Major Spring Cleaning

It has been crazy busy around here lately and I'm still trying to catch up! Since it has been so warm, we have been playing outside a bunch. Jensen has a blast with the 3 boys that live across the street and 2 that live next door. We have also finally tackled the disasterous garage. When we moved 5 months ago, we literally unloaded the stuff to go in the garage and left it where it was. The problem has been storage since Jeff has so many tools and stuff. We have shopped around for shelving etc and finally decided we could build something better and cheaper. I was very skeptical at first because I know how Jones projects go....usually they take forever to get done and make a huge mess! Last Sat though Jeff went to get wood and the two of us built a storage shelf from scratch. It's 8ft long and 7 feet tall with tons of shelf space and it only took us about 4hrs. Jeff has been organizing and putting things away since then and it's looking very nice out there.

Jamie and I decided to have a garage sale and I had a bunch of stuff ready to go. We have had our storage unit in Edmond for 2yrs now so I wanted to get as much stuff out of there as possible since we have been paying $86 a month. If it's been there that long we don't need it so we brought home two truckloads full of stuff and most of it went to the garage sale. Only about 1/4 of the stuff is left in storage so that's good. Jamie and I set things up on Tues and Wed then had the sale Thurs, Fri, Sat WHEW!! It was hard work and exhausting. It took up all of my days last week so now I'm trying to get back to normal. We made almost $300 and got rid of a bunch of stuff. It's made me want to purge even more though so I've started a new pile. I don't plan on having another garage sale anytime soon though so that stuff will have to go to charity.

Easter 2010

We got to take Jensen and Jorden to a couple egg hunts this year. One was in the park in Moore and the other at Bass Pro. The one at Bass Pro was neat because they had free pictures with the Easter Bunny and a hunt inside the store where the kids actually had to find the eggs instead of just pick them up in a field. I have a really cute picture of the boys with the bunny but I can't figure out how get our scanner to work grrr. The Easter Bunny came to our house and brought lots of goodies and giant eggs!! Jensen was surpised to see giant Easter eggs and a basket of toys and candy. Jorden was less impressed but like holding the regular sized eggs.

Jorden's first Easter basket with stacking cups in it

Jeff and I finished the garage storage shelf then we went to Mimi's house (my mom) for lunch and she made a delicious ham and lots of yummy sides. It was a beautiful day so we sat out on her patio and Jensen and Mimi ate on his picnic table under the fort. Then Mimi and Carrie hid eggs for Jensen to hunt. He was surpised to see a giant blue one in the birdfeeder.

Jorden enjoying the weather on Mimi's patio

Lunch with Mimi- she has an awesome fort in her backyard for the boys
She doesn't spoil them or anything!!

After lunch, Jeff and I drove to Edmond to our storage unit and brought home 2 truckloads full of stuff. Then we went to his parent's house for a yummy dinner with them. Jensen got a basket there and at my mom's so he had plenty of candy to share with Mommy and Daddy! For me it was the perfect kind of day.....food and family plus getting a lot done!!

A few days before Easter we colored eggs and Jensen really enjoyed it. He liked eating them too since he loves boiled eggs for breakfast

We've been Smurfed!

Jensen stuck his hand in the dye and it took a couple of days to fully come off!

My sister Carrie came over to help and she took this good picture of me and the boys

Jorden had fun watching brother from his highchair

Jorden 5 months

Our little man Jorden is starting to do so many things at once! We are all really enjoying him espcecially since he's so happy and always smiling. A few weeks ago he started rolling over every time you lay him down, he found his feet and he started sitting up all in the same few days. He's still wobbly but on a soft surface he can sit really well. Jorden is also really becoming interested in reaching and touching different things. It's fun to see him hold something and investigate it. He had his first trip to the zoo which was fun especially since they just opened a new children's zoo. It was interesting going with a baby and we didn't see many animals since most of the time was spent either changing or feeding him. We have a zoo pass though so we can go anytime.

Riding the train at the zoo with Mommy and big brother

Trying to pet a goat

I just love seeing him grab his feet, it's just precious

Mr Personality

We started putting him in his highchair to play while we eat. We are going to start solid food this week so that will be exciting.

Spring Break 2010

Last week was a much busier than normal week because of Spring Break. Monday we went to the Y and swam with some of our Edmond friends. On Wednesday I decided to take Jensen and Jorden to the Jasmine Moran Children's museum in Seminole about an hour away. After talking to Jamie, she wanted the girls to go but doesn't like museums so I offered to take them with us. I had to drive her car since mine won't fit 4 kids and on the way there I thought to myself "am I crazy for taking 4 kids by myself?"I must be crazy but it was a lot of fun even though it was extrmemly crowded. They have lots of cool stuff play on life a fire engine, ambulance, play classroom, grocery store, dentist, dinosaur dig, surgery, constructions site and a lot more. They also have a little train ride outside that the kids were very excited to ride. I'm so bad though, I didn't take one single picture of Jorden since he was in the stroller and couldn't participate!

