Sewing together

My little sewing team

We hope baby Clayton likes our burp cloths we made. The might have some crooked stitches, but they were made with love!

Ben and I are now an Aunt and an Uncle! Ben's sister Stephanie had a baby boy, so I wanted to sew some burp cloths for him. We are so excited to have little Clayton join our family! Thanks for adding to the family Justin and Stephanie! Austin just loves the sewing machine and will sit on my lap and stare in amazement while I sew away. It is really quite funny because that is not the only thing that I do that interests him. He loves make-up, lotion, combing his hair and brushing his teeth. He also likes shaving his face just like Daddy. He loves to imitate everything we do so he keeps us on our toes. I thought these pictures were fun, he is growing up way too fast!

Boots

So I told Ben the other day "I think rain boots for kids are kind of rediculous, what is the point of them...yadayadayada..." The next day I went to a department store that I had a gift certificate to and was looking in the shoe section and found these.

Austin just loved them!!! He laughed and and tried to put them on, and then didn't want to take them off. I've never seen him like that, and it was so fun. So guess what? I bought'em. Yep, even though I had just said the day earlier that I thought they were dumb. Ben thought that it was hilarious and poked fun at me, but he liked them so much! It wasn't just that he liked them but it was such a sweet innocent sort of joy that it gave him, I just had to give in.

We bought Austin a train table and train set for Christmas off Craigslist for $50, which isn't a bad deal. After reading some not so great reviews about the kind we bouhgt we took it out to try it and Austin loved it. He loves to say "tah, tah, tah, hoo-hoo" (like chugga, chugga, choo, choo). So cute. Sadly we put it away for Christmas (if we give everyting to him know what would have to look forward to at Christmas?) but he still likes to watch Thomas the train videos, and read his train books. He is such a fun, smart kid, he's a keeper.

Emma sat up all by her lonesome today! She still will not take a bottle. Here are some of the things I have tried: 1) Fresh pumped milk 2) Dr Brow and Avent bottles 3) Have Ben feed her, other people feed her, she refuses a bottle! If anyone has anyother tips I would welcome them!!!!

Here are our good friends Dan and Heather, sadly they are moving away. You will be missed!

Emma Loraine is sooo cute!

Happy Annervesary Honey! I love you, and can't wait to spend the rest of eternity with you, wait....today is a part of eternity....hmmm, I'll have to work on that : ) You are the best thing to ever happen to me, it's been a great 5 years!

Disneyland, Santa Monica Pier and other random things

We haven't posted for a while so I thought that we would update with some new pictures. Emma slept through the night for the first time last night!!! I am trying to follow some of the tips out of the book Babywise and after just one day I had my first real full night of sleep. It was wonderful. We have been up to a lot and hope that you enjoy the pictures.

Busy Bodies

Since I didn't need a flash I finally got a smile out of her (the flash scares her).

Austin had croup and rosiola at the same time! Poor buddy. Ben made this little cozy fort for him.

Austin had a ball playing in the water. I think that I need to invest in a kiddie pool.

My three most favorite people in the whole world.

We made cookies, Austin just had to wear an apron like Mom.

The Mariner's Season is upon us.



Go M's!

I love being her Mommy!

Smile!

Emma is very close to rolling over, this was taken a month ago! She still hasn't rolled over from her back to tummy, but she can roll from her tummy to back. I'm not complaining though, one mobile child is enough for now.

As we dive into this summer Austin and Emma are growing like weeds. We are enjoying watching them grow up. I now understand why people have such large families, having a baby around is so much fun (especially when you are not pregnant at the same time)!



For all stay at home Moms (SAHM) out there, I want to recommend a very uplifting and informative book by Dr. Laura called "In Praise of Stay at Home Moms". It really opened my eyes to the importance of my current occupation and emphasises how to keep your marriage strong, and you motivated to stay home and make the most of it. It made me realize something I had chosen to be a SAHM but I had not taken the step to actually enjoy it. That might sound strange but I really didn't know how to enjoy it, how to play with my kids, how to relax, and this book really helped me with that. With that said go out there and read it! It really is what the title is, you will feel like a super hero after reading it! I want to thank Ben's Mom for sending it to me, I will send it to you Steph pretty soon (when you have an address).

OPENING DAY!!!

Best day of the year for a baseball fan, and it could not have been better. 6-1 M's win!!! Griffey with a Home Run and King Felix goes 8 strong innings.

Go M's!

A few thoughts from dad

For all of you out there with two kids, my hat goes off to you. It has been an awesome, but overwhelming experiance thus far keeping our two little angles alive. Fortunately we have two pretty cool kids that give us a new adventure everyday....but man is it a lot of work. Fortunately for me I get to take a break from the real work about 9 hours a day Mon-Fri, and leave Cortney alone to fend for herself. Here is a little of what the little ones have been up to, and a few pictures from years gone by.

Austin is turning into an amazing little "man", everyday he does something new and blows my mind away. In fact just a few days ago I came home from work only to find him getting ready to drive off with Mom's car.

Fortunately he hadn't finished rigging up his foot peddles for the gas and break, or he would have surely been long gone.

He also seems to have a girlfriend...or someone that he really enjoys talking to on his cell phone.

We try to make sure he stays under his monthly minutes, but man people told me that kids are amazing with techonlogy, I just didnt expect Austin to be sending text messages and making phone call by 15 months. But since he manages to give me calls at work every once in a while (yes he really does) Ill let him get away with it.

Austin also, like his dad, REALLY loves baseball, so much so that going to a spring training game put him to sleep. Well at least mom and dad were paying attention.

He did manage a few times to wrestle grandpa's walking stick away a few times to keep himself interested.

All in all it was a great game, and a lot of fun. Glad we could get 4 generations of Jones's all together to enjoy the experiance.

Here is our fist attempt at a video clip. This is just a few seconds of Austin on his normal behavior....you could expand this for about 16 hours and it would basically be what Cortney deals with all day. We sure do love him. (I hope the video works).

So needless to say Cortney spends a little less time Rocking Out...

And a little more time entertaining the little monkey's....

WAIT!!! Not those ones.... these ones....

Cortney and I have decided that Austin and Emma knew each other before they got here, because ever since day one Austin has done everything he can to watch out for his little sister. He gives her hugs when she cries, and pats on the back when she is resting, and send lots of toys to her head when he wants her to play. Cortney and I also think that there were supposed to come down together, but a combination of Heavenly Father not wanting to fry our nerves completely, and Emma making a request for one more year of peace (away from Austin), probably lead them to coming close - but not a the same time.

Now that she is here, she definately has managed to get Dad wrapped around her little finger. I mean did I really have a chance?

Nope I didnt.

Well i gotta get going, so I will just leave everyone with a few more pics that make me smile. Good times!