Summer Fun!!!!

Jack 4 months old!!!

 Going for a walk!



 First time in Exersaucer!!

 Matagorda Beach!

 oooohhh the water!

 Uncle Mike and Nana swimming at Lake Travis

 Tuckered Out!

 Our view from our Patio!

 Taking a stroll on Lake Travis!  Maddy led the boat ride!!!

Loved swimming in the Lake when the boats went by she would get excited!

We have been enjoying the summer with many fun things happening.  Jack is growing by the minute!  He was 15 lbs 14 oz at his 4 mo check-up and he is in the 75%.......so Jack is on a little bit of a diet!  Not by his choice!  Ha ha!  We have managed to spread out the time intervals between feedings to 3 hours instead of two!  Yep, that's right.....this boy was eating 5 ounces every 2 hours and still getting up during the night for feedings!  Well the rug was pulled out for this little guy!  Veggies are now in his diet and he is doing great with his sweet peas, green beans and sweet potatoes!  Last week we stopped giving him his bottle at night and only offered paci and he was also moved into his own room and crib all at the same time!  First night he cried for 20 minutes and that was it!  Second night he took the paci and back to sleep!  WOW!!!  That was easy!  Now if he wakes up it is only for his paci and he is back to sleep!  He has even gotten so good we are starting to lay him in his crib still awake and letting him put himself to sleep.  No fussing and after about 5 minutes he is sweet dreaming!!!!  We are enjoying him so much and love watching him develop into all his new baby stages.  This is a whole new journey and we are blessed to have both children in our lives!  Maddy is doing great with PT and OT this summer.  Grandpa and Maddy head into Sugarland on Thursday's and enjoy their mornings out.  She is also doing Aquatic Therapy on Monday's, Hippo therapy on Tuesday's and lots of home therapy during the week with Nana! 

We enjoyed the fourth of July with a visit from my brother and sister-in-law!  We rented a place on Lake Travis and enjoyed our stay at The Hollows so much we plan to return soon!  Lots of swimming, boating and enjoying wine on our patio with the spectacular view!  Thanks for coming to visit Mike and Jamie!  We enjoyed it so much!!!!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer as much a we are!  Stay cool!!!!!

Being Sweet like always!

How can you resist these blue eyes?!?

My first cooking lesson....

Sure glad no one has turned on the cook top....that would be some hot buns!

Chillin'

Off to Kemah we go!

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

Nana and Maddy!

Oh that darn camera mommy!

A sleeping angel!

Ya, I know I am cool!  First swing time!

Watching American idol...they should have sent Scotty home!!!!

Future Ricebird!!!

I know I am a little behind again!!!!  But now you all have a whole bunch of pictures to look at!!!  I also posted some videos over the weekend and they are after this post!  Jack has become quite the little gabber!  Many words of wisdom from our little guy and he seems to have it all figured out......what time he should eat, when to go outside and who should be running for President...so don't miss his video below!  You just might gain some insight!!!  :)  Maddy has 2 more weeks of school left and then her summer schedule will start with lots of trips to Sugar Land for therapy.  She is taking an Aquatic Therapy class on Monday's with Mommy and then two other days of the week she will be getting OT and PT and Grandpa will be taking her to these sessions!  Hopefully she is easy on Grandpa this summer!  Let the summer chapter begin!!!  Bring on the heat!!!!

Nana and Jack at afternoon coffee hour!

Jack sharing his wisdom!!!

WOW, 2 months old already!!!

Daddy and Jack watching Maddy in swim therapy!

Sorting things out with Grandpa!

Sweet siblings!

Helping mommy and Maddy!

What is that?!? LOL!!!

Camera again mom!!!???

Testing out my Bumbo!

Love my swing! Daddy says leg warmers are for girls but I think I look pretty cute in these!

Smile bug!

Daddy and I at the bay!

Happy Boy!

We cannot believe two months has already gone by and Jack is growing like a weed!!! We had his 2 month appt today so the poor guy got his shots. He was not happy but got over it quickly and is now sleeping the chaos away!!! He is still a little trooper for his age! 9 lbs 15oz. 10th percentile but with his reflux he is growing and keeping on weight which is the main thing. He was 22 1/4 long which was the 25% for his length. Dr. said he looks great and is moving like he should! It is funny with your second child how less "careful" per say you are. Madolyn had not even left the house barely at 2 months old and Jack has been on quite a few road trips already. He comes along to Maddy's Dr. appts in Houston, he went to his first movie and saw Rio, has taken in the Rabon Family Reunion 2011, been out to the bay, Grandpa Raymond's 80th birthday party up in Caldwell and even a little shopping with mama and nana! He is just along for the ride and loves to look around wherever we go! I have lots of news on Maddy and plan on updating her caringbridge when I get some time to sit down and sort through all of our new info! She has had a busy last couple weeks seeing her Neurologist and meetings with specialists!!! She is a proud big sister as you can see in the picture above. She has taken quite a liking to her little brother. She knows exactly who baby Jack is and she loves it when he comes to watch her swim in the evenings while she is doing therapy! I think she loves the crowd in the bathroom. The more the merrier for Maddy!!! It seems like she is pretty good at getting us all in their to see what she is doing!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Love to all!

5 Weeks Old!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Maddy!!!! We love you!!!!

Our First Walk!!!

Holding Mommy's Hand!

Luck O' the Irish!

Sleepy time!

Sporting my Mohawk!

Lovin' my bath time!

Wow how time flies by!!!! Jack is 5 weeks old today! Cannot believe how fast this time off is going! I am going to miss him so much during the day when I go back to work, but I know NaNa will be thoroughly enjoying herself at home with her little Grandson. Maddy will join them for the summer when school is out and then Nana and Grandpa will be busy bee's! Jack is doing great! He is quite the little drama boy! He has a noise for EVERYTHING!!! He squeals, grunts, coos, sighs, tries to get a babble out and can also go into a full out "poor me" cry! He makes us laugh with all of his sounds! And I thought having a girl was drama, I think Jack is trumping that idea! He is still eating like a little piggy and gaining weight each day! He likes to wake mommy up at night usually at 1:30 and 5 a.m. I guess he is getting me ready to go back to work with a 5 a.m. alarm! Whew, I think I am going to need some toothpicks to keep my eyes open for the first couple months back to work! We celebrated Maddy's 4th Birthday over the weekend! Cannot believe 4 years ago my precious little girl was brought into this world. What a four years it has been. I have learned more in the past four years than I have my entire life! She is our inspiration and she keeps us very grounded! We took her to ride the train in Hermann park on Saturday. She loves to ride the train and look around at all the kids playing in the park and the trees and flowers! It was a beautiful day!