Dedicated to Grant

So I decided to dedicate this post to pictures of Grant. :) He will be 12 weeks old tomorrow and is such a sweet, happy baby. He smiles so easily, which is lots of fun for Mommy and Daddy. He's now cooing and babbling too! He loves watching his mobile and sitting in his Bumbo seat (you'll see a lot of pictures of him in it). I have to admit, before he was born I was a little concerned if I would love him as much as I love Jenna. Other mothers with more than one child always told me I would and it's true! He has brought so much joy and happiness to our lives and not once have I doubted my love for him or whether I love him enough. Both he and Jenna are so special to us!

Here's my chunky monkey having some tummy time. Look at all those rolls! :)

An even better view of the rolls.
(Don't you wish fat rolls were still cute when you're an adult...rats!)

Chubby, chubby little boy. Two weeks ago he had his 2 month check up and he weighed in at about 17 lbs (off the charts) and was 25 inches (90th percentile). Big boy!

Enjoying his Bumbo seat. For only being 12 weeks old,
he does a really good job of holding up his head.

Drew and I just love how this picture really shows off his "man boobs".

Still lookin' a little sleepy, but he was enjoying watching his sister play.

There's my happy little boy!

He's been drooling, chewing on his hands, and got a little bit of a rash around his mouth for a day or two...could he possibly be teething already?!? I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet...

All dressed up and ready for church

We just couldn't resist giving him a faux hawk with all that hair. You can't see the hairdo that well, but he looked pretty cute with it. (By the way, thanks Brian and Ashley for the ADORABLE shirt. Didn't think my 2 1/2 month old would be wearing a 9-month shirt already!)

Pumpkin Painting and Hayride

A few weeks ago our MOB (Mother of Babies) group painted pumpkins and went on a hayride. Jenna's attention span is very short, so it took her about 1 minute to finish painting her pumpkin before she was ready to move on to something else. Haha! But she did enjoy sitting next to her friend Ella while she painted and has since told me over and over "Ella pumpkin" whenever she sees her pumpkin. It's fun seeing her make friends and actually know/recognize her friends.

Jenna and Ella

I was trying to get a picture of Jenna all bundled up, but she wasn't interested in looking at the camera.

Jenna sitting next to her "cousin" John
(not exactly sure what her relationship is to John - his dad is my cousin)

John was trying to get a picture with Jenna, but she apparently wasn't interested in that either.

Grant was an ANGEL and slept the entire time, which made it much easier for me since Jenna was ready to get up and start walking around about halfway through the hayride. Like I said, her attention span is very short right now. :)

Eating her lunch after the hayride. Yummy pretzels.

Random Pictures

I'm behind in posting some random pictures from the past few weeks. So here you go...

It's tradition at our annual church picnic to slide down the levee on cardboard boxes. Jenna is fearless and wanted to ride on them as well. Of course, Daddy enjoyed doing it with her and even Mommy went down the hill with Jenna.

Mommy and her kiddos

What a mess! Jenna had just eaten Spaghettios, frozen peas, and frozen blueberries (which turned her hands blue!).

"B" with Grant while she was up visiting

Daddy and his kiddos. Doesn't Jenna just look so big in this picture?!

Grant just LOVES his mobile!

Aunt Cathy got Grant this adorable romper.

If you look closely, it says, "My Mom's a Fox" - haha!

He is SOO chubby! I love it though.

I asked Jenna to smile for the picture so she put her hands on her cheeks. Haha...I didn't even have to teach her to do that.

I have quite a few more pictures from the past week, but I'll save those for another post. Maybe I'll dedicate one post just to Grant because we have some cute ones of him in his Bumbo and having "tummy time". I also have some cute ones of Jenna in her "Ella" costume (that's what she calls Cinderella). And one of these days I'll hopefully be able to post some videos. I've tried in the past few posts, but for some reason Blogger hasn't let me...not sure why.

Music and Movement Class

We decided to sign Jenna up for a Music and Movement Class at the local YMCA this fall. I thought it would be something she'd enjoy and something for us to do as well. Jenna is outgoing, but she's also reserved and very observant of others around her, so there are days at the class that she is jumping and dancing while other days she would just rather sit and watch the other kids. Haha! Either way, it's fun for us to do together. My sister watches Grant during the class time so I get Jenna all to myself and she gets her Mommy's complete attention, which is sometimes rare these days.

These eggs have dried beans in them so they rattle when you shake them.

Jenna loves the parachute. The teacher puts "popcorn" (those craft pom-poms) in the middle and the kids have to shake the parachute until they all fly off. Then they get to go around and pick them all up again, which is so much fun for a toddler. Haha!

Brumbaugh Fruit Farm

Some friends of ours told us about a local fruit farm that has lots of fun activities for kids. We decided to check it out when Grandma "B" was up for a visit. It is such a cute place. Jenna enjoyed it, but I look forward to going back next year when Jenna's older and will REALLY enjoy it.

How creative is this...it's like a sandbox, but instead of sand it's kernels of corn.

Moooo....Jenna loved the cows!

Jenna found some chickens there and was quite intrigued. She kept following them around.

There was also an area filled with hay bales for the kids to play on. Jenna climbed on them some, but was more interested in watching the other kids play.

There were some tricycles sitting out for the kids to ride and Jenna hopped right on one, however she doesn't know how to pedal. She tried though.

Grandma "B" watching Grant in the stroller

Jenna trying out a tire swing that was shaped like a horse.

The Charlie Brown pumpkin patch

Grant did a good job sleeping most of the time we were there.

Grandma B and Jenna taking a walk

One of Jenna's favorite slides there. She kept going down it again and again.

They had this corn maze that we assumed was a short one for kids to go through, so we thought we'd give it a try...15 minutes later we cheated and walked through the corn to get out.

On a hayride - Jenna wanted to walk around so she wasn't too happy having to sit the whole time.

Family of 4