Long time no post

Guess I have been so busy with k.mae designs I've been neglecting the good old blog! I'm on vacation now for a week, so I guess I can catch up a little here!

Jacob is crawing around quite well, though it's still the army crawl! And no toofers yet either. He turned 8 months yesterday but I don't have the elephant with us :( He is in quite a mommy's boy stage, which is sweet but exhausting.

Natalie is gettin quite big. She's so ready for preschool this fall. She loves writing, drawing, coloring and books. She has been a good helper lately and puts herself to bed and stays there!

Natalie

Just a few quick shots of how big and beautiful my little girl is getting!

7 Months

Can't believe my little boy is 7 months old! He's getting good at spinning and scooting around on the floor. He LOVES to eat! I think he's had oatmeal, apples, pears, bananas, sweet potatos, refried beans, black beans, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, zuccini, cheerios and cottage cheese! He loves to say "blah blah blah" and has picked up a rather high pitched scream from his sister. Here he is with his elephant!

Mother's Day 2010

My first mother's day as a mother of two! How much these little ones have changed my life. I have become more confident because of them. I have learned the point of view of parents that I didn't understand as the child. Everyday I try hard to be a better mom than the day before. This is a hard job, and I'm always afraid I'm not doing a good enough job. But I know I love God, my husband, my children, and my family and that counts for a lot.

I am blessed with healthy children who are developing properly. I am blessed to have a nice home for them to live in, nice cars to drive them in, and the ability to stay home and try to raise them the best I can.

Natalie holds a special place in my heart as my first baby. She made me a mom. I love watching her grow in her role as a big sister. Her independene and flair for the dramatic sure make our life interesting!

Jacob is my little man and is so different from his sister in so many ways. His sweet chubby smile makes my day. I love watching him slowly(ish) turn into more of a baby than that floppy newborn I brought home 6 months ago.

I hope all the mom's in my blog world have a great mother's day!

Who rocks?

Oh yeah, that's me! www.lubdubrun.com and you can click on the 2010 results! I was 31st over all, and 3rd place in my age group for the 5K! 27:20 was my official time and I was only 30 seconds away from second place. Next year better watch out!

In other news, Jacob had his 6 month appointment. He's right on track developmentally and he's still in the 25th percentile for weight and height.

I went back to look at Natalie to compare. She was 95th at 6 months!

Natalie - 28'' and 17 lb 14 oz
Jacob - 26'' and 16 lb 9 oz

That's about it for now. We are coming off the long stretch of work since Ryan had drill this past weekend. k mae is keeping me super busy during the week too!


And what's a post without a picture? These little giggleboxes are my life!

Lub Dub 5K

I ran in the 5k this morning, first one in almost 4 years! I finished somewhere around 27:20, which I had been doing about 30 minutes for a 5k on the treadmill. I was happy with the time! I ran with my friend Jamie for awhile. After the race, Natalie participated in a small kiddie run! She's definately my girl: at the turning around point another girl running with a dog on a leash stopped and Natalie tripped over the leash. Only to us klutzes does that luck happen. A friend of mine came out of her house to wave and I took off my sunglasses, dropped them, and had to stop to pick them up. We are 2 peas in a pod. She ran with curlers in because we had to go immediately to the dance recital pictures. To top it off, Ryan is working this weekend! But we were lucky enough that Oma and Opa came to watch and help us out.

Daddy Date Night

Natalie and daddy had so much fun. Our parks department puts on such a great program. They had ham and potatoes for dinner. Ryan won 3rd place in the limbo and also was the Cowboy in the YMCA dance!! He won an adult and kids book of coupons for the pool this summer. He also painted her nails, danced, made a door hanger, decorated cups and much more. What a nice evening for them!

6 Month Old

It's hard to believe it, but my little boy is half a year old today! It's amazing how much he (and our lives) have changed in that amount of time. He weigh between 15 lb 4oz and 15 lb 14 oz. He's 24 1/2 inches tall! Some of the things he is now able to do are:

Sit up on his own
Play peek-a-boo pulling a blanket off his face and grinning
Rolling and scooting around on the floor
Purposefully grabbing objects
Eating pureed food as well as sweet potato sticks,cheerios, and bananas!




Jacob, you are such a blessing to my life. You are my calm baby, my easy sleeper. I love the way you smile when you see me. All the change we've had the last 6 months, I know you are always my son. Time is really passing quickly but I love seeing you grow up!

Update On Jacob

Well, he's got RSV, but it should pass pretty quickly! He was 15 pounds 14 oz, and 24 1/2 inches long, so he's growing like a weed! He usually falls asleep using the nebulizer, and alternating Tylenol/Mortrin is really keeping his fever down. He had 103.1 at the worst of it. I like to call him J Wheezy now, but Ryan doesn't like it :-)




He also is a mover and a shaker when he's not sick. He is trying his darndest to either chase Natalie or run away from her! He keeps pulling up a leg and trying to scoot!

Natalie and Jacob!

I don't get to post as many pics with them in the same clothes, so enjoy!

