3 months!

Wow.. well I'll admit, this last month was a bit hectic with all three of us dealing with some sort of skin problem and it affecting my poor little baby. I had some rough days, but I feel like we've passed through them now and things will hopefully not get as bad again.

Jacob hit the three month mark! I can't believe it. He is such a big boy. Here are some things about Jacob right now as a three month old:

-Smiles and giggles

-Rolled ONCE..then decided he doesn't want to do it ever again, haha.

-He still sleeps from about 7:30 p.m. til 4 (last night til 6 am!) eats, then goes back to sleep until 7:30-8a.m sometimes longer, like today he let me sleep in until 8:45..that was so nice and much needed.

-This past month he has had some really bad skin problems. We don't exactly know what causes it, but it will flare up and he will be in pain, red, and itchy, all over his belly legs and arms and sometimes on his cheeks. So this whole past week it was bad and he was so sad most of the day. It was hard because the longest he would nap for was like 20-30 mins and he'd wake up crying. I'll admit I felt like I was falling apart. Luckily now he is so much better and happy again and his skin is back to normal.

-He weighs probably around 14 lbs.

-He likes to be swaddled still when he is sleeping

-He needs a hair cut!!

  His hair on the sides is so long!

I love my baby boy. He makes me so happy. It's been fun to see his personality in comparison to Katelyn's. You can definitely tell the difference in certain things and tell how boy-ish he already is in some ways. They are both super fun and cute together though and give me a lot of smiles and laughs through out the day.

 We love our little 3 month old!

 Me with my baby

 With both kiddos

 We told them they were in jail

 Katelyn was like "LET me outta here!" Jacob didn't seem to mind ;)

 I love baby jeans. I thought he looked so cute in this outfit

Katelyn loves her little bro very much and always reminds me to "Shh ..be quiet mom, Jacob is sleeping." (Sometimes I think she says it because she just doesn't want to hear me singing.)

She also loves to try and do things to Jacob that she does with Daddy, but we have to tell her those are things she ONLY does with Daddy.. like slamming bellies together, or noggins, or scaring Jacob really loud "ROAAR", etc. etc. (if you can't tell Nick and Katelyn are PRETTY crazy together ;)).

 My beautiful 2 year old.. 27 months to be exact

 I can't believe how big she is getting

Energizer Bunny

I feel like Katelyn is the Energizer Bunny... she just keep going and going and going. She won't stop. Until.. she gets so tired and worked up that sometimes she just zonks out. Sometimes in the middle of what she's doing and other times in a funny position after fighting sleep at night or for her naps.

 Here she fell asleep upside down on the couch.

 Here she sat in the boppy to watch Tom & Jerry on my Ipod while I fed Jacob, and next thing I know she had plopped over and fallen asleep.

 Here she is during nap time. I heard her moving around a bit in the bed for a few minutes then this is how I found her.

  But when my kiddos are out they are sound asleep and so sweet.. and that's when I get the time to blog :)

 Once Katelyn's out you can pick her up, roll her over, turn her around and she will stay asleep through it all. Jacob..not so much..

Here are some of the silly things Katelyn does while she is awake:

tries to climb in Jacob's swing and swing in it.

 hangs her bowl on her nose...

She likes to smother us with kisses

She licks her fingers when her hair is in her face and wipes back the hair to hold it back, I have no idea where she learned that and it's kinda gross, but it's hilarious at the same time haha.

  Smothering her brother with kisses

 When they are both awake, they're pretty cute :)

 I love his CUTE little smile!

 Being silly together.

 Jacob drools so when Katelyn was hugging him and she noticed some wet stuff on her arm she of course had to go back for more and put her arm on his lips and then turn to me and laugh and say "EEW mom gross!"

Whether they're awake or asleep.. I love them :)

Spring Break!

This was the best and worst spring break I've had yet. I shouldn't say worst because it really was wonderful and we enjoyed every minute of it with Nick's parents and a little with mine, but toward the end we ran into a few bumps in the road.

So we got there on Saturday and I'll list off what we did after that.
-Jacob's blessing

-Went up to Breckenridge (it's a really nice place in Colorado where you can stay in different lodges and go skiing, swimming, hot tubing.etc.)

-We went skiing. I was actually proud of myself, I learned a lot and became a lot better this time around. That was my 3rd time skiing.
-We went swimming inside... and outside in 5 degree weather. They had an indoor pool and it led to the outside and I told Nick I had to swim out there just once so I could say I went swimming in 5 degree weather. Haha, so we swam out and it was FREEZING, but mostly just on your face from being out of the water. After about 2 mins we hurried and swam back in.

-We went hot tubing! I've been wanting to so bad because during Thanksgiving I was pregnant and I couldn't go.

-We rode horses

 Katelyn actually was not scared at all to get on the horse and she loved it! They asked if she wanted to get off and she asked for more

 Here's a picture of her just not too long ago when she was about 18 or 19 months old

She was screaming and holding on for dear life, poor girl.

-We went out to eat with Nick's parents at a really yummy place in Colorado called CHEDDARS.

-Nick and I went on a date and got smoothies and drove around just to talk.

-We took Nicks parents to this place called FREDDY'S to get custard. They have it in Oklahoma and we've been a couple times and love it! So when we saw it in Colorado we told them we HAD to take them.

  Skiing with my hubby. I love him and he is an amazing skier.. Maybe one day I'll be as good as him, but probably not.

Now I'll list off the bad things that happened. Luckily this was all toward the end of the trip.

