The Gagon's

Big Brother's So....

2011-11-12T11:33:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a little behind...so I'm going to try and catch up but it's gonna be a little backwards. :)

Here's a little video of the boys circa June 2011.

Saturday at Papa & Nona's

2011-06-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

We headed up to Midge & Steve's the other day to put up their Costco pool for the summer. Luckily the weather was GREAT and the boys had a blast playing outside as usual. :) Midge & Steve bought Jordan this power wheels for his second birthday which went unused for quite a while...it wasn't until just this last year that he figured it out and wasn't scared by it. And he was even nice enough to give his brother a ride. This picture was taken right after he ran right into Papa's covered area...and right before he ran over Eric's leg going full speed! Papa got it on video, probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen!
Our white trash play pen/pack n' play...but it worked! Yes, that means the little stinker STILL isn't walking yet!

Jordan relaxing in 4 inches of water!

slightly inappropriate but too cute! :)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

2011-06-19T08:09:00.001-07:00

Jordan & Dylan are inseparable! They follow each other around the house ALL day EVERYDAY! It's pretty cute to watch how well they both get along. :)

Dylan is the WORST beggar EVER!! We often joke that he's worse than a dog!

One of the few nice days...

2011-06-19T08:06:00.000-07:00

The other Monday it was actually nice outside!!! So I took the opportunity to pull out all the summer toys for the backyard including their table and umbrella. Here's to the first popsicle of the season!!!

Jordan Update

2011-06-19T07:39:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that my once baby is now 3 1/2 years old! :( He's the best son and big brother a mom could ask for. He drives us crazy at times but for the most part the good out weights the bad. He has a mind of his own and it's getting harder and harder to slip stuff past him. I'm learning that I have to "spell" the whole sentence to Eric instead of just part of it because he's catching on to what it means. :) He LOVES his little brother he taddle's appropriately on him when he's climbing up the stairs by himself, he gets him snacks (even when he's not suppose to), he plays well with him, and is great at sharing his toys. He wanted me to video tape him the other day and he said the best thing about having a little brother was "sharing his toys." I know I'm probably going to jinx myself but we think he might have grown out of his dog allergy...he's been at three dog houses now with no medicine (all by accident) and no rashes or any sign of irritation!! Woohoo!!! Now if we could just kick the nut allergy! He's potty trained during the day but still wears a pull up at night. He's obsessed with superhero's right now he wants to wear them, watch them, and play with them!!! He's already talking about his fourth birthday party that he wants to have at bouncy house...and I think we might actually give in...and we might even invite some kids from school...it's almost four months away still but I'm trying to prepare myself! Hahaha He's getting better at writing his name he can do the "J" "O" "R" & "D" I told him I'm sorry the other day for not giving him a shorter name! He's learning Spanish as school from Ms. Mary which is fun to hear; the other day when Eric was carrying him upstairs to bed he told Eric "vamanos!" And when asked what he's going to teach his new cousin he said "Hola Mary!" LOL He's Daddy's buddy all he wants to do is play sports with Dad when he gets home! He's still a great eater (I wish his brother would take a few notes) and a great sleeper (still naps for about two hours during the day). We love our little "bubby" and couldn't ask for anything more! Although I wish he would stop where he is...I can't wait to see what he becomes...

Here are just a few of the funny things Jordan say's and does:

Ever I Want/Ever My Life= What Ever I Want

Michael Cycle = Motorcycle

Ms. Donalds = McDonalds

Lightning The Queen = Lightning the Queen (From Cars)

Smickle Me = Despicable Me

Be Member = Remember

I wish I should = I wish I could/I wish I had

Have a Day = Have a Good Day

I'll Touch You in Your Eye Balls = I'll hit you in the balls

We Da We Da Butt Butt = Don't know what this means but he thinks it hilarious!

This Day = Today

This Night = Tonight

When we tuck him in and tell him to stay in bed he tells us to stay in bed too and not to wake him up.

Whenever you ask him to do something he says "First?"

EVERYTHING is a race! Whether it be driving the car, getting in the bath tub, getting changed for bed, going to the bathroom, eating a meal, etc.

When he comes downstairs after we put him in bed we usually pause the tv...and when he heads back up stairs he tells us "you can turn your show back on."

He was taking his time getting in bed and Eric told him "you mess with the bull you get the horns" and Eric said in an innocent voice "I don't know what that means!"

12 Month Stats

2011-05-30T08:06:00.000-07:00

What can I say; our little guy has many names these days...

Skinny Minnie

Ding Ding

Lil' Nugget

Dill

Die-Lawn (As in the five greatest rappers of the world...if ya know what I mean)

Dill-Rin (Since Jordan doesn't really pronounce his name right)

Two Teeth (although he now has seven; the name has just stuck)

He's got quite the personality and I can already tell he's TOTALLY different than Jordan! He's a pretty happy little guy. Sleeps from 7:30ish to around 7:00ish. With the exception of Saturday morning when he gets up at around 6:00ish but I think it has to do with the fact that Wednesday through Friday we have to wake the kids up at 6:15ish for school. As I've said before he's totally a Mama's boy and I don't see that changing anytime soon...which is totally fine with me. :) He LOVES to do whatever his big brother is doing and refuses to be left out when Jordan and Eric and playing together. He's quite a little tough guy, rarely sheds a tear when he gets hurt. He's a pretty good eater; not nearly as good as Jordan. He loves cheese, meat, and carbs; but not too fond of fruit and veggies. He's VERY noisy and animated these days. And has especially become fond of "pointing" at everything that he wants. If you don't get it soon enough the "pointer" if followed by some crazy sound to get your attention! We're rounding the bend to 13months old and he's not too interested in walking. He'll stand...but doesn't particularly like it, he'll walk while holding your hands, and will cruise around furniture but he would much rather just get down on all fours and crawl. He's definitely on the "small" side...he's wearing 9-12 month old clothes. He's got a longer torso and shorter legs so the onesies have to be 12 months and I almost think he could wear an 18month one but his pants are a struggle...his waist is so skinny nothing stays up! But all that aside we love our little nugget and don't know what we'd do without him! :)

12 Month Stats:

18lbs 15oz (4 percentile)

29.3 inches (30 percentile)

Head Circumference 17.7 inches (13 percentile)

Everett Childrens Museum

2011-05-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

Although it's only a couple miles away we've never been to the Children's Museum until yesterday. Jordan had a lot of fun; he said his favorite part was the water table room and the slides on the roof. Dylan had fun too but it will definitely be more fun when he's walking. I do have to admit that I was a bad person and didn't pay for Dylan...as you know under 12 months is free...and Dylan only misses that by two weeks. So when I went to the counter I said "two adults and one child" and the girl didn't question me. :)

Dylan in the fire truck room Jordan coming down the slide, he was in HEAVEN!
Jordan playing the Xylophone

Dylan staring down a BIG chunk of gum under the Xylophone.

Cheese!

I think both boy's enjoyed the water room...we had to put Dylan's whole body under the blower to dry him off!

The boy's riding the sheep

Happy Boys

2011-05-29T08:24:00.000-07:00

Jordan's new favorite thing is to carry Dylan around the house...unfortunately for Dylan he's not very gentle. When he decides he's too heavy he just drops him and he either lands on all fours or lands on his face! Dylan's a little slow...he goes UP the slide and slides DOWN the stairs! Maybe someday he'll figure it out...
Just hanging out watchin' some TV
The boys after bath time. :)
(Jordan's a duck and Dylan's a frog)

This is Dylan's new thing...smack himself in the face and make an indian pow pow noise...if ya know what I mean. :)

Daddy's Home!

2011-05-29T08:18:00.000-07:00

Dylan loves to look out the front door and yell at people walking by, cars driving by, and people playing on the basketball court across the street. Today it was especially cute...he was waiting for Dad to come home from the driving range.

Waiting...Yelling and banging on the screen door because he saw him pulling in...

Yelling, screaming, and waving at Eric as he got out of his truck...

Dylan's Second First Birthday Celebration

2011-05-29T08:08:00.000-07:00

On May 14th we headed up to the Gagon's for another first birthday celebration. As usual I did a poor job of taking pictures. :) Dylan got spoiled with lots of cool stuff from all our wonderful friends and family!

Dylan wasn't really a fan of opening presents. He was content just sitting on the sidelines while the big kids (Jordan & Cambrielle) went to town opening all his gifts!

Jordan & Kylee

The little piggy was not by choice, but since I'm a horrible mother and dropped the ball on kid number two...we just had to pick a cake, on the day of, from what they had already made. I'm sure this will be the story of Dylan's life for the next 30 years! LOL

Dylan's Birthday Celebration #1

2011-05-02T08:21:00.000-07:00

Dylan joins the May birthday celebrations with my Dad (5/2), my Mom's friend Carol (5/8), and my Niece Rochelle (5/8). This is the second year we've been lucky enough to have beautiful weather and have enjoyed a BBQ outdoors! The kids had a blast running around ALL day but of course when we get ready to leave Jordan was upset that we didn't get to go in the hot tub! Kids are just NEVER happy! And telling him we'd go in the hot tub"next time" was not good enough! My mom had two of these big bouncy ball and the kids loved kicking them all over the yard!
Jordan & Rochelle playing with the swords that Aunt Hien bought for him. They were a really big hit! Jordan spent the day chasing all the girls around the yard with it!
Dylan and Grandma relaxing on the lawn.

The not so little slice of cake Grandma bought for Dylan.
Unlike Jordan's first birthday Dylan LOVED the cake and LOVED the attention while eating it. He was such a little ham! I'm pretty sure he would have eat it all if I let him but I couldn't help but be afraid of him puking in his carseat on the way home!

After a while he got a little tired and slumped down in the chair and continued to eat cake.

Back home to put together Dylan's birthday present from Grandma. The boys absolutely loved it! Dylan was soaking wet from head to toe, literally and after I brought Dylan inside Jordan continued to play for over an hour! I think we're going to get a lot of use out of this this summer. :) You're suppose to put sand in one side of it but I personally HATE sand boxes so the boy's will just have to be happy with the water.

Various Pictures

2011-04-24T11:24:00.000-07:00

Seems kinda silly but I had to take a picture of this because Jordan did the same thing when he was a baby! I can't tell you how many times I came in to find diapers ALL over the floor! Dylan and the Bissell's
This was the scene after Papa fed him a bottle...fat belly hanging out and milk running down the cheek.
Papa & Dylan...he's definitely Papa's little boy. :)

Nona & Dylan...I think the weird face may have something to do with the fact she was feeding him lemons...
The three...soon to be four boys
Dylan bringing his bottle to the kitchen sink for me...
Jordan's a true Gagon...ALL of the Gagon men sleep with their mouths wide open like this!

Dylan's totally off the bottle and off baby food!!! YEAH!!! Now I just can't wait until he's off formula!
Happy Bath Time!

Garden Update #2

2011-04-24T11:22:00.000-07:00

Well we finally got some stuff planted but we didn't get enough dirt for both boxes so we'll have to go back. But we did get started!!! The cold weather isn't helping though...I have since pulled out the green house cover for it so I'm hoping that there's still hope!

