Wee Wings

This is the best picture I could get of Chase at his preschool. Yep that is his preschool. The bus is turned into a mobile classroom. It goes to several different locations in the county. I don't love the location we are at now. We are on a waiting list for a better time slot that is closer to us. The teacher seems great though. I wanted to cringe when he first got there she asked him to write his name. Yeah right! He has a lot to learn this year!

Baby J Update

Finally had Jacobs 2 month appointment today. Yes he is almost 3 months. He weighed 16 pounds! For reference at Chase's 4 month he was 12 pounds 15 ounces. So at a month younger than that Jacob is 3 pounds bigger. He is 90% for height and weight. The doctor commented so many times how easy going he was. He barely complained at his shots.

I put it on facebook but I have decided to try my hand at cloth diapering. So far so good but he's only had one poop. I am tired of trying to find deals on diapers and I don't mind laundry so I figured I would give it a try.

In other news, thanks to Irene we are getting a new roof! We had quite a few shingles come off the roof so we went ahead and put in a claim. They came out to do in the inspection and we were shocked to see that the insurance should cover most of the cost of a new roof.

Chase is starting a new preschool and AWANA tonight so hopefully I can get some pictures of that and post soon.

OBX

We had a great Labor Day weekend at the Outer Banks, specifically Kill Devil Hills. We met up with friends for two nights. We had great weather and Chase loved the beach. He's been asking to go back every day since we got home.

You could definitely tell a hurricane has been through. Lots of those stick things and the beach area was smaller than normal.

Chase and Korey got along so well. Whether playing in the sand or running in the waves. 

They were so cute to watch.

We bought this for Jacob to hang out in. I think it worked out pretty well. He slept a lot which was nice. I guess the ocean noise was good background noise!

Brad trying his hand at skim boarding.

Devon and Brad going out to catch some waves on the boogie board.

Kyleigh wasn't so sure about the sand at first but she was warming up to it. She still didn't mind taking a break from the sand and hanging out with Jacob!

On Saturday night we went out for dinner. We thought the boys would be entertained by this. 

With long days in the sun and no naps - the boys were ready for bed!! That meant Kristine and I dropped off everyone and went shopping!!!

On Sunday we went back to the beach for just an hour or so. 

They also had a pool at the place we stayed at that we took advantage of.

We had a great time with the Kauflins and look forward to doing it again next year! 

Indians vs. Keys

A town close to us has a minor league team that is in the same league as the team I interned for after my junior year of college. The teams happened to be playing so I my dad and I took the boys while Brad was working late. Chase did pretty well but wasn't interested in the game too much. It was a beautiful night and we lasted until the middle of the 8th.

With Scout. I am sporting my Keys shirt but no one could tell since I was holding Jacob most of the time. Chase is in Orioles colors!

With Grandpop.

I thought I would hold Jacob the whole time. That lasted about an inning. It was pretty empty so there was plenty of room to keep Jacob in his carseat.

We are sad the Indians are moving. There are some other minor league teams not too far away. We will have to check those out next year.

Pool

We have loved our pool time this summer and sad that it is coming to an end. I texted my friends on Thursday to say I was in Maryland and can we hang out. They both ended up being free and it seemed only fitting that we headed to the pool.

Thanks grandpop for helping with Jacob.

We should be on an advertising campaign for puddle jumpers!

So great hanging out with you girls!!

Irene

As you all know Hurricane Irene hit North Carolina this past weekend. Brad had to take a jet to Louisiana and I headed up to Maryland for the weekend. I wasn't too worried about getting blown away but I didn't want to deal with long power outages and stuff by myself. My dad was able to drive back with me and he is flying back tomorrow. Brad and I were joking that the Air Force is supposed to be so "family friendly" but they were sure quick the ditch the wife and kids and get the jets to safety!

Tiana loves her cousin and was so good with Jacob!

This is actually at our house - this is the chair that caused the meltdown I mentioned in our last post. I told Chase if he wanted to sit there he had to hold Jacob. One of the few times that he has help him.

Grandmom with 2 of her 4 grandkids.

Helping grandpop clean up from the hurricane.

What my dad and I did during the hurricane!

I was also able to hang out with my 2 good friends this past weekend and attend one of their girl's birthday party. We went to the pool on Friday but those pictures are on another camera so I will make that a separate post. We survived without much damage here. We did have some roof shingles come off the roof so we put in a claim and see if we get anything.

Random Thoughts

What is it about being 3 that can make you cry hysterically at the smallest thing. I sat down to feed Jacob and Chase flipped out claiming I was in his chair. I mean he had real tears and everything. It was all I could do to not laugh at the patheticness (is that a word?).

I love my chunky baby! But I am not used to cleaning all the rolls!

England spiders continue to haunt me. I got out a pair of jeans the other day and a huge dead English house spider fell out. So annoying!

Hard to believe that summer is almost over. I have so enjoyed hanging out in our neighborhood pool. It wears Chase out and I get adult conversation. I will not complain about the summer heat though. Like my friend Kate would say, I am still thawing from the English weather.

I am still trying to figure out what our days will look like in the fall. There are so many things to get involved in bible studies, AWANA's, story time, MOPS, preschools, music classes, etc. I am excited to get involved in some of these things but don't want to overdo it.

I don't want to jinx it but the past couple nights Jacob has been sleeping 8 hours! I feel like a new woman! I love waking up to smiles...

Kids Museum

We were getting the itch to get out of town so headed up to Raleigh for the morning. We went to the kids museum and then grabbed lunch with friends. The museum was great - wish we lived closer so we could go back more often.

Chase driving the fire truck.

His favorite part - playing trains.

Mommy and Chase on the pirate ship.

In other news Jacob turned 2 months this past week! He is getting so big and is growing out of so many clothes. I put this outfit on then had to take it off a couple hours later after pulling the shirt down too many times. He is already wearing some 6 month outfits. His 2 month appointment isn't for 2 more weeks so I will have the stats then.

Smiling

This reminds me of a similar post I did about 3 years ago! I've attempted to capture Jacob's smile on camera a time or two before. Yesterday when Brad told his parents he doesn't really smile I figured I better prove him wrong. Jacob's eyes look dark in this picture but they actually look blue to me. We will see if he gets the blonde hair.

Things are slowing down and we are getting into a routine. Which probably means a very boring blog! I would say I am pretty much recovered from surgery. I even went on a mile run this morning and ate cheese fries at Outback with no problem! We are starting to hang out and get to know better friends from church and squadron. Chase went to a mom's morning out playgroup last week so I could go to a baby shower for 3 great friends who are due soon. I hope for Chase to start going once a week. Other than that we try to stay cool by playing inside or swimming.

Poor Dog

When we first got Wagner he was our baby! I even named my blog after him and he "wrote" it for the first couple years. Back when no one read it. Anyway, when Chase came along he definitely became the family dog and now with Jacob around... Well what happened last night shows just how far he has fallen.

It was about 2am and I was nursing Jacob. I thought I heard a dog barking. I realized it was coming from outside and it sounded like Wagner. So I woke Brad up to see if Wagner was in our room. Sure enough it was Wagner outside. We must have let him out to use the bathroom before bed and forgot about him. So glad for a laid back dog and one that loves us enough to sit outside and wait for us to wake up and let him in!