7 Months!

Dylan is now just over 7 months and Jackson is 4.5 years old. Dylan is crawling all around the house and in size 4 diapers! He is flying through is big brother's clothes and wearing 12-18 month clothing. He LOVES his big brother and laughs and smiles at him constantly. Jackson loves to help with Dylan's baths and likes to feed him. Dylan is sleeping 6:45-6:45 and sometimes wakes for a feed in the middle of the night. We look forward to taking the boys to Nebraska for Christmas!!

4 Months Old!

Dylan is growing faster than I can keep up with his updates. He is now sleeping 7:20-6:00 and eating rice cereal! Daddy is enjoying spending the summer with Dylan and with Jack during Jack's "home days" from camp. Dylan decided to roll over back to front while Mommy was away for work but she did get to see him roll over front to back. Dylan loves his baths and loves to play with his big brother! Jack loves to sing to Dylan and tickle him!

3 Months!

Dylan is growing very quickly. He's settled into a nice overnight routine and only gets up ONCE! He usually sleeps 7:45-7:45 only waking one time. He loves playing with his big brother and Jackson definitely knows how to make him laugh. It's fun to bring out Jack's old toys and introduce them to Dylan. Dylan's favorite part of the day is getting ready for his bath....

Mommy went back to work the day Dylan turned 3 months old. He is spending the summer with Daddy and everyone has adjusted perfectly!

2 Months Old! 4 Years Old!

I already feel like Dylan is getting slighted as the 2nd child as I've neglected to write anything down about him so far. I must say after reading Jack's first 2 months of life they are very similar.

Dylan is now sleeping anywhere from 5-7.5 hours at night, wakes up for a quick feeding and goes back down for another 1-2 hours. This is not perfected yet, but he's working on it. During the day he either sleeps all day or is awake most of the day. Since we've moved into the new house and I have TONS to do, he is mostly awake.

Dylan loves car rides as long as we are moving, loves to go for walks and especially loves being held. Big Brother Jack loves to "see his face" and hold and kiss him. He is an amazing helper and has adjusted well to his new role.

Speaking of Jack, turning 4 was a blast. He wanted a "monster truck" party so luckily I planned most of it prior to Dylan's arrival. We had it at a gymnastics place and the kids had fun playing for an hour and then enjoyed pizza and a HUGE monster truck cake. Jack is already planning his 5th birthday party and wants either a race car party or a space party. I wonder where he gets it from......

And Dylan makes FOUR!

On March 28, 2010 we welcomed Dylan into our lives! Dylan came 2 weeks early just like his older brother did. Dylan Curtis looks just like Jackson and we are so happy to have a healthy baby boy.

On April 29 we closed on our house after 10 months in contract so needless to say we've been busy. We moved in on May 22 and will continue working on the house to make it our own. We love the new house and the additional space!

Jack's First Trip to the ER

Jackson had his first trip the ER.  Luckily, both Mommy and Daddy were home.  He fell down while running around and needed 4 stitches.  Jack barely made a peep at the hospital and said "it hurts" a few times and had a few tears.  He did much better than Mommy.  The plastic surgeon that stitched up his forehead said he will be just fine and the scar will be minimal!  Let's hope this is the first and last trip to the ER.  

Go Big Red!

I think the Husker victory in the Gator Bowl was a nice way to bring in 2009! Jackson agrees.... 

Jackson and Uncle George on Christmas Eve

Jack and Uncle George had lots of fun playing on Christmas Eve.  They started riding their "horses" and discussing animals....

Jackson Celebrates Christmas in NE!

We flew out to Nebraska for 9 days to celebrate Christmas in Lincoln and Grand Island.  Jack met up with Santa to tell him he wanted a "blue guitar" (Santa delivered!).  We all had a great time with the family and all of Jack's aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents. Jackson also loved playing with the dogs at every house!

Jack's School Photos

Jackson had his first round of school photos!

From Jack's School Photos

From Jack's School Photos

Click Here to see Jack "dance"

Jackson is 2.5 years old!

Jack is on his way to being 3 years old!  Our little guy still loves, loves, loves trucks and cars!  He knows all of his construction trucks and can often be overheard correcting Mommy if I show him a truck:  "Mommy, that's not a bulldozer, that's an excavator!".  I'm not kidding.  He loves learning and reading and playing.  He has two really good friends at school and call them his "buddies".  They are all moving to the 3-year old room in January and Jack is looking forward to his new playground but will miss his amazing teachers.

I wish we could write down all of Jack's quotes as he says the best things.  During a recent conversation about boys and girls Jack said, "I'm not a man, I'm a boy.  I'll be a man on Friday or after Christmas".  He was very serious!

Jack's favorite foods include waffles or pancakes for breakfast with lots of milk to drink and for lunch he loves a variety of foods but usually eats yogurt!  For dinner he is very good about eating his spinach and broccoli and also loves PASTA and grilled chicken.  He does love his chocolate and special "treats".  

He is looking forward to Christmas but doesn't know what to think about Santa!

Jamaica!

Mommy and Daddy got away for 4 days to Jamaica for Uncle Nick and Aunt Alicia's wedding!

View from our room!

Trick or Treat

Although Jack did not feel well, he felt well enough to go out and Trick or Treat.  He had fun as Bob the Builder and enjoyed filling up his bucket with candy.  We ended the evening by going out to dinner to his favorite place-the diner!  

 

Happy Halloween

A message from BOB!

Hot Chocolate

Jack discovered HOT CHOCOLATE at Legend Weekend in Sleepy Hollow!

Pumpkins and Apples!

This weekend Jack picked his pumpkin and a bag of apples. He had so much fun grabbing the apples and tossing them in the bag.  Click here for more pictures!

Vermont "Leaf Peeping"

We recently went to Vermont for the weekend and stayed Uncle Rock and Aunt Kim's house. Jackson enjoyed the cider mill, corn maze, gondola ride to the top of a mountain and the "pizza shop". He was a trooper in the car and slept all the way up and back! He liked playing with his baby cousin Caleb.

Summer 2008 Photos

We had a really fun summer around the house and at the beach. We went to Beach Haven in New Jersey and spent an extended weekend at a bed & breakfast. Jackson LOVED the beach and wasn't afraid of the water. He even took a 2 hour nap on the beach! We also spent a lot of time outside playing with trucks, golfing, finger painting, playing in many. Click on the photo below for more pictures from Summer 2008! Or, view as a slideshow.

Summer 2008

Dry Cleaners

Jackson was discussing errands while playing with his truck!