3 Months Old!!!

Really, where is the time going??? My tiny man is three months old!!! This child is the happiest, smiley little thing! I spend a lot of time just rocking and cuddling him. It seems that this sweet time when they are so little goes faster with every baby. He is still sleeping in our room. Its funny, Addie moved into her own room at 10 days old, Jett moved out at 6 weeks, and now Max is three months old, and still in there with us, with no real plans of him moving out soon! :) I kind of like it... mostly its space issue, where do I put him where he doesn't wake anybody else up? We have some ideas, just haven't acted on them yet! He is back to waking up a couple times at night, we gave him cereal one night thinking it would help, he LOVED it, but still woke up that night. My goal is to be more consistent with that this week! He is still nursing every 2-3 hours during the day, and he is quite the little spitter, just like his big brother! As crazy as it sounds, I just know that one day, I am going to miss smelling like spit-up all of the time!

Max is also trying REALLY hard to roll over! He would much rather sleep on his side or his back so he is doing EVERYTHING that he can to get there. He gets to his side, and it won't be long. He loves standing in our laps and looking out, doesn't want to miss anything. He LOVES to watch his brother and sister! I am SO crazy in love with him!

Here are the results of a little photo shoot we did on one of our snow days:

Happy Birthday Jett!

Oh my sweet, sweet boy! I can't believe you have already blessed our lives for two whole years! You changed my life! This child is just about the sweetest thing. He loves to cuddle with his mommy, is always telling us he loves us, and is just a charmer all the way around. His favorite things right now are choo choos, cars, trucks, guns, and Buzz and Woody. He is ALL BOY!!! I am thankful for that, and boy does it keep me busy! He loves to wrestle and be rowdy, loves to get in the car and GO! Anytime we get in the car, he thinks we are going to Mimi and Poppy's house! He loves to play with friends, and is always asking about Lizzie and Lainie.

He is 28 lbs 4 ozs, which I guess is a little small for his height. That doesn't really surprise me though since his diet consists of crackers, cereal, yogurt, smoothies, peanut butter, nutella, hotdogs, cheese, spaghetti, pancakes, and that's about it! He is 34 3/4 inches tall which puts him in the 50th percentile, long and lean like Daddy.

Some funny quirks about Jett right now:

• he has some Thomas the Train snow boots that he insists on wearing everyday, not to mention they are three sizes too big
• if he has a new favorite toy, it has to go to bed with him, including the giant trash truck he got for his birthday
• he LOVES his shoes, wants to wear them all the time
• every night, he still wants to be rocked, then Adam and I have to go in separately to pray with him
• he answers almost every question, "yeah, shoo" (yeah, sure!)
• if he is wearing a button down shirt, especially pjs, he likes it all the way unbuttoned

I am crazy about this kid and thank the Lord for the blessing of him! Happy Birthday Buddy! You are treasured!

"Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:30-31

Cuddling with Mommy

TRUCKS!

I'm TWO!!!

Christmas 2010

Christmas is such a precious time! This year, it was SO FUN to see the kids reaction to everything! We really wanted to start sticking with some family traditions this year. Adam was so fun in that he wanted to make sure that we did some sort of Christmas activity every week. We did our Jesse Tree Advent again this year, and the kids really got into the stories. We spent some time in beautiful downtown Grapevine, we went to the Southlake tree lighting, NorthPark Trains, Parade of Lights, lots of Christmas movies, and even our own "Tahoe Express!" Adam was the conductor with a train whistle and all, kids had to be in their pjs, wear a jingle bell necklace, and have a ticket! It was so fun, and we saw some beautiful lights! We loved celebrating our Savior together as a family!

This is a sweet picture of my babies before Addie's Christmas program at school:And this is a SAMPLING of all of the shots that it took to get the one above :)

The cookie table was right at Jett's level

Strike a pose!

Singing her heart out!

With her Mimi, such a pretty picture of my mom!

with Poppy

Pictures from Downtown Grapevine:

Pictures from the Northpark Trains:

Daddy reading the Christmas story out of the Jesus Storybook Bible with Poppy and Grandaddy after our yummy gingerbread cinammon rolls!

Bikes for Christmas

Uncle Tyler and Jett in their matching argyle on Christmas Eve

Grandaddy and Max taking a Christmas Day snooze

Adam's grandparents

Adam's Dad, his wife Gayle with Grandma and Grandpa Crawford and a bunch of cousins!

Two Months

Yet again, I cannot believe that another month has gone by! This baby is P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S.!!! I am SO in love. He is the sweetest, calmest little thing, we'll see if that sticks around, the other two are not so calm! :) At his appointment last week, he was 11 lbs 1 oz which puts him in the 25th percentile, and he was 23 inches long putting him between the 25th and 50th percentile. So, he's a little guy, or a long, skinny little man. And his head is still in the 25th, quite a difference from his older siblings! He is just a "go with the flow" kind of boy and SO smiley. That gummy grin melts my heart. He has been sleeping 4-5 hours at a time at night, but last night he slept from 11-8, WHOA NELLIE! What a change! Hoping that trend sticks, even though there is definitely a part of me that already grieves those times where it is just the two of us at night, those are precious moments. He is definitely a paci boy, and I think that he is trying to suck his thumb, he's always trying to suck on his hands. His brother and sister are nuts about him! Addie is continuing her role as a little mommy and Jett loves to say, "Well, hi baby!" and tell me how cute the baby is. He has also gotten very good at saying "Shh Shh Shh," to him when he fusses, which is just not very often, unless he is in his car seat, or he gets his shots! Poor baby, he was SO offended! Tears and everything!

So, yes, I am smitten with this little boy! I have so many more pictures to post and many fun pictures of Christmas and all of the fun stuff that we were able to do with the kids. Hopefully I will get around to that soon. Its supposed to be FRIGID this week, so I'm thinking we'll have a lot of inside time, maybe I'll get to it then...if there's one thing I have learned being a mom of three, there is not much down-time! I hit the floor running in the morning, but I wouldn't trade it for the world! Love it!