So I guess it should come as no surprise, but having a newborn, 17 month old and Kindergartner really does tend to completely and utterly take over your life, leaving little or no time for yourself, let alone blogging. Between having a new baby and all of the holidays life has been a little bit hectic, but I promise to start making time to blog more. It has apparently been since September that I last blogged. As most everyone knows, a lot has happened since then. The biggest thing being the addition of our beautiful baby boy Jacob Matthew:
As most everyone knows he was a complete surprise, the best surprise anyone could as for, but still a BIG surprise. He has definitely added joy to our family and made it complete. Everyone asks if we will try for one more, a girl. The answer is still unknown. I have been pregnant for the last three years and I just want to take a break from that and enjoy my boys. Who knows what the future holds, but right now I am completely content with my beautiful boys.
James is really enjoying Kindergarten and is really thriving. He has even been accepted into the GT classes, so I am looking forward to seeing how well he excels at that. Jackson is loving preschool and has made quite an impression on his teachers. Although he can be difficult, he is an absolute joy and I am really enjoying watching him grow into an adorable little boy. He finally says "Mama" and "Dada" along with "Uh Oh", "bye-bye" and "ball".
These boys definitely keep me busy, as well as being Chairman of the board at Jackson's preschool and assistant room mom for James' Kindergarten class, but I am loving every minute of it. Since I've been absent for so long I thought the easiest way to recap the past 4 months would be in pictures, so enjoy!
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| Just days after Jacob was home...James is in love :-) |
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| The weekend before Jacob arrived, James was in one of my good friends weddings...isn't he handsome?! |
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| My family minus Jackson (Jacob's even there, even if he's in my tummy ;-)) |
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| Jackson and James on Halloween |
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| My little Monkey on Halloween |
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| James, Jackson, Lyla and Ruby before heading out to trick or treat |
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| James at his sports themed birthday party |
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| James getting happy birthday sung to him with his giant cookie cake |
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| Jackson loves bath time! |
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| Our Family Christmas card |
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| My boys with Santa |
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| Our house all lit up for Christmas (look closely and you can see James and Jackson) |
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| Our family on Christmas Eve |
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| Jessica and I on New Year's Eve |
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| Jackson on New Year's Eve |
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| My bestie, Margaret and I on New Year's Eve |
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| James popping on popper |
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| Our friends gathered around the fire on New Year's Eve |
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| Baby Jacob at 3 months |
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| James and Jackson enjoying breakfast together |
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| James started playing basketball this year (gotta love the headband and wristbands ;-)) |
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| James soothing his baby brother (melts my heart) |
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| James at his barn dance at school |
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| James' adorable Valentine's for his classmates |
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| James at his class Valentines party |
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| Jackson being a helpful big brother and helping daddy feed Jacob |
