He grows up!

It has been awhile since my last upate. We have been busy! Last weekend we drove to Charlotte. It was our first big road trip with Patrick. The boys did pretty well in the car. Thank heaven for portable DVD players! The purpose of the trip was mainly so Mike could talk to his Uncle Pat about business stuff and get a contract started. Only 7 more months!!! I don't know who is more excited for him to start working - me, Uncle Pat or Mike. It was a quick trip and we didn't get to visit with everyone but we'll be back down again soon to look at houses!

For Thanksgiving we drove up to Mike's moms Wednesday and came back Thursday night. We had a delicious dinner and desserts! (I made homemade pumpkin pie - yum!) Of course Jack didn't eat ANYTHING! I think he's getting sick and hasn't really been eating much of anything lately. Patrick is growing and moving all over. He rolls over and likes to be on his tummy and look all around. He has his 4 month checkup next Tuesday.

So, the big news is that Jack is now in his toddler bed! He's all grown up! On Monday he climbed out of his crib! I think because he did it in the pack n play when we were in Charlotte so he tried it again. He only did it that day but Mike went right out and bought the toddler bed and we just put it up today and he's napping in there now. He seems to be adjusting to it fine. The problem will be when he wakes up if he'll just get out and start playing. But the plus side to all of this is that Patrick now has a crib.
This weekend we are cleaning and organizing rooms and getting all the Christmas stuff out. I think we're getting the tree today too!
I have some photos I need to post, maybe later this weekend.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Visit from GG, Words and Rolling

Last week my grandma and George stopped to visit on their way down to Florida. It was their first time meeting Patrick. He stayed awake for a little while and gave some smiles. Jack enjoyed playing with both of them. A funny story... we have been calling my grandma GG (great grandma) but when my grandma asked Jack where G was (the letter G) he kept pointing to George! So from now on George is GG and grandma is Great Grandma. :)

Jack is talking more and saying more words that we can actually understand. I keep writing about this because he's almost 2 and it seems like he's behind from other kids his age, but he seems to be catching up now. His speaking voice is so cute! And other big news - Patrick is rolling over! He is getting so big so fast! I think he might have brown hair too, he hasn't lost as much as Jack did so it might just start to grow in now. This weekend is Patrick's baptism so will have more to update and more pictures.


GG, Jack and Great Grandma


Great Grandma getting Patrick to smile.

Halloween and 5K Challenge

This was the first year that Jack actually went trick or treating. We first had a party at playgroup where there were lots of snacks and crafts. Jack wore his pumpkin outfit that Grandma Salvato got and Patrick had on a cute pumpkin onesie. That night we first went to a mall where they had trick or treating, which was ok, but I wanted Jack to have the real experience of trick or treating at houses and seeing all the decorations. So we drove around looking for a nice neighborhood and I walked house to house with Jack. He seemed to really like it, he didn't want to get back in the car! Thank you Jack for getting mommy and daddy some candy! :)


Back in the car going through his candy.


Jack giving Patrick a kiss.


Jack coloring at playgroup.


All ready to go tricks or treating!

Saturday morning I ran in the 5K Challenge race sponsored by State Farm. It wasn't a huge race, which was good since I havn't ran in forever. I actually have not run 3 miles since BEFORE I got pregnant! My time was just under 29 minutes, which is not that good, but was happy considering I havn't been running much. But now my friend, who I ran with Saturday, is into running now so we're keeping each other motivated and have plans to run in some upcoming races. Once a week we are taking turns watching each others kids while the other runs. This is a big help for me since it is so hard to run with Mike's schedule.

This is a busy week coming up. Tuesday is Election Day! It's my first time voting so I'm excited - I just hope the right guy wins!! Wednesday my grandma and George will be here for the night. I'm excited for them to meet Patrick for the first time.
Have a good week!

Comfy chair

Oh My Gosh!!! I just had to put this picture up. I was just posting the last message when the phone rang and I went out to the living room and there was Murphy sitting in Patrick's baby seat!!! TOO FUNNY!!!!

