Mr Bear

Brooklyn sleeps with Mr. Bear everynight. Brooklyn got the bear from our Awesome Friend Mere! Thanks Mere, we miss you!!!!

For Uncle Jeffy

This is a Northwest Missouri State Bobcat and Monkey along with our Hawkeye Bear. Brooklyn also sleeps with the bobcat...however it is kind of a funky looking animal!!!

But for uncle Jeffy....Go Bobcats and Hawkeyes!

For Uncle Jonny

Go Bears and Hawkeyes!! Just like Uncle Jonny!

Two months old already!!

Go Hawkeyes

Well Hawkeye fans, this is our first attempt at getting a good photo with our new hawkeye hats that Grandpa Dan sent us....we will keep working on it. But we will be sure to cheer for them when we can. We will be busy this football season, so far we have cheered for the NWMS Bobcats for Uncle Jeffy, and will need to be cheering for TU, Tulsa, and Uncle Jonny wants us to cheer for the Bears as well....we will busy!!!

Great big sister

Brooklyn continues to be a great big sister. She loves giving hugs and kisses. And is also glad that Jamison has started "talking" to her. She has moved up in classes at school and at church and has liked it so far. We have visited dad at work a couple of times, got to go to a soccer game, and even got to run through the fountains!! But, she is still two and has her moments!! But overall we are having lots of fun!

Eight weeks and counting....

Well, Jamison is eight weeks old. Time is already flying by. Mom made it back to work and we are starting to get into an early morning routine again. Jamison is doing a pretty good job of sleeping at night, sometimes 7 to 8 hours at a time. But he does like to eat, and is growing too. He seems to be enjoying daycare also! It is nice to have him and Brooklyn at the same place and we know they are getting well taken care of! I think now that eight weeks have gone by, we are finally getting the hang of having two kids!!

Bath time

Jamison has started using his big-boy bath tub. Since I am giving both kids their baths with Chris working longer hours I had to find a way to get it done in a timely manner and try to get Brooklyn to bed. So Brooklyn gets her bath in the tub while Jamison is next to her outside the tub in his big boy tub. We make it work, Brooklyn thinks it is quite fun actually that Jamison takes a bath too. Jamison seems to really like bath time as well. What I love best about it... it means that bed time is coming soon!!!

Where's Daddy?

Football season is here. I love football as does the majority of my family. I like going to games, watching it on t.v., I even liked standing at practice when I was working. One thing that I don't like about football, is the amount of hours put in during two-a-days that takes Chris away from us. TU started preseason camp on August 6th I think. I think we have seen Chris maybe 5 hours since then. He works from approx. 6 or 7 am and gets home around 11:30 pm. He has also had a couple of later nights going to the ER with different athletes. I did take Brooklyn and Jamison up the other night to have dinner with him so that they could see their Daddy. And he did get to stay home this morning, and even made it to church with us. But all in all, it has been two weeks since we had quality time with him. And it will be atleast one more until things slow down a little. And even then he will still work later, til atleast 7 or 8 most days, plus will start traveling as well. So yes, I love football season, but we love our Daddy too and wish he didn't have to work so much. Let's just hope the Golden Hurricane make it well worth it!!!

Any resemblance???

Many people ask me who I think Jamison looks like (and we got this question many times with Brooklyn as well). My answer... I have no clue. I don't think my kids have any distinct traits of either Chris or I, I think they must just be a good mix of us! I did pull up some old pics of Brooklyn though...what do you think, any resemblance?? The top two are Jamison, the bottom two are Brooklyn. Either way, they are darn cute kids if you ask me!!!