We'd Better Be Prepared....

This was just too cute, I had to share.

Dillon got put to bed tonight and then started knocking on his door (a new nightly ritual). I went in to see what was going on. He said, in his most puppy dog eyes/voice, "something is wrong with me", which is also a new occurrence but 99.99% of the time there is nothing actually wrong. So I told him there wasn't anything wrong and that he needed to get back into bed. So, purely to point out I was wrong, he knelt down and banged his head on the floor and said his head hurts.

It took all I had not to laugh! Got to give him points for thinking on his feet! I can just hear the lines he'll be feeding us in 15 years!

Jason Talking

Here is a video of Jason "talking". He likes to talk to his bed, not sure what is so facinating but he always looks in the same spot.

Jason Can Sleep Anywhere

Jason is a very good sleeper, which I am gratefull for. He will sleep pretty much anywhere you put him. He is still on the bassinet but we'll be moving him into his room very soon. He can put himself to sleep pretty well and usually only wakes up once during the night to eat! Sometimes he'll even sleep for 6+ hours. He is a little inconsistent of the time he actually falls a sleep for the night, but beggars can't be choosers I guess.

Sprawled out on our bed.

At the Armed Forces Day parade. He slept through the bands too!
The bassinet, which he is almost too long for.
The highchair in the kitchen.
The highchair out on the deck.
Here is the happy guy awake. He is getting very big, he is already wearing size 6 months clothes and they are not big on him at all! He is bigger than Dillon was at this age. He likes to talk/coo and stand. He is getting better at holding his head up everyday...he is very strong!

Enjoying the Nice Weather

Spring has finally arrived, now that it is almost summer, and we have been enjoying being out side. I don't think anyone enjoys it more than Dillon!

Can you guess which one is two? :)
He got a helmet and knee pads (or as he calls them lily pads) and a bell for his tricycle. He loves to ride the trike up and down the deck. He also is always busy "fixing his motorcycle" aka the tricycle. He is such a boy!
I bought Dillon his own shovel and rake. He puts his foot on the shovel just like daddy does.
He loves to play with scraps of wood and build things with his tools just like daddy and papa.
This past week was the end of school and the last day was at the park. Dillon always has fun at the park. He can now climb the ladder on his own.
Dillon and another friend figured out that if you push the button water sprays out of the water fountain!! That lead to several minutes of fun. (Dillon is in the navy blue and white stripped shirt).
We walked down to the beach and looked at the crabs that live under the rocks. Being the little boy that he is Dillon tried to stomp on them, but his teacher explained that we are visiting their home so we need to be nice and gentle with the crabs.
Ymmm cupcakes.

Look What Jason Found

Jason has really discovered his thumb this week. Jason has been sleeping really well at night. Last night he slept from 10:30 until a little after 5 when I decided he really should be fed. Of course I wasn't so lucky to be able to go back to sleep since Dillon decided 5:30 was when he should wake up today. There will be pay backs when he is 16!

Cute picture of the boys.
Dillon's shoe selections this week.

Happy Mother's Day

For Mother's Day the boys took me to a nursery on Friday evening (before everything was crowded over the weekend). We bought some lovely pots that already had plants potted in them. Because lets face it when am I going to have the time to be planting flowers?!

Dillon loved riding in the cart. This was a big nursery and had lots to look at. There was a pond with Koi fish (Dillon really enjoyed looking at them) and a waterfall. Of course I didn't have my camera when we were walking around. :(

On Mother's Day we went down to Gram's for lunch and had a very nice time...until it was obvious that we needed to go home for naps. Jason gave me his present last night as he only woke up once! He slept from 10:30/11:00 p.m. to 3:30 and then again until 7:00!

Dillon also made me a gift. Saturday night we had dinner out on the deck and when we were cleaning up Dillon was getting into trouble so he got sent into the house; which he was NOT happy about. When it was time for me to come in he met me at the door and said "I made you a Mother's Day card." This was totally unprompted by Art and he thought of it all on his own. Of course after I had scolded him a few minutes earlier it made my heart melt and also made me think he is one smooth guy. Wonder what he will be when he grows up?!

We didn't do much this week as our car was in the shop and the weather wasn't all that great, but here a few pictures of the boys from the week.

Jason is loves giving smiles these days. He also coo's a lot and we have little conversations. I am a little scared that we have another talker on our hands! But the cooing is so cute and I don't really remember Dillon doing it all that much.
Tummy Time - he doesn't seem to mind it at all.
Dillon attempting to pick Jason up. He really likes to hold him.
Since Jason was laying down Dillon thought he should too.

GOAAAAAAL

We signed Dillon up for soccer classes. We needed to find something to get some of that energy out of him!

He was very overwhelmed when we got to the soccer center. It was a big place with lots going on an Dillon needed to try to take it all in. But all in all he did a pretty good job paying attention to the coach. The class is 50 minutes long and he paid really good attention for about 30 minutes then it got harder for him. He was very eager to do what the coach told the kids to do and usually started doing what she said before they were actually supposed to do it. At least he was listening and hearing what she was saying!

Dillon is in the gray shirt and blue pants. They were doing drills down the field.
Hey, no hands mister!
Defending his ball against the coach.
All the kids playing.
I think he is done listening.....

One Month Old!

Wednesday Jason turned one month old! He had his one month check up on Friday. He is a very healthy boy. He now weighs 12 pounds, 14 ounces, and is 23.5 inches long and of course is in the 95th percentile for both. I knew he'd grown and gained weight but didn't realize he had grown that much already!

Jason has found his hands and likes to suck on them; he won't really take a pacifier. He can really hold his head up well and has strong arms and legs. Makes getting him dressed and changed a challenge if he doesn't want to move the way we want him to. He has started smiling and looking right at us. He is a great sleeper and pretty much sleeps where ever we put him. He also puts himself to sleep!!! The total opposite of Dillon. Jason is a very noisy baby and is always making noises and grunting. The doctor said he probably will be an early talker..oh no...if he talks as much as Dillon our house will never be quiet!

Busy Week

This week Jason got his first tub bath, started smiling, went to the zoo and went to Tony's for dinner for the first time.

Jason doesn't seem to mind having a bath at all.
Cute smiles!
Dinner at Tony's. Both kids did really great and Dillon was especially well behaved; which made me very happy.
Friday was beautiful here so we went to the zoo for a little bit. We got a late start and didn't say too long but it was nice to be out of the house and enjoy the day.

Family

Last weekend we went over to Grandma Penny's for Zach's birthday and all the cousins were together since the latest 3 were born. The twins have grown a lot since we last saw then and everyone got to meet Jason.

The older cousins had a great time playing together and the babies got lots of attention too!
Dillon pushing Gage, they played outside for a very long time. It was well past Dillon's nap time but he was having so much fun we didn't want to interrupt it. He was tired though, he fell asleep with in minutes of leaving Grandmas!
Meeting Great Aunt Priscilla
The babies - I think I have the order correct - Layne, Stewart, and Jason. The twins were 2.5 months old and Jason is almost 1 month.
Also last week Jason got to meet Gretchen and Gordon. I went to my Aunt and Uncles and had a nice (quiet) visit with them while Dillon stayed with Gram.

Just Chillin'