Tid-Bits

Henry likes to put on our shoes and try to walk in them~

Jake has gone for 2 nights with his Pa and Grandpa, to visit Aunt Missy. Go to the beach, putt-putt, bumper boats, etc~

Henry likes to go up and down the steps - when I count, 1 he says "2"~

Henry likes to raise up my shirt and poke my belly button~

Jake likes country music and rock & roll, and likes the songs "Big Green Tractor" and "Rain Makes Corn, Corn Makes Whiskey" - :)

Jake weighs 54.5 lbs this week~

4 months too long

Henry had his 1st birthday party - polka dot theme :)

Henry's 1st Easter :)

it has been 4 months since my last post - so much has happened and my sweet baby boys are growing so quickly! if i think about it too much, it makes me scared that the time will go by too fast and they will be grown and won't let me snuggle and smell their hair anymore...makes me almost cry!

anyhoo, they can say and do the funniest things. jake told me today that a lady on tv was wearing a "tinkerchef", aka, handkerchief :) henry can now say mama, dada, jake, bubba, "ga" for ball, ka-ka (cracker), bye-bye, hello, and thank you. he loves to try to put on peoples clothes and shoes and sits for long periods putting on/taking off the lids of things.

we got a boat this summer, a suntracker deck boat which is really fun. the boys like it and we have been out about 4 times. we swam in the river yesterday and saw fireworks on it for the 4th of july. speaking of the 4th, henry went swimming for the first time and jake can now touch the bottom of the shallow end of the pool! henry loves the water and loves taking baths....jake DID NOT at that age :) henry still sleeps with me at night and we will try to get everybody back in their own beds once we get through the busy summer. the boys enjoy going to the patch every day and playing, picking blueberries, and eating the homemade ice cream that steve makes and we sell there. henry still drinks alot of bottles and i am not concerned with getting him weaned. i'll give him until xmas, like we did with jake. santa can take his bottle to a child who does not have one, like santa did with jake's.....kinda makes me sad again....if i think about it too much....with jake i knew that there would be another to go through everything with again.....with henry, i am not sure....."sigh"-

henry wears size 24 month clothes and size 5/6 shoe...jake wear size 6 and 12 shoe...jake weighs about 52 pounds and is 43 inches....not sure on henry untilwe go next month...he is probably 31 inches and 26 pounds....we went to busch gardens last week and jake was able to ride on roman rapids for the first time :) henry had a great time and was as good as gold - they were cute, side by side, in the double stroller that we rented for the day :)

jake turned 4 in april and had a monster truck party with an awesome cake that looked like a monster truck :) he started soccer and loved it, but had to end his season early. on april 30th, he was climbing out of henry's playpen and fell backwards back into it....broke his left elbow :( had a splint for 2 weeks, then a cast for 2, then a sling for 2...he is all better now and we hope he can play soccer in the fall since he missed so much of this season (only got to play in 1 game)-

jake ended his first year of preschool with good notes...on his last day, i cried like he was getting married....good golly....not a good sign of how i will be on graduation day! may was a good month, with a very successful strawberry season. henry won a contest in the vegetable growers magazine...we posed him in a veggie bushel basket last year, and he won 4th place with that photo :)

ok, this was a start on missing so much time -

sick baby boys

well, we just got over being sick this week. henry had an ear infection and jake had walking pneumonia!!!! sounds scary and he was pretty sick for 5 days, with a high fever and NO appetite. but he finally went back to school today and is eating FINALLY! he had lost 3 pounds and i was getting worried about his weight - but i am sure he will put it back in soon!

also, jake will begin soccer practice next week! pictures and info to come on my next post!

we are going to see the easter bunny on sunday with poppy, sassy, and becca - henry's first easter festivities! sooo exciting!

almost spring - another update

well over another month has passed so it's time to check in :)

henry changes each day. he is crawling now, doing the same leg-drag crawl that jake did when he was that age. he is also pulling up and cruising along the furniture. he likes to eat real bananas and scavenges jake's leftover food, such as an eggo he too off of jake's plate the other day :) he also says da-da very well and just starting saying ma-ma to me....finally!

jake is really into monster trucks and plays his wii video game every day and also with his toy trucks. he also went to a monster truck show with steve and pa a few weeks ago and had a great time! he is still enjoying school and went a birthday party this weekend for one of his friends :)

henry weighs over 23 pounds right now - jake is still at about 50.....

baby boy updates

lots to tell about henry and jake - and over a month since my last entry.......

