Conversations with my 2 year old....

Well it has been a very busy weekend! We went to mom's church for their Fall Festival and Mattie was dressed as his favorite TV show Dino Dan! I think he looked adorable...hopefully tomorrow I can post photos of him and Jonathan in their costumes. But that is not the reason am writing... Matthew is talking so much and sometimes he comes up with, he constantly has me smiling! Today after pumping gas we were sitting at the stoplight and witnesses a small accident. He saw the truck just ram into this young woman's car. Of course he asked his favorite question "Mama what's that noise" I proceeded to explain that the truck hit the car where he responded with "is so sad...truck hit car...is okay no worries I fix car no problem!" He kept repeating that a few times. I tried to get it on camera but it was hard since I was driving.

Mattie and JJ are both under the weather with their allergies so I decided not to take them trick or treating. Instead we stayed home. I put JJ to sleep and decided to watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Trying to expand my child's knowledge of movies to something else other than Cars and Thomas the Train I proceeded to explain that mommy has watched this movie before and that it's a classic to which he started smiling and then with a look of realization that he had no clue what I was talking about he asks...what's a classic?...David started smirking and of course then we started laughing!

That's our boy always keeping us entertained and on our toes! Hopefully I will post photos tomorrow once David uploads them to my computer!

Until next time....

Last Weekend...

Last weekend David had off which was fantastic since he doesn't get many weekends off! It was even better since I didn't have school on Friday and he took that day off as well, so needless to say we had a great family weekend. The weather was great (for Florida) We went to Busch Gardens on Friday afternoon just for a few hours to see the animals. Matthew really wanted to see the elephants! So he had a great time just walking around with daddy looking at all the animals. On Saturday we finally went to the pumpkin festival at Hunsader Farms. It was the perfect day to go since the weather was just cool enough. It was fun.. Matthew got to ride a pony, which he was super scared to go even though David was standing right next to him... he finally warmed up to it. Some things that happened while we were there... we almost lost our very expensive brand new camera. Yep, we left it right on the ground in its bag where we ate lunch. Thank God it was still there... I mean we didn't realize we didn't have it for a bit of time! There was a circus at this festival which was good but boy was it hot. Of course this was the time that JJ was supposed to eat but I forgot to put the bottle liners in the diaper bag. Good thing he was in a happy mood and held off eating until we got to the car where I had another "normal" bottle. So it was a very eventful day!

I just wanted to catch you up before I posted photos... which will come probably on Friday when I am not so tired. Right now I am heading to bed! So good night!

What?!

I know you are shocked I am blogging again! Twice in a week...I did say I was going to try to blog more often... Not actually writing much though just posting some photos from our mini break this past September at the beach with Heather and the kids! Jonathan is 3 months old in these photos!

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Holy Cow..

Wow I didn't realize it has been this long since I have blogged... so let me catch you up a bit!
Let's start with the youngest...

Jonathan is now 4 months old! Wow time sure does fly! He is now eating cereal and seems to be sleeping a bit longer at night. He loves to laugh and speaks (in his own language of course) very loudly! :) I think he is a very good baby! Depending on JJ's mood David would agree on the good baby part although if JJ is fussy he will completely disagree!

Matthew is a very energetic 2 year old...he LOVES to talk! He will talk about absolutely anything and everything. His favorite shows at the moment are Thomas the Train, Dino Dan, Kipper, and the Cars movie. He knows the dinosaur names from the show Dino Dan which is amazing to me and David and of course we pray for all of those things plus family members every night. He loves to be read to every night and has a pile of books that are his nightly favorites! Mom teaches him tons of stuff while he is with her during the day. He really is like a sponge soaking it all in!

David is still working at Verizon...

Me, work is good. Kindergarten is an everyday adventure! The kids this year are pretty good so this year looks like it will be pretty good!

And Sadie well she is Sadie... still our crazy yet lovable blonde dog!