-Jacob's skin is really sensitive, so when we went to Colorado the change in weather and it being so dry there made his skin the worst ever. We had to get a prescription for a cream from his doctor. Then it broke out into a rash and his whole body was super red and rough. I felt so bad for him. We took him to the doctor and he is doing a lot better now using a steroid cream, lotion, and vaseline.

-Katelyn got little bumps on her hands and they were super itchy and splotchy red. The doctor said that she probably had hand, foot, mouth, but it didn't affect her too bad because she only got it on her hands. She would wake up itching her hands at night though. Hopefully that is gone soon.

-Last, I got shingles. I still have it and it hurts. I went into the doctor on Monday and they confirmed it and wrote me up some prescriptions. I don't like it and you always think this sort of thing will never happen to you, but it did and I'll get over it. Since Jacob doesn't have his chicken pox vaccine yet there is a chance he could get the chicken pox since he comes in contact with me. I really hope he doesn't and I've been washing my hands like crazy.

SO, I did three doctor visits all in one day on Monday, which basically took up my whole day. Hopefully we will all be clear soon.

And there I am...I'm on a horse. ;) Nick's dad tried convincing me to ride it by myself, but I had a bad experience one time and so now riding a horse freaks me out. Maybe eventually..

Jacob's Blessing Day

We blessed Jacob on Sunday, March 18th. It was such a great day and Nicholas gave him a beautiful blessing. My family was able to come (Mom, Dad, AJ, and Isaac). I was so glad they drove all the way from Utah to support us and be there; even if it was only for less than 24 hrs. We both arrived in Colorado on Saturday night around 7:30 p.m. and they were gone by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. That's ok though, because I kept telling myself I would see them in ONE month for AJ's wedding, and then again in May and August! I'm excited for our trips to come.

Jacob did good during the blessing. I heard him let out a few squaks during it, but it just made me smile because that's the way he is. He has become so loud now and when he's lying on the floor he just likes to hear his voice and yap and scream and squeal; it's very cute.

Here is my little boy in his blessing outfit. He is so handsome.

Here are some pictures of me with my family.

 Everyone

 All of us (except Katelyn) looking at the main man!

 With my parents and Jacob

 With Katelyn, Jacob, and my parents

 Katelyn and uncle Ike. She LOVES uncle Ike. And she HATES the monkey that Uncle AJ put up behind her head. Good thing she didn't know it was there ;)

 Grandparents with their grand kids

Katelyn and Uncle A!

I'm SO mad we didn't get pictures of Jacob with Nick's parents. Nicks dad was gone the rest of the day right after the blessing, and his mom was helping make lunch and get my parents out the door and so we completely forgot. They were there though, and we sure appreciated them letting us go there to bless him!

2 months! Jacob

Jacob is 2 months old today. I can't believe it, where did all this time go? I woke up this morning around 4:20 to feed him and I got all settled down and looked at the clock and it read 4:28. I was thinking that exactly 2 months from that time at 4:25 a.m. he was being born. It's so crazy how fast time goes. I feel so so happy that these two months have been wonderful with him. I love him so much and couldn't ask for a better little boy.

He is SUCH a good sleeper. For a while there at the beginning of the month he would stay up really late like until 12:30 or 1 a.m. but now for the past couple of weeks his bed time has been getting earlier and earlier, like last night he went to bed at 8:15 and woke up to eat at 4:20 then fell asleep again until about 7. He has never woken up at night and stayed awake, he always goes back to sleep. I remember with Katelyn she would wake up in the middle of the night and just be awake for a couple of hours at a time. I'm so grateful for my sleep. Thank goodness he sleeps well because I can't imagine waking up multiple times at night with a toddler who wakes me up bright and early.

Both the kids take really good naps, so that means I do too. Katelyn will usually sleep 3 hrs if I'm sleeping next to her and Jacob will sleep two hrs. So most days I get a solid 2 hr nap in which is very nice.

Nick will always wake up with Katelyn in the morning and she'll run around the house with him while he gets ready for school. So I usually don't have to wake up until he leaves which is anywhere between 7-7:30.. so I'm really glad to have him around!

Jacob is starting to smile and coo so much. He reminds me of Katelyn more and more every day. This is what I woke up to this morning..such a happy baby!

Then of course Katelyn wanted to join in on the fun..she sure does love him.

 

Here's some things Jacob does at 2 mos:

-Eats about every 2-3 hrs.

-Weighs 12 lbs. 9 oz. (75th percentile)

-Sleeps from about 9:30-4:00 a.m. eats then sleeps until 7 or 8

-Smiles a bunch

-Coo's back at you when you make noises at him

-Follows Katelyn around with his eyes wherever she goes

-Has found his hands and likes to suck on them

-He wears 3 mos clothing! Shocker for us because Katelyn didn't wear those until she was actually 3+ mos.

Here's some of the things Katelyn likes to do to Jacob:

-Rub his hair back and forth forever. She'll just sit watching t.v. or something and rub his head

-Give him kisses

-She goes "RAWWR! Mommy I scare Jacob" She learned that from Nick and tells me every time she does it.

-She gets worried/scared when he cries and always tells me "Jacob's crying" 

-Checks on him when we are playing. I always check on Jacob and whenever we are playing in Katelyn's room she'll stop in the middle of whatever she's doing and say "I check on Jacob." go in his room look at him and come back and say something like "Jacob asleep" or "I checked on Jacob" It's so sweet.

My kids are so sweet and I'm so glad I'm their momma. Here are a few 2 month pictures I took of Jacob. Enjoy!