Halloween!

We had the sweetest boys on Halloween!  Well, eventually.  We had a heck of a time getting Jack into costume both before our party and before Trick or Treating.  We almost didn't go trick or treating, but we pestered him enough, and he agreed to finally put it on!

My Lion.

My baby lamb.

Trick or Treating

My little halloween baby.

The Party -
My lion and lamb.

The boys

Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse from True Blood.  Ok, chubby verisons of Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse.

I didn't do a good job of getting other photos, because, well, it's kind of all about the kids at this point, right?  I'm not even sure how to explain the rest of the pictures.

Jack's birthday

Well, we are back to posts after Evan was born at least now.   I remember on November 1, thinking, oh, it's NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), which I did last?  year and the idea is to post everyday in November.  I use it to just post more often.    Instead, I didn't post at all in November.  Kind of crazy since I have a new baby and lots to talk about, but kind of normal too, since,well, I have a new baby. 

So, if you missed my marathon posting yesterday, I posted THREE times, of things that happened BEFORE Evan was born.  

Now I'm at Jack's 3rd birthday!   It was pretty low key, since well, I have a new baby.  That is the recurring theme recently.  Jack's birthday was 11 days after Evan was born, so there were no invitations, decorations, or a homemade cake.  But there was a cake, family and gifts, and love.  That's all a birthday needs, right?  It's all Jack needed.  Oh, and a Happy Birthday song.  You need that too.

Some of our cuter guests.

Jack not looking excited opening gifts, but he was, he loves this car!

Jack not sure about being sung too.....which is funny, he loves singing Happy Birthday to people!

Blowing out candles

Now, finally a smile! 

And since I didn't get a picture of Evan at the party (he was mostly being worn in the Moby) here is a random bath picture.



More 4th of July/New Bike!

Ok, I'm finally caught up on pictures now!

Actually ON the 4th of July, we went to Oak Park's parade with Nana, and then we went to John's parent's house for a BBQ and MORE swimming for Jack!

Swimming with Marcel

Boden wanted to join the fun!

Watching fireworks (in the daytime?)

All 3 boys

Jack wanted to eat his hamburger AND watermelon at the same time.

And much more recently, Nana bought Jack a balance bike!!  Jack has always liked getting on Marcel's bike, but it's too big for him, so I went searching out for a bike small enough for Jack!  I found one and he loves it!  It doesn't have pedals, the idea is to learn how to balance first, because pedaling is the easy part!

19 Weeks/Memorial Day

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:  19 Weeks (if I have this baby around the same time I had Jack, I'm half way!!)

Size of baby: The size of a large heirloom tomato in size and weighs 8 1/2 ounces. (length: 6 inches, head to bottom)

Total Weight Gain:  I'm done with this question now.  I'm only drinking water, I'm eating very healthy, yet I continue to gain at an unreasonable pace. 

Maternity Clothes: Everything is maternity.

Gender: We don't find out!

Movement: I'm feeling the baby kick, mostly at night.  Not much during the day.

Sleep: I've been sleeping really well!

What I miss:  eating whatever I feel like, and not thinking about how much protein I'm getting, or thinking about if what I'm eating might be harmful to the baby.  

Cravings:  cupcakes, but due to not having any butter, I have been unable to make them.  I may never buy butter, because I do not need to eat cupcakes.

Symptoms: right now, my biggest symptom is this big round belly I have developed.  I have had some heartburn (not regularly though, thank goodness) and some tailbone soreness (again not regularly).  Both symptoms I do not miss from last time.  

Best Moment this week:   John was able to feel the baby!!  That is amazing to me, as I couldn't feel Jack til 22 weeks, and then John couldn't feel him for a few weeks after that!!  

On to Memorial Day!  

We had a great day today!  We went to the Memorial Day Parade in Ferndale in the morning.  It's the longest running Memorial Day parade in the state!  (93 years, I think!)  We always go to Bryant and Rachel's house because it goes right down their street.  

The boys were very serious about waving the flags.  I don't believe Jack smiled once during the parade.  He enjoyed it, he waved that flag the whole time, but he was very serious about it.  I guess that is appropriate for Memorial Day.

He was REALLY serious here.

This is what he was looking at.  

This is how Marcel spent a lot of the parade...he's not a big fan of noise.

Jack had his flag on the ground, and Rachel said, Jack keep your flag off the ground, keep them in the air.  So, this is how he spent the next few minutes.

Then we walked home (a really long, hot walk home) and tried to fill up our pool for some swimming.  Turns out, we had a leak, that we tried to repair with duct tape, but it didn't fully take care of it, so our swimming time was limited, but Jack had a good time anyway.

Jack had a really good time filling up the pool.  He was also very serious about this job.

Then, we went to Bryant and Rachel's house for a last minute BBQ!  

As soon as we got there, Boden saw me and gave me a huge smile, so of course, I picked him up.   He then grabbed my face and tried to eat it, which Kelly said is how he kisses.  hahahaha!  It was very sweet! He is such a happy baby!! 

Jack and Marcel played in the sprinklers.

And the boys had watermelon - even Boden!  Marcel would not let me take his picture, so that is why he is not pictured, but he ate more watermelon than everyone else combined, I think!