henry is 8 months old now and trying to crawl....he gets on all 4s and leans forward but usually ends up on his belly before he gets anywhere....he is cutting is 3rd tooth, up top on his left side....he weighs a little over 22 pounds and we just got him a new car seat since he has officially outgrown his carrier.....he wears size 12 months clothes (some 18 months) and is talking a little more....although he has still not said ma-ma unless he was crying/fussing....he does the "bad cough" game and also will stick his tongue out and in if you do it to him first :)

jake is learning and growing each day - he can write his entire name now (thanks to mommy teaching him at all, which i am very proud of)....he also recognizes the numbers 1,2,3 and knows all of his colors....he learns lots of songs at school which he loves to sing and has learned the days of the week and the months of the year through these songs....he weighs about 51 pounds and is 42.5 inches.....wears 5t/6 clothes and size 11 shoes still....he LOVES monster trucks, race cars, and playing his wii games....he still loves his FROGGIE blanket and has to have it everywhere he goes....he loves chocolate milk (which we call milkshakes in his sippy cup)...he is getting in a little trouble at preschool for hitting and pushing the other kids so we are starting to work on this with him.....

the other day, jake asked me about isabelle, our cat who passed away last june. i told him then that she had gone to heaven with the angels and was riding kitty cat roller coasters. he asked me agai a few nights ago when she was coming back.....it made me so sad.....but i explained that she was not coming back and he was perplexed...and then wanted to know where heaven was...

jake and henry's nickname for each other is BUBBIES and we also call henry OL' HEN...

holiday season

it seems that this blog gets an updated post every month because it has been 1 month and 2 days since i last posted :) and so much has happened to fill you in about!

- jake fell out of our bed last week and scraped his nose and bumped his head on the night-stand....it was so sad and such a horrible sound to hear in the middle of the night....he always gets in bed with us at some point each night and this particular night he was on the edge rather than in the middle (because henry must have been taking up more room).....that same week, jake was sick with a fever of 101.3/flu symptoms and had to miss 2 days of school and a field trip :(

- we had a nice thanksgiving and henry enjoyed this first holiday and even had a small bite of mashed potatoes, which pretty much gagged him :) since then he has tried several finger foods such as biter biscuits and mum-mum rice cakes for babies...he also tried a sippy cup with water for the first time and got his flu shots at the last doc visit (seasonal and h1n1)....he weighed 20 pounds and was 27.5 inches long

- we now have our xmas tree up and jake has enjoyed helping me decorate....he likes to cluster decorate and hang them all in the same area :) he is enjoying looking at the gifts under the tree and seeing which ones have his name, which he can recognize now....he also can write J, A, K, and is working on E :)

- we went to have breakfast with santa at the 4h center and jake said that that santa was not the real santa because he was not wearing glasses :) i felt sad for jake because i want him to have a vision of santa as kind, distinguished, and magical and this santa was rough, grumpy, and not very magical. he hope to visit yankee candle in w'burg and see their special santa :) all jake wants from santa are hauling trucks for when he plays farm :)

a month of tidbits

right now we are experiencing a nor'easter storm and it has been raining for 2 days now - roads are flooding and schools are closed. this means we are at home together.....and have found new fun in our wii video game system :) and jakes LOVES it! he is really good at the golf game and right now is playing the racing game :) henry is playing in his exercausing, blowing strawberry bubbles and putting everything in his mouth. he is around 19.6 pounds and is sitting up by himself for small amounts of time. he outgrowing all of his 9 month clothes and is starting to get a little more hair blonde hair :) both of the boys are super cute and amaze me everyday with the cute things they say and do. jake is enjoying school although he has been feeling a little under the weather lately (we hope to go to the doc soon to check on their ongoing coughs as well)- he got a progress report at preschool and had a few Goods but ALOT of W's (working on the task) - he likes to tell us about his days at school and will have confession time and tell us if he got in trouble or time out. so far he has admitted to kicking the teacher (nice), telling her to shut-up, and other mischevious activities. he is still around 48.5 pounds and 43 inches tall, wearing a 5 clothes but needing a 6 VERY soon :) he is completely potty trained and doing great! we used to give him a pooping toy for incentive but lately he hasn't needed any. he has been acting out alot lately, telling us to shut-up, stupid, idiot, etc.....oh dear! we are trying to set a good example for him but it can be hard on us not to lose our cool as well :) also, henry is a good little rider when we go in the car and if he gets fussy, he'll calm down to the shaking sound of his toys/rattles. he went with me shopping the other day and was the best! i was always nervous about taking jake places when he was a baby but now i am more confident and henry and i venture to stores while jake is at school :) he tried squash for the 1st time today but did not care for them. he likes bananas alot. he also eats peaches, pears, applesauce and rice cereal :)

halloween was fun and they were both dinosaur dragons! henry had a good first halloween!