Monday, January 31, 2011

A January Day at the Park

This past weekend was gorgeous! Blue skies and close to 70 degrees. A perfect taste of spring. We had to take advantage of this weather, so we met a few of Jackson's friends at the park. One of the moms took some great pictures of the kids. It was so nice to spend most of the weekend outside, and I can't wait until this kind of weather is here to stay (at least for awhile)!



Sunday, January 30, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011

These Crazy Kids

I found this video clip the other day from Jackson's 3rd birthday party, and it made me laugh!

More of Sweet Kate



Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Breaking up the ice with his toy ax


At least it looks pretty

Sun, where are you?

We had to pull out Tug's old Iowa sweater to keep her warm!


We are now on snow day #3 (more like ICE day #3)! Unfortunately, it's not the fun type of snow. It's several inches of snow covered with a thick layer of ice. So that makes it really hard to play in. Erik took Jackson out yesterday to go sledding in a laundry basket, but they were back inside after about 2 minutes because Jackson didn't like it. I've had a cold, so I had not been out in the snow until I walked (or slid around and tried not fall) Tug today. Now I understand why Jackson was not too fond of the sledding idea! I could barely walk across the driveway. Erik has been working from home this week because the roads aren't drivable, and we have not gone anywhere since Sunday. Sun, please come out and melt this stuff!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Jackson Rockin' Out to Zac Brown on TV (with a little help from dad)


Jackson just started a new preschool last week. He made a smooth transition to his new school and was excited to go! After his first day, his teacher said he did fantastic! Ironically, she also said he was not very outgoing in music. Ha! Just wait!

Kate...

loves her new exersaucer that Santa brought
but not so much her first taste of baby cereal!
(She has gotten the hang of it since then though. It's kinda fun to feed a baby who actually eats!)

We're All Ready! WAR EAGLE!





Jackson's orange and blue dinner!

...and our orange and blue dessert!

Monday, January 03, 2011

Saturday, January 01, 2011

4 Month Check-Up

Kate had her 4 month check-up yesterday. She now weighs 13 pounds (32nd %) and is 24.5 inches (56th %). The doctor said she is doing great, and we think so too! She is just the sweetest baby and is so good! She is just generally happy and usually only cries when she is tired. She eats and sleeps great, too. She's taking 3 naps a day now and sleeps about 11 hours at night. Over the last week or two, she has really started rolling over a lot (back to front) and loves to grab her feet. She's also getting really good at grabbing toys and holding onto them. We are looking forward to the next several months as she starts to do all kinds of new stuff!