Easter 2010

Well I am a little behind in posting about Easter but we have been enjoying this awesome weather! We had a busy but great Easter. We spent Saturday at my Mom & Dad's celebrating lots of birthdays (Bop, James, & Blake) and Easter. Sam had his first Easter egg hunt of the weekend and had a great time! On Sunday we went to the Cunningham's for lunch and another Easter Egg hunt. Jake wanted to hunt eggs with Sam & Parker and he actually found one before they did! I was suprised because those boys were fast! We all loaded up and went to Lay Lake to take a ride on Grandma and Poppa's new boat which the boys loved! Here are some pics from the weekend...

Movie Night with the Boys

This past Saturday night we stayed in and watched a movie as a family. We watch movies with Sam alot but Jake is not one to sit still so either Alan or I are usually up and down with Jake playing, but this past weekend was different. At 7pm we turned it on Monsters vs Aliens and all sat down to watch the movie. My intentions were to put Jake to bed about 7:30pm but by the time I looked at the clock it was almost 8pm and he was sitting still by me on the couch watching the movie. Had he really just sat through an hour of this movie?! Well, about the time the movie got into the action scene Jake was sitting straight up and pointing to the tv almost like he was trying to tell them to get the bad guys! It was hilarious!! Toward the end of the movie he got down from the couch and went to sit by Sam in his new beanbag chair. We had a great night with the boys!

Sam's 4th Birthday

WOW! Sam is now 4! Is it possible? He has grown up so much in the past few months it amazes me!

Sam's birthday week has come and gone and what a week it was (the picture says it all)! We had his Soccer Birthday Party at Cherub's Clubhouse with all his friends the Sunday before his actual birthday. He had a great time up until we decided to sing Happy Birthday and the meltdown started. Sam is not one for surprises of any kind or being center of attention and because he was not "warned" that we would be singing he did not know how to react. All his friends ate their cupcakes and went back to playing while poor Sam sat in my lap crying. Once he realized the attention was not on him anymore he went back to playing too. He loves all of his presents that his friends gave him and now to ask him about the party he says it was AWESOME! Whew at least the singing did not affect him long!

On Wednesday, March 10th, I sent cupcakes to school with Sam because it was his "special snack day" (I warned his teacher not to sing to him)! After school his teacher emailed me and said that Sam was a "firecracker" all day and that she had never seen him so excited. She said all he talked about was his birthday and that he was going to Chuck E. Cheese's for dinner. He played so good at Chuck E Cheese and had the best time. He wore his Birthday Crown for 2 days! He had a Great 4th Birthday!

Where did February go?

I can not believe it is March! February went by in a blink of an eye! We had a great month with the boys and because of the crazy weather we had we were able to spend time playing in the snow and in short sleeves in the backyard! Jake is not walking anymore he is running! He has started babbling more lately too. He has really surprised us lately with some of the things he knows and understands. If he loses his paci he will go find it if you ask him where it is. He does the same thing with his juice cup. He LOVES to feed himself and would rather not eat if someone else has to feed him. He has become so much more independent in the past month.

Sam has grown up so much over the past few months too, not only in height but in personality. I was able to go with him last week on a field trip to the Children's Theater. He was really well behaved and we had some much needed Mommy & Sammy time. We met Uncle JJ for lunch after the play. Sam adores JJ! He talks about him all the time and anytime he gets in trouble or I ask him where he learned something he always blames it on JJ!

Anyway, below are some new pictures of the boys! Next up Sam's 4th Birthday!!

Jake's Birthday Party

Jake's 1st birthday party was a success! He got lots of cool presents that have been played with nonstop since Saturday. He got some really cute books too that he likes for me to read to him when he gets tired. I was a little unsure of what Jake would do when it was time for him to have his cake. Sam is very OCD so he pitched a fit at his 1st birthday party, Jake however is extremely different from Sam. He loves to make a mess and his eyes lit up when we put the cake on his tray. He touched it at first to see if he was going to get in trouble for playing with his food and then when we started cheering him on he went all out! He threw his arms in the air and went mouth first into the cake! It was hilarious! He had fun playing in the icing and actually only ate a little of the cake.

Thank you to everyone that came to his party and for the great gifts! We are really blessed to have such great family and friends that would take time out of their Saturday to celebrate with a 1 year old!

Jake was ok with Sam touching his cake it was when Sam took a piece of the candy that Jake wasn't too happy!

Jake in his new Cozy Coupe! I'm sure by the time he is finished with this car the wheels will be worn down to nothing!

Happy 1st Birthday Jake!

I know I say it every month but is my baby really 1 today?! This past year has flown by and has been so much fun with our 2 boys! Jake has shown us lately that he is Mr. Independent and wants to do things by himself. I tried to hold his hand last night for him to walk with me and he pitched a fit and threw his arm up and walked ahead of me! He loves to play with cars and trucks, but what little boy doesn't. He also loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny. He will eat just about anything you put infront of him but don't you dare try to give him baby food, he is over it! You also can not show him his food unless you are ready to give him a bite. He will go headfirst toward the plate! We joke around the house that Jake is a little Tazmanian Devil because he can pitch a really good fit. If he wants something get out of his way because he is going to get it no matter where you move it. I have even caught him climbing on his toys to reach something higher. He can also be the sweetest little boy ever! He is a great snuggler and is hilarious when he tries to give kisses! He loves his big brother and watches his every move...that might just be to make sure Sam is not going to take his toys away! Sam is very proud of his baby brother! He sang "Happy Birthday to Jacob" all the way to Grandma's house this morning! I guess when we thought Jake would be referred to as "Baby Jakey" from now on we were wrong...he is now Jacob to Sam!

Happy Birthday Baby Jakey, We Love You!

January 14, 2009

One Year Later...

The Cunningham Boys +1

No I am not pregnant! However we do have a new baby! This past weekend we adopted a beagle puppy that we named Cody. He is super cute and is GREAT with the boys. He is on Jake's sleep schedule at night so from 8pm - 6am he is content in his crate sleeping. He loves to chase Jake around when he is crawling and Jake just laughs as he speeds up! Sam loves to have Cody chase him around too! Poor Cody probably sleeps so good because he is worn out at the end of the day! Here are some of the pictures I took this weekend.