The start of many walks...

2011-04-24T11:14:00.000-07:00

Although my friend Courtney would probably rather run than walk she's nice enough to slow things down a bit and we enjoyed a nice little walk on the Burke-Gilman trail on Saturday morning. Hopefully the weather will get nice soon and we can make this more of a regular weekend occurrence! The kids enjoyed it...I think...they slept almost the entire time. This is what it looked like when we returned to our cars...
A quick pit stop to pull out a snack.
Dylan just chillin' with his foot up. :) Rough life...

Easter 2011

2011-04-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

My mom spoiled the kids as usual. Dylan got a ton of Gerber snacks and a new shirt and Jordan got a basket full of candy. The kids dyed Easter eggs at school this week and of course Jordan wanted to do more so we dyed a dozen eggs after school on Thursday. I don't know what he liked more...dying the eggs or putting the stickers on. Jordan had blast and Dylan enjoyed watching. :) Sorry they're in reverse order. :(
We really need to work on his smile! Hahaha
And his too!!!

Buddies

2011-04-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

It really makes me happy to see how well the boys get along. Dylan just follows Jordan around everywhere and for the most part Jordan's fine with that. Other than the occasional..."it was an accident" they play great together. Dylan has finally figured out how to pull himself up on stuff but he hasn't quite figured out how to get down so he stands there and cries until Jordan goes over there and nicely pulls him down. This is what happens when you try and get a picture of the boys together. Dylan's a little wiggle worm and doesn't EVER want to hold still!

Baby P!

2011-04-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

So in a crazy attempt to try and remember what's gone on the last couple of months I almost forgot the birth of Baby Peterson! Aka Carter...who will go down in history as costing his parents a wonderful brunch on the last Seahawks game of 2011! So the night before the game they came over for dinner...nothing fancy by any means; just a little KFC. Well as the night goes on Courtney who hasn't complained about anything her entire pregnancy kept saying that she was uncomfortable and they may need to go home soon...well the finally go home and we all retire to bed. The next morning I tell Eric to check our phones to make sure she didn't have the baby since we were suppose to meet at their house for brunch. He comes back with a text message that says that she was in a lot of pain and they went to the hospital around 1AM. Well needless to say the brunch got moved to our house which involved a little side trip to Evergreen Hospital to meet Carter and a quick stop by the Peterson's to steal the makings for the breakfast burritos and let Piper (their yellow lab) out to go pee. And yes we're ghetto enough to steal groceries from their house instead of going to the store to buy our own! LOL So note to self pregnant ladies out there...forget the spicy food to kick start your labor all you need is a little KFC! L to R...Dawn, Jordan, Billy, Carter, Courtney, Eric, & Dylan Eric and Billy with the start of the MPHS Class of '99 Basketball/Football/Baseball team. :)

Attempt to Grow a Garden...Part 1

2011-04-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

While reading my Parenting magazine the other day and remembering how neat it was as a kid to have a garden I decided that we should try and grow a little something in our mini back yard. Originally we had planned on Eric building planter boxes but a friend of mine at work told me that Costco was selling these pre made boxes for $100. It was a little chilly but I have to admit it was nice to get outside and get some fresh air. We've yet to go buy the dirt and stuff to plant so who knows if anything will grow this year but hopefully we'll get around to it soon...stay tuned! :)Dylan locked away inside behind the screen door since he wouldn't stop eating rocks, pine needles, and other stuff off the ground.

Jordan is absolutely "Daddy's Little Helper," It was quite entertaining to watch...the minute Eric put down ANYTHING Jordan was picking it up within seconds which was driving Eric absolutely nuts! Hahaha This was my favorite though...he picks up the level and says he going to go measure something...then he proceeds to say "what time is it?" As he "measures" the house with the level. :)

March Pictures

2011-04-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

The boys keep us super busy but we wouldn't have it any other way. I would have to say that one of my favorite things to do lately is hang out up stairs in their bedrooms after dinner with the music on. The "big" boys shoot hoops, Dylan crawls around frantically trying to keep up and rebound/steal the basketballs and I run around doing laundry, putting away laundry, picking up toys, etc. But I wouldn't have it any other way. :) Dylan's onto solid foods now and I have to say breakfast is definitely his favorite! It's usually a bottle then mini pancakes or a waffle and a half of a banana. A little side note about the Michael Jordan basketball hoop. Years ago while living in Spanaway and before I had any kids, other than Eric, he had mentioned that he would LOVE to find a "Michael Jordan" basket ball hoop like the one he had when he was a kid. Well not more than five minutes later we drive past a used kids stuff store on Pac Highway with this beauty sitting out front. Eric immediately pulled over and the rest is history. And if you don't already know...Jordan was named after Michael Jordan, Eric loves him (the real "Jordan") and they share the same birthday.

I took a couple pictures of him shooting and for some crazy reason in ALL of the photo's his arms are thrown back like this after EVERY shot! hahaha

Dylan on the hand me down four wheeler Aunt Judy bought.

What the heck?

2011-04-11T14:33:00.000-07:00

Well, since I'm so far behind in my posts this actually happened a couple of weeks ago...The other morning I went in to get Jordan up for school and he had pulled his mattress off his bed and was sleeping on the floor. The next night Eric and I were headed up to bed and he had pulled his mattress into the hallway to sleep. Well the third night we're headed up to bed and I ask Eric do you think he's done it again?! Eric replies no but sure enough he had done it again! And even more odd...it only lasted three nights and he hasn't moved it since. I tried to take a picture on the second night but the flash and commotion woke him up.

California 2011

2011-04-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

Eric's cousin Scott got married this year and we made the trek down to California for a week long vacation. It's been over 10 years since Eric has made it down to California. It was a lot of work as usual but well worth it. We had a busy week planned and we were house hopping for the entire week...here's a quick breakdown of the itinerary:

February 24th - Leave Seattle and arrive in California in time to partake in the rehearsal dinner festivities at Auntie Laura & Uncle Kent's House.

February 25th - Help tie up loose ends before the wedding...which included working in Chinese sweat shop conditions trying to help Auntie Laura finish all of the flower arrangements. :)

February 26th - Day of the wedding, pack up EVERYTHING and spend the night at the hotel/lodge where the wedding and receptions was being held.

February 27th - Relocate to Aunt Katie, Uncle Dana, Cousin Peter & Katie's house. Relax and enjoy an a wonderful dinner with the family at Aunt Katie & Uncle Dana's house.

March 1st - Relax and enjoy and AWESOME sushi dinner with Peter & Katie.

March 2nd - Meet up with Uncle Chris & Aunt Joni for a day at the Folsom Zoo and dinner.

March 3rd - Pack up and head home!!!!!

We can't thank all the family enough for letting us take over their houses for a week; it was much appreciated! :)

Sorry the pictures are in no particular order since I had to merge the few pictures I took with the TON of pictures Judy took.

Dylan and his crazy hair on his first plane ride. He didn't sleep much on the way there but he was happy. :) Jordan & the Wolf statue at the Folsom Zoo.

Our pathetic family picture...

Me and my little nugget. :)

Dylan snuggling with Cousin Hillary.

Jordan with some of his many woman...

Jordan with his friend Jordan...she was the bossiest little thing EVER!

A rare picture of Eric and I

Jordan catching a ride on Nona's suitcase at Seatac on the way home.

Dylan sleeping on the ride home; he must have been pooped. He drank his bottle at take off and slept the entire ride home. :) Thank goodness we had an empty flight both ways and he was able to have his own seat...or two seats in this case.

Jordan with his new Superman Pajama's Auntie bought him. I don't know if you can tell but it has a cape attached to the back. He LOVED them so much I had to go back and buy him the Batman Pajamas too.

Twins?! We didn't realize they were wearing the almost the same thing until we headed down for the wedding! hahaha

This is what happens when a 3 year old gets cabin fever!

Papa's version of babysitting...

Cheese!

The Gagon's

Dylan absolutely LOVED hanging out with Uncle Kent!

Jordan & Uncle Scott throwing up gang signs the night before the wedding.

Jordan and his friend Lilly

Bath Time!

2011-04-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

The boy's LOVE taking bath's together. At this time we kept Dylan in his little bath tub in the big tub but now they both sit there and play together. They have an absolute blast together!! We've only had a couple incidences...1) Jordan gave Dylan and bear hug which resulted in him going under water, but as Jordan says "it was accident!" 2) The boys were "swimming" which resulted in BIG waves which consumed poor little Dylan and he ended up taking on some water. Other than that they do great in the tub. :)

Crazy little boy

2011-04-09T08:58:00.000-07:00

I know it's been FOREVER since I last posted something but I've been soo busy!! I can't even tell you what I've been doing but the time is just flying by!!! These are pics of Dylan at around 9 months old. Still not crawling but he loves to work on his "core." I have a feeling Uncle Billy had something to do with his love for planks. He's happy as usually nothing new...or at least I can't remember anything too exciting.

Don't get too excited but there are more posts to come!!! :)

Eight Months Old

2011-01-10T14:08:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe my little baby is already eight months old. He's definitely a mama's boy...for now that is. :) He eats four 7oz. bottles a day, one bowl of rice cereal, and two containers of baby food. He starting to eat crackers but still doesn't fully understand the concept of gumming something to death and eating it. He rolls everywhere and is able to spin around to get what he wants. He's not crawling yet but I'm not surprised since it took Jordan until 10 months old to accomplish this feat. Although...he is getting close!! He sits up on his own and has learned to fall over gracefully so he doesn't get hurt. He talks up a storm and thinks everything his big brother does is funny! They really are the best of friends already. Dylan chases Jordan around in his walker and even keeps him company while he goes to the bathroom. :) He's still a great sleeper at night he goes down around 7:00/7:30PM and doesn't wake until around 8:00AM. He takes a couple cat naps during the day and a LONG nap in the middle of the day after lunch which usually lasts 2+ hours!! :) He definitely likes attention and doesn't like to be left in a room alone. He loves bath time and rarely fusses at all; I really couldn't ask for a better baby. He does great at daycare; he's all smiles when I drop him off and all smiles when I pick him up! The older he gets the more I don't think he looks anything like Jordan. I'm interested to see what happens with his crazy Asian hair...it just blows my mind how it sticks straight up and won't lay down!!!! And we've yet to cut it so there are some random long hairs that I swear are almost six inches long!!! Lately he likes to blow bubbles and do funny things with his tongue. He's got his two bottom teeth but no sign of anymore popping up anytime soon...Although two kids is more work than I ever could have imagined I have the best husband in the world and two wonderful kids to show for it. :)

Christmas #4

2010-12-29T10:42:00.000-08:00

After Christmas morning at our house we headed to my Mom's to celebrate with my side of the family. My Mom went overboard with presents as usual. :) We came home with bags of toys and a black garbage sack full of new clothes for the kids! Needless to say I spent Sunday & Monday doing laundry! We had a yummy prime rib dinner and great company! And once again, poor picture taking on my part...there are NO pictures of the kids with Grandma, no pictures of our family, and no pictures of Uncle Kurt & Aunt Hien!Tambi, Frodo, Jordan, Cherisse, Dylan, & Rochelle (From Left to Right)
Jordan & Cherisse

This is what happens to Jordan's hands when you have two girl cousins. :) LOL
Jordan & Carol

Christmas #3

2010-12-29T10:32:00.000-08:00

We woke up Christmas morning and celbrated it at our house before heading up to my Mom's. This was the first year Jordan really "got" the whole Santa thing so I was sure to buy him EXACTLY what he asked for from Santa. :) I'm super bummed though...I planned on video taping his reaction on my camera since our video camera always seems to have a problem every time I pull it out and for some reason when I uploaded my pictures/video it only caught 2 seconds of his excitement! :( I guess these few pictures will have to do...There aren't any pictures of Dylan because he was still sleeping. :( Next year...1) Make sure I'm actually video taping 2) Get a picture of both kids on Christmas morning!

