Sisterly Love

Kayla loves Jenna so much and it makes me so happy.  I was so glad to have another girl because I love that I have a sister and I couldn't imagine Kayla not having one, too.  It just makes me that much more happy to see that Kayla already just loves her sister so much!

Ahhh, The Style of a Two Year Old

We have a morning routine where after breakfast Jaxton goes to wash up, brush his teeth, and get dressed.  I do all of this for Kayla, since she is too little to do it on her own.  Well this particular morning I was feeding Jenna while they were eating.  They finished eating before Jenna did, so Jaxton did as he always does and got down to wash up and continue on with the routine.  Kayla felt the need to follow and she ended up getting herself dressed.  Now keep in mind that it is snowing outside...

She was so cute that I had to keep taking pictures!

My Little Ragamuffin and One Super Cool Dude!

I just love Kayla by the end of the day.  She is such a little ragamuffin with her clip half out, her hair all over the place, and in jammies.

Jaxton had to get in on the picture action too, but he was dancing around obnoxiously.  I told him to stand still and put his arms in the air like "Wahoo... Look at me!".  This is how the picture turned out.  Doesn't he look like the Chaquita Banana Lady, only without the tall fruit hat???  The minute he saw it he got really mad and said "Mom, I don't like that... I look like a girl!!!"  All the while holding back tears.  I didn't dare say anything about the chiquita banana lady to him.

So we continued to take more pictures that made him look like a boy!  This is Jaxton trying to look super cool.



He's got skills!

Well Jaxton finally has a bike of his own.  The poor thing has been riding around on Kayla's little pink trike and we finally got him a two wheeler... with training wheels of course.  He was soooo excited and he caught right on.  He's very anxious for us to take the training wheels off already.  He thinks he's that good at it.  Little does he know the falls he will have once we take the training wheels off.  The cutest part about his excitement is how much he loves his helmet.  He wears it all day, as though it were a piece of clothing.  He even eats with it on, and doesn't take so kindly to the fact that I won't let him sleep in it.  This kid makes me laugh.

Jaxton is so proud in his helmet

This is Kayla's little pink trike that he's been riding

Happy Halloweeeeen!!!

Well last night was another fun-filled Halloween!  We have a market here in Smithfield called Lee's Marketplace, and we started off our Halloween festivities by going to their trick-or-treating event.  The kids got goody bags with toothbrushes and pumpkin cookies and strawberry milk... string cheese, chips, and so on.  Jaxton and Kayla thought it was amazing.  We got to babysit our new friend, Wes, and the kids had so much fun!  Not long after, it was time for the main event... Trick-or-Treating!!!  Luckily I got started getting the kids ready early, because it took longer than I thought it would.  Trying to curl Kayla's hair with a curling iron was not an easy task.  When all was said and done, the kids looked so cute, and we were ready to go.  We went with a neighbor friend of ours and it turned out to be a really good night!

My beautiful fairy princess and my handsome fireman!

Jenna went as herself

This is our cute little neighbor friend, Wes.

And this is his Mom, Stephanie.  She was a trooper... she's due with baby #2 in 13 days!

Wes loved Jenna!  He's a crack-up... since he's going to have a baby sister, he kept calling her "baby sister".

And she's all tuckered out!

A Visit from Dad, Debbie, and Cheyenne

A couple of weeks ago, we were so lucky to have Dad, Debbie, and Cheyenne come visit us.  They stayed for 4 days, which went by way too fast.  We haven't seen them in so long and it was nice that they got to meet Jenna.  Both kids have grown and changed so much since last time they saw them.  Kayla warmed right up to them, which was surprising.  And this time, nobody was sick... thank goodness.  I don't think Dad and Debbie have ever been around Kayla when she's completely healthy and pleasant to be around, so I'm sure it was fun for them to be around her this time.  Cheyenne was a trooper.  The kids clung to him like you wouldn't believe... and he was so patient, God bless him.  Anyway, it was a fun few days and now I miss them.  I would love to show pictures, however for some reason blogger isn't uploading them.  That is why this post is two weeks late.  I will keep trying and hopefully I will be able to post some, eventually.

Milestones, Milestones, Milstones!

Well we certainly have a lot to celebrate today.  Today, Jenna is 2 months old.  How is my sweet little baby 2 months old already?  How has the time gone by sooo fast???  It's very bittersweet, watching her get big.
Last night she slept the WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH!!!  9 hours straight!  This is the first time that we've all gotten a whole entire night's sleep.  I can't say that it was the most restful for me, because the first time that they sleep for so long, I can't help but wonder if they are still breathing and alive.  None-the-less, she slept for nine hours straight, which allowed me to get more sleep than usual.  We'll see how long this sleeping gig lasts.  We also had another big moment today... she found her fingers.  She was in her swing and I heard her whining and snorting.  I went to check on her and she was fighting with her hand.  She was so desperately trying to suck on her fingers.  After just a couple of minutes, she was settled and happy.  I found her sucking on her middle and ring finger.  I guess it looks like no more pacifiers for Jenna... another finger-sucking habit that I am going to have to break...