Our Night Away

It happened, I turned 30! A good friend of ours, Chris, also turned 30 this month, so as a celebration of our birthdays, we went and spent a night downtown. Some more of our good friends, Stacia and Stefan, joined us (me, Josh, Chris, Erin, Troy and Lauren) for dinner at Boehlers (sp?) and then for dessert at another resturant. We then went back to the hotel and played games for a few hours. The Craftons had to get back to their kiddos, so we called it a night around 11pm. I know that sounds early but I was pooped! I can't tell you how bummed I am that I didn't get a picture of all 8 of us..or even just the girls!
The next morning we went to the Guenther House for breakfast. I hadn't heard much about the place...and then Josh comes out with this enormous cinnamon roll for us to snack on while we were waiting for a table. Ok, the best cinnamon roll I have ever had. I even bought another to take home and share with the boys later for a snack!
What a wonderful time we had. I had such anxiety about coming for a night out, mostly where Jacob was concerned. But it turned out that he did perfectly. My mom stayed the night at our house, he took the bottles for her without a fuss, and slept soundly. Thank you Lord for that wonderful gift. And thank you to Chris for inviting us to come...and pushing me to be serious about bottle feeding Jacob so I could have a night away! It was so much fun! Can't wait for our bed and breakfast night away!

Will You Be My Valentine?

So yesterday Ethan asked Josh, "Who is your valentine?". Josh told him it was mommy. Ethan replied, "But I was going to ask her to be my valentine." Awww..so Josh told him I could be both their valentines. I know this picture only has 2 of my 4 guys..but its too good not to post!

Sweet Brothers

I know the lighting is not the best, but I love this picture of all my boys!

Ethan's 6th Birthday

Wow, Ethan is 6! We took them to Amazing Jump for the first time back in December and Ethan said its where he wanted to have his birthday party...so here we are!

We were only allowed a certain amount of guests, so he had a hard time narrowing down his list! He and his friends had such a great time! The party turned out wonderful!!

My birthday boy

Getting ready to play dodge ball..

Make a wish!

One of the whole family

Maybe Oatmeal?

Since Jacob has refused rice cereal, we thought we would give oatmeal a try. Unfortunately, he has no interest in this either! Oh, and he loves to spit, too. Makes for some fun clean up! I sure hope he starts to eat some solids soon though!

MT Jam!

Its that time again! Monster Truck Show! This will be Isaiah's first year, and he is very excited! My aunt Connye, who works for KKYX radio, got us 8 tickets to the show, so in addition to Ryan and Colby, we invited the Gibbins boys too. They had a great time! And thank you to my hubby for remembering to take pictures!

My Boys

My sister-in-law saw this pose on pinterest and thought we should do one like it with Josh and the boys. We meant to do it when Jacob was a baby, but time just gets away from us too quick! We finally made it over to Jenny's studio and pulled off a great pic of all the guys! In hindsight, we probably should have re-thought Jacob being naked, but it still turned out so cute! Thanks Jennifer!!

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Jacob: Months 4 & 5

These past couple of months Jacob has really started showing his personality. He's playing with toys, started bouncing in his jumper (which is great for me!), and loves to be tickled, particularly when his belly is exposed.
He has also become quite the butterball! We tried introducing foods to him, like cereal and some baby foods, but he really could not be less interested! I'm kinda bummed, but hopefully he will take to them soon.
His brothers absolutely adore him! Sometimes Isaiah gets a little too close, like giving him a hug by practically laying on top of him, so I keep a close eye. He's still not rolling around so at least I don't have to worry about him getting stepped on!

Jacob & his "twinkie" cousin Colton, who is 3 wks younger. This was taken at Thanksgiving.

First time in the bumbo.

First time in the jumper..

Trying cereal..I wish I got a picture of his face once it was in his mouth!

Jacob at Christmas.

LOVE this smile!

Its Christmas Morning!

So this year we scaled back a bit on the gifts for the boys. We just feel they might get a sense of entitlement the more and more "things" they get. However, they were still in hog heaven!

Grammy and Papa came over again this year, even though Christmas fell on Sunday. It was wonderful having them here. It doesn't feel like Christmas morning unless they are here!

Good Morning Bright Eyes!

Another Christmas morning come and gone! All that planning...out the window in ten minutes flat!

Breakfast with Santa

We had lots of fun at breakfast this morning! Saw our friends, santa, and sang some songs. We did a really cute handprint craft too! Yay for Christmas!