon on October 7th! You can read all about WHY I decided to and follow along my journey here:

http://iamrunningthechicagomarathon.blogspot.com/

Blake Two Months

Blake is two months old today!!! Can't believe how fast it is going!! He is still a good baby. Not sleeping through the night yet, but will give me a 6 - 7 hour stretch most nights. Now if only I can go to be at 9 to really get that whole time!! He has started to smile and is cooing a ton. He's goes to the Dr next week and I can't wait to see how much he weighs because he really seems like he is packing it on. I had to pack up all the newborn clothes a couple weeks ago, because he just couldn't fit into them. Going fast!

Happy 2nd Birthday Cole!!

Cole turned 2 on January 10th. He is becoming such a big boy!! (and not just in age, he is only 2 lbs shy of Alyssa!) He is starting to talk a lot and tries to say anything I ask him to say. The other night I put on a pair of pj's and he said, "blue". Wasn't shocked that he could say it, but was surprised that he knew they were blue all on his own. So then, I got an Elmo doll and asked him what color was Elmo and he said "red". Such a smart boy!!! Since Cole couldn't tell me what kind of cake he wanted, I went with a chocolate cake with a cream cheese frosting! He approved! We got Cole a workbench and he has been enjoying it!

Moving On UP!!

Blake is still sleeping in our room, but in preparation for him eventually moving into Cole's room we had to do some bed switching. We got the girls bunk beds which they had been asking for, for almost a year! Hayley started on top and they will rotate every month who gets to sleep on the top bunk.



WE moved the toddler bed that Alyssa was sleeping in into Cole's room. Cole was still in the crib and we wanted to start preparing him to get ready for the bed. The night we put the bed in his room he pointed to the bed and said "this". I asked him if he wanted to sleep in the bed and he said yes, and he has slept in the bed since. I can't believe he transitioned so well. He is doing great too. He has never got out of bed at night time, and only a couple times has he not gone right to sleep at nap time. Such a big boy!!!