Jordan & his "Batman Cave"Batman Motorcycle

Spider Man 4 Wheeler...do you see a theme here?!
New markers and crayons! He'll never know that I really bought it for the storage bin. :)
The punching bag that looks like the blow up animals in Shrek!! Too bad Dad blew it up too much the other day and it popped. :( Forgetting about "Santa" I told him I would just buy him a new one and he promptly corrected me and said "YOU CAN'T SANTA BOUGHT THAT FOR ME!" Oops!

Christmas #2

2010-12-29T10:06:00.000-08:00

Christmas celebration number 2 was at Papa & Nona's on Christmas Eve. Eric and I both had the day off so we headed up early and hung out for the entire day. We were lucky enough to be joined by the Bissell's this year! We all got a lot of cool stuff and enjoyed a wonderful prime rib dinner! :) Jordan's picture taking skills..."say cheese Auntie & Papa!"
Diane feeding Dylan...they were good buddies! Jordan & Scott with sugar snap pea mustaches
I'm bummed this picture of Jordan & Nona turned out fuzzy. :(

The Superman he got from Papa & Nona
Dylan enjoying a little wrapping paper; he really enjoy this whole present thing!

Jordan showing off his personalized mug from the Bissell's
Jordan and his new Nerf gun from Auntie & Rick
The cool super hero T-shirt from Papa & Nona,

holding it up for a picture wasn't good enough he had to put it on!

Batman car from the Bissell's who started this whole super hero fascination with the Batman plane for his birthday.

Kristin & Dylan
Rick & Auntie

Ah, and this is now the night ended...he ate WAY too much at Papa & Nona's and ended up puking all over himself on the way home! I guess he wasn't kidding when he said his tummy hurt...cleaning up puke when we got home was the last thing on our mind! Because of the clean up the snicker doodles we made earlier in the week never made it out for Santa. :( Maybe next year.

Cookies for Santa

2010-12-29T10:01:00.000-08:00

I had planned on just buying some cookies from the store for Santa this year since I'm not a baker but people at work gave me so much crap about it I finally broke down and made some cookies myself. :) Jordan loves cooking with me he gets his stool out and is right there next to me ready to help. :) We ended up making snicker doodles because that's all I had at home to make; Jordan had a blast rolling the cookies in the cinnamon sugar mixture. As much as it pained me to see the mess he was making it was well worth it to see how happy he was. :)

Christmas #1

2010-12-29T09:50:00.000-08:00

Uncle Carl & Aunt Maria were leaving town for the Holiday's so they stopped by on the Monday before Christmas to give Jordan his presents. I tried to convince Jordan that Uncle Carl brought him presents because Santa told him that he was a good boy be he told me Uncle Carl brought him presents because "he love me!" Jordan is ALL about super hero's lately! Uncle Carl & Aunt Maria spoiled him with two really cool Iron Man toys! Jordan was soo excited it was hard to get him to bed and he HAD to sleep with both of his toys! :)

Just can't say enough great things about...

2010-12-26T11:35:00.000-08:00

...the self feeding bottle!!! Although we don't use it everyday it definitely comes in handy. :)

Christmas Gifts From The Kids

2010-12-26T11:26:00.000-08:00

I love the little gifts that the kids bring home for Christmas, Mother's Day, & Father's Day! I've actually come to REALLY look forward to them! This year Jordan's gift came home in a reindeer bag and a card where he actually kinda signed his name. It's a little hard to read but you can definitely make out the "J" and the "O"! Jordan's ornament cracked us up, it was definitely the focal point of the Christmas tree this year because it was SOOO big! Hahaha

Santa 2010

2010-12-26T11:22:00.000-08:00

We didn't make it to Santa last year and at the time I didn't really care. But when I pulled the pictures of Jordan's first two visits out I was really bummed that we were missing a year. :( So although I waited until five days before Christmas we did make it to Santa!

Snowflake Lane 2010

2010-12-13T12:54:00.000-08:00

We went to Snowflake Lane for the first time this year and I think we will definitely go back. Jordan loved the snow/bubbles, drummers, snow princess that gave him a sucker, and the reindeer that gave him a high five! We went with our good friends Billy and Courtney, ate dinner at Red Robin, and finished the night off with a little ice skating.

Family picture - Dylan...he was sleeping in the stroller. They were busy that night so they were out of skates for Billy & Eric which left me to take Jordan out by myself...he actually did pretty good. He only fell twice and by the end he didn't want to hold my hand anymore he wanted to do it all by himself!

My Boys

2010-12-13T12:15:00.000-08:00

There is seriously not enough time in the day! I don't take nearly enough pictures and it seems to take forever to get the pictures to the blog or printed these days! It's hard to believe Jordan's already three and Dylan's seven months old! I feel like I'm going to blink and it's going to be 2011! Jordan is getting more and more independent and mouthy. :) The terrible three's are definitely living up to their name. :) We had two really rough day's this week I seriously thought one of us was not going to make it out alive! But by the third day my sweet little boy returned and all is well. :) The older Dylan gets I begin to think the boys don't really look anything alike! It's a lot of work but I really do love my two little boys! :)

Jordan and the ginger bread house he made with Grandma.
He's my good little eater; he hasn't met a food he doesn't like yet!

I hope he grows out of this smile soon!!!

The boys with the snow globes Grandma bought them. Dylan's a little rough with his...it already has a crack in it from being dropped off the walker one too many times. BUT it still works!

Dylan thought it would be fun to pull the table cloth off the table...little did I know how strong a little baby is he almost pulled the turkey platter and candle off the table!

Winter 2010

2010-12-13T12:03:00.000-08:00

Jordan was sooo excited to go play in the snow this year! Too bad the first snow fall wasn't that great; there was a good amount of snow but you weren't able to pack it or do anything with it. I'm learning first hand how fast kids grow out of their clothes! I bought this jacket last year and when I pulled it out of the closet this year I realized it was definitely too small!! If you look closely you can see a nice little gap between his jacket and his gloves! When he came inside he had a nice red band around his wrists where his skin was exposed to the elements! Oops!The second time it snowed I was more prepared...I forgot about my brothers old snow suit that my mom gave me last year; which at that point it was too big and this year it fit just right! :) The boys made a HUGE snowman accross the street on Thanksgiving morning but I never made it out to take a picture and he had already fallen over by the time dinner was over. :( He was complete with sticks for arms, carrot nose (mini carrot), jelly beans for the mouth and rocks for buttons. Then the boy's went on a long walk around the neighborhood and through the woods. Jordan cracked me up when he came home...because he was so bundled up he walked in the door and said "Mom I'm hot I need a popcicle!" LOL Aren't kids suppose to request hot chocolate when they come in from playing outside?!
Dylan watching his big brother play in the snow.
Jordan was sooo excited to make a snow angel!

Dad making him snow balls so he could throw them at the house.

Testing out the slide...he spent like 15 minutes cleaning all the snow off before he went down. We tried to tell him he could just go but he insisted on cleaning it off first.

Throwing snowballs at mom...thank goodness the door was closed! :)

Six Months Old

2010-12-13T10:32:00.000-08:00

My little boy is growing up soo fast! :( He's sitting up on his own, rolling all over the place, eating solid foods, squealing, babbling, mobbing around the house in his walker, and smiling like crazy! He's such a good baby, I really can't complain. :) He's getting his first tooth, you can almost see it when he smiles really big.

Here's his stats at 6 months:

He's :27" tall (63%)

He weighs: 16lbs 4oz (21%)

My little Tigger

2010-11-07T09:33:00.000-08:00

Dylan's Happy Place

2010-11-07T09:14:00.000-08:00

Just like Jordan...Dylan loves hanging out in the jumper. :) Unfortunately...it takes up a lot of room and the music it plays and noise it makes is enough to drive a person crazy!!!!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

This was the first year Jordan has gone trick-or-treating and I have to say...I think the boy liked it! Thank goodness it didn't rain and it actually wasn't too cold. We headed out in our neighborhood as soon it got dark and wandered around for about 45 minutes. It took him a couple of houses before he would say trick or treat without being prompted by Eric but he finally got the hang of it and he was off! Since this was our first year out I didn't even think to bring an extra bag to lighten the load of his little plastic pumpkin; so every so often Eric would have to stop and put some of the candy in his pockets because Jordan kept tipping over when he was trying to climb peoples stairs! There were a handful of houses that scared him; mainly the ones that had motion sensors that made noise when you got close to the door. But my all time favorite moment was when Jordan said "I don't like that thing!" instead of saying thank you to the man with the paper grocery bag over his head!!

What can I say...

2010-11-07T08:44:00.000-08:00

I really couldn't ask for Jordan to be any more loving of his little brother. He gives him his binky when he cries, he'll cover him back up if his blanket falls off (even if that means putting the blanket over his face), he wants to feed him food, and he wants to play with him...most of the time (even if it means throwing a ball at his head and steam rolling him while Dylan rolls around on the floor). I know it's still early but I hope my boy's grow up to still enjoy each other's company. :)

Stocker Farms

2010-10-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

I really wanted to try "The Farm" in Snohomish this year but Eric thought we should just go back to Stocker Farms since it's close and we've been there before. I have to say I wasn't disappointed; Jordan had fun and we got there early enough that we missed the crowds of people. :) I'll apologize in advance we all look like we just rolled out of bed...and that's because we actually did! :)Jordan insisted that he pull the cart even though it was heavy for him and we were moving slower than a snail! Damn kids and their new found independence!
Should have tried a different location...although it was foggy out the sun was pretty bright and shining in our eyes!
Jordan and his friend the horse.

Great idea!! And this was Jordan's favorite thing there. They set up these gutter like things and when the kids pumped it shot water down the gutters and made the little rubber duckies float down into a bucket of water! He must have done this a million times!

Jordan playing the Redneck instruments. :)

Kids are so easily amused...they had a bubble machine on top of a port a potty and Jordan could have stayed there all day chasing and popping bubbles!

