Here's what's been going on with us lately:
Sunday dinner at Nana and Grandpa Hess' house. A weekly favorite. (That's a big bird cage with finches inside behind the boys)
Guess who can put on his own socks and shoes and brushes his teeth all by himself? Peter! And guess who is the fastest 2 toothed baby in the west? Jackson!
Warm weather = playing in the backyard
Playing on the grass = eating leaves and dirt. yum!
This is the look of love from Jackson to Peter. He lives for Peter. And luckily, Peter is pretty nice to him most of the time.
Jackson really likes crawling around under the table. He also enjoys sticking out his tongue. Here he's doing both!
Amazing! Peter fell asleep on the couch! That never happens.
Sean and I got to go skiing together and it was heavenly! I used to be huge into skiing, but pregnancy and breastfeeding have put a damper on that activity. My parents were nice enough to watch the kids for a few hours so we could go up to Sundance. FUN!
Sean's Valentine's Day cake balls. I probably ate most of them.... It's not my fault though! I have a disproportionate amount of sweet teeth and I'm pretty sure Sean only has half of one.
My parents, the boys, and I took a road trip to San Diego last month and this was one of my favorite moments. We'd been in the car for about 6 hours and we stopped for the night in Vegas. I LOVED sitting on soft, green grass in warm weather! Ahhh... just thinking about it makes me smile.
Oh! The Beach! What a nice place to be. Happy children, family togetherness, naked babies, warm breezes.... Wish it wasn't so far away!
Sean flew down to be with us for a couple days before driving back. I sure like having him around! Here we are at Balboa Park. We managed to be there during the one hour of sunshine on a rainy day.
I love these tree roots! Balboa Park is a magical place full of incredible plants and huge squirrels. We fed the squirrels who lived near this tree some of our animal crackers in an effort to catch one. No luck there!
Peter found a big dragon!
Jackson did too! We had a really nice trip. I'm glad my parents were able to put up with me and the kids during that long car ride! Wow.... that was pretty crazy. You think I would have learned my lesson about traveling with children after our little Austria escapade! No, really it IS fun. But man, it's hard too.
Sean has been growing out his hair and he actually let me put it into a pony tail! It was a momentous occasion. Doesn't he look just like Westley from the Princess Bride? He's so dreamy!
Jackson and Peter LOVE to play together. It's kind of funny how Peter will follow Jackson's lead a lot of the time. Here they were banging loudly on the oven and making sounds with their tongues out.
This is what I found when I peeked into their room during "nap-time" last week after I heard them jumping and giggling. They just can't keep away from each other.
Jackson loves doing "up in the sky" with his hands. We've been teaching him some signs lately (eat, more, all done) and it's really fun to see him trying to use his fat little hands to communicate with us!
Happy baby! I will really miss these baby days when my kids get older. I am enjoying them so much! Sure, it's hard, but I really feel so blessed to have two of the world's greatest kids, AND the most incredible husband in the universe!(as I've been writing this, they have been eating crackers together at the table. Peter crushed all his crackers into crumbs and spread them out all over the table and his chair. I said, "Hey! Look what a big mess you made! Clean it up please." He said, "No. YOU clean it up." Ignoring that comment, I continued writing and he "cleaned up" the crumbs by wiping them all onto the carpet. "Mommy! I cleaned up my mess!" he said as he pulled my arm to come see. Well, the table and chair are clean at least! But, now I get to clean up the mess anyway. It's a good thing my kids are so cute and lovable, because I really don't like cleaning up after people!)
