Jarin- 13 months (TODAY!)

Here is our adorable little 13 month old. Today is the day actually! He is so much fun these days. He really likes to ham it up for everyone. So it looks like both the boys will love to entertain people. I hope they don't get into too much trouble in school!

Cousin Mick's Pirate Party

My sister's son, Mick turned 5 this month. They celebrated by having a pirate birthday party. I think the boys' costumes came out well. I used stuff around the house!

Who's This Weird Guy?

Oh yes, this is how we blow of steam sometimes. Making weird faces. I know it sounds strange but having a good laugh can really lighten things up when you have rough evenings with small children. Matt is the king of weird faces. I'm starting to think he practices in the mirror when I'm not around:) See Matt, I told you I'd post these on the blog!

A Walk Down Memory Lane

These beautiful pictures of Brady were taken a year ago by our good friend and photographer. He came by when Jarin was just a few days old and captured both boys on camera. He just recently found these ones of Brady and sent them to me. It was so neat to see how much Brady has grown this last year. Becoming a big brother has really changed him in a good way. He has become a little preschooler this year where before he was still a baby to me. My boys are growing so fast!

February Video

Here is a fun video of the boys this month. We've been working with Jarin on "where's your nose, eyes, ears, etc". However, as you'll see on the video, he's kinda stuck. Brady is still singing some of his favorite songs for any and all to hear. Right now his most featured song is "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah". He saw it on a Disney sing along video and loves to sing it over and over and over and over.

Jarin's First Stitches

WARNING: Do not read this or look at the pictures if you get sick with the sight of blood or injury!

Okay, so here's the story: Brady and Jarin have this little game where Jarin chases Brady around and Brady runs and hides in rooms and shuts the door before Jarin can get there. Jarin laughs and thinks it is so funny. Well we've been telling Brady that he can't slam doors because he's smashed Jarin's fingers before. Brady didn't listen.

So on Wednesday of last week, I wasn't closely supervising the boys and they were doing this "game". Before I realized what was happening, I hear Jarin screaming. It turns out, Brady had slammed our bedroom door (hinge side) on Jarin's right pinky finger. To make a long story short, the finger was gashed very deeply. I was able to stop the bleeding but I was pretty much freaking out. Both boys were screaming because Brady saw what he had done. I called Matt and had him come home to help me get Jarin to the hospital. An hour later, we got out the door. My mom stayed with Brady and we took Jarin to the emergency room at the children's hospital here. We waited for an hour until he got stitched up but it really wasn't too bad. Jarin had calmed down by the time we left our house and I had bandaged it pretty well. He didn't seem to be in pain so that was good. The surgeon was great and Jarin cried a lot but was over it by the next day. There was no broken bone or severed tendons like I thought there would be. We are so thankful for that! He got 5 stitches in his little tiny pinky finger.

By Thursday morning he was back to normal, playing and running around with a big huge bandage covering his whole hand. I guess this is going to be the first of many in our household! I just pray for strength to handle it all! The pictures aren't the best but it is hard to hold him still!

Jarin's First Birthday

Can you believe he is ONE? This has been a great monument for him. He is walking and playing more independently so he seems content to be out of mommies arms:) He and Brady play together and can actually go about 5 minutes without fighting over toys. He's growing well. He weighed almost 21 pounds and was 50th in his height bracket when we took him to the doctor last week.

He is learning so much right now. He started to say mama and dada when prompted. He dances and waves hi and bye. He folds his little hands to pray when we do. He also loves animals and learning all their sounds. Matt and I have determined that he is going to be the clown of the family. He loves making faces at us and getting our attention by doing silly things. He even makes Brady laugh! We are so proud of our rambunctious little boys!

We had a lunch for him at my parent's house. We were supposed to host it on our back patio but it rained that day and the inside of our house couldn't fit the 16 people that came. It was mainly family but we also invited our friends Jason & Carrie and their son, Breck and then our friends Amanda and Jorge. We all had a good time visiting and watching Jarin chow down on cake. He isn't a huge eater so we weren't sure if he would be that into it. He did just fine though! Click the link below to see all the pictures.

Jarin's 1st Birthday

New Year's in Stockton

We had a fun New Year's Eve trip to our friends Carrie & Jason's house in Stockton. We try to visit when we can. Their little guy, Breck is just 2 months older than Jarin so our boys play well together. Click on the link below to see the group of pictures from this trip.

New Year's in Stockton

Boys in the Crib

Recently, Brady has been in the habit of running into Jarin's room when Jarin wakes up from his morning nap and jumping into his crib with him before I get back there. Sometimes he'll toss in some books or toys and they'll just hang out in there together. Once in awhile they'll wrestle and that is when I'll come running since they tend to get a little rough (see earlier blog regarding Jarin's first stitches).

Jarin Walks and the Boys Dance!