They had a little fishing pond there filled with trout; we really wanted Jordan to catch a fish but he was less than amused when he didn't catch a fish right away. We left but were very disappointed...luckily we were able to talk him into trying again. Sure enough, we stepped right up and he caught a fish almost right away!! He was sooo excited, he started screaming "I caught a fish, I caught a fish!!" We tried to tell them to put it back but he was too far gone. We put it in a bag and later distracted Jordan while Eric tossed it in the trash. :) When Jordan asked where it went we told him we put it back so he could go home to his Mommy & Daddy! :) The little white lie worked like a charm. :)
No smiles...sun in the eyes again. :)
Jordan going for a barrel tractor ride.

Once again, my little Dylan was a perfect little angel. :)

Birthday Celebration #3

2010-10-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

Jordan's last birthday celebration was at Papa & Nona's house on Saturday, October 16th. Sorry, I uploaded the pictures in reverse order of events.Jordan's blue tongue from the frosting on his ice cream cake.
Jordan & Kristin playing with the toy's that came on the ice cream cake. I'm not quite sure who had more fun?! :)
Frosting kisses for Diane!

Long story short...we should have made him open this present last...Scott & Diane bought him clothes and this Batman toy. Unfortunately he opened this one first and we had a hard time getting him to open anything else! After every present he would gravitate back to the Batman toy and yell, "BATMAN!" And it didn't end there...the first words out of him mouth on Sunday morning were "Where my Batman that Scott, Diane, Kristin bought me?"

Papa bought Jordan some markers and a bag of small pumpkins. Jordan had a blast coloring on them with Kristin & Diane.

Dylan with his other set of Grandparents. :)

Dylan and Kristin...the picture wasn't actually taken at the birthday party but I forgot to upload it with an earlier post. :)

Birthday Celebration #2

2010-10-24T12:30:00.000-07:00

Against Eric's attempt not to celebrate Jordan's birthday three times I thought it would be fun to just do something special with the three of us for Jordan's birthday. Our friends Billy & Courtney were nice enough to come over and watch Dylan while we took Jordan out to eat at Red Robin and Jump Planet. Needless to say he had a blast and enjoyed his time with just Mom and Dad. And when we returned home he had presents from Billy & Courtney! He's soo spoiled! :)

Jordan's 3rd Birthday #1

2010-10-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

With our busy schedule's and ever growing family and friends it was a little hard to plan Jordan's 3rd Birthday this year. It really snuck up on me this time! We headed up to Mount Vernon on October 3rd to celebrate with my family. My brother's girlfriend offered to make Jordan's animal cake that he's been requesting for the last year! It turned out great!! (see pictures below)Everyone playing with the Jordan's new wood blocks. Jordan checking out the memory game from Grandma.
Ugh! What I would give for a "nice" smile these days!!! Whenever I say smile, cheese, or look at the camera; this is what I get!!

A little better, but still pretty cheesy!
The AMAZING birthday cake!
Rochelle and Dylan

Visit with the Browns

2010-10-24T12:12:00.000-07:00

It's always a good time when we get together with the Browns. Our kids are so close in age and it's so fun to see Cambrielle and Jordan play together. I can't tell you what they did but they screamed and laughed the whole time we were there! The men watched football the big kids chased each other the babies slept and ate and Katie and I were able to just chit chat about anything any everything.Kylee (2 Months) & Dylan 4 (Months)

Free'd our Glee!

2010-10-24T11:56:00.000-07:00

Where do I even begin...It was suppose to be one of the last sunny days of the summer and the last weekend of the Puyallup Fair. Since we missed the Evergreen this year I thought it would be a good idea to go free our glee!! :) Little did I know EVERYONE in the State of Washington also had the same idea!! It took us 3 hours in bumper to bumper traffic to get down there. Luckily both kids slept almost the entire way down...but like clock work Dylan awoke mad as hell because he was hungry!! It had been three hours since we left the house and since he was last fed!! That added to the hatred that Eric and I had for the Puyallup before we even got there! We finally found a parking spot and luckily we didn't have to pay; we headed to the gate and waited in a ridiculous line to get in and let me add...it's not that easy to maneuver around with a double jogging stroller when there are masses of people! I guess it was all worth it Jordan seemed to have fun eating fair food, seeing the animals, playing games, and going on rides. And thank goodness Dylan was a trooper. He didn't make a peep the whole time!!! He was happy as a clam sitting in the stroller. :) A rare picture of Uncle Carl and Jordan.
Jordan enjoying his ice cream while the other adults enjoyed a little something in the beer garden. :)

Excuse the ghetto/white trash bungee cord but my jogging stroller wasn't made for an infant seat so we improvised. :)
Jordan hugging the octopus Aunt Desi won for him.

Catch up & Update

2010-10-23T09:33:00.000-07:00

The boy's are doing great! I would say Jordan is 99% potty trained. :) He still wears a pull up at night but I think we've won the battle with pooping on the toilet. He's definitely hit the terrible 3's! He's getting smarter which we're not to thrilled about...and he's acquired what I like to call "Male Selective Hearing." It drives Eric absolutely crazy!!! Hum...how ironic! :) He just had his 3 year check up and he's 36 pounds and 3'1'' tall. (I don't know what percentile because I lost/misplaced the sheet from the Dr.) He's doing great with his glasses which absolutely shocks me! They're a little crooked right now but I haven't had the time to take him in to get them adjusted. Realistically they'll probably stay that way until we go back to the Dr. next month. :)

Dylan is SUCH a good baby! I really couldn't ask for anything more! He's a great sleeper and sleeps 12 hours and rarely wakes up in the middle of the night. He usually goes to bed at 8 but we try to aim for 7 so we can get some peace and quiet before we go to bed. He's more needy than Jordan was in the sense he likes attention but other than that he's a really happy baby! :) He can roll over both ways; I'm interested to see if he'll start crawling before Jordan did...it took Jordan 'til 10 months old to figure it out! His hair is finally growing in; it's definitely thinner than Jordan's but it's finally coming in thicker and it's seems to be laying down a little nicer. I've been trying feed him cereal but he just doesn't get it. I put it in and he holds it in until he smiles and it all runs out of his mouth! He's getting closer to sitting up on his own but he's not quite there.

Eric and I are both busy with work. Monday through Friday are a whirl wind!!! The good thing is that time fly's by REALLY fast!!!!

This is Dylan's latest funny face...aka the old man face.

Two of my favorite boys! :)

First attempt at cereal.

Dylan looks a little creepy but this picture makes me smile. :) These are the "Big Brother" "Little Brother" in training shirts my boss bought me.

All smiles for Aunt Desi!

Cheers!!

Jordan and Aunt Courtney's version of Candy Land.

Self feeding bottle!!!! I love this thing!! We bought it back in the day for Jordan and it still works like a charm! Especially when you get home from work, Dylan's content sitting in his car seat, and are trying to get dinner on the table. :)

Great Grandma & Grandpa Gagon

2010-10-23T09:20:00.000-07:00

WAY back in August Eric's Grandparent's came up for a visit; it's always nice to see them becuase we only get to see them once or twice a year if we're lucky. A good friend of mine recently moved to Longview so hopefully we can make a trip down there some weekend and visit both of them. :)

Sheesh!

2010-10-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted something and said I would post pictures soon! We've been so busy lately...I had no idea it would be so much more work with two kids!!! Well...Eric's working out, Dylan's sleeping, and Jordan's watching How to Train Your Dragon for the second time in less than 24 hours so I will attempt to get as many pictures posted as I can! :)

Pictures to come...

2010-09-09T20:11:00.000-07:00

There is just not enough time in the day!!!! I know I've said it before but seriously!!!! With both of us working full time and running the kids to and from school three times a week there's barely enough time to sit down and relax just the two of us at night! We've been super busy...where to begin...

Over a year ago we started seeing an eye doctor about Jordan's lazy eye we've continued to see him every two months for the past year. The strength in his eye's has gotten better but he's still slightly near sighed in both eyes and he has astigmatism's in both eyes. Needless to say he's the proud owner of his first pair of glasses! Pictures and more details to come... :)

Eric's grandparents came up to visit the last weekend of August and we had a nice little visit at the Gagon's. And I actually took a picture of the kids with their great grandparents!! I'm soo proud of myself! I will definitely be posting it later. :)

Midge & Steve were nice enough to watch the kids over Labor Day weekend so we could go away with our friends. What a nice little escape! We really owe them big time. :) I don't have any pictures but I'll check with Steve to see if he took any pictures of the weekend.

And even MORE exciting!!!! Jordan was showing a lot of interest in potty training last week after I took him to the store to pick out some new underwear; and luckily Papa & Nona were willing to bite the bullet and let him have accidents at their house over Labor Day weekend. Well I'm very happy to say that he's been in big boy underwear since Saturday!!! He's even managed to keep his underwear dry at school which was my big fear when I dropped him off on Wednesday. :) The only accident was a poop in the hallway on Tuesday here's how it went down:

Jordan: Mama I awake!
Me: Jordan go back to sleep! (It was nap time)
Jordan: Mama come here!
Me: Jordan go back to sleep!
Jordan: Mama come here!
I finally gave in and headed up stairs to find him at the top of the stairs with his underwear around his ankles and a poop in the hallway!!! That wasn't it...then when we were in the bathroom cleaning up he told me to look at his fingers...which also had poop on them!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know if he picked it up after he pooped or he touched it in the process of pooping but either way it was absolutely disgusting!!!!! And all I can think of during this whole process is that we have to do it all over again!!!!!!!!! Shoot me now!

Well it's now time for Eric and I to catch up on our Tivo and enjoy a little quiet time together but I'll try and get pictures up before the end of the weekend!

Saturday at Grandma's

2010-08-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

We headed up to my mom's house yesterday for a little visit and to pick up the early birthday present she bought for Jordan.

A rare picture of me and DylanMy mom bought this swing for Jordan years ago and he's never liked to swing in it. But for some reason he wanted to swing yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Jordan showing off the blackberries he picked from the field behind my moms house. Can you tell he ate just as many as he picked?!

Jordan running around with the dogs and his blackberries.

Jordan picking "his" blueberries that Grandma planted just for him!

Jordan LOVES my moms hot tub! He thought it was pretty cool when his shorts would fill up with air and make bubbles! :)

Kisses for Grandma!

Cheese!

Jordan & his new bike!!!!! It's sooo cute! I don't think I've ever seen one this small before! He absolutely loves it!!! It took him a while to catch on but if you keep telling him "circles Jordan circles!" he remembers to peddle his feet! hahaha Thanks Grandma!!!

