Recent Happenings

Bowling with friends...

Munching on a french fry...

Check out that nice hunk of chicken in Jackson's mouth!

Giving Spencer a double high-five...

Emmett is totally yanking on my hair in this one...

Making cake balls (cooked red velvet cake crumbled and mixed with frosting, rolled into a ball, and dipped in chocolate... totally to-die-for... I could literally have eaten the entire batch) for Valentine's Day...

Learning to climb up to the top bunk...

J loves to climb up there and throw a ball back-and-forth to us on the floor. Now that he knows how to climb up himself, he'll walk in his room and say, "Ladder out closet pease" and climb up there as soon as we hook it up.

Wearing Mommy's shoes...

Watching George...

Making mischief...

Let me explain that last picture a bit. I had E sitting securely in the Bumbo. I turned my back for just a few seconds. When I turned back around, that's what I saw. He didn't even make any noise when he popped out of the Bumbo!! Lesson learned.

This morning I was cleaning up the kitchen and Jackson walked up to me and said, "Baby got wipes!" I peeked out past the couch and saw this...

He's lucky he's so cute!

These Are a Few

of Emmett's Favorite Things (at 10 months):

1) blowing raspberries

2) sitting in the Bumbo watching Mommy cook

3) absolutely anything that Jackson has

4) absolutely anything that he can't have (the remote, cell phones, the camera, Mommy's keys, the plant dirt, etc.)

5) yogurt, cheese, Cheerios, rice cakes

6) crawling, pulling up on everything, cruising along furniture, and just the other day - letting go and standing alone for a few seconds!

7) pulling everything off of the bottom shelf of the pantry (thankfully, not the mixer, though) and pulling laundry out of the basket

8) pulling his socks off

9) flipping over and trying to crawl off of the changing table during a diaper change (is it too early to potty train this one?)

10) the bathtub... Oh, how he loves his bath!

Other fun facts about Emmett:

-He still has no teeth! And no sign of any coming soon!

-He has the cutest husky little voice. Phil tells him that he sounds like Rachael Ray.

-He's currently short and stocky. He's in the 75th percentile for weight and 25th for height. (95th for head size). :)

-He loves to clap his hands and imitate sounds (ba-ba, ma-ma, da-da).

-He smiles a lot, but doesn't laugh very much. Makes it all the more special when he does laugh!

-He doesn't take great naps. Usually they're under an hour, but every once in a while he'll throw in a two-hour one... just to keep me guessing. He sleeps pretty well at night, though.

-He seems to be pretty tough. He holds his own around Jackson pretty well.

-He's very squeezable, smoochable, huggable, and lovable. I could smooch on him and snuggle him all day. Unfortunately, he's very active (just like Jackson) and can't be bothered with sitting still and snuggling with Mommy (just like Jackson).

He's my sweetie pie!

Buddies

My good friend, Michelle, just moved to KFalls last October. We were stationed together in Florida and I'm so glad she lives here now! She has two little girls very close in age to Jackson and Emmett and it's so nice to have a good friend with young kiddos here. We have really similar schedules and can get together at a moment's notice to let our kids play, vent about our days, and sometimes even have a glass of wine (or two) at lunch! :) Her youngest is still too young to play with Emmett, but her oldest is a year younger than Jackson and they get along really well. It's neat to watch Jackson play with her because he's usually around older kids, and he interacts with Michelle's little girl in a different way because she's younger. He's more of a leader with her than a follower. I watched her all day on Friday while Michelle was out of town and she and J had a great time together. She's a sweetie! Here they are enjoying a snack together at J's new table...

And playing outside together with Hank...

And here they are drawing on J's "new" chalkboard. I found this at my favorite antique store in town for a great price. It was labeled an "old church chalkboard" and was exactly what I wanted for the boys. Phil's going to repaint it with chalkboard paint for me. As you can see, I could only get one kiddo to look at the camera at a time!

Is this foreshadowing for prom 2022?? Actually, no, because there's no way we'll still be in KFalls in 2022! :)

"M" is For...

Messy...

It's a good thing we give this child a bath every night as part of his bedtime routine. He is in desperate need of one every. single. night!

Mischief...

I cannot turn my back for two seconds nowadays. Emmett is literally into everything! The plant, the cabinets, the laundry basket, the kitchen drawers... everything! (And please excuse the outfits Emmett has on in some of these pictures. I always make sure the boys look cute whenever we leave the house, but if we're just hanging out at home we often wear mismatched onesies and "comfy" pants.)

Mommy's little Men...

I took that close-up shot partly because of the sweet hand-holding and partly because of the stretched buttons on Emmett's shirt. That belly seriously wanted to bust out of there.

Thank you for the sweet Valentine's Day card, Mom and Dad. Jackson wanted to color on it and was very proud of the job that he did. :)