Five Months Old

Jake is FIVE months old! He weighs 17 pounds! He is a big, fine, happy boy!!! The poor little guy has been pretty sick this month. He has had RSV, double ear infections and pneumonia all at the same time. Thankfully he is on the mend!!! I was a worried Momma for a few days. He is rolling over now. He still LOVES to eat! We've added fruits to his diet. Bananas are his favorite thing to eat. He is not really crazy about peas (he totally gets that from Daddy). He is saying, "MMMMMMMM." And, every now and then, "Momma" comes out :) He is starting to learn to sit up, but is still a little wobbly. He loves his exersaucer!!! He REALLY loves his sister!!! He laughs at her all the time. Here are both my babies at five months old.

Pictures that make me HAPPY

Look Alikes?

Everyone says Jake looks so much like Blake and Ava looks so much like me....I don't really know who they look like, but I do think they favor each other :)

Little Missouri Falls

We took a little road trip one day to Little Missouri Falls. It was so much fun! A beautiful day and a memory I never want to forget!!!

Four Months Old

Jake got a great report at his four month check up. He weighed 15 pounds 5 ounces and was 25 inches long. I started feeding him cereal and vegies at four months. He LOVES to EAT!!! Evidence is in the first picture below. Ha! He can roll from his back to his side. He got an exersaucer from Santa Claus and is doing better at holding his head up on his own. He turned four months old on Christmas day. On Christmas morning last year, we found out we were expecting him. So thankful that God watched over us during my pregnancy and now we have a healthy, 15 pound four month old!




And here is Miss Ava when she was four months old

Better Late than Never I guess....

It seems like I am pretty terrible about blogging this time of year. I remember doing this last year, then playing catch up, then trying to do better. So hopefully the bad blogging is behind me. Now I am playing catch up. And MAYBE I will get better! I am finding it to be much harder to get things done with two kiddos. I got some really good pictures over Christmas that I didn't want to just leave off the blog. My hope is that I will soon get my blog turned into a book for our family to keep and I don't want pieces to be missing. So, here goes the catching up...Merry Christmas!!!!! First stop was Mamaw and Papaw's house!





We came home on Christmas Eve and SANTA CAME!!!!!!! My kids were GOOD this year!


We went to Nana and Pop's on Christmas day. My mom's sister, my Aunt Jayne, and all of her family came that night. It was so fun for us to all be together.

Ava turns 4!!!!!

Ava had such a fun birthday this year...TWO big celebrations!!! One at Larry's Pizza and one at her Aunt Alice and Uncle Brandy's house. Here are LOTS of pictures from both parties!!!

The Birthday girl at her Tangled party

She LOVED her big Rapunzel tower cake!!!!!

Party favors for her friends

Some pretty special guests

Baby brother likes to party, too!

Ava and her friend Emerson

All her special friends

Blowing out her candles

Fun times!

Nana and Pop with the birthday girl

Birthday girl with Aunt Alice and Uncle Brandy

We can't believe she is FOUR!!!

Birthday girl with Mamaw, Papaw and brother

Baby brother was partied out!

More sweet friends that came to celebrate

Uncle Brandy took the kids on a hay ride! Awesome!!!

Daddy's little girl