Halloween and Things 2010

This October we enjoyed Peltzer Farms like last year... Jed just loves that place! The night before Halloween we all dressed up and went to a Halloween Festival in Murrieta with a bunch of friends. We dressed up like greasers and a fifties girl. Pretty cute. On Halloween we dressed the boys up as Batman and a pumpkin. They were so stinkin cute. Whenever Jed had his Batman costume on, he really played the part. I'm pretty sure he thought he was the real Batman. He would not crack a smile for anything. It was hilarious, but today (two days after Halloween) it's getting kind of old and I'm thinking of hiding that costume for a while. HA. We took them to the Harvest Festival at Calvary Murrieta with our friends Derek and Meredith and their son, Silias, who came down for the weekend. It was such a fun time. Tons of free food and games! We'll definitely be going back next year.

Brothers

Sooo Jedidiah just loves his brother Cruz about 99.9% of the time. The whole time I was pregnant I was anticipating having to watch Jed 24/7 to make sure he doesn't throw remotes at him or sit on him or any crazy thing you'd assume Crazy Jed to do, but he hasn't done any of that. His biggest problem has been smothering him with kisses and hugs... which I can definitely live with. Cruz's face lights up whenever he hears his brothers face and puts the biggest smile on his face when he sees him. It's the sweetest thing. In the mornings, I turn some cartoons on in our room and the two of them snuggle up while I get breakfast going. Love it. Here's a couple cute brother pics...

Cruz Three Months!!

This picture was taken on Cruz's three month birthday! He's such a sweet little guy. Just love him to pieces. He's starting to giggle and make alot more sounds which is so fun! He absolutely loves his big brother Jed and smiles whenever he hears his voice. He has been a pretty awesome sleeper only waking up once after at least a 9hour stretch of sleep, but last night he slept 11.5 hours straight, ate and went back to sleep for two more hours! He is an angel baby. Thank you Jesus. He is growing so fast... I wish I had access to a baby scale so I could see how much he weighs now! Still always has his hands in a little praying position and he seems to like sucking on his middle and index finger more than his binky lately. He drools like crazy and seems to be in pain quite a bit... I'm associating it with teething so hopefully we will see some teefers pop through pretty soon. He's so wonderful. :)

Greek Goodness

Yesterday the boys and I went on a little shopping trip at Trader Joe's... Belen, my mother in law, was unloading most of my groceries for me since the big boy was knocked out once we got home and needed to be put in bed and the other one was screaming his head off for some cheech. She is a lifesaver. Love her. Anywho, she laughed when she saw I bought three containers of Greek yogurt. Chris, Jed, and I all LOVE this yogurt and after months of just buying one or two containers and seeing how quickly we would go through it... the only logical solution was to buy each of us our own container right? Right. It is just so delicious. We like ours with a little drizzlin' of honey and granola on top. And SCORE it's fall so TJ's has my favorite pumpkin granola in! Try it out, you won't be sorry! :)

Addictive Personality

Although Jedidiah looks more like me, I'd say he has more of his Daddy's traits. Like his addictive personality for instance. When Chris gets into something, he like really gets into it and completely shuts his mind off to anything else. Some of these things have been fishing, searching for gold, researching how different races have been mixed throughout the ages in different countries, and currently taking apart/cleaning/putting back together fishing reels. Those are just to name a FEW. Jed seems to be the same way especially with movies/tv shows he likes. Some recent kicks he's been on are The Wonder Pets, Batman, Lion King, Land Before Time, and at the moment Scooby-Doo. Whichever one he is into at the time, is ALL he will watch. He throws a fit if you even suggest watching something else. He's been into Scooby-Doo for a little while now since I rented it for him one night that my parents were babysitting while Chris and I went out to dinner. I will never forgive myself for renting that wretched movie. If I never have to hear "a cheesy pizza with a side of pickles" ever again, I will be a happy woman. But it makes him happy, so whatev.

Cruz 2 Months!

I'm late, I know... He will be 12 weeks old tomorrow. Cruz is such a happy content baby. Complete opposite of his big brother so far. Yes, Jed was pretty difficult in the beginning. Who am I kidding, he still is. But we love him for it. :)

Cruz's Two Month Milestones

*He smiles like crazy, especially at Mama, and does this silent laugh type thing.

*He only poos every few days which is sweet... less poopy diapers... but good Lord, when it happens IT HAPPENS. Know what I'm sayin??

*He started sleeping around 8-9 hours stretches at night. Going to bed around 6:30-7:00 waking at 4:00ish and going back down til 7:00ish. It's pretty much amazing considering I didn't get a decent night's sleep with Jed until he was over a year old. He wakes me up more than the newborn. Shoot. Moving on...

*He is still nursing about 6 times a day, and he is just BLOWIN' UP. At his two month check up he was in the 98 percentile for his weight and 80-somethin percentile for height. Weighing in at 15lb. 7oz.

*He is in size 2 diapers and usually 6-9 month clothes.

*He always laughs when he hears Jed being silly, which is most of the time, and ALWAYS cries when Jed is crying... which seems to be more frequent these days.

*LOVES bathtime... as you can see from the pic.

*Has developed a fear of my sister Brandi. Whenever he hears her voice or sees her, he starts crying. Understandable. Kind of sad for Brandi.

*Most people say he looks just like Daddy. Makes Chris very happy.

Basically we just love this little boy to death and can't wait to see him get bigger, more active, and very soon keeping up with his big bro.

One Month Update

Here are some recent pics of the boys...

Cruz is now 5 weeks and 5 days old. He has changed so much and is getting so stinkin chunky. I wish I had a baby scale to see how much weight he gains everyday. Here's a little bit about our one month old...

*His eyes are looking more blue everyday

*Most people say he looks just like his Daddy especially when he does his wierd facial expressions

*So far he's been the total opposite of how Jedidiah was as a newborn.

*He sleeps from around 7pm-7am and wakes up at midnight and 4am for feedings, but usually goes right back to sleep. Unless of course I decided to have pizza... then he's up for a while farting.

*After his morning feeding he is so much fun trying to talk and giving us all kinds of smiles.

*He has some pretty big chee-chees when he's slouching down.

*He will take bottles like a pro which makes me so happy. Jed used to have to be brougt to me on my lunch breaks to nurse him because he 95% of the time wouldn't take a bottle.

*Loves bathtime.

*Had his first up-the-back poo today on 8-21. So proud.

Can't think of anymore monumental happennings with him right now... but we just love watching him grow and change.

As for Jedidiah.... Yikes. jk. He hasn't really been too bad adjusting to his new brother. I was totally prepared to have to keep my eyes glued to him 24/7 but he hasn't once tried to hurt his brother or anything like some horror stories I've heard. Thank God. He just loves kissing his brother, supervising diaper changes, and shoving his bink in his mouth. He really does love him so much and that makes me and Chris so happy. It's an amazing thing to see. Tear.

Okay now to brag about Jed... He has turned into quite the little prayer warrior. Just about everyday he fakes a tummy ache so I will pray for him. ha. But he has been praying for just about everyone and everything lately. My Mom hurt her toe pretty bad a few months back and it is still hurting her so I asked him to pray for