Our visit to the Jackson's

Dad picked me and the boys up on his way home from Indy last week, and we stayed a few days at the Jackson's. Here's a few pictures from our visit.

----sorry, these are out of order and a few you have to turn your head to see!

Alex is helping feed the cats. He takes it very seriously!

Alex is peeking in to feed hay and watch the horse eat

Making oatmeal cookies

Adam was just happy to be there

Alex liked to get Grandpa's tools out and work on just about anything.

In this picture, his hammer is stuck! So what do we need to get it out?--

---Another hammer of course! (it actually did work, believe it or not!)

Time for a break and go swinging

Helping Papa do chores

Helping Nana put away groceries.

February

Here's a quick update on February...
The cold and snow kept us inside (just like the rest of the winter!). Adam is quickly growing and likes to sit up or stand up in his excersaucer. Alex plays with Adam more and more. Alex is talking alot more too. He's repeating many words after just hearing them once! One of my favorite little quirks is when he says words that begin in "s". He puts the "s" sound on the end of the word instead of the beginning. So snow is pronounced "know-s" and snack is "nack-s" and snot is "not-s" !!! It's so fun to hear him say it. :) One of these days he's going to get it though!
Adam's favorite plaything is still Alex. He just lights up when Alex is around and giggles at the most random little thing that Alex does. He doesn't care (yet) when Alex takes his toys...he's just glad he has the attention of his big brother. And lately, Alex has randomly been giving Adam hugs and sharing toys. So the brotherly love is growing both ways!

Alex is making pizza!

However, by the time the oven was warm enough to put them in, he'd eaten most of the toppings off!

Adam doesn't like being on his belly. He rolls over occasionally, but when he does,

it's from his belly to his back!

January

Here's a few pictures of the boys this past month. The do well playing in the house all day. But I can't wait for spring!

Christmas at home

I dont think Alex understood too much of Christmas...except for the presents. Since his birthday was the weekend before, everytime he saw a present, he'd say "me?" and point to it. The problem is that yes, all of the presents were for him! Adam got a few things, but I'm pretty sure he didnt' care one bit. :) Adam just enjoyed the extra attention. He's a very happy baby and when he smiles, it's more than a smile. It's almost a silent laugh.....you can just see the joy all over his face!

Andy's Aunt Elaine always makes the kids a quilt when they're born. So a couple of the pictures are of Adam on that quilt. It's beautiful and I love the camping theme! You can see in the other pictures that Alex spends alot of time in his kitchen, mixing, blending, toasting, and all sorts of work! His stove even makes boiling and sizzling sounds when certain pans are on one of the burners! We change the batteries out in the mixer once a week or so. It gets ALOT of use. :)

Happy Birthday Alex!

Alex got into opening presents a lot more this year than last. However, he still did it Alex style...every piece of paper had to be off a present before it was "open" and he could go to the next. He got two goldfish, Elmo and Bob. But Bob didnt last long. If you ask Alex "Where's Bob?", he'll take your hand, lead you to the bathroom and point down the toilet. :) He also got a play kitchen, which he uses everyday. His favorite thing is to make food for the cat, Marv. When we let the cat in the house, he runs around bringing all sorts of food to the poor cat. I walk in the kitchen and Marv is surrounded by food, plates, spoons, bowls, cups, etc. Alex also did much better at eating his cake and blowing out the candle. In fact, he liked blowing out the candles so much, we had to relight them a few times, just so he could blow them out again! And he ended up eating mostly just the frosting, but hey, that's better than last year!

Alex gets some food to go with the kitchen for Christmas.

our goldfish... Elmo

Monkey Joe's

For those of you who haven't heard of it, Monkey Joe's is a place full of the big blow up slides, obsticals, and jumpy things. Andy gets to go with Alex for free, since he's under 4 yrs old. They had a blast. I put Adam in the baby carrier and we walked around and watched them have a good time. Alex was exhausted afterwards though. It's alot of work for little legs. :)