Picnic at the Pond!

Yesterday we went down to Jeff's parents house for a picnic with B's. It was a beautiful day to be by the water!

Jayden and Mommy

Watching the swimmers

Grandpa & Grandma B with Jayden in the lodge.

Jayden enjoying the beautiful breeze!

Watching the boaters & swimmers with cameras ready!

Jack helping Grandpa Steve row the boat & giving Jillian a ride.

Grandma Michele's first tractor ride with Jack. (His second of the day - he just can't get enough of Grandpa Gene's tractor!)

Playing football - me, Jeff and Dad against Megan, Greg & Chase.... I'm not sure who won....

Jillian and Jack spent the time during the "football" game collecting pinecones from the yard - they ended up with quite a large collection!

End of summer fun around the house!

This past week was pretty quiet. Jeff was busy with school and the boys and I didn't really go anywhere.

Luckily we were having sidewalk repairs done on our street the past two days - so that kept Jack VERY entertained! And the weather was nice - not too hot, not too many bugs, and lots of sun :)

Here are a few pics from this week....

The boys playing on their blankies!

Jayden is getting so good at holding his head up!


Jack loves to help daddy with the cars!

It's hard to tell here - but this is Jack eating lunch inside the front door so that he can watch the diggers and cement trucks out on the street!

While playing outside yesterday afternoon I put Jayden in the grass for the first time - he seemed to really enjoy it laying there in the shade. We played for a quite a while like that and he never cried!

Jack playing with his diggers in the sandbox. (Too bad we can't have a sandbox in the house.... it would sure keep him occupied and well-behaved!)

Enjoying a beautiful summer afternoon in the backyard with my boys!

Last weekday trip to the pond of the summer

Today we went down to the pond - our last trip before school starts (we are going down this weekend - but that's more of a family picnic/get-together since B's will be there too!)

It was a nice day, not too hot or humid. Jack had fun in the water with daddy and Chase and Jillian. Jayden slept most of the day!

Jayden playing with Grandma.

Jack swimming with Chase.

Jayden sleeping........

Jack-o-lanterns (in August)!

Jack and daddy harvested some big pumpkins from the garden this weekend!

They are now in the cool, dark basement - where they will hopefully last until halloween.

Jayden is 6 weeks old!

Where did the time go!


Here are two pictures from this morning.


And one from last week of Jayden holding his head up. He is getting very strong. He can lift his head and turn it from side to side while on his belly, and when upright he can lift his head and push up with his feet!

Jayden's First Campfire!

On Saturday evening we had our first campfire since Jayden was born. We needed to burn some sticks that fell down during all our recent storms this summer - the garage was being over-run with branches!

Jayden loved watching the flames, and Jack was very good at helping, and listening, and staying away from the flames!

Jack helped daddy build the fire, and then the next morning he helped daddy clean the fire up! What a good helper he is :)

Corn!

Today we went down to Jeff's parents house to "do corn"! We had planned on doing it today last week, but then thought we couldn't because all the corn was gone, but then were surprised when we got down there this morning to swim for the day, and found out that there was corn to be found nearby, and our assembly line would go on as originally planned! Follow that???

Greg and Megan and the kids were over to help too, so it went pretty fast - fast considering all the work to be done and how much corn we ended up cooking and packing up in bags (106+ cups in 53 bags!!) Now, that's A LOT of corn :)

Jackson of course had a fantastic time playing farmer. He got to go pick the corn, ride the tractor, ride the gator, play with Chase and Jillian, play in the pond and sand.... what more could a boy want!!!

Jack picking corn (in his new mud boots from Grandma & Grandpa!)

Jack and Jillian playing in the corn field.

Jeff and I (and Jayden in the sling) shucking the corn! Jayden was a pretty good sport about it all.

Cleaning up all the corn.

Chase helping the cooked corn cool down.

Jayden sitting around while I helped bag the corn.

Jillian giving Jack a ride on the gator.

After all the corn was done, we enjoyed a delicious lunch outside - it was a beautiful day! And then went swimming! What a fun and exhausting day :)

Fun at the Park!

This past week I took the boys to Oakwood Park to play a few of the mornings. Jayden napped in the stroller most of the time and Jack had fun running around with other kids, checking out the water, the ducks, the baseball diamonds and sand volleyball courts!

After our fun at the park, we would go over and have lunch with Hershey and Uncle Hayden (if he was around and out of bed!!!) Jack loved it :)

Jack loved to chase the ducks - there were tons of them!

Jack gets a haircut!

And he really needed it! He was getting quite shaggy the last week or so, and with all the heat and humidity - and he's always wearing a hat - it was a little unruly. But now he is all cleaned up and shortened for the remainder of the summer. We'll let it grow out again in the fall.

Jack sat so nice for Grandma while she was cutting!

And afterwards he got a nice cool hose down to rinse all the hair off his body - I bet it felt good on this hot, humid afternoon!

Jayden is 1 month old today!

Jayden is one month old already! How the sleepless nights have flown by :)

But he's actually sleeping much better this past week, and has been taking two good naps most days at somewhat predictable times, so life is a bit less chaotic.

He can also hold his head up a little bit and turn it from side to side while on his stomach!

Jayden likes to sleep on his stomach.

We did Jayden's hand and foot prints the other day so now the wall is complete with all three at 1 month old!

Today has been a pretty good "birthday" so far. We went to Oakwood Park for a while this morning so Jack could play, Jayden slept the whole time. And then we had lunch over by Hershey :) It's still really hot so we didn't stay outside too long.

Dr. Appointment

Jayden had his one month doctor appointment this morning. He was very well behaved and happy - until he got a shot at the end :(

Here are his stats...

weight - 8lbs 4.5oz 15% (he gained 1lb 0.5oz since his two week appointment 16 days ago!)
length - 21 1/2 inches 51%

Jack spent the morning with Uncle Hayden while Jayden & I were at the doctor since daddy was at school. He had a great time playing with Uncle and Hershey! Thanks Hayden :)

I'll have to tackle taking them both to Jayden's next appointment in September........

4 weeks!

Jayden is 4 weeks old today!

Here's a picture from this morning.
And here are Jack and Jayden and Hershey. (Jack was sharing!)

State Fair!

Yesterday I took the boys to state fair with Grandma Michele and Uncle Hayden. We have done this each year since Jack was a baby! It was a hot, sunny day - perfect fair weather!

Our first stop at the fair - the 25 cent milk booth!!! Jack tried some chocolate, strawberry and cherry vanilla. All were delicious :)

Our next stop was the giant slide.

Here's Jack and I going down - we are in the middle on the right side. It was REALLY fun and REALLY fast !!! We wanted to do it again later, but Jack fell asleep so we didn't - next year we will :)

Jack and I exiting the giant slide - he's saying "more, more".

Later on we hit the cream puff building!
Grandma shared her cream puff with Jack, since I'm not a huge fan of them.
He liked it !

Jack and his cream puff face!

After the cream puff we went over to one of the many "Guess You Age" guys... Grandma wanted to win Jack a prize :)

And since the guy was off by more than 2 years (he guessed too young!) Jack got to pick our this cuddly bear - which he calls a puppy.

Jack sleeping! The puppy came in very handy to use as a pillow to prop his head up in the umbrella stroller.

Grandma and Jayden enjoying some music after lunch.

Me, Jack (sleeping) and Jayden (sleeping) as we leave the fair after a fun, hot day!

Me and all the boys... Hayden's friend Conner, Hayden, Jack and Jayden

Can't wait until next week when we can do it all again!