March Madness

We haven't really done anything of significance lately. 

I've been terrible at taking photos and posting them! 

But in an effort to keep this blog somewhat updated, I'm doing a photo dump of the memories I do have, literally plucked out of our every day lives. 

We got to go see Mr. Lizard at Jack's 2nd cousin's birthday party!

 Jack was totally into the animals and loved it, but I was NOT about to help him hold that tarantula.

 And I stayed back for the snake part too.

Jack is helping out and doing some yard work on the nicer days.

 Even gets out to go for a walk with Bailey every once in a while.

March 7 we officially found out Jack is going to have a little sister. 

Mom and Dad are still on edge about it but things seem to be going better this time, we just have a hard time trusting it will stay that way!

Helping on clean up duty. 

We made another cake to officially reveal the gender to Grammy and Papa.

We made the cake for Jack, but he had already caused trouble so everyone knew his gender before the cake reveal anyhow.

 But this time the inside was pink!

Mr. Trouble at Grammys. He found the floss and was having a grand ol' time exploring what that was about :)

Jack sure does enjoy a Burgerville burger.

 His favorite spot to sit is by the drive through line so he can wave at all the cars as they drive away with their lunch. 

"Bye bye car! Bye bye!"

My boys before bedtime.
Bottle, blanket, books, brush, bed.

Happy 2nd Birthday Jack

We had a lot of fun celebrating Jack turning 2 at his Farm themed birthday party! It was a pajama party for the cousins and Jack loved his new monkey PJs Grammy made for him.

 

 We had a delicious brunch spread! Yum yum!!

Thanks Grammy and Papa for hosting to make the party and decorating so cute 

 Farm animal cake:) 

 Jack's favorite part of brunch was the sausage and "rolls" Daddy made. Steve helped out SO MUCH by baking the cake, scones (rolls) and blueberry muffins!

 Cousins giving Jack a new book and he has LOVED reading the monkey stories and all the curious things George does. 

 Meeting his new friend Oscar the bear. 

 Starting to get the hand of opening his own presents!

 More new books! Mommy and Daddy are so excited for something new to read!!! New books hold Jack's attention better too!

 Our little family enjoying Jack's party, and Jack enjoying his "certified heart breaker" shirt too!

 Jack, we have learned, loves fire. He wanted to play with the little flame rather than blow it out!

 

 Even after filling up on some sugar...

 ... our boy was worn out at the end of his party.

We had his big family party the weekend before his actual birthday. But on Feb 3, we had so celebrate our little man again at home.

 He enjoyed hot dogs, cheese, tater tots and oranges as his birthday meal. 

 having fun with his birthday balloon ("boon")!

 Happy Birthday dear Jack, Hapoy Birthday to you!

It's hard to believe you are two. 

You keep each and every day different and unexpected. 

We love you with our whole hearts and can't wait to see how you grow and entertain us this next year.

Happy Brithday sweet baby boy. 

Love you forever.

Snow Adventures and Sickness

We had the opportunity to enjoy some snow time during a little stint of time off work. It was so fun to get to have some family time between Christmas and New Year. We tried to make the most of it and took a little trip up the mountain to find snow. 

It was Jack's first time playing in snow and he had a blast:)

It was the most beautiful day!

 Having some fun at Trillium Lake!

Sadly we didn't make it around the lake, not prepared this time, but we'd LOVE to return to make the hike.

 I mean, gorgeous. SO PRETTY.

 Then after we went to find the snow, a little snow came to us!

Jack loved to look out the window at it all

 He took a little adventure over to Grammy and Papa's house

 It's so impossible to get clear pictures. 

SO busy, but SO fun.

 Working on picking all the ice off Daddy's car.

 He really liked hearing all the crunching sounds under his feet.

 Jack's next adventure was graduating to a big boy bed! 

Well, a toddler bed at least.

 

 This is the cute set up I made for him, but of course he still prefers no pillow and just his baby blanket.

 The switch hasn't been horrific, but it's had it's bumps. During the initial switch, he went 3 days with no nap at home, but we started "quiet time". If he doesn't nap, he doesn't nap, but he is in his room gosh darn it so Mama can get stuff done!

He is content to play in there until we come get him, but he has learned to play a bit and then take himself to bed for a nap after a few minutes alone too. 

We're learning about this new normal together.

 Showing off his drill he was using to "help" daddy put his new bed together.

 And lastly, Jack took another turn suffering through croup. 

He went to bed a seemingly happy boy, and woke up 2 hours later looking and sounding TERRIBLE.

 

 With a slight suspicion of having swallowed something and having that get stuck, we drove to the ER, waited for a bit, decided he was recovering and left the ER without being seen. 

That's what he gets for having a nurse mama who was questioning the necessity of the trip the whole time after the advice nurse told us we should go. 

We could monitor him just fine at home.

Needless to say, monitoring at home translates to almost no sleep for anyone that night.

 While Mama trekked to work the next day, Daddy took Jack to the doctor for a little steroid treatment, which really did help.

 Trying to hydrate with Popsicles!

Peeking out during nap time. 

 Finally a sweet little smile at the end of a long week. 

So long croup, see you next time. Hopefully not for a long time. 

So that is it for now:) Lots of little adventures!