Little Bear

Today was  really warm outside, at least compared to how cold it has been lately. So Jack, Henry and I headed outside to play this afternoon. Henry got to wear his little bear suit that Grandma Pam and Grandpa Glen gave him. It kept him nice and warm, and he looked pretty cute.

He also got to go on his first stroller ride, while Jack raced ahead of us on his tractor. Before we left to go on our little walk, Jack took a turn pushing the stroller.

Last, here he is in his Batman shirt. This was the one and only time he’ll wear it, since he’s growing so fast. It’s way too small already.

One Month Old

Today Henry is one month old and has become a very chubby baby. He was 8 lbs. when he was born and is now up to 12 lbs.

As you can see, he has developed a bit of a round face. In the past week or so, he has started being awake more during the day but still sleeps a lot. The poor little guy is having a hard time with a tear duct that keeps getting clogged and right now has his second ear infection and second round of pink eye. His first month has been a bit rough and we are hopeful that month two will be better. Jack has discovered he really likes to hug and kiss Henry, hold him, and also give him toys to play with – which really means he just piles toys on top of him.

A Quick Spanish Lesson

Right now Jack is sitting at the table eating banana bread. He just announced loudly, "I'm gonna hit the hay." I replied, "What?"


 He repeated, "I'm gonna hit the hay. That's Spanish for 'I love banana bread.'"

One Week Old

Today is Henry’s one week birthday. To celebrate, he had his first appointment with Dr. Lively and then went to Target with Mommy. He is getting bigger every day. He was 8 lbs. when he was born, yesterday a nurse from the hospital came over for a follow-up visit and he was 8 lbs. 4 oz., and today at the doctor he was 8 lbs. 8 oz. He’s starting to be awake a little bit more during the day and is only making me get up two times at night.

Brothers

Now that we’ve been home a couple of days with Henry, we’re finally starting to go through all the pictures we’ve taken. Here are a few and we’ll post some more soon. We took some pictures of Henry today wearing one of Jack’s old outfits. They could be the same baby! Here’s Henry…

And here’s Jack…

And here they are together…

Nightgowns

This morning while I was straightening my hair, Jack was in the bathroom with me. He saw a couple of my non-pregnant nightgowns hanging on a hook in the closet. He wanted to know what they were. So I explained they were pajamas but they didn't fit me right now. 

And guess what he says? "Oh, because of your big fat belly?"

First Snow

We got our first little bit of snow here on Saturday night and Jack finally got to go out and play in it this afternoon. It is also really, really cold here so we had to bundle up quite a bit, but we were able to stay out for 20 minutes or so. He loved it! The first thing he did was throw a snowball at me. Then we talked about how it’s a rule not to throw snowballs at Mommy. He was okay with it and moved on to other fun, like running and diving into the snow and rolling around and around. I can’t wait to see how excited he is when we get real snow – the ground wasn’t even covered all the way with this. He’ll be in heaven.

I just ate...

Today while I was laying down with Jack trying to get him to take a nap, he announced, "I just ate my booger." I told him that wasn't something that we do. He agreed immediately and said, "Right, boogers are too special to eat." And if you're wondering, no he didn't take a nap!

A Bit of Catching Up

I just realized my last post was on Halloween! That was a long time ago. So here are some pictures from the last month and updates on what Jack’s been doing. We started out the month going to Lebanon so he had to wear his Mizzou clothes -- for Uncle Mizzou of course.  I do have to admit that he loves his Mizzou jersey and picks it out to wear almost once a week.

 

We’ve also been busy getting ready for baby brother to get here. Jack has been very excited to help us get the nursery ready and he also helped me wash all the clothes. We got a new double stroller and he was quite excited to take the first ride. He doesn’t realize yet he’s getting kicked to the back of the stroller. This might have been his only ride sitting in the front.

Today we went to Crown Center with his friends Ben and Sam to the Crayola playland, see the gingerbread town and eat at Fritz’s. They all loved it and had a great time, despite the hordes of children roaming everywhere. It will definitely be our one and only trip to Crown Center this Christmas.

Happy Halloween

Jack had a busy Halloween weekend. Yesterday we (Nathan) carved a jack-o-lantern, which he had absolutely no interest in at all. I guess at first he said he wanted to help so he stuck his hand in the pumpkin to get the guts out… but that only lasted about two seconds.

Then he started playing frisbee and golf. However, he did discover he loves apple cider, or apple spider as he calls it. Today he had a birthday party for two of his little friends and then trick-or-treating. He chose to be a fireman today. We went down to the Liberty square first for trick-or-treat and he was not a big fan of the people in masks. In fact, he wanted to come home to get away from them. He had lots more fun once we got home and starting seeing our neighbors and going to their houses.  Then he helped pass out candy at home to all the kids – as long as they weren’t wearing a mask!

Finally, here are some pictures of his third costume – his farmer stuff. He wore this one on Friday to a moms group Halloween party.