Birthday weekend

So I am another year older and am feeling it now. I think I found some grey hairs too! I had a good birthday weekend. Friday a friend had a wine tasting party at her house so Mike was home with the boys while I went out. I carpooled with another friend and our husbands drove so that was even better. I certainly took advantage of that... had a little too much wine! But it was fun. Saturday for my birthday I got a pedicure which was nice and relaxing. We went to one of Jack's little friends' 2nd birthday party which was interesting. It was our first kids party. They were very thoughtful and made me a little birthday cake too. That night Mike cooked me a really nice dinner. Unfortunately I wasn't in the mood for the nice bottle of wine he got too, my own fault!

Sunday Mike's mom and Frank came out for the afternoon. We ordered lunch in and they got to play with Jack and Patrick. We got some nice gifts for Patrick which we appreciate very much.

Yesterday I went to this Mommy event at Babies R Us where they had games and snacks and you got a free 5x7 picture at their photo studio. It wasn't the best picture as Jack was being very stubborn and Patrick was fussing, but it's a cute photo of both of them and it was free! They also took a picture of Patrick which is soo cute! I copied it from the website so it's not good quality. They are both getting so big! Jack is saying more words now and Patrick is smiling and laughing. He's wiggling alot when he's on the floor too so might be starting to try to roll over soon.





This weekend is a trunk or treat event at the church so we might go to that if the weather is nice. I'll post pictures of that if we do.

MNO, Pumpkin Picking and lots of smiles!

I can't believe October is half over already. I love this time of year but it always seems to go by too fast.

Last night I had my first MNO (Moms Night Out) and it was alot of fun. It was with a bunch of moms from the Stroller Strides class that I joined and we got a tour of the Whole Foods store. I've never been there so it was neat to see and we got to sample some food AND wine! They have a very cool little wine bar area with wine on tap! A friend and I are actually going next week to "hang out at the grocery store"! Seriously though, it was really neat and you can get food from another area, like the bakery, deli, etc and bring it back to the wine bar and eat and drink wine. They have events and wine tastings so we we'll be frequenting that place more :)

Last weekend we took Jack and Patrick to a pumpkin farm where Jack picked out some pumpkins. Can't wait to make some pumpkin seeds! Halloween will be fun this year since Jack can walk and we can take him around to some houses. We still have to find a nice little neighborhood to go to since ours isn't really kid friendly.





Patrick has been getting more active and alert. He watches me and follows me across the room all the time. He is a happy baby and smiles and giggles alot. He's been sleeping well, most days.




Jack is a very good big brother - this picture was taken last weekend before we left for church.


Here's Jack on his way to bed - he LOVES his bear and blanket! (reminds me of Linus from the Peanuts)



That's it for now, hope you enjoy the pictures!

Quick Update

It's been awhile since I last posted. September has flown by and tomorrow is already October, my favorite month! :) Let's see, first Mike was gone to Seattle for 5 days for a work conference. That was a LONG week for me! God bless all those single parents out there, it is hard work! Thankfully, Mike's mom came down on a Friday night so I could have a night out. I went to a Tastefully Simple party, which is where you get to sample all kinds of yummy food and had some wine too. It was so nice to be out with other girls for a change. Mike of course brought back some gifties for the boys and some Starbucks coffee and a mug, of course! (Since Seattle is where Starbucks originated).

Jack and Patrick are doing great. Patrick had his 2 month checkup and weighed in at 11lbs. He's slightly bigger than Jack was at this age. He seems to be a chunky monkey though since he's already wearing 3-6 month clothes. I guess just in comparison to Jack, who is a little peanut, Patrick seems big.

I finally started exercising and have been taking the boys out in the neighborhood in the stroller. It's been a great workout for me! I also just joined a Stroller Strides class and went to my 2nd class today. It's alot of fun and actually a good workout. It's a Moms exercise class where you take your babies in the stroller. Other than that nothing much going on. We need to sign Jack back up for soccer again this weekend. Oh, and he is finally saying some words! He's so shy about it but he'll say daddy, airplane, up - at least these are the ones we can understand :) And Patrick is smiling and cooing all the time.

Here's a few pictures we've taken the past couple weeks:

Mike didn't want me to take this picture because he thinks Jack looks like a little girl, but it's so cute and funny. Jack just took a bath and he's wearing a robe, that is obviously way too small for him!


Here is Jack driving a police car at an indoor play area:



Here's a couple cute ones of Patrick: