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!

So Big!

Both my boys are getting so big! Jacob was enjoying some tummy time this afternoon and his neck muscles are definitely getting stronger!

He got so high that...

 

he rolled over.
He's rolled over before when he was a week or two old but mainly because he was screaming during tummy time.

And this little boy is doing so well with going potty! When he has athletic shorts on he can go all by himself! I have the cutest picture of him going potty - white bum, tippy toes and everything but figured I better not post it online:) Potty training went so much better than I thought. I think having the support of grandparents for a month helped. I think I would have quit several times!

Jacob Newborn Pictures

I been waiting to get Jacob's birth annoucements out before posting pictures from the photo session my neighbor did. I think he was about 10 days old in these pictures. He has already changed so much!

I really like the close up ones. So these are the ones I used for the birth annoucement (in case anyone didn't get it).

Fun with Friends!!

We were so blessed to have our good friends come down and visit for the weekend from Maryland. It was great for the boys to play together and we could show off Jacob. We kept the weekend low key since I just had surgery. Here are a few pictures from the  weekend.

Saturday morning we headed to Kinston to check out Neuseway Park. They have a little nature center, planetarium, train ride and park. It was so hot so we were thankful for stuff to do inside.

 After Chick Fil-a and naps we headed to the pool. The boys were so brave!

They left on Sunday night but not before bowling and pizza. We didn't know that it was cosmic bowling when we went. The boys almost made it through a game but were then more intersted in the lights!

Thanks guys for making the trip down to see us! Also thanks to Devon for leading worship at our church here on Sunday. We are so grateful for your friendship!