Baker Lake 2010

2010-08-22T09:05:00.000-07:00

I have to admit I wasn't too thrilled about going to Baker Lake this year...the thought of tent camping with two kids (even though Papa & Nona had their trailer there) was not exactly my idea of "vacation." But I am determined not to stay at home or not go somewhere just because it might be a lot of work or a little challenging/stressful. Its especially hard to say no when I see how much fun Jordan has when we go on our various trips. Thank goodness both kids were great I think we're going to have two super campers on our hands! Although we deviated from their usual bedtimes both kids slept all night long...except for Jordan waking up crying because I think he was having nightmare's about falling down the stairs of the trailer...more about that later. Somehow we were able to keep the mosquito's off both kids pretty well. We kept Jordan lubed up with bug spray and Dylan was covered from head to toe. Jordan escaped the trip with minor bumps and bruises here's a brief list of his escapades; 1) First night we're there Jordan and Kaiden were running around in the dark all night = bruises up ad down his legs the next morning when I changed his diaper. 2) Jordan falling out the trailer from pushing on the screen door that EVERYONE told him to stay away from = knot on the top of his head and rug burn from the fake grass mat on his forehead. It could have been SOOO much worse, talk about a nightmare! He managed to dodge all the metal stairs and the fire pit at the bottom! 3) Getting tagged in the face by a wet muddy ball = tears and a dirty face. 4) Picking up the fire poker from the wrong end = dirty black hand. Again, could have been A LOT worse...somehow he grabbed far enough up the stick that it wasn't hot!

We headed up Friday, August 6th after work and stayed until Sunday, August 8th. We had intentions of packing everything up and going home on Sunday until I realized what a pain it the butt it would be to pack up a wet nasty tent only to set it back up later in the week so it could dry out! So thankfully Papa & Nona were staying up there for the week and we were able to leave the tent there to dry out until the following weekend when it was suppose to be nice. Well after being gone the entire weekend and then working a full week there was no way I had the energy to pack back up and head up Friday night so we waited 'til Saturday morning to head back up. What a change from the weekend before I think this weekend it was in the 90's!!! :) Both weekends we were joined by great friends and family...

Friday Night: Papa, Nona, Aunt Judy, Rick, Kaiden, & Lilly.
Saturday: Friday Night + Kristin, Scott, Jack, & Diane Bissell, Brian, Joyce, & Bud Savage, Shawn, Kayla, Kaeden, Kennadi, & Kendyl Flynn. In case you were wondering...there were 13 adults, seven kids, and three dogs making the best of camping in the rain. :) The kids had a blast running around chasing each other around the campsite. And Kennadi managed to weasel $15 out of her Papa (Brian) for pulling out a tooth!
Sunday: Same attendees as Friday Night.
Saturday: Papa, Nona, Aunt Judy, Rick, Kaiden, Lilly, Scott, Diane, & Jack.
Sunday: Same attendees as Saturday.

Well below are the pictures from both weekends in no particular order. :)

Jordan & Nona on the kayak

Jordan fishin'

Throwing rocks...one of his favorite past times.Dad & Jordan on the Seadoo

Dylan napping on the beach.

Camping in the rain...Diane trying to keep the mosquito's off her.

Jordan & Kaiden watching a movie in Papa & Nona's trailer.

Kaiden, Kaeden, Kendyl, & Jordan

Kayla trying to make Dylan smile for the camera

Our ghetto campsite with a tarp extended off trailer awning. Counter flashed and all!

Aunt Judy & Dylan

The boy's skipping rocks in the water.

Doing what he does best...

Happy little camper. :)

Kaiden & Jordan playing on the kayaks. This kept them busy for what seemed like hours!!! You can't really tell by the pictures but it was almost pitch black by this point.

Papa & Dylan...I forgot to bring a hat for Dylan but luckily Papa let him borrow this cool hat! It was pretty ridiculous but it got the job done. :)

We put up this tent with the intentions of hanging out inside to keep the mosquito's away but we didn't really use it much at all. But it was great for protecting Dylan while we got our tent set up!

Aunt Judy & Dylan

My other happy camper. :)

Jordan taking Kaiden for a ride!

Now that's a cool camping outfit!

Is it too much to ask for a little smile?!?!

2010-08-18T20:24:00.000-07:00

There it is!
I swear he really does smile A LOT! But whenever I pull out the camera he totally gets camera shy!!! Dylan is just the best second baby I could ever ask for! He sleeps great, currently 7PM to 7AM with a random awakening here and there and is happy ALL the time except for when he's hungry or when I leave for dinner with the girls! :) Thank goodness I have a wonderful husband that doesn't mind watching the kids so I can get out once a month for some much needed girl time. :)

Kristin's Graduation Party

2010-08-18T20:16:00.000-07:00

Nona & DylanJordan watching the boy's play Bocce Ball
Diane w/Blake Hudson & Joyce w/Dylan Can you believe they're only 10 days apart!!!!

Good Friends. :)

Brother & Sister...but not really. :)

Jordan & his new friend Gavin.

Desi, Courtney + Bun in the Oven, Jordan, & Billy
This was soo cute! He jumped on her lap and then told me to take a picture! hahaha

Jordan pretending to sleep in the hot tub.

The morning after on our way home...donut bag in hand that Uncle Scott bought him. :)

For no particular reason...

2010-08-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Just a few pic's of the kids when I actually remembered that I own a camera! :) Why is it so hard to get a good picture of two kids?! They're never looking at the camera at the same time!!!!!
Jordan stayed home from school the other day because he was coughing and blowing snot rockets down to his chin! Eric stayed home in the morning and I took the afternoon shift. I set him up to watch a movie and came back later to find him sleeping somewhat upright on the couch.

One of the MANY treats Diane bought him while baby sitting!

Has it really been a month?!?!

2010-08-18T19:31:00.001-07:00

So, if you couldn't tell...I'm back to work. It's been a month since I returned and WOW has the time flown by! I really do enjoy working but last night I was sad because I realized with Dylan's 7PM bedtime I don't get to see much of him on busy work days. :( He's growing up so fast he's been smiling and cooing more and more every day. After his bath tonight he even had a couple belly laughs for me! :) I've figured out the key to my sanity is always go grocery shopping on Sunday WITHOUT the kids, plan every meal for the week and eat one of the choices whether it sounds good or not, pack our lunches the night before, do all my "chores" for the night as soon as I get home while I still have the energy, and make sure Eric and I get a "little" time for us even if it's a quick 30 minute conversation while laying in bed before one of us decides we're just too tired to talk anymore. :) My life is pretty crazy these days but I have to say it's definitely worth it and I couldn't ask for a better husband or kids.

Since I last updated the blog we've been pretty busy but of course NOT MANY PICTURES!!! :)

July 16th through August 3rd - My mom left on a vacation to Iceland and Norway which left me without my one day a week babysitter. Thankfully Diane Bissell came to our rescue and offered to watch the kids one or two days a week until she returns to school (she's a teacher). We only had her watch the kids one day a week so she didn't get too scared and decide to renig on her offer! haha But the one day a week was great and saved us a ton of money not putting them in daycare that extra day a week! The kids LOVE her and she's been on a mission to get Jordan potty trained!! Yeah!!! We're making progress but I've come to the realization that he's just being stubborn! UGH! Since Diane started we've been alternating weeks...one week at my house, one week at her house. She's been spoiling Jordan like crazy!!! hahaha He's acquired more toys from the dollar store than you could ever imagine!!
July 23rd - We made a trip up to Arlington to visit Patti (who's due with her second child in September), her daughter Kailee, her sister Mandy and her two month old daughter Adelynn. The kids had a great time playing together and I was able to get a couple much needed Mary Kay items. :)
July 31st - We headed up to the Bissell's for a sleep over to celebrate Kristin getting her Master's in Education. I'm disappointed I didn't get enough pictures to for you to fully understand how many kids/babies there were!!! I think the total count was 5 kids over 2, four babies born between April & July, and a bun in the oven. :) (That's for you Court! hehehe)
August 6th through August 8th and August 14th & 15th - We headed up to Baker Lake for our Semi-Annual camping trip. I say "semi" because for some reason and I can't remember why...but we didn't make it up there last year. Hum...Although the weather wasn't as sunny as we had hoped it was still a lot of fun. The kids did great both during the day and sleeping at night in the tent; but we were all exhausted by the time we made it home on Sunday! And since the weather was soo nasty and Papa & Nona were staying the week up there we decided to leave our tent there to dry out and head back up the following weekend when the sun was REALLY suppose to be out! Well last weekend was much more enjoyable and again we had a lot of fun and the kids did great. I think we have two happy campers on our hands. :)

Crazy Asian Hair!!

2010-07-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Both of my kids have what Eric likes to call "Crazy Asian Hair!" Jordan's hair is super thick and coarse...I get his hair cut once a month in an attempt to keep it under control. Otherwise it just gets poofy and it looks like he has a helmet head of hair! Well Dylan's is a little different...it's not as thick and coarse as Jordan's but it's fine and has a tendency to stick straight up! It is seriously a lost cause! After a bath I dry his hair with a towel and this is what you get!!! I've tried to comb it down while it's wet...but once it dries it sticks straight up in the air! I was hoping that once his hair started to grow it would start to lay down flat but that's not the case!

Random Pics

2010-07-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Dylan's spending more time awake these days...but when you try and take his picture the flash tends to give him the "deer in headlights" look!This was his seat of choice during the stretch of hot weather. Swinging in just a diaper with the fan blowing on him. :)
A rare picture...Eric doesn't hold Dylan much or should I say he doesn't hold him for any long period of time. He "claims" Dylan makes him too hot... :) But in his defense he does a WONDERFUL job of entertaining Jordan from the time he gets home until he goes to bed. :)

My happy little guy! :)

Brotherly Love...

2010-07-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

Jordan LOVES his baby brother...sometimes too much. :) He gives him hugs and kisses all the time. However...he's a little rough at times. We've found him throwing balls at Dylan and when we ask him why he did that he says "I wanna play catch with him!" Or I'll catch him yanking on his arms and his response is "I'm just trying to dance with him!" I can't wait until they can run around and play with each other. I'm sure they'll have their moments but I really hope they are the best of friends!

Bad Mom

2010-07-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

I shouldn't be surprised because I've never been good at taking pictures but I've been REALLY bad lately! I've been bringing my camera every where and we've been busy but I've failed to take ANY pictures! Oops!

July 3rd, 4th, & 5th - Jordan spent the weekend with Grandma Keller and played in the hot tub and went to the Sedro Woolley Parade...no pictures but apparently he had a wonderful time. :)
July 8th, 9th, & 10th - Jordan spent a couple days at Papa & Nona's playing in the pool, going on walks to see the horses, and tractor rides with Papa...no pictures but again he had a wonderful time. :)
July 13th - Got a new double jogging stroller, which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, and went on a long walk around the neighborhood and to the park...again, no pictures.
July 14th - I got up the energy and motivation to actually go "jogging" with it on the Centennial Trail. Jordan had a blast seeing all the people, dogs, bikes, eating, cherries, crackers, fruit snacks, and a juice box. :)
July 15th - We took a quick road trip down to Spanaway for the day to visit an old co-worker of mine and have a play date with her three kids. Jordan had a great time playing with her kids. They played in the sand box, jumped on the trampoline, played with nerf guns, and colored. And some how I didn't even get ONE picture of them!! :( And drove by our old house which looks pretty much the same...which was a relief because the last time I drove by it was in shambles...which was really hard to see since we took such good care of it for the year we lived there.