This was a big climbing thing with a slide they played on while I fed Jorden

Jenna and Jillian in the fire engine

Jensen slid down the pole by himself

Jones doctors doing sugery-I laughed when Jenna sawing the poor guys leg bone

Girls checking on the patient

Kids on a caboose

It was cold on the train ride, I was ready to go back inside

Funhouse mirrors

Fixing the car-even the girls got under it to fix it

They painted masks to take home. This was Jillians favorite since she's the artist

I have been wanting to take Jensen skating for a while and the girls were excited to learn too so we took the kids to the Moore Skating rink for first time last Thursday. It was really cute with legs everywhere! Jenna had great balance and was able to let go off the wall and skate in the middle. Poor Jensen and Jillian had more trouble and held onto the wall the whole time. Jensen tried so hard and was so worn out he was ready to go after only a few times around

Getting is big kid skates on

First of MANY falls

There was no wall to hang on in the back so Jensen crawled on all fours

I loved skating as a kid and enjoyed going with them. At one point though it occured to me that if I broke my neck who would take care of my kids! Never worried about that before ha

March 2010

Great Grandma Cassie with all 5 of her great grandbabies

Great Aunt Janet with the babies

BROTHERS!

Grandma and her monkeys

My 3 SONS!

Jorden 4 months old

Baby Jorden is 4 months old already and we are really enjoying him. At his last check up, he weighted 16lbs 4oz and was 24.5inches. so he's chunky but a pound lighter than what Jensen was at this age. Everywhere we go people comment about his big chubby cheeks. I was saying the other day that for me, it's so diffrent with the 2nd baby because I remember at this age with Jensen I was still stressed out trying adjusting to this huge change and he still wasn't sleeping all night. Since Jorden sleeps 11hrs and having him wasn't such a major change, it seems easier. He's not mobile yet though so I'm sure I won't be saying that in a few months!


Jorden has such a cute personality already. He's almost always happy and smiling and if he's not it's only because he's hungry, tired or most recently teething. He has a tooth on the bottom that has one corner showing so you can tell that has been bothering him. Jorden can hold toys now and he can get the top half of his body rolled over to one side. This kid loves to bounce! He will stand on your lap and jump up and down until your arms get tired from holding him up. He's old enough now to get in the johnny jumper thing that goes in the doorway and he loves that. The most precious sound is when Jensen gets him belly laughing, it just make my heart smile.

Jumping Bean Jorden

Jorden loves watching Jensen and big brother can get the biggest laughs out of him.

Cuddling on the couch with cousin Julia Kate

This face just melts us

Cousin Jillian holding Jorden-he looks a little worried

Cousin Jenna holding Jorden
The girls love "babysitting" Jorden and Julia Kate

On our little roadtrip to Ikea, Jeff insisted on paying $15 for this stuffed bulldog because he said it looked like Jorden. Well, when you put them next to each other, they do look alike with the big cheeks and bottom lip sticking out!

Here's a video of Jorden laughing. Its not that great of quality since I took it with my regular camera but it's cute anyway

Jamie/Julia Kate Baby Shower

Since Jamie decided not to find out what she was having, our friend Stephanie and I decided to plan her baby shower for after the baby came so she wouldn't just get a bunch of green and yellow stuff. It worked out great for me since it would have been stressful planning a shower with a 2 week old and moving at the same time. She already had almost everything she needed already so we did a diaper/wipe themed shower to help her stock up. I sent out diaper shaped invites, made her a diaper cake and we played a silly diaper game. It was different and neat having the baby actually at the shower.

Miss Julia Kate all dressed up with a giant bow

My former hairdresser and Jeff's friend from highschool made this adorable, delicious cake. It was banana nut and chocolate flavored. We loved it

I made the diaper cake out of rolled up diapers and ribbon

For the game, I melted different kinds of chocolate bars and put them in diapers. The ladies had to guess what was in it. I have a gross sense of humor so I laughed at people sniffing the "poopy" diapers ha ha!

Chocolate Poopy diaper

My Momma and Jeff's aunt Debbie sniffing the diapers

I thought it was ironic that the baby was at the shower and needed to be changed and they used the diapers she received. It worked out great!

Kristi, Jamie with baby Julia Kate and Stephanie