Boys will be Boys

Boys will be boys but this Momma may not survive it!

Last night Jake and Sam were running through the kitchen back into the den. Sam is all about “winning” these days so he bumped Jake and Jake went flying into the door frame between the kitchen & den. I did not see him hit but I heard it! He immediately started crying and kept crying after I picked him up. He usually will quit once someone has picked him up. After about 5 minutes I put him back down and he played and laughed until I looked at him across the room and saw the biggest knot on his forehead above his eye. He would not let me put ice on it so I just watched him for the next hour or so to make sure he was ok. This morning it is still a little puffy and definitely bruised. I knew he was ok when he put on his hat to go to Grandma's.

Sam felt really bad because when Jake was crying Sam immediately began telling him he was sorry. We, of course, told them no more running in the house for the thousandth time. Before I put Jake to bed (an hour or so after it happened) Sam gave him a hug and kiss and told him he was sorry again. Poor Jake!

*This was the best picture I could get because once he quit crying I could not get him to sit still! You can definitely see it since it starts at his hair line and goes down to his eyebrow.

15 Months Old

Jake was 15 months old on April 14th but since his doctors office has been doing some renovation I had to wait until today before I could get a wellness appointment. Jake is so much fun and into everything at this age! He weighs 25.6 lbs (50%-75%) and is 32" long (75%). He is really starting to babble/talk so much more now. He can already say: Momma, Dadda, Outside, Nana, Bubba (Sam), Bye Bye, Uh-oh, That (when he points at something he wants), and Go. If I tell him to put something back or shut the door he usually does it for me. He has also learned to point at himself if he wants to do something. The other night he looked and me and said "Outside" and then pointed to himself!

He LOVES Sam and they are playing together really good at this age. Sam finally lets Jake in his room to play with him and they make the biggest messes! He is also a great faker! If you cough around him he will look at you and do his fake cough. He will also laugh in a crazy way if someone around him is laughing! He loves to climb on chairs and play with trains. He is all boy and keeps us all on our toes!

He also has his temper tantrums now too. He will stomp his feet like he is dancing and start fussing. I tend to think its funny but when he starts it we just ignore it! I laughed so much at Nana the other day when he did his first tap-dance tantrum for her when she had the boys. Jake started his tantrum and Mom turned to Sam and asked Sam "how long does Jake usually do that before he's done!" Sam just said "I don't know"! Ha, looks like even Sam has been ignoring him!

We love you Jakey!

Spring is Here!!

We have had so much fun playing outside the last few weekends! Jake and Sam play really good together and suprisingly Sam has been sharing his toys with Jake! This past Sunday we went to JJ & Issa's house in Gardendale. We went to the park by their house but I think the most excitement came from Sam when JJ took him for a ride on his new 4 wheeler! He has been asking to go back ever since and even found his toy 4 wheeler and has been playing with it all week. I think we have a new obsession!

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!!