The Domes!

Yesterday afternoon Grandma & Grandpa Stollenwerk invited us to go to The Domes with them for the early afternoon. Jack had a great time walking around with Chase and Jillian and seeing all the plants, flowers, water, fish & trains! Both boys were very well behaved :)

(yes, that's me in the cactus dome......)

Jack the Helper!

Jack loves to help around the house.

Whenever I start cleaning or putting stuff away he says "I help you, I help you!"

Which is really nice, except when I want to get something done fast.... oh well.

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The other day he was helping me fold diapers.

He did a very nice job and told me he was folding them into "triangles" !

Jayden's getting SOOOO big!

Last night Jayden tried out his new cup!

He checked it out...

Thought he might want to give it a try in his mouth....

He sucked a little bit, he may have got some milk out....

But then it was more fun to play with! (And throw on the floor). We'll try again though :)

Jayden is very good at scooting himself backwards - he can cross a room and turn himself around. And now he is just starting to pull/army crawl himself forwards a little bit. He can get up on all four easily, he looks like he's doing yoga all the time :)

Boys Playing!

Jayden absolutely loves to play with Jack and play with whatever Jack is playing with.... this often causes problems - but here they were playing pretty nice together.

Mr. Potato head was very popular earlier this week.

And Jack is really into his trains again. He can now set up the tracks and trains all by himself. He made this track a few mornings ago while Jayden watched :)

Mommy & the Boys Up North!

This past weekend while Daddy was on his ski trip with school, the boys and I went up north to the B'Haven lodge with Grandma & Grandpa B :)

Traveling with two little kids is a lot of work.... but it was very nice to not be home alone with them for three straight days.

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We were gone Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. While Daddy was gone Saturday morning until Monday night. So I still had time home alone with the boys... just happily not all weekend!

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Here are some highlights from our trip!

At the last minute I decided to throw Jayden's bottle into my bag, just in case he got upset in the car I thought maybe he'd decide a bottle was better than nothing! And he drank it!!! He had one small bottle on the drive up, one on Saturday while we were out driving around, Sunday on the drive home I tried one, but he only drank a very small amount.... but it's progress!

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Both boys were very good on the drive up and back home :)

This is Jayden waking up on Saturday morning in his B'Haven lodge bed!

And this is Jack STILL sleeping at 7am in his B'Haven lodge bunk bed!!!
Jack actually slept on the bed this time, rather then on the floor just in his sleeping bag.

Jayden playing with Grandma, and his new favorite puppy toy on Saturday morning.

Jack all bundled up to head out into the very cold winter day on Saturday with Grandma & Grandpa for a little while to check out the ice and snow.

Jack & Jayden playing clipos by the nice warm fire before dinner on Saturday night....

maybe someday they will play clipos together.....

Jack and Hershey all cozy Saturday night reading and watching a movie. I had to push Hershey off so I could sit with Jack. Hershey seems to think that chair belongs to her, but I say it's mine! I love that chair, it is the perfect chair to read in :)

This was the temperature around 7am Sunday morning..... -20*. I went outside to see what it was like. Not too bad for a second but I wouldn't want to stay out long.... and my hand hurt for a good 5 minutes after I touched the metal door knob to get back inside. I probably should have put gloves on!

All set in our Packer gear Sunday morning (Jayden's Packer shirt no longer fits - the season has gone on too long!!! So he's just wearing a football sleeper.

We had a very nice weekend and look forward to our next one.... where hopefully it isn't bitterly cold or raining.......

Jayden sleeping!

This morning when I went to get Jayden up I found him like this.....

He is completely wrapped up in his blankets. At least he was all warm and snuggly!

Although there are a number of things "wrong" with this sleeping arrangement.... oh well.

Jayden's New Chair!

This weekend I added Jayden's high chair to the kitchen table!

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He has sat in it a few times, but he hasn't eaten in it yet. He's not holding his back and head up consistently enough to be able to eat, so he's still in the "bouncy seat" for meals....

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Hopefully he'll be in the high chair soon!

Boys Playing Food!

What's more fun than playing "food"? The answer.... Nothing!

Here are the boys last week Friday afternoon playing nicely together :)

Jack is so happy it snowed again!

Cold, yucky, green & brown is no fun in January!!!

Jack was so excited to get back out in the snow this week.

to the Doctor!

Jayden's 6 month check-up went good yesterday afternoon! ...especially because Jack stayed home with Uncle Hayden and had a great time playing, rather than running around crazy at the doctors office :)

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Height - 27 inches 73%ile (up 1.5 inches from 4 months)

Weight - 14lbs 11.5oz 8%ile (at 4 months - 13lbs 3.5oz 13%ile)

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Since his weight percentile was lower, when we go back in a month for Jayden's second flu shot he'll get weighed again. Dr. D isn't worried right now - because they usually thin out when they start moving around more, but just to be safe he'll be checked again next month before we go back again at 9 months.

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Otherwise Jayden looked great. He does have a cold, and had a slight fever (99.2*) but he was still able to get his vaccines and the first flu shot.

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Dr. D said to continue adding new foods to his diet and in a month or so he can start on finger foods - cheerios, crackers, etc. And since he won't really take a bottle (although he did yesterday morning just a little bit!) I'll be starting him on a cup pretty soon. Maybe he'll never need a bottle...... that would be nice!