Great weekend so far and we still have tomorrow. Jake has got his bike down. He has been improving a little every time but today it totally clicked. He can now coast with ease and is confident enough to put his feet up as he goes. We all went for a family walk around the lake to feed the ducks this morning and Jake rode his bike. It's funny seeing all the looks Jake got from people and quite a few commented on how impressed they were. This afternoon we practiced a little for when Jake goes to play T-ball next weekend. He’s already pretty good.

Tyler is doing fine and is over his cold. We started feeding him baby food. He does NOT like green beans! The look on his face is priceless. He loves his jumper though and goes like crazy when he’s in it. He is such a good little fella, you forget he is the room most of the time.





Green Beans, YUCK!

Fun weekend!

Saturday morning we started Jake in YMCA sports and he got to play soccer. Sunday we had his birthday party with all his little friends at the park near our house. We got a jumper and everyone had a great time. He has been using the potty really well and has had only one accident this week. Other good news is everyone is finally getting over their colds.





Tyler keeping warm

Happy New Year!
Jake is doing awesome with potty training. We’ve been doing it for a few days and he pretty much has it down. One down, one to go.

Jake is getting over a cold and poor little Tyler has a chest cold. We have him on breathing treatments. The little guy has been a good little trooper though, and it hasn’t affected his appetite. His last weigh in was at 16 pounds! Hard to believe he was a preemie.

We tried Jake out at a pre-school this week. He liked it a lot and will probably start in February or March.
He made his party hat at pre-school

Home Depot has a little kids project class we took him to



It's a battery organizer

Jake turned 3 today! He had a great birthday. We celebrated with some good friends and Grandma at the Corvette diner.

Jake and his little girlfriend Presley.


We think it's cute now, but in 13 years we going to have to make them clap their hands and whistle if we leave them alone in the room.


Tyler is just happy for this thumb

Photo booth pics

Happy, Happy Cake! (Mommy home-made & decorated)

Opening birthday presents

Aircraft carrier

Merry Christmas!

Santa must have a soft spot for red heads, cause Jake got a lot of stuff for Christmas. Tyler did pretty well to, but all he really wanted was a bottle.

We gave Jake some gold fish crackers while he was sitting next to Tyler at the table. We turned around for a second and this is want we saw. Jake shared one with his baby brother.



Christmas eve


Christmas morning


The bike Jake asked Santa for


"Yes, very nice, now where's my bottle!"

Grandma I. made it down from Idaho to spend the holidays with us

The best smiles!

I'm back from sea. It's good to be home!



Trying out "Big-Boy" pants


Mommy took Jake to do a kids Home Depot project


We picked out our tree

Big helper!

Jake's picture of the Cat

Tyler loves the bean bag

I'll be at sea till the 15th. I won't be able to update the blog till then.