Well I'm going to try and be better but it's not looking good since I return to work full time on Monday. :)

2 Months

2010-07-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

Dylan had his 2 month check up today and I totally forgot how BIG of a baby Jordan was! He definitely out weights Dylan at two months. I found a picture of Jordan at two months and I'm beginning to think they don't look much alike at all. And you can't help but notice his poor skin. For those of you who were not aware; this was the period of time where he had horrible skin issues and it took us until Jordan was five months old to figure out that he was allergic to dogs. :( I can't believe how fast the past two months have flown by...I return to work next Monday by choice; I'm ready to get out of the house! Don't get me wrong I love my kids and love being a mom but I REALLY enjoy getting out of the house and going to work too. :) Dylan's changing more and more every day. He's smiling more and cooing more although I haven't been able to catch a good smile on camera...I'll keep trying! Jordan's been living up to the terrible 3's not 2's! He's only three month's away from being 3 and he's definitely testing our patience!

Dylan 2 Months Old

Weight: 11.7 lbs.
Height: 23.5"
Head Circ.: 15.9"

Jordan 2 Months Old

Weight: 13 lbs 5.5 oz
Height: 24"
Head Circ. : 16.1"

Tonasket 2010

2010-07-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

Well we survived our annual trip to Tonasket with two kids. It started bright at early at 6:04am on Saturday morning. I got in the shower at 4:30am did some last minute packing and ripped the kids out of bed in their jammies and in the car they went! We were lucky enough to make it all the way to Leavenworth before they woke up and we made our usual stop at McDonalds for breakfast. :) Then it was on the road again; we didn't make it too far before Dylan started crying and we had to stop. And thank god we did we almost had a blow out; by the time we decided to stop the poop had made it out the diaper and onto his onesie! YIKES! Then it was back on the road again all the way to Tonasket; after a quick stop in town for ice it was off to the cabin!! The most challenging part of the trip was timing Dylans feedings. :) We were trying to rush to the cabin and make it there before Dylan had to eat again but no such luck. Once the car stopped in town he woke up wailing!!! And it continued for the next 20 minutes to the cabin! All Eric could say was FML! haha Jordan had a GREAT time at the cabin and Dylan did pretty well himself. The weather was nice; not too hot and not too cold. Thank goodness everyone was willing to help out with the kids between Dylan being needy and Jordan running around everywhere trying to follow the boys it was quite a handful! Although it was fun I don't think I could have handled another day. Co-sleeping with two kids is NOT fun at all!!!! Luckily the trip home went almost exactly like the ride over even with a near death blow out! hahaha Jordan was thoroughly entertained by his DVD player and Dylan was a trooper and slept most of the time. :) I should thank my lucky stars it went as well as it did but I was definitely exhausted by the time we made it home. :)

Nona and her boy's by the fire

Dylan chillin' in a camping chair aka mom had to go to the bathroom. :)Papa telling Jordan to blow on his feet to dry them off before he put his shoes back on
Jordan & Cousin Brian

Jordan & Cousin Peter

Auntie Laura & Dylan

Eric, Jordan, & Nona

Cousin Brian, Auntie Laura, Jordan, & Nona

Jordan & Nona

Jordan was IN LOVE with his fishing pole the ENTIRE trip! He would fish inside, outside, in a bucket, on the deck, and on the lake.

Eric, Brian, Peter, Laura, & PapaPeter & Papa

Auntie Laura & Cousin Brian

Eric, Diddy, & Brian enjoying an afternoon cocktail. :)

Brian and Jordan checking out pictures on the computer.

The boy's were hitting rocks with baseball bats and I found Jordan with his bat and this rock! Good luck hitting that one over the lake! Silly kid!

Nona & Dylan

Peter showing Jordan how to fly the airplane.

Papa & Dylan

Dylan is definitely Papa's grandson. He LOVED listening to the music that we pretty much had playing all day. At one point he got fussy and Judy & Steve cranked the music and Dylan calmed down and went right to sleep. :)

Jordan hitting golf balls with the big boys!

Excuse the no pants dance but for some reason he didn't wear pants much this weekend...I have no idea why...

Nona & Jordan playing in the makeshift pool.

Just livin' the dream...

Fishing in a rubbermaid container...oh to be young again, things were so simple. :)

Brian & Jordan again...if Jordan saw ANYONE on the "bike" he HAD to have a ride!

This is how Dylan spent most of the weekend. :)

Fishing in the cabin...

My sweet little boy. :) It's hard to believe this was his third trip to the cabin and in just a little over three months he'll be three years old! They really do grow up fast! :(

Stats

2010-06-14T16:39:00.000-07:00

It's hard not to compare the boys especially since they're both boys. Dylan went to the Dr. today for his one month check up and I couldn't help myself from coming home and pulling out Jordan's one month old stat's sheet. :)

Dylan - 1 Month Old

Height: 22 inches

Weight: 10 pounds

Head Circumference: 39cm

Jordan - 1 Month Old

Height: 22.25 inches
Weight: 10 pounds 15 ounces
Head Circumference: 39.5 cm

The Boys

2010-06-14T16:13:00.000-07:00

Not much is new around here. It's the same 'ol thing day in and day out. :) The days and weeks are flying by. Before I know it I'll be back to work! The boys are still getting along just great; Jordan seems to really love being a big brother. He asks to see Dylan every morning when he wakes up and is the first one by his side when he's crying. :) Dylan has his moments; usually between 7pm and when we put him to bed. The Dr. said he's a little colicky but a couple hours a day aren't bad. He's sleeping longer at night...the first stretch is usually between five and seven hours. :) I think my biggest complaint is that we haven't quite figured out or should I say even tried to get both boys down at the same time. Which makes the night routine a little long. :) And THEY haven't quite figured out how to wake up at the same time. I swear one kid wakes up at seven and one wakes up at eight or nine. And they seem to switch on and off depending on the day!

Jordan with his dog and golf cart

GENTLE JORDAN!!!

Smith Island

2010-06-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get out with the kids on Saturday but didn't just want to wander around the neighborhood so we headed out to Smith Island for a walk. We've never been there before but I think we'll go back again, it was a nice paved trail along the water in Everett. The two big boys did what boys do best. :) Throw rocks in the water!

Weird Sleeping Habbits Lately...

2010-06-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is about Jordan lately but he's been sleeping every where in his room except his bed!

The other day I went up to check on him and I found him standing at his bed folded over sleeping with a binky in his mouth! Let me just say I am completely puzzled as to where he found the binky!! hahaha

And today I went up to check on him and he was sleeping under the chair at the head of his crib! I have to admit it kind of freaked me out a bit when I looked in his room and couldn't find him because the chair is actually behind the door!

I don't have a picture but the other night I got up to feed Dylan and he was asleep on his turtle and a couple hours later I found him in his bed but his head was down where his feet usually are!?!

Trouble!!!

2010-06-14T15:30:00.000-07:00

So I got out of the shower the other day and here's how the conversation went with Jordan:

Jordan: Mama I colored!!!

Me: What?

Jordan: Mama I colored!!!

Me: Jordan where did you get the marker?!?!

Jordan: Dada's drawer. :) (Eric's night stand)

Jordan: You clean it up Mama!

What possesses kids to do such things!?!? The day before it was green highlighter on the carpet that spanned almost two feet!!! I wasn't able to get a picture of that because I was frantically running to the kitchen sink to find something to clean it up! I was dreading what the third day would bring but luckily it was uneventful. :)

Nap Time

2010-05-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

After a long night on Saturday the whole family was ready for a nap on Sunday. We put Jordan down in his bed upstairs and the rest of us napped on the couch downstairs. I didn't want Jordan napping too long and interfering with his sleep that night so I sent Eric up stairs to wake him up and this is what he found...ALL of his diapers pulled off the shelf and piled in the middle of the room on a blanket and his box of picture cards strewn around the room and stuck in his baby gate! Some how we didn't hear him doing any of this and all of the energy it took him to do the damage left him to pass out on his turtle on the floor and not make it back to his bed!

Saturday with the Family

2010-05-24T16:53:00.000-07:00

We headed up to Eric's parents house this Saturday with the intentions of putting up their pool for the summer and leaving Jordan there over night and hanging out with friends. Well...the pool never got put up and instead we enjoyed the day at their house with family and friends. :) And for some reason when Eric and I got ready to leave Jordan insisted on coming home and didn't want to spend the night with Papa and Nona...very weird; he's spent the night there a million times! Oh, well I'm not complaining I love to have my family at home with me and because we stayed up so late Jordan slept in 'til 9:30am which is unheard of!!!!

Jordan showing off his cool new hat and glasses from Scott & Diane. Diane, Jack, Nona, & Dylan
Diane and Dylan

Matt, Dylan, & Nona's creepy eyes in the background. :)

Dylan was happy as a clam sleeping on Matt (Scott & Diane's son); he must have slept there without a peep for almost two hours!!! The funny part is that Matt took Dylan because Diane couldn't get him to stop crying! hahaha

Scott & Dylan Desi & Jordan

New Lifestyle

2010-05-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

Well things are settling down around here. We're getting into a routine and life is good. Dylan's doing good gaining weight and sleeping well. He's still a little jaundice but the Dr. says not to worry about it; it's lingering around a little longer due to the fact that I'm breastfeeding. We had our first trip to the Dr.'s office for eye infection and then to the pharmacy for antibiotic ointment. Let the fun begin! I swear the first year of Jordan's life we were in and out of the Dr.'s office for something! Jordan's doing great with his little brother he seems to really love him. The terrible two's temper tantrums are subsiding but he's still a little lippy at times. :) Jordan's going to school for the rest of the month and then it's just me and the the kids for two months ALL BY MYSELF!!! Wish me luck! hahaha The two days a week Jordan's at school are amazing! I forgot how easy it was to have 1)a baby 2)only one child!

My boys. :)

(This was the best picture out of the FIVE that I took!!! Sheesh!) This is one of Jordan's favorite past times...he bends over and sucks the binky for a second and then off he goes! There's nothing better than a quiet sleeping baby! hahaha

His feet crack me up in this picture!! I don't think he realizes he can stretch his feet out yet! He always hangs out in a little ball.
This is Jordan's "new thing" after he does something he's proud of he gives either one or two thumbs up!

He LOVES holding his little brother these day's.

A visit from good friends. :)

2010-05-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

Jordan LOVES Billy & Courtney...but he loves them even better when they bring him ICE CREAM! hahaha They stopped by for a little visit the other night and as always Jordan had a blast. He played baseball with Courtney, arm wrestled with Billy, ate ice cream, and stayed up past his bed time. :) The boy's "chugging" after they "cheersed!" (Hum...is that really a word?!?) Jordan snuggling up with Courtney after he stole Dylan's binky. :)
Billy teaching Jordan how to arm wrestle.

It's COLD!

2010-05-24T10:52:00.000-07:00

Even though the sun wasn't really out Jordan insisted on playing outside and wanted to play in the pool. Eric pulled out the old pool from last year that obviously has a leak in it and we let him have at it!

This is his "I'm cold" face! hahaha

Do you think they're related?

