Most recent happenings

$2 car for Lucy equals a happy Lucy.$1 bag of trains from DI equals a very happy Jack!

Homestead 2010

Wow, what a great trip! We had so much fun at the Homestead this year! Jack had a blast playing with cousins (mostly Brea and Becca) and Lucy loved having everyone playing with her.Jack- the pantless wonderI love this picture

Darby taught me a few basics in Photoshop and I have had a good time "Editing" up these photos.

The kids crawdad fishing.

We attempted Lucy's first ponytail. Above it had pulled out leaving her with a "horn" and below it is still in and uber cute.

Jack showing me the key (a pine needle) that he used to start the halftrack

What he spent most of the time doing...pushing trucks

Photo-bomber Brea

Erik, Jack and Lucy at the Ellsworth Reunion on July 3rd.

Jack, with cousins Samara and Kate at the 4th of July Parade (held on the 3rd) in Showlow

Dude I want one

Yes I already have a Bosch that I love love love!! But it is the old one and they no longer make the special bread bowls for the old one and well I would love the new one so that I can get the new bread bowl! So go to this blog and enter for yourself!

Sometimes life really bites

And then I have to remember that I really am blessed and it could have been a whole lot worse!

Jack wasn't with me but Lucy was but we are both okay! This wasn't in our plan but then does anyone really plan for this? The monster of a truck that hit me

Jack Edward

The Jack Update

Loves his "ucy iser" (Lucy sister") and loves to "help". He often gets the assignment to take Lucy's soiled diapers to the "diaper trash". He told me his first joke/funny the other day. We are working on what his full name is.
Stacy: Jack what's your name?
Jack: Jack E boy
S: No your Jack Edward
J: Jack Edward
S: Good, and that's Lucy Aleen, so what's your name?
J: Jack Aleen....and Lucy Edward

Oh my silly boy you make me smile.Jack is also a good helper and he can often be found helping to do the dishes, clean the bathroom, making breakfast (eggs), and "fixing" the walls (this is down by pounding with his hammers all over the house).

Jack's vocab has started growing exponentially. He is talking in full sentences and it mush more understandable...at least to those fluent in the Jack dialect of 2 year old.

Jack loves everything car, trains, or trucks. Pretty much if it has wheels he loves it and it is "MINE". We are working on sharing and how to use a quiet voice.

Jack loves his cousins and friends. Anytime we get on the freeway he asks if we are going to Brea's house. Anytime we drive down Spur he points to Maura's house then Rylie's house, driving down our street he points to Macy's house and then Brighton's house.

As we drive to Nana's house he asks if we are going to Jonas' house, I say no and he asks if we are going to Aaron's house. (You get to all of these houses the same way). As we drive west on our way to Grandma's house he asks if we are going to Parker's house and when we pass by he knows Grandma's house is next and gets excited to see " Amma, nInda, Rara, Wad, Anna, and Marhee.Jack loves to JUMP! He is our jumping Jack and seriously jumps everywhere. If he's not Jumping he's running.

He loves wearing jeans and loves to pick out his own clothes....usually he does pretty good, but not always.

He still loves nap time. Although last couple days he hasn't actually napped. Instead, he gets his sippy cup with milk goes to his room and plays/sings/"reads" for at least 2 hours. I really don't care if he actually sleeps (although he's happy if he does) as long as he gives me at least 2 hours.

Jack loves to laugh and loves to make us laugh.

Lucy Aleen

The Lucy Update

Wow is she really 4 months old already! She goes to the Dr. next week but I never did update on her stats from her last appointment.

At 2mths old (3/9/10) she weighed 11lbs 7oz (70%), was 23.5 in tall (90%), and had a head circumference in the 20%.

She is such a happy baby most of the time and as of right now is sleeping in 4-6 hour spurts at night. She will go down anywhere from 6-8 and then sleep 6 hours, wake up eat and go back to sleep for another 4-6, wake up, eat, and go back to sleep for another 2-4. And although I wish she would sleep for longer stretches it's still pretty fabulous!

She can roll from her back to her tummy and does so regularly (and luckily doesn't cry so much anymore now when she is on her tummy). She can also "scoot" while on her back and ends up all over the place, never where I actually put her down. The other day I about had a heart attack when I glance down just a minute after I had put her down and she was gone! Luckily she can't go to far yet.

She loves to be talked to and will carry on a "conversation" with you. I love this age when it is so easy to bring a big full smile that lights up their entire face!Lucy loves to suck on thing. Her Binky is my first choice...but she loves fingers (yours and hers), arms, shirts and blankets. She drools like a leaky faucet and constantly has a soaked shirt.

She always looks for Jack when she is put in the car, and lights up like the sky on the 4th of July.Lucy's hair is red and so far it is sticking...we will just have to wait and see if she goes blond like Erik and his siblings did.

Lucy we love you!

The bucket

I am lazy. I'm not ashamed of it, well at least not most of the time. One of the things that may laziness has brought about is "The bucket". I throw all of my veggie/fruit "left-overs" into my bucket. This saves me the long walk out to the compost pile multiple times a day (or week(s)) if I am feeling super lazy).
Do you have any great ideas created from your laziness? Let me know so I can continue in my own laziness!