God Sure Knows What He is Doing

God sure knows what he is doing. Take my children for instance:

Toby- doesn't sleep. We will go a few days of a 5 hour stint of sleep, and then he resumes his waking up every 2-3 hours all night thing. Both mom and dad are exhausted (though daddy has way more room to complain considering he gets up with him at night since he isn't working and he is more the nocturnal nurturing type). He is still spitting up when he eats. These would be some really frustrating habits if he wasn't the cutest and HAPPIEST baby. He is most certainly the happiest and giggliest little boy I have ever met. His Dad will get him laughing so hard! And oh my, his laughter is infectious. I can definately see him being a jokester in school already.

Then there is Jesse Jay. He is my little buddy right now. He LOVES his mama. He is totally ignoring his father. Of all the people closest to him- daddy is always LOWEST on the totem pole and the last person he seems to want to be around. It breaks my heart because him and daddy used to be buddies and it was I who got the short end of the affection stick. His dad isn't too offended, but Jesse Jay will do things that let us know he IDOLIZES his father. He really LOVES wearing hats and looking like Daddy. He always watches how Daddy fixes something and then takes his (toy) tools to try and do the same thing. He also wants to eat what daddy eats. If daddy likes it, you can be sure that Jesse Jay does too.

God knows exactly what he is doing. When there is something difficult going on, he provides comfort and reassurance. This parent stuff can be so hard. Knowing the line of mercy and love, but not raising spoiled, entitled, uncaring brats is a never ending struggle. So far they're pretty awesome kids. Both seem very sensitive to mama's feelings and are so bright eyed and take everything in. Yes, I am convinced our children are going to be genuises!

Jesse Jay loves showering his brother with (over) affection. He loves to kiss him, pat him, burp him until Toby cries because he is smothering him. One of the hardest things I have found as a mom, is protecting your little baby from your older baby. Especially when he isn't trying to hurt him. He just doesn't know his own strength. But at least he loves his "baby."

A Busy and Fun Day Off

After an 8 day work streak, I have two days off and we are enjoying them immensely! We decided to start the day by going out to breakfast at Sunrise Cafe. It was delicious. Then we visited NNU and said hello to some friends. This afternoon, after Jesse Jay's nap, we went to Fire and Ice. Kimmy really wanted to paint a teapot and I wanted to get Toby's hand and foot prints done. We had fun!

Daddy spent a lot of time keeping Jesse Jay entertained by playing at the small enclosure they have for little kids. He decided to be minimally cooperative and unhappy with helping mommy pant a plate for grandma. Dad did a good job with his extra energy.
Isn't he soo cute in the painters aprons. He wore it for a few minutes before he got tired of it. I think both boys will need to be much older before we go back to have them paint their own things.
Isn't this the happiest smile you have ever seen. Toby is such a good boy and very mellow, unless he is hungry and then he is just a tyrant until he is feed. But oh, do I love his grin!
This is us getting his hand prints done. The lady who does them said he was the easiest, most cooperative baby she had ever had. He smiled and was happy through the whole thing and let her open his fingers and everything.

This is how we look at the end of every night. I sure do love my boys..................

The Mural on the Boys' Wall

So we had my friend from the Spine Institute, Sherise, come and paint a mural of safari animals on the "Big Boy Room" wall. And she did a fantastic job! Don't you just love it?

Jesse Jay loves it too and points to all the animals. He has giraffe down pretty good and monkey's. We have also officially turned the crib room into a play room for the boys and put the crib in our room. Bassinet days are over and Toby is sleeping in the crib.

Oh, and Jesse Jay is officially sleeping in his full-sized twin bed and loves it. Toby is now sleeping 5-6 hours at a time at night. I keep reminding myself that I am supposed to be tired. My friends who have had two kids in diapers before say the first year is hell, but after that its really nice having kids so close and in similar phases in life.

I am working a lot these days. If you feel like I am ignoring you, I promise I am not. I just spend every moment loving my family and spending time with my sister Kimmy who is in town for about 6 weeks and has been such a wonderful helper. Jesse Jay is just smitten with her!

Happy 4th of July, 2010

We have been busy since my last post. I am working a lot of overtime, which is good for the learning curve as well as the checkbook. Jesse (Sr) has been busy watching the kids, filling out applications, and randomly coming down with a flu-like illness that lasted a total of 24 hours and gave him a 104.6 F fever. Don't worry, we kept him away from the babies.

We also had the chance to go to the Idaho Shakespeare Festival for (free!) a provider's social that Saltzer put on for us, which was AWESOME! They sure do know how to throw a party, and it was a wonderful date night for us as Melinda was nice enough to babysit the boys. They love her so much and so do we.

The boys have been up to a lot as well. Toby had shots at his two month appointment, spiked a low grade fever, fell out of bed... but is doing just fine. This is to remember his first "battle scars" or shots. He was a trooper. He is such a giggly and happy boy most of the time. If only he would sleep through the night. But as our neighbor reminded us, he IS only 2 months old.

Then there is this little clown who loves to wear mommy's gardening boots any chance he gets. He is just a riot. More so these days. But his favorite words are becoming "no, no, no" and "let GO!" We need to work on more positive and uplifting words, I think.

Then this weekend my parents came into town to drop off Aunt Kimmie (or At Meemee-if you're Jesse Jay) for the month. Apparently Jesse Jay took to her immediately and ignored everybody else. We had a BBQ with them here and Melinda and her mom, and my cousins and their kids. It was a lot of fun. Jesse Jay got to play with his new pool and loved every minute of it.

We had great food. Jesse made steaks for us and hot dogs for the kiddos. We had all kinds of picnic salads and watermelon. I ate too much. It was good. Like, I am dreaming of leftovers good.

Toby stayed under the umbrella with Aunt Kim part of the time and loved playing with her hair....

Jesse Jay loved his pool and new swim trunks grandma brought him. He also likes to wear his gardening boots and put them in the pool. He loves the sloshing feeling after he gets out.
Toby and grandma spent some time under the Willow Tree near the garden. Tank was ever so attentive and loved licking Toby's feet.
Jesse Jay-the big boy, sitting is his very own lawn chair (and getting it soaked with his wet tushy!) Dorey really liked the pool and pool toys too.
This was during the BBQ portion. Melinda, Jesse Jay, and Aunt Kimmy hung out under the umbrella picnic style. Jesse Jay walked around with a fork, and kept stabbing Melinda's steak without asking. She was kind enough to give him a couple bites when he asked please.

Hope you all had a Happy 4th of July. We sure did! We didn't do any fireworks as the kiddo's were asleep so early. We watched our law-breaking neighbors put on a fireworks show from our window that was rather impressive and me and the husband enjoyed some time snuggling and watching movies.

For now, I need to go work out before I head into work. It isn't too bad, especially considering today is the paid holiday.