yay

finally getting james to have more of a calcium intake. well, anything is better than what he has had the past month or so - which is NONE. every since we took away the bottle, he wont drink milk. the nutritionist said as long as he gets calcium, then he doesnt necessarily need milk. so we found GoGurts which is just yogurt in a tube/popsicle form. put that in the freezer and james thinks he is getting SHERBET ICE CREAM! :-) so everyone is happy. YAY....



and this is just a cute pic of sam. :-)

so busy

lets try to play catch up, shall we?

this is james' new suit for church. he has never owned one, so we figured he should have a white shirt and tie.

james LOVES to be in the kitchen or play with his playkitchen. this is the apron that goes to HIS kitchen. he wouldnt let me take it off that night for bed. he is going to be just like jake - a cook!

sam, oh sam. look at this belly! so adorable, yet so big! 17 lbs!!! what a chub.

who doesnt love a pic of a baby bum?!?! we have to put lotion on him ALL the time. this time, we happen to be putting lotion on his back and decided to pull down the diaper to get it lower. hahaha.. sadly, his bum is dry too, so we have to put the lotion ON his bum.

and i think sam is already being a bully! hahah, we put him on james because james wanted a hug. and this is what he got!


things are going ok. jake started night flying today. james has the chicken pox (dont even get me started on THAT). and sam has to be growing because he is hungry ALL the time. i am trying to put together a recipe book for jake and i with OUR favorite recipes! it will be great. thats really about all i am doing since i am stuck in the house this week with chicken pox boy. he better not give it to sam!

bed time

ok, so last night, i put james to bed because jake was busy doing homework. no problem. i prepared to hear him cry for awhile. but surprisingly, he never cried. so about an hour later, i walked in, and this is what i found...



the light was off (my flash is REALLY bright). if you cant tell, james is under his blankets... but the funny part is the chalk board. that is suppose to be on the other side of the room! he had gotten out of bed, pulled his chalkboard over to his bed, got back into bed, played on the chalkboard, and when he was tired, he fell asleep. it was pretty cute. how do you get mad at a kid for being quiet and falling asleep?? :-)

where to next??

for those of you who only look at our blog and are not a friend on facebook for some reason or another - we have found out where we are going to be stationed after jake is done with flight school in march...







korea!

YA! we were shocked too. there are a lot of factors in with this decision and there are lots of things for jake and i to talk about. but that is the plan for now. i guess its a default to a one year station for jake to go and for me and the boys to stay behind. but we could go with him and stay for 2 years. we just dont know what is BEST for us right now. so - i will let you know as soon as we do!

dam... hoover, that is

this is the bridge that they finished last year that now takes you over the Hoover Dam. it is a little sad because when you cross over it, the sides are so high that you are not able to really SEE the beautiful dam. but it DOES make it a lot easier to get from NV to AZ and you dont have to stop and get your car checked. quick quick quick. we drove over it and then we drove back on the actual dam so that jake could get out and get some pics. it is enormous and makes you gasp when you see how high it is from the water. i think if the water level was where it SHOULD be, the drop wouldnt be AS dramatic. but since the level has dropped so far, the distance from the bridge is WOW (yes, WOW is a measurement!). anywho.. this was one of the things that we were just dying to see finally finished while we were there. and of course we went to Boulder City to get some awesome A&W and to the Fisher Pen store. hehehe

some pics

ya ya.. i get it. you wanna see pics because my last post of the holidays had none and it was really boring to read. well, here you go. here are some pics of the boys from dec and jan. nothing too exciting, but yes, adorable.

this is james with his new road mat. we got it at sams club and its huge! it takes up ALL the open space on his floor. but he does like to push his cars around it and when sam gets older, there is PLENTY of room for them BOTH to play.

ah, this was when we were at the MnM World in LV. james got to see all the different color MnMs and then he got to look out this window and see the LV Strip - ya, he doesnt have a CLUE what it is. but it was just mommy, daddy, james time that was definitely needed.

sam doesnt seem too impressed with what i am doing to try and get him to smile, but its ok. he is SUCH a chubby baby. you can see his chubby lil chin and on his arms, there is that adorable big ol' roll at the elbow. he is just healthy, right? :-)

and talk about my FAVORITE pic of all times. this one of sam with daddy is priceless. jake looks gorgeous and sam is just chillin. BEAUTIFUL!

the boys like to be around each other, most of the time. james will climb up and sit with sam and sam will just smile at him thinking "yay brother!". but this is a great one to show that they really do like each other.

and this is perfect. this was a day that james was crabby and wouldnt fall asleep. he finally did, but then woke up freaking out. so when i DID finally get him to sleep SOME, it was on the couch. classic.


and these are my pics. hope you enjoy them.

christmas vacation

i blogged about our vacation in 3 parts. going, there, and coming. it is quick, confusing, speratic, and all you are going to get out of me for now. :-) its just a lot happened, its been a long vacation, and i dont feel like remembering every detail. sorry. hahaha