FOUR YEARS OLD

Well Jacob is 4 years old now! I am speechless. He got some more Thomas the trains for his birthday but he wanted a Blue's Clues cake. So here it is! He also was trying to show Jaron how to play the guitar. What a moment. He has grown 3 1/4 inches since last year on his birthday. He is now 3 ft. 4 1/2 inches and he weighs 37.5 lbs. I am sure it won't be many more years and he will be bigger than me.

Growing & Climbing!!!

Well Jaron's teeth are showing better now. He has discovered how to climb on the coffee table and STAND UP on it! Also he likes to stand on that little stool and look out the window. I put that guitar on him with a belt around his back. Thought it was cute! Jacob was holding his bigger guitar. Check out his blog to see more pictures of that day. I have been weight Jaron once a month to keep an accurate log of his weight gain. He was weighed Sept. 8th and was only 20lbs. 10oz. He has only gained 2 oz since last month. I am trying to pack in the calories but sometimes he just can't take it all and pukes it up. Other times I think its the sinus drainage in his throat that gags him and causes him to puke. So when you can't do anything else for us just PLEASE PRAY FOR POUNDS!!!

Swimming & Smiling!

Well the boys got to swim again the other day. And Jaron was loving slide. I would put him at the top and he would go down by himself. I just caught him at the bottom so his head didnt' go under water. The water was cold and the sun was behind the trees so they didn't stay in long.








Here's the boys dress alike for church again. I don't know why I do it. Maybe it's just feels better if they match. I don't know but everyone says they look a lot alike too. Jacob always fakes a smile. So funny! He might just turn out to be a comedian.

Scar-Singing-Sitting

Jaron's scar is barely noticeable now. Of course we can tell he had surgery but strangers don't seem to notice. It is so nice to finally go to Wal-mart without all the stares and double-takes. Finally we can have a normal day without all the questions and weird looks. He does have 2 teeth on the bottom barely showing.













Here is one daddy took of him in the carseat the other day. On the way home from church. He loves riding in the car. And he hums and trys to sing with every song we play. I hope he's going to be a singer for the Lord.


We got him ready for church the other night and he just sat in the floor like this. It's NOT normal for Jaron to sit still like this unless he is tired or filling his diaper. Don't let the clothes fool you he is still not gaining very good. Everything is big on him.

My Big "J"

Well we didn't get many smiles out of Jacob this time. Seems the camera has a delay and the kids can only hold their grin for so long. Oh well at least you can see how big he is getting and so handsome too! The boys in their sunglasses was so cute! Jacob told me today that we are going to China. Don't know where he heard that word even. Then the other day in Sunday School he prayed for "Jesus to please save his brother Jaron". That is as precious as it gets! Oh and I can't forget today in church he layed his head on my lap and said "Mommy you are my friend". He is getting so sweet lately. And a few weeks ago he said "Mommy I was your first baby in your belly." Just out of the blue don't know where it came from we weren't even talking about babies that day. I can't believe he is going to be 4 years old in 16 DAYS!

Long time no see...

Well I haven't posted in a while so I made up for it this time with lots of pictures. Hope you enjoy them. Jaron is so smart. And he is growing. Still some feeding issues. He hasn't grasped the concept of sucking a bottle or cup yet but he will one day and I will SCREAM with excitement. There a few of him playing in the floor and a couple different ones where he is dressed for church. And them the one of him in a diaper. Those are Jacob's golf clubs but Jaron will not put them down. He carries them around all day swinging at everything. Reminds me a BAM-BAM! He is trying to talk some more make different noises but can't say more than Uh-oh and Mama.

TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS...

Jacob loves to shoot basketball. And he is really very good at it. Notice his little tan back. Finally getting some color. :-)


Thomas and Friends! He loves his trains. Sets up the track every day differently. This was a pretty cool setup he did all by himself. We were proud had to capture the moment.

Two Troublesome Teeth

Well Jaron has finally managed to cut his first 2 teeth on the bottom. They are barely poking through so I can't get a good picture of them yet. Notice the wet shirt. It is like that every where we go. Lots of slobber...

He thinks he's a big boy when he climbs up onto the treadmill. He is gaining weight and still doing alright with the baby food. We went to the ENT today and one of his tubes is not in place. So if he continues to have fluid build up behind the ear drum they may have to put him to sleep to insert a new tube in that left ear. It doesn't seem to bother him though. He is all over the house. Still only says "Mama". But thats fine with me :-)

Swimming!

Jacob has been getting outside more and you can tell it from his little tan face and arms. We try to get outside about an hour everyday and play in the pool. This was kinda a fake smile for Jacob but at least he did smile.

We went to my mother's boss's house to swim one day last week and Jacob insisted on being in the baby float I brought for Jaron. He stayed in it the entire time. I think he almost fell asleep.

Walking!!!

My handsome little man all dressed for church. He is officially walking. ALL OVER THE HOUSE! He looks so funny because he is walking earlier than Jacob did and it seems strange to us. But we are so glad he is developing normal.






Here's a good close up of Jaron and his handsome little lip and nose. I spiked his hair for fun and he grinned for the camera. He can't seem to get his hands out of mouth though. I noticed yesterday that the skin is breaking where his first tooth will come in. We haven't gotten much sleep either because of it. Tylenol and Orajel just aren't enough. I'll try to get a good picture of the tooth once it comes through. Oh and I can't forget to annouce how well he is doing on baby food. He has gained 2 lbs. in 1 month. I am SO PROUD! I have been feeding him a jar of something -sometimes 1 hour apart from each other just to pack in the calories. And he is on pediasure now for extra calories and nutrional value.

He's growing up!

This is one of his favorite things to do. He loves our mouse. And this particular day we had come home from church and his pants are too big all of them so I took them off so he could run around with his little cart and he went straight to the computer.







Here is my two handsome boys in the Georgia Bulldogs outfits!!!














Jaron was patiently waiting for me to finish unloading the van and he seemed to like being in the driver seat.

Playing in the dirt at the park

We met our Jacob's great grandpa and nana in SC for the day and here is a pic of Jacob playing in the sand, in the shade. It was about 95 that day and you can tell by looking at his red cheeks!

Daddy came home from Washington and brought Jacob this hat. He loves it! What a cutie!

My baby found DIRT!

Well we took Jaron & Jacob to a park to meet their great grandparents and Jaron discovered dirt for the first time. He did not like it on his toes and mommy didn't bring shoes (TOO HOT) so I threw on the socks to put a barrier between his baby soft skin and that yucky stuff!

Here is the picture we took the morning we took daddy to the airport. (just noticed he's wearing the same clothes diff. day) Still handsome...

Growing UP!!!

Here is Jacob loving on daddy before he left the next morning for 3 weeks. What a good picture!

Jacob was so big when I put this shirt on him. He ran straight to the mirror to check out his muscles.

I have been letting him paint a lot lately. He loves it! Makes a big mess but it makes him happy...

First Video Clips

I hope this works...if so I plan to use this a lot more as he learns to walk and talk.

Big J & Little J

Here they are the dynamic duo! What a time we had getting them to pose for these pictures. I can't believe my big boy is about to be 4 years old! WOW-I know I say this a lot but TIME FLYS!!! We are all doing good and Jacob is loving that pool you saw in the previous post.

What A Year! One At Last...

Well Jaron is finally one year old. He is right on the verge of walking and I know it won't be long. I took him and Jacob to have their pictures made and I think they turned out WONDERFUL~Enjoy!!!