2010-05-16T16:01:00.000-07:00

I found the picture of Jordan I was looking for...I can't believe how much they look alike! Jordan definitely had more hair though. :)

Dylan Joseph Gagon

2010-05-14T12:21:00.000-07:00

Yeah! He's finally here!

Dylan Joseph Gagon

05/10/2010

7:04pm

20.5 inch long

8lb 6oz

In case you're wondering we chose Dlyan just because we liked the name and Joseph is my dad's middle name.

Labor was great this time around I didn't waste any time getting my epidural; the Dr. broke my water at 4:20pm and I was fully dilated by 6:30pm. I only pushed for a half an hour which was glorious compared to my 2 hour ordeal with Jordan!

A HUGE thank you to my mom!!! She came down and entertained Jordan for the day, took him shopping, brought him by the hospital, took him up to her house to spend the night, and brought him back the next day. Oh, and spoiling him rotten!!!!

Here's the only pregnant pic I have of myself. :)Me and my little China Man!

8 lbs 5.6 oz.

Aunt Judy & Dylan
Nona & Dylan

Papa & Dylan
Brooke, Courtney, Dylan, & Desi

Dylan & Uncle Aaron

Aunt Judy, Blake, Uncle Aaron, & Dylan
Grandma & Dylan the night we got home.

Jordan, Dylan, & Grandma

Jordan holding Dylan's hand

First kiss for his baby brother

Jordan insisted on showing Dylan the new crib aquarium that Grandma bought for him. Surprise surprise Jordan wanted it and we ended up giving Dylan Jordan's old aquarium and putting the new one in Jordan's room. :)

The boy's first movie together. :) Jordan insisted on watching a movie with Dylan...aka "baby." He doesn't like to call him by his name he prefers to refer to him as either "baby" or "Blake" which is our friends baby.

I have to find the picture of Jordan at this age; they look exactly the same to me in this picture!!

Holding the baby for the first time...I guess it's funny when the baby cries?!

More kisses for the baby! And Jordan so nicely placed his blanket over him too. :)

Jordan decided to share his "Frodo" and Candy Land playing cards with Dylan the other day.

Once again, the boy's look soo much alike! I'll try and find the pictures of Jordan and re post them side by side.

I took Jordan down stairs this morning and left Dylan in bed with Eric after I fed him this morning. I came up a little bit later and found Dylan sleeping on his shoulder! :)

So far so good, Dylan's been a great baby. He only fusses when he's hungry or has a poopy diaper. He wakes up every two to three hours in the middle of the night but goes right back to sleep. Jordan's very nice to Dylan he's constantly touching him, giving him kisses, and sharing his stuff with him. He does like to take his binky's and hide them...he sucks on them for a minute then either hides them or gives them back to Dylan...whatever, Eric and I have decided to let it be, it's not really hurting anything. :) My only complaint is Jordan's acting out...which is expected. I'm sure it's a combination of terrible 2 1/2's and new baby to the family. I'm hoping its short lived and he'll be back to his normal sweet self soon. :) One of my biggest fears hasn't come true yet...I was afraid the baby crying would wake up Jordan and disrupt his sleep but he's been a trooper. Other than us letting him stay up a little later than usual he's still sleeping through the night! :)

D Day...Hopefully

2010-05-10T07:53:00.001-07:00

Well hopefully today is the day...I talked my Dr. into inducing me a week early and they're suppose to call me anytime today; I'm hoping sooner than later. :) It's hard to believe that we will never be a family of three again!!! Yikes! Hopefully there will be new baby pictures up by the end of the day!!!! Woohoo!

Elmo & Friends

2010-05-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

Katie and I decided to take the kids to Elmo and Friends at the Everett Events Center. It was a total hit! Both kids loved it! We had great seats the kids enjoyed singing, clapping, and eating popcorn! Sorry there aren't more pictures!

Swim Lessons

2010-05-10T07:43:00.000-07:00

I enrolled Jordan in swim lessons at the YMCA in preparation for this summer. It's five weeks long every Saturday from 11:00 - 11:30. Eric was kind enough to go in the water with him. I was actually worried that he would be the only dad and I would never hear the end of it! Luckily there were only like two mom's and the rest were dads. :) He did pretty well and seemed to enjoy it until they got to the going under water part. :) Sorry the pictures are in backwards order!

Silly Kid!

2010-05-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

Eric got Jordan ready for bed the other night but he insisted that he put his shorts back on too. He's getting to be quite opinionated these days. :)Eric and I were watching TV when I hear some loud footsteps coming from the kitchen...Eric wasn't too thrilled and told him to take them off immediately! hahaha
I set up the pack n' play in preparation for baby number two and Jordan thinks it's great fun to hang out in there.

Brelle!!!

2010-05-10T07:34:00.001-07:00

Cambrielle or as Jordan calls her "Brelle" came over to play the other day. The kids had a great time coloring with sidewalk chalk and blowing bubbles. Jordan shared pretty well, there was only one timeout for yanking the chair away from Cambrielle. :)

Its about time the sun came out!!!

2010-04-16T15:35:00.000-07:00

Since the weather was so nice today we decided to head to Silver Lake Park so Jordan could chase the ducks and geese and play on the toys. It's amazing how much better he's getting at maneuvering around the toys these days. He even got mad and started crying because I told him not to climb on something because he wasn't big enough! I felt bad telling him no so I stood next to him while to my amazement he climbed up the crazy bars! My little boy isn't so little anymore! :( It was well worth the hour we spent there...he fell asleep in the car on the way home and continued napping for another two hours! Woohoo! He immediately woke up and wanted to go outside and blow bubbles and play with his sidewalk chalk. I LOVE the nice weather!!

Who knew a laundry basket could be so much fun?

2010-04-16T15:21:00.000-07:00

I asked Jordan to go put his laundry basket back in his room this morning after I started the laundry and found him tucked up in the laundry basket with his blanket and Frodo!! Then he insisted on me getting another blanket and covering him up. Needless to say he thought he was pretty funny!

Gagon Men Doing What They Do Best...

2010-04-16T15:13:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we headed up to Aunt Judy's house to celebrate her birthday. As usual I didn't take many pictures but I did take a couple of the boy's playing golf in the backyard. The big boys quit pretty early on but Jordan must have played for HOURS! I could barely get him in to eat dinner! Classic conversation between the Gagon men....

Eric & Steve: "I need a beer"

Jordan: "I need a beer too"

Silly kid! And no, I didn't give him a beer he had a juice box. :)

It's never too early to start!

2010-04-16T14:41:00.000-07:00

Jordan wanted to go play outside the other day and Eric told him only if he pulled weeds. :) It worked! Too bad Jordan will never have to experience the hell that Eric and I did, having to weed long gravel driveways!

We've got a rock star on our hands

2010-04-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

He loves this guitar that Papa & Nona bought him for Christmas. His favorite sock to rock out to is "Hey Now You're a Rock Star" by Smash Mouth...although he refers to it as SHREK!!!! It's pretty funny to watch him "sing" along, he only says the last word to each sentence. Such as...hey now you're a rock star get your game on go PLAY hey now your a rock start get your game on get PAID!!!! He hums/mumbles the rest of the song in tune though! hahaha

Busy Weekend

2010-03-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

Eric has been hired by my mother to remodel her guest bathroom. So this weekend was the start of it. We headed up to Mount Vernon on Friday night with plans to demo on Saturday and head home the same night. Well...Eric got in "the zone" Saturday and had the whole thing demoed by 10:00am!!! He's kinda crazy like that! Which then lead to what else can we get done today...several and I mean several trips to Lowe's and Home Depot later and dinner at Gentleman Gene's we ended up staying another night. We got up on Sunday and he had installed the toilet, ate breakfast, went to the dump...and while we were returning a couple odds and ends he decided to buy all the trim which we will be installing this weekend! Sheesh! All the while Jordan enjoyed a relaxing weekend hanging out with Grandma and the dogs. :) Then it was home to get cleaned up so Jordan could go to a birthday party with Aunt Judy and we could go to dinner with some friends. Whew!

It's a real shame that Jordan is allergic to dogs because he ABSOLUTELY love's playing with them! Although I must say I don't miss having to feed one more mouth and give one more bath on a regular basis. :) Not to mention the dog hair and the crap they drag in from outside. :) I was terrible with pictures this weekend...big surprise...but here are a couple from

The boy's in their rocking chairs.

Jordan is the third generation to be sitting in that rocking chair. Aside from the random chew marks on it from a dog (who knows which dog at this point) it's in really good shape!
Although Grandma's tractor isn't as big as Papa's he loves it all the same! He was in heaven mowing the lawn with my mom on Saturday.

Papa's Tractor!

2010-03-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

Jordan's favorite thing to do at Papa & Nona's is to ride Papa's tractor! We stopped by for a bit yesterday and the first thing out of his mouth, even before telling Papa Happy Birthday, was "Wanna Ride Tractor!" Sorry the pictures aren't that great, the sun was really in the way! But I'm not complaining. :)

Where has the time gone?

2010-03-19T08:47:00.000-07:00

I have a little less than two months to go before baby #2 is here and it's really setting in that we will never be a family of three ever again. :( We've really enjoyed the last two and a half years with Jordan. He's changing sooo much these days! He's talking up a storm and you just can't shut it him up! He says the funniest and most adorable things that will just melt your heart! He call's Eric's work van the "yummy van" because Eric always shares his left over lunch with him on the way home. He tells us "I'm a good boy, candy please!" When he see's a cop or a fire truck go by with their lights and sirens he says "Oh, someones in trouble!" If you take a corner too fast he tells you "Whoa! Hang on!" Lately when we put him to bed and give him hugs and kisses he says "Thanks guys! Love You!"

We were hesitant to transition him to his toddler bed but he's done really well. Every morning when he wakes up he tells us "I sleep in my bed ALL NIGHT LONG!" He's still an amazing sleeper; usually sleeps from seven to seven and still takes around a two hour nap during the day. I really hope that baby #2 is a good sleeper, we've been pretty lucky from day one with Jordan. :)

He loves to go to school; every time we drive by he say "that's MY school" and then ask's if he can go to school even if it's not a school day! He has five friends that he say's he plays with their names are Sebastian, Jace, Collin, Aubrey, Jessica. His favorite songs to sing these days are the "itsy bitsy spider," "twinkle twinkle," "happy birthday to you (only because he knows there's usually cake involved)," "the wheels on the bus," and "old McDonald." He's counting and can almost make it to 15. And sings the alphabet, for the most part. :) He's very independent; everything is "MY TURN!" And he insists on helping with EVERYTHING!! It kinda drives Eric nuts, but he's getting a lot more patient. He loves everything and anything that has to do with animals and sports and wants to play outside any chance he can get. He's definitely ALL BOY!

He's a great eater and I can only imagine what it's going to be like having three full grown boys in the house he already eats as much as we do sometimes!! His favorite things to eat are: MEAT, MEAT, & more MEAT! Any kind of noodle but mainly spaghetti, rice, beans, fruit, yogurt, CHEESE, CHEESE, & more CHEESE! Oh and how could I forget french fries!!! He occasionally will eat a vegetable here or there but they're definitely not his favorite. :)

I've always heard that you take less pictures with number two and think it's already starting...I don't have ANY pregnant picture of myself and lately I've been HORRIBLE about taking pictures of Jordan. We've done a lot the last couple of months but I've failed to take a single picture!!! Oops!

