7 weeks old & almost 26 mos

I took some pictures of Katelyn and Jacob the other day. They grow up too quick!!

Meeting baby Jacob!

Well, there are only 3 of our family members (I'm pretty sure, forgive me if I've forgotten you) that have been able to meet Jacob. My mom, Nick's mom, and Nick's dad.

We are going to get together to do the blessing and more of our family will get to meet him, so I'm excited for that!

Gamma Morris came into town only 3 days after Jacob was born. She was planning to be here for the induction and all, but little Jacob just couldn't wait :)

I REALLY enjoyed having my mom here. She did so much for me the 2 weeks she was here. She cleaned, cooked, took care of Katelyn, and went on some little outings with me :) I didn't dare take Jacob out anywhere with flu season and so we pretty much just stayed in all day, but I just enjoyed having my mom here to talk to!

 Katelyn loves being outside and so she was so happy Gamma could take her out!

 Riding her trike

 Playing in the back yard

 Mom with Jacob

 with the kids :)

Saying goodbye :( It's always so hard to say goodbye, but I'm glad she could come for a bit! I love my mom!

Then, not too long ago, Nick's parents were able to come out to meet Jacob. They were only able to stay for a couple of days, but we were so glad to see them even just for a little bit!

Again, we didn't do much, but we did go to a children's museum that Katelyn and I love going to and so she was happy we could go there.

Katelyn really gets spoiled when the grandparents come. Nana played with her a lot and she really likes playing with her! I get spoiled too :) Nicks dad did the dishes every day they were here, it was awesome and dishes are my least favorite chore..I wonder if he knew that :)

Katelyn & Jacob w/Nana & Papa (unfortunately we didn't get more pictures)

We're so glad to have family that takes time to come and visit. We miss you all!

Comparisons

  I love to compare Katelyn & Jacob's baby pictures... and I don't know, but if you ask me they've got a lot of similarities.

A little of Katelyn & Jacob

 I love this picture. Jacob was just staring at Katelyn forever. He likes looking at her whenever we are playing or something his eyes are glued to her and he just follows her around the  room.

 Best buds

 2 weeks old next to the dolly

 One month next to the dolly

 So cute together

 I just had to test him out in the bumbo.

 

 

 He's started smiling a bunch lately

 Katelyn using her bouncy ball as a pillow

Little Model

The other day Jacob was taking a little nap with Nick. He was OUT and I would move him and he would just curl up and keep sleeping. I thought his position was soo funny so I took some pictures.

 He started out on his back and I rolled him over to try and wake him up and this is what he did. I just think of him saying "NO mom I don't want to wake up!"

 So then I tried turning his face so it wasn't in the bed and he leaned waaay over to the side and put his little hands under his chin.

 And.. then he just sat there still asleep

 He is so cute!

and finally I rolled him over again to his side. He stayed asleep.

Happy Valentines Day

 A couple years ago I noticed most holidays I didn't do much to celebrate them. So I told Nick that every holiday, big or small, I was going to make the most of it and have fun. I mean why not? How often is it that we get to celebrate and enjoy holidays? Only a few times a year. So I think I've been pretty good since then, this Valentines Day was fun.

I started out by knowing I had to get Katelyn a heart balloon. Because her birthday balloon had popped and she was so sad when it did. I felt bad and I knew she would love another balloon.
We surprised her that morning with the balloon waiting outside her bedroom door.

 
Nick left to school early which stinks because I couldn't make him breakfast, but I could start working on my little crafts/gifts for him for the day!

I made Katelyn and yummy pink strawberry smoothie for breakfast with pancakes. She LOVES smoothies and gets so excited when she see's me making them.

I made Nick a guitar pick out of an old credit card and I printed off some guitar music to a song he used to sing to me when we were dating. He's been wanting to get back into playing his guitar so I thought this might motivate him a bit.

I made Katelyn a tic tac toe board and a card.

I got Nick a crush soda and put a little note on it that said "I've got a crush on you." I also bought him some chocolates and those said "I love you more than chocolate.. and that's a lot!"

I hung a few heart decorations in our entry way.

 He came home and was surprised by it all. He also surprised me with some flowers and a gift.

my cute kiddos on Valentines day wearing their pink and red.

Nick kept trying to get me to find my gift, but I had no clue what was going on. I told him Katelyn and I were going to check the mail and he said "grab a jacket" but I told him I'd just run out real quick. I came back in and he said "Can you hang up those jackets?" I was thinking, "why are you asking me to do this right now?" haha and so I told him just a minute. Then he was like "Just hang up the jackets!" So I was kind of frustrated and said "FINE, what's the matter?" and I opened the closet and started hanging them up and noticed a brand new pink work out jacket. That was the reasoning behind his odd behavior. I LOVE my new jacket! I had been wanting a new light weight jacket, but I hadn't even told him so it's like he read my mind. And I'm trying to keep up my exercising so this will help cause I can wear my fancy new jacket out :)

I'd say we had a good Valentines Day. I love my family so much and I'm glad I could share a little love with them on Valentines Day and let them know I love them very much. I hope you all had a good Valentines Day and remember you are loved! :)

Blog Updates

I got this idea from a friend and I think it is a good idea. If you still want to see that we have updated our blog on your own blog list then add this url to your blog list: nickndanaupdates.blogspot.com
in replace of the old url.

then when our blog is private I will post to that url letting you know that there is a new post with a link to this  blog. Since it will be private it wont show when we update it.

I'll be making our blog private with in the next few days.