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!

Busy

We have been so busy since Emma has come. Austin is growing like a weed and climbs everything. Here are some pictures, enjoy!

I really like this picture couldn't get it to turn around.

Here is the happy couple! Jacob, Ben's brother was married at the Mesa temple. Welcome to the family Serenity!

Austin Marriner Jones loves the Mariners! We went to a spring training game while we were in Arizona.

Smiley!!

Baby doll.

Emma and Dad hanging out.

Austin and I at the zoo. He loved feeding the giraffe.

Stoic little man! He is in the phase where he doesn't like to smile for the camera.

First picture of my Mom and Emma.

My Grandpa passed away right after Christmas. We love and miss you Grandpa Lloyd!

Pretty in Pink

She is finally here! We love our baby girl, she is wonderful. Austin loves his baby sister. He wants to cuddle with her all the time and smiles when he looks at her. She is a good little eater, we took her to the Dr today and she has gained weight, the Dr was suprised that she was heavier than when she was born. My milk did come in after a day and a half and when she is awake she will eat every hour and a half to two hours at a time.

Having a C-Section was wonderful. I have hardly been in any pain and I feel pretty good. Thanks for all of your comments, love and support, it means a lot!

P.S.- Hi Mom! Here are some more pics for you. We love you!

IT'S A GIRL

Ok we alreay knew it was a girl, but for anyone who didnt there you go.

Emma Loraine Jones was born at 5:17 PM yesterday Febuary 4th 2009. She was delievered via C-section, and both mom and baby are in great health.

She weighed 8lbs 4oz and was 20 inches in length. Here are a few pictures of our precious new baby with a few of Austin mixed in because we havent done a post in so long.

Thank you everyone for all your prayers and support, and a special thanks to my mom for coming to help take care of Austin as I travel back and forth to the hospital.

Love you all!

Oh Moses!

We made it to Moses Lake Wa! There is so much snow! When we landed it was snowing in Spokane 2-4 inches an hour. There is tons of snow in Moses Lake as well, it is so pretty! We have had the flu since the day before we got there, and it is no fun, we alsogave it to everyone else and feel really bad about it.
Austin has been walking since the middle of November, and has just said his first word- cat! It sounds more like tat, but we'll take it since he consistently says it when he sees one and will point and say tat. Really fun, he is growing up so fast. We will post pics later!

Merry Christmas!

Hey there

Go Prop 8!

Fire breathing dragon!

Pumpking boy and Momma

This last month has been busy! Austin had his first Halloween. We were both pumpkins! As you can see he had bright green hair, everyone at the trunk-or-treat thought that it was hilarious. He will forever be known as the baby with green hair at our friends ward down in Ventura. Our friends made this dragon from both of our cars that breathed smoke and had a cauldron. We love the Quigley's! Thanks for making Austin's first Halloween really memorable!

The elections were an exciting time at our house. Austin and I went and voted together, and all of us worked on the proposition 8 campaign. It passed! It is sad that there has been so much contention against members and vandalism of church buildings, but it seems to be getting better. We did not have any incidents, but had to see protests outside our beautiful temple on the news. We are happy that it passed and want to thank all of you who supported and prayed for this.

My mom and little brother Trevor came for Thanksgiving. The boys enjoyed staying up all hours of the night playing video games, and my mom and I had fun decorating Austin's and Baby girl's room. Dinner was good, but hard to make in out little kitchen! Okay all you University Courtyard vets remember out kitchens there in the small apartments? Yeah, that is like our kitchen now. So needless to say that having a big belly and my mom in the kitchen with me was crowded. Austin likes turkey and mashed potatoes. Much to my surprise and smug satisfaction of Ben Austin does not like sweet potatoes, not even with marshmallows! I was sad, Ben was ecstatic since he hates them. He was saying things like "Victory for us!!" and "We win!". Ughh.

We are continuing to have a roach problem in our apartment! It is so frustrating and gross!!!! I hope that we can get it fixed soon, please pray for us that we will! Ben is not bothered as much as I am by this whole thing he says "They're only bugs". I am so afraid for our kids to try and pick them and eat them if them see one. Double ughhh.