Well that's all for now, I just wanted to remember what my crazy little boy was up to before baby #2 gets here and changes our lives forever. :)

Cambrielle's 2nd Birthday Party

2010-03-01T08:44:00.000-08:00

This Saturday we went up to the Brown's to celebrate Cambrielle's 2nd birthday. Jordan and Cambrielle were the only kids there and it was hard to believe that from next time there will be four kids! I'm due in May and Katie's due in July! I just hope baby Brown & Gagon play together as well as Cambrielle and Jordan do. :)

Jordan insisted on wearing gloves and a hat when we left the house and then wanted his sunglasses when we got in the car. Luckily this crazy look was short lived and only lasted for the car ride. Eric was able to leave all the stuff in the car when we got to the party. :)

Jordan tried to help Cambrielle open her first present and she let out a loud shriek!!!! hahaha She didn't want any help opening her presents! So Jordan just sat back and played will her toys after she opened them. :)

Katie's amazing Elmo cake! This was a WAY better idea then my attempt at Elmo cupcakes for Jordan's birthday!

Jordan loved the frosting and sprinkles on the cupcakes. :) He had sooo much sugar...at least three scoops of ice cream, a chocolate chip cookie, and a cupcake! By the time we made it to Papa and Nona's for a quick stop on the way home he was wired and bouncing off the walls!

Cambrielle got a fancy Schwinn tricycle for her birthday fully equipped with leather streamers off the handle bars, a bell, and a platform on the back for a friend to ride on! It was definitely a hit!
The kids loved the singing/dancing animals. It played "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

Jordan eating a chocolate chip cookie with Katie.

This picture was suppose to be of Brian, Rachel, Jordan, & Cambrielle...Cambrielle got off the couch and then Jordan refused to smile nicely at the camera! Ugh, kids!

Better Late Than Never

2010-02-21T10:41:00.000-08:00

Well if you can remember...almost a year ago during our annual trip to Papa & Nona's cabin in Tonasket I lost my camera and was waiting on Kristin to give me the pictures from her camera. Well they're finally here!!! Sorry they're not in order, there were just too many!

Jordan wondering why Aunt Judy is sleeping with a banana and two watermelons??? Can you believe that this was Eric's doing?!?! hahaha :)

Eric & Jordan playing under the kitchen table.
Taking a little ride around Lake Boneparte.

(From left to right-Diane, Jordan, Jack, & Scott)

Diane helping Jordan with a little chap stick.
Papa eating a cheesy poof, dipped in salsa con queso, squirted with easy cheese with a cheese it attached. YUM!

Jordan hanging with me eating some beef jerky.
Photo op with Scott & Nona...eating beef jerky again. :)
Jordan floating in his crab...and eating beef jerky. Have I ever mentioned how much this kid likes to eat! hahaha
Kayaking with Dad at Long Lake.

Kristin, Jordan, & Me on the inflatable island.

Scott and Jordan

Brushing my teeth cabin style! You notice the lovely chicken wire installed by Papa so I don't fall over the edge. :)

Happy as a clam taking a break and eating...AGAIN!

I can't believe how chubby he was a little over six months ago! His face is finally thinning out and he's lost his beer belly! Yeah! Now if we could only work on his height. :)

The family...weird, we're eating again! Do you see a theme? :)

Jordan with two of his favorite woman. :)

The MEN!

(From Left to Right-Eric, Steve, & Scott)

On our way across Lake Bonaparte.

The Gang!

(From Left to Right-Eric, Steve, Jordan, Midge, Me, Julie, Diane, Jack, Kristin, & Scott)

Nona & Jordan

Dear Courtney

2010-02-21T10:24:00.000-08:00

Sorry it's been a while since I updated my blog. I will work on taking some pictures this week; but in the mean time here are a couple that I found on my camera. :)

Jordan got in trouble the other night and we told him if he doesn't knock it off he was going to bed. He walked off silently and when we finished doing the dishes we found him laid out on his picnic table pouting. :)

The other day for lunch he insisted on having "odo" (That's how he says our old dogs name which is "Frodo") sit with him while he watched a movie on his DVD player and ate his chicken nuggets and pineapple. :)

Playdate at Mom's Office

2010-01-12T16:52:00.000-08:00

As most of you already know a co-worker of mine has a son that is only two weeks younger than Jordan. It's been a while so we decided to meet up so the kids could play with each other. I have to say I was pretty disappointed that it took almost an hour for them to warm up to each other and everyone in the office! Usually this only takes about a half an hour. These aren't the best pictures but I do think the kids had a good time!

Rough Life

2010-01-12T16:06:00.000-08:00

I came home from the grocery store on Sunday and found Jordan watching a movie on his new dvd player. Dad thought this was wonderful idea because he was able to watch his football and keep Jordan happy at the same time! hahaha And to top it off I got a Jamba Juice for all of us. :) Needless to say they were both happy campers when I got home!

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day 2009

2009-12-26T11:47:00.001-08:00

Let me start by saying we had a wonderful Christmas! :) As usual we spent Christmas Eve with the Gagon's and Christmas Day with the Keller's. Eric dropped Jordan off with Papa and Nona in the morning while Eric and I worked for half a day. We enjoyed a wonderful ham dinner and lot's of presents afterwards! We started it all over again with Christmas day up in Mount Vernon. We had way too many snacks and enjoyed a yummy turkey dinner with all the fixin's! This year was a little different, instead of the usual dessert we had birthday cake for Charesse's birthday! Hien made a mocha four layer cake that was delicious! :) As usual Grandma went overboard and we went home with FOUR garbage sacks full of presents!

Aunt Judy and Jordan with his first Christmas present of 2009! She bought him a TON of Dr. Seuss books. Thank you, we've been getting pretty tired of reading the same stories over and over again lately. And they're even the hard cardboard sturdy ones!

Jordan & "Widdy" opening a present And more presents...

Then it all came to a screeching halt when he came across his portable DVD player! Thanks Papa & Nona!
Maybe he'll open one more...
It was well worth it..."CANNY!"

The new and improved guitar that actually plays recognizable songs!

Jordan and Papa having a jam session.

Jordan & Rochelle at Grandma Keller's house.

The hit this year at my mom's house were these stupid little dollar toys from Pier 1 Imports. It's hard to tell from the picture but they were the wrapped up paper on a stick that you fling out and then it wraps itself back up. The kids had a blast with them!

Charesse, Jordan, & Rochelle playing Wii Resort

The kid's table. :)

When we got home Jordan wanted a fort...Dad was smart enough to remember that Grandma bought him this cool tent with a tunnel! He absolutely loves it, the only bad thing is that he likes us to go through the tunnel too, but we don't fit through it quite as well as he does!

My brother & Hien bough Jordan a new CAT Dump truck with a hard hat!

Jordan and Dada putting together the Handy Manny workbench. While he and Eric we putting it together he kept saying "I Cited! I Cited!" (translation: I'm Excited!) Thanks mom, it's a real hit!

And last but not least, Jordan's new Elmo slippers!

I knew it!

2009-12-18T18:40:00.001-08:00

IT'S A BOY!!!!

Big Bite

2009-12-14T10:32:00.000-08:00

I stopped by the store the other night on my way home from work to pick up some salad and bread to go with the spaghetti that my wonderful husband was making for dinner...Jordan is usually very hungry by the time I get home from work and this night was no exception. I set the bread down on the table and he took it upon himself to unwrap it and take a couple bites. :) He's so dang cute...he kept saying "me hunry" and "big bite!"

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-06T12:37:00.000-08:00

This is the second year we've done Thanksgiving at my house for my side of the family. It's nice because it gives my mom a break from having to host Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year we had a packed house. It included myself, Eric, Jordan, my mom, brother, brother's girlfriend Hien, her daughters: Rochelle (8) and Chareese (6), my mom's best friend Carol and her son Luke. I kind of enjoy having it at my house because we don't have to travel anywhere, it's always very casual and laid back, and we usually only have visitors for a couple of hours. We tend to have an early dinner so everyone can get home at a decent hour. It was nice having two other kids here this year, they entertained each other very well. :) It was cute seeing how much the little girls enjoyed playing with Jordan.

Playing cards after dinner.

Chareese had a lot of fun putting the Mr. Potato head pieces on Jordan! hahaha

Tools!

2009-12-06T12:34:00.000-08:00

Aunt Judy bought Jordan a Black & Decker tool set for his birthday and he absolutely loves it! He had to bust them out the other day when Eric brought out his tools to put together his new table saw. He's such a little boy! :)

"Paul Bunyon"

2009-12-06T12:14:00.001-08:00

Midge had her "Paul Bunyon" (aka bunion on her right foot) removed the Friday before Thanksgiving. Auntie Laura (Midge's youngest sister) was kind enough to come up for the weekend and take care of Midge for a couple of days after surgery. We spent Saturday and Sunday up in Marysville hanging out with the family. We gorged ourselves full of food ALL weekend long!!! Eric actually gained 3lbs over two days! lol

Jordan was such a good little helper, here he is trying to help Nona get up to go to the bathroom.

Jordan and Auntie

Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to get a two year old to look at the camera! Sheesh!

Jordan & Papa enjoying a little snack.

Jordan and Kaeden play very well together all of the craziness paid off when Jordan slept in 'til 8:30am the next morning!

Papa thought it would be funny to put Auntie's boots on Jordan.

Auntie bought Jordan his very first remote control car. He found the horn right a way but it took him a while to figure out that there was a forward and reverse button on the steering wheel. He kept picking it up and turning it around instead of using both buttons! So frustrating! It was definitely a hit, he woke up the next morning asking for "beep beep." :)

Jumping the Gun

2009-12-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

We usually wait until after Thanksgiving to put up our Christmas Tree but this year it just so happened that we were bored the Friday before and decided to put it up a little early. :) Jordan was having a blast helping up decorate.
It may look like he's helping put the ornaments on the tree but he was actually taking them off!
Jordan and Eric pushing the tree back into the corner.

Ah, the finished product! Ghetto topper and all! If you're wondering what it is...last year Jordan broke the head off of one of Eric's bobble heads and he decided to turn it into our Christmas Tree Angel. :) Maybe this year after Christmas I'll go pick up a "real" Christmas tree topper.

Never Say Never

2009-11-20T08:33:00.000-08:00

Well as most of you already know I'm pregnant AGAIN! I know I said I was done and I would never have another kid, one was enough but here we go again! Our second child is due May 17, 2010 and we find out whether or not we're having a boy or a girl on December 17th. Eric and I think it's going to be a boy but everyone else thinks/wants it to be a girl...we'll just have to wait and see! :) Eric and I were the first out of our group of friends to have a child but this time around it's exciting to share the experience with our friends who are due with their first child on May 15, 2010! What are the chances?!?!