On The Lake

Every since we bought the house, I've been dying to get the kayaks out on the water! We almost sold them when we moved from VA to cut weight, because we figured where are we going to use boats in the middle of the country? Luckily we kept them both! Natalie fits perfectly right between my legs on the bottom. She wore her life vest and helped me paddle too! Everytime I tried to go ashore she said she wasn't ready!


Jacob is enjoying being outside in the nice weather too! He's a happy outdoor kind of guy!



The kids also got to opentheir easter baskets from Grandma and Popaw. They got some cute clothes, personalized painted eggs, and of course CANDY! Everything Jacob got went right in his mouth, of course!

5 Months Old

How time flies. As evidenced by the pictures, Jacob is a drooling little man. I hope some teeth are going to pop out from all this drool and crabbiness. For the most part he is still really happy and pretty much always sleeps through the night. He was sitting up in his little bathtub, and loves sitting in the Bumbo too. I love my little man!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Silly Leprechaun! Turned Natalie's milk green hee hee. She also had pears and pancakes with sprinkles for her yummy St. Patty's breakfast!

"New" House

Well the workers left today and we are LOVING the new look to the house!

Old Front


New Front


Old Back


New Back


You can check out the total project HERE

Doctor Visit

I took both kids into the doctor today - Jacob for a 4 month check up and Natalie for a 3 year old one. No shots for her, and she was MAD. She said she likes getting shots. Jacob did not take his so well. He's been crying most of the morning/early afternoon. I even gave him Tylenol before we went.

Jacob is 25% for height at 24 inches. He is 30% for weight at 14 lb 2 oz. His head is 16.



Natalie is 75% for height at 38 inches. She is 60% for weight at 31.2 pounds. Her head is too big to measure. Just kidding, they just don't do that for her age anymore.

I am blessed to have happy and healthy kids!

Happy 3rd Birthday

3 years ago today my life changed forever. I had my baby girl Natalie. I became a Mom. The best day of my life. I love you so much Natalie! Thanks to my friends and family who came to celebrate her life with us today and those who left us well wishes! I love this girl!

4 Months!

Happy four months of life Jacob! You are a smiley, easy, happy boy! Just looking at you makes you so happy! Natalie made you a kicking toy that you love to play with today. You are also MUCH bigger than your elephant that she made for you before you were born. Today you weighed 14.5 pounds (with mommy holding you and subtracting my weight) or 13 pounds when I tried to make you sit on the scale yourself. You are between 24 and 25 inches, depending where I tried to hold you still! We also tried bananas mixed in your oatmeal today and you really loved it! I can't believe how much you have grown and changed so quickly in just 4 short months! Here you are with your elephant at the hospital! You have grown at least 5 inches and 6 pounds! You can eat, roll, 'talk', hold objects, suck your thumb and so much more!

Jacob Eats and Natalie Spells

Well it's a little early, but Jacob LOVES cereal! He was screaming the whole time I was eating today and mimicing my movements. So we gave it ago and he was nothing but smiles and grins. I'm not sure how much or often we will be giving it to him, but it was a big day for him! Natalie has been spelling a few words on paper for awhile - mom, dad. We've been getting Natalie on paper the last few weeks. But Ryan was reading a book to her and she started spelling "me" and "too". It's a little harder outloud I think, but she knows her upper, lowercase letters and their sounds!

On Being Thrify/Small Town Living

Well after 5 months I think we are adjusted to our new life in a smaller town. As much as I miss the 'city' and all that it has to offer we really are happy here.

Now that we don't shop as much, it's exciting to make a trip to go do stuff at Target or the mall. It's more fun, and not just a chore to get done. Same with eating out. Between less choices around here, and sticking to my menu it is a treat when we go out to eat. We enjoy the food more and I don't feel as guilty about getting an appetizer/drink/dessert since it's not a weekly (or more) occurence. All the stuff we took for granted and (probably overdid)seems new and fun!

I am settling into a routine with friends and activites. The parks department really does a lot here - this month we have a princess party and then in March we have a Dr. Suess birthday celebration and a daddy/daughter date which includes a picture, dinner, and a limo ride! We are enjoying it!

6th Anniversary

Ryan and I went out tonight to celebrate 6 years of marriage, 7 years of engagement, and 8 years of being together! What a ride it has been so far!

We've had
1 dog
2 kids
2 houses
3 rentals (townhouses/apartments)
3 states
8 vehicles(!!!!)

and many more adventures than those stats suggest!

We celebrated by going up to Columbia (kidless I might add). We drove around to some of our old haunts to see what has changed since we haven't been there in 7 years now. Not sure how that happened either!! 7 years since I left college?? We had a great dinner at Outback thanks to a $25 gift card from referring someone to our realtor in VA. Then we hit up Target for some wandering and deal-hunting. After paying $7 for one recesses lightbulb, I was thrilled to find some on clearance AND had coupons so I bought 6 for $4.50...MUCH better!

Ryan and I do traditional gifts, and year 6 is iron so I had my friend make us a wall hanging. Her website is here. We have other small gifts we are exchanging on Sunday when we let the kids do their gifts!