So I have caught you up a bit... hopefully I can keep up the blogging, even if I just post a picture I will try to post something!

Until later!

Update...

So it has been a month and some days since my last post... it has definitely been super busy around here, but let me catch you up with what has been going on around here... since Jonathan's arrival things were busy in our house. Dad and mom arrived and dad definitely got busy with different projects around the house. He installed a much needed closet light in my linen closet,tiled a beautiful back splash in my kitchen and fixed the base board that David attempted to fix himself a year ago. We also had a patio installed which looks amazing, all we have to do now is get some furniture for the outside to truly enjoy it (oh and if it can get a few degrees cooler that would be even better!) One more thing... we also took a very short road trip to Connecticut to visit with our friends Pete, Melissa and Terissa! I know its crazy...who in their right mind would have all this busyness and travel weeks after having a baby... me that's who! It was super busy but all so worth it!

Life has definitely changed and for the better, although its taking some getting used to. Yes life is hectic, and there is a bigger lack of sleep for everyone but we have been given the opportunity to be parents once again and that is a true blessing. Matthew's life has definitely changed because of this tantrums have started appearing (yuck!). I have noticed however that if we keep super busy he has a great day. It's hard though because I can't really take him places like I want to with Jonathan being so little it makes it a bit harder, so we try to get creative here at home.. doing different crafts or playing with his favorite...bubbles!

Jonathan has gotten bigger and is more alert now... he starting to smile alot more and coos when he is on the swing. Ah.. he finally likes to sit on the swing and the bouncer. He used to cry as soon as we put him on it but now he lasts a bit longer... enough time for me to either put a load of laundry and fold... or empty dishwasher and cook! I am hoping he starts liking it more so my house can get back in some type of organized order! We shall see... Thanks to my mom who usually comes over and gets is back in shape in a matter of seconds... we love when she comes over!

Well that is all for now... hopefully later on tonight I can download some photos of the patio and the kitchen (and of the kids) and post them as well.

Jonathan James is Here!

It has been a week since Jonathan (JJ) has arrived and what a wonderful blessing and addition to our family he is! Yes we had forgotten the sleepless nights, countless diaper changes and the fussiness of it all but it is all worth it. Thank goodness we have had some wonderful help from our parents! My mom watched Matthew while we were at the hospital and stayed with us the first week home! Then mom and dad came down and are staying with us for the next two weeks. It has been a lot of help and we are so grateful to have such wonderful parents! ( We have even kept dad super busy with tons of projects!)

The delivery this time was a lot better than the first time. It went really quick. My contractions began at around 6am on Saturday morning and we headed out of the house at around 7 am. Got to the hospital and checked in at 8:30 and at 11:45am Jonathan made his entrance into the world. I was rather amazed at how fast it really was. He weighed 8lbs and was 20.25 inches long. He did lose some weight while at the hospital so we left and he was 7lbs. The first visit to the pediatrician was great... he did gain a few ounces so she has him coming back this week again to check his weight and make sure he is gaining weight properly.

Matthew is doing better than I expected as far as the baby goes... he isn't completely ignoring him and he has his moments of wanting to help. He will not kiss or touch the baby but he does call JJ his baby. His behavior however has gone haywire... I think to get attention he is acting out more than usual. He has thrown some tantrums and has crying fits. To me the hardest part is making sure that he receives enough attention from both me and David. I think so far we are doing a good job of it and I want to keep that up.

Well that's the update so far... I will continue blogging as I get a chance... here are some photos of Jonathan and Matthew too!

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June 2nd, June 3rd.. still no Jonathan

Well the due date has come and gone... another day has gone by and still Jonathan has not arrived. He must really like being in mommy's warm belly because he is not budging so far. We have been scheduled for a induction on Wednesday. That is the earliest that they can get me in! I am really praying that he will come tonight or this weekend. So that is what is happening in our little world... I will keep you updated when Jonathan makes his debut into our world!