Gator Homecoming / Around the house at 3 months

It's been a busy month! The kids have been SOOOOO much fun! Megan is at a great stage... loving her baby brother, getting so verbal, and discovering so many new things.
We've really been packing in all the excitement we can before I head back to work in a week and a half.
Megan's most recent interests and sayings:
Choo Choo Trains
"I do it, Megan do it, I-a do it myself"
"A match!" (matching colors or objects)
Her most recent match last night caught me off gaurd... when we were looking at her new air mattress sleeping bag bed... it has princesses on it... and she pointed down at her "girl parts" and said "A match"... I was thrown off for a while until I cracked up laughing because I realized that under her footy pj's she was wearing a pink princess pull up! Hehe... the girl doesn't miss a thing!
Trying to load and unload the DVD player
Going in to use the big potty all by herself... #1 and #2
"no I-a pick"
"Megan have the whole box"
Playing at the park ("I share with the kids")
Playing dress up... putting on Mommy's clothes, shoes, and even baby Jacob's too... which don't fit.
"Oh... that's cute"
"that's silly"
"Megan make a trade"
and... unfortunately... trying to feed her baby doll... (like Mommy feeds Jacob)
and... my least favorite... OBSESSIVE hand washing!!!! (all about soap and lotion)

Emberessing:
Wednesday night when we were out to dinner... she was going into the bathroom... and as a lady came out of the stall next to her... she pointed and said very loudly... HER POOPED!

Megan loves it when Jacob is alert and plays with her. She likes to show him new things... and thinks its hysterical when he watches tv and smiles!
She was showing him all the toys on the activity mat... Pig, Dog, Cat...
tough to believe how big she is getting!


Jacob is 3 Months old!!!!!
(Megan says he's praying when he crosses his hands like this)
Blue eyed... Bright eyed... Boy!

We couldn't ask for a sweeter baby! Holy smokes he is such a good boy. He is such a go with the flow kid. Eats good, plays good, snuggles good, and SLEEPS good!!! These 3 months have gone by so fast... but I really feel like we've had so much quality time together.
Jake's latest:
smiling a lot
longer awake time
eats every 2.5-3 hours during daytime
sleeps 7-9 hours straight at night (generally 9pm-6:30 am)
Loves his baby K'tan Mommy carries him in.

"Hmmm... what should I do new today?"


2009 Gator Homecoming Parade
(a last minute decision turned out to be a great afternoon)
Sunny day, happy kids, and lots of big trucks!

(Mommy, Jacob, Megan, Evan, and Jen)

Megan kept saying...
"Megan go to Go Gators house"
(which she thinks the swamp is Albert the Alligator's house)

"A- Match"

... Evan loved the big trucks!

... Megan cheering on the band!

Check out little Jake chillin' out in the chair back there!
We had a perfect spot to watch the parade!

Jake loved being outside!
He just hung out behind us in the chair... under the umbrella)

... Jen lovin' on Evan!

"That's silly!"

... dancin' to the music!

Later that night... Kevin and I took Jake to Gator Growl... while B-Pa stayed home to play with Megan. She got to go last year... and B-Pa was nice enough to babysit so Kevin and I could enjoy the homecoming weekend together with our BOY!

Jake's first tailgate!
(He got to go to his first football game on his 12 week birthday!)

It was chilly!

... smiling at Daddy!

Baby Gator Chomp... taking our boy into the stadium for his first football game!

... aunt Stephie!

He did awesome at the game... slept some, ate some, smiled some, and watched some too!

... too busy watching the game to look at the camera son?
(already taking after your Daddy on that one)

GREAT WEEKEND!
Mommy is tired now!!!!!!

Breakfast with my baby girl... highlights of the week!

"Yummy in my silly Tummy"

This morning... I asked Megan what she wanted for breakfast... eggs or eggos? She said... "no this waffle" pointing to the eggos... "udder waffle" "no crunchy waffle"! ... so we decided to make homemade Belgian waffles. Yummy!

... after pouring in all the ingredients... and stirring it all up... the waffles were cooked and ready for LOTs of butter! "more butter"

She pretty much wants to do everything herself. "Ia-do-it"... so I figure... we might as well have fun with it. It was a nice morning with my baby girl... (while Jacob was still sleeping).
... next was Megan's favorite part!

SYRUP! "I-a get plenty"!


2 Month Dr's check up!
Monday ws Jake's 2 month check up! He did pretty good. Poor little guy ended up with a lot. He got 8 different immunizations. He didn't have any reactions to them... except the OUCH when they poked him!

Everything sounds good... and looks good! Little guy is growing up.
23 inches
11 lbs 9 oz

Saturday morning... Uncle Doug and Aunt Kristin met Jacob for the first time. They came down for the football game... and we went over for a quick breakfast spread before they headed off to the tailgate!

2 Months!

Jake is getting to be a BIG BOY!
8 weeks old!

He has been such a sweet baby! I'm having so much fun with him. He is generally really happy... and "go with the flow" for the most part. It's hard to believe he is growing so fast! It didn't feel this fast with Megan... although... I guess that's life with 2 kids.

"Could I be any cuter?"
I look a bit like my Pop (My Mommy's Daddy) in this picture!
I got his dimples!

"This bath time stuff is cozy!"

Our visit to Robyn's home in Savannah!

"2 peas in a pod"
We couldn't resist taking pictures of the boys in their matching PJ's!
They were all snuggled up together in the recliner. Too cute!

Oh... to be so tiny... what a life!


Megan, Jake and I dropped Daddy off at the airport on Tuesday for a business trip... and headed on to Savannah for the night.
We went to visit Robyn and her new baby boy Cohen.
He is 2.5 weeks now.

We took a walk down by the river!

Megan had a lot of fun with Isaac too!

... lots of fun on the boat in the sandbox!

Peek - a - boo!

The streets were pretty neat to walk down. Megan wasn't too keen on the stroller... so we weren't able to go in the shops much. Being 2 is tough sometimes!!!!

"A kid in a candy shop"

... temptation everywhere!

"hmmm.... I'll have that one"
only she really said...
"no... I need 6!"

... time to pack back up in the car and go to dinner.

I heard good things about this place... so we gave it a try.

It started off well... the kids were excited...
and then Megan finally melt down... and it was time to leave!!!!!
But at this point... they were still having fun!

The fries were plenty ketchup worthy!

"Holy Moly... was that not the BEST cheeseburger ever!"
... not so lady like... and Jake looked scared... but it was worth it!

Wednesday morning we got up for a great walk in the park!
We got real fruit smoothies and croissants for our picnic.
(Oh... and a big fat homemade snickerdoodle cookie too)

Jake loved being outside!

All Megan wanted to do was play on the playground.

Megan was checking out baby Cohen.
Robyn is a great Mom! I couldnt' believe her baby was only 2.5 wks... she has more energy than me!

The trees were beautiful! Very relaxing... other than chasing Megan around.

Megan liked the big fountain.

... she pushed baby brother back to the car.

Thanks for having us up for a visit Robby!
Tough to believe that after 20 years... we had baby boys at the same time.
Are we getting old? 20 years sounds like a lot!
I've been so blessed to have all these "baby boy friends born at the same time as Jacob"
Lots of fun to come!