Friday, July 19, 2013

Friday iPhone Dump #14

Since La Torretta is very close to my brother's house and Danielle and the twins were on vacation, we invited Uncle Beebo to meet us for lunch on Saturday before we checked in. Jacob was sooooo excited to see him.



I even convinced him to hold Hannah for a picture even though he confessed to almost dropping her last time he held her.


La Torretta was a success again in the eyes of a 2.9 year old. Randy and I still weren't that impressed (yet we keep going back) with their lack of cleanliness and poor customer service. But, Jacob thought it was amazing and that is what matters! He loved the splash pad, water slides and lazy river. Hannah even enjoyed some if the water activities, too.



The wait for the elevators is hard when you're soooo ready to swim!



Making s'mores with Daddy.



The air bed (aka blow bed, to Jacob) was a success. I'm not sure how much he really liked it (like he says) or how terribly exhausted he was after no nap and lots of playing. Yes, he's sleeping face down here but he didn't care...



Not a very exciting picture of Hannah but I took it because she can FINALLY roll belly to back!



She is also loving her water from these trainer sippy cups. She may not be able to do it alone, but she's trying!



Jacob LOVES writing his numbers and letters and drawing. So, he usually does this while I cook dinner EVERY night (just kidding, just wondering if Randy reads this).


Randy's new mat for the clinic came in and Jacob got very excited to dance on it.



But I had to say "Freeze!" So you can actually see him.



Most of you have probably seen these already, but at least one sister-in-law of mine (not naming names) does not have Facebook and may not have seen them. So, here are Hannah's 6 month pictures. I used the same place I did Jacob's 6 month and 1 year pictures and am happy again. The pink dress was a gift when she was born and Randy bought her the Aggie dress last time he was in College Station.












After such pretty pictures of Hannah, here is a pretty one of Jacob. He's had the DJ Lance Rock (from Yo Gabba Gabba) hat for a while, but Randy bought him the matching glasses.



Sweet girl in the morning. Playing with Momma and waiting on Jacob to wake up.



From someone who used to keep a pretty tidy house (not clean, just tidy), this is what my living room looks like many mornings. The little boy with 1/2 of his pajamas on, baby girl just watching him, Bubble Guppies on TV and Legos everywhere!! I love it!!



Thursday was Hannah's first day to go to Adventure Kids (a drop in day care) with Jacob. He was so excited that she was going too and told me many times that he would check on her and tell her "It's OK, Hannah" if she ever cried. She did great and didn't cry at all. I did great, too, and didn't cry at all. I was so excited to pick them up!!



And, for documentation purposes, of course, Hannah is finally sleeping (nap and night) without the silly suit or silly blanket sleeper. Since she can roll, even the blanket sleeper was frustrating her.



"Look, Mom, it's a violin!" Yep, that's an Elmo guitar and drum stick.



Apparently the lights were too bright during her night time bottle.


Still love to watch her sleep! I remember doing this with Jacob but not enough!!
Check out that pouty lip...



That's it. We are headed to the circus this weekend (Sunday), so I'll probably have tons of pictures next week.

~Nancy

Friday, July 12, 2013

Friday iPhone Dump #13

For someone who can't "crawl" (still can't even roll belly to back), she sure can get stuck in strange places!



A little lunch time face time with Daddy. Ignore Randy...he just makes silly faces at her until she laughs. She's not much of a conversationalist.



Good morning! I finally quit the Justin Bieber combing of her hair at night and am embracing the Elvis hair. It's actually not too bad.



Of course, "Take my picture, too!"



Lunchtime...for Jacob, at least. Hannah just likes to watch him.



Jacob was already napping and Hannah was sitting on my bed. She fell back and decided she liked it. I thought it was too cute.



We went to Chuck E. Cheese (or Chunkin Cheese, if you ask Jacob) and Hannah got to ride with the mouse.



Then she was sitting on the table (classy, just like the location) and I was trying to get a smile. I like this expression better.



I'm not sure why I have zero pictures of Jacob from this trip. Probably because he doesn't sit still.

Before nap time one day, I actually got a picture of both of them looking at the camera AND smiling!! And, Jacob doesn't like to nap in a shirt any more. Thanks, Randy.



Tuesday was a special day at our house, Hannah's half birthday!



And, so far she is sleeping without her sleep suit (just in a blanket sleeper) so she is actually sleeping on her tummy. This was her first nap where she slept like this for a long amount if time.



Jacob likes to play on the iPad with apps where you take a picture then draw on them. He did this completely on his own and was so proud that he wrote his name. You have to use your imagination a little, but the top line is J (backwards) and A. The second line says B O C. Although the second line is backwards, I was still a very proud Momma.



We are headed to La Torretta this weekend but only have a king bed. Hannah will sleep in her pack and play but Jacob didn't have anywhere to sleep. So, we bought this blow up mattress that he needed to test out. I'll be shocked if he actually sleeps on it Saturday night.



~Nancy

Friday, July 5, 2013

Friday iPhone Dump #12

This week, Hannah has gotten so good at sitting up for longer and longer. She doesn't even need clothes to do it.


I am, however, fighting a battle that I think I'm gonna lose. I'll keep fighting though...



This is what you find on your phone (times 1,000) when your 2 year old has been playing with it while you change the little one.






Cute little Hannah.



"Momma, take my picture cause I ate all my yogurt." Seems logical.



Again, I'm losing this battle.



But she's so darn cute!



Even when she takes out her bow to eat it.



Jacob wanted to hold her. This is, apparently, what he meant.



So proud of his Lego house.



We went to an inflatable place to meet some friends on Tuesday. Jacob had a blast but spent a lot of time playing air hockey (which we have at home) instead of jumping. Oh well...



Hannah got to play with her friend Lucy.



Jacob was eating Cheetos, so Randy wanted to see what Hannah thought about them. She really liked them despite her face here.


She is dropping her short, 7pm ish nap so she is wiped out during her bedtime bottle. She falls asleep drinking it and looks so cute!!


Jacob wearing his backpack but not going anywhere.


Hannah's first time in a restaurant high chair.



Still losing that battle.



The boys, on the carousel, at the mall.



We went to look at books at the bookstore. But the boys found things that were much more fun.





















Finally getting to swing at home!



Happy 4th of July photo shoot. These are the best 2 out of 60 (not kidding) that I took.






We went to the grand opening of a new Smashburger because I read somewhere that the firemen and firetruck would be there. Jacob LOVED this!!















Hannah even got to wear the hat when Jacob wasn't looking.



She's got him wrapped around her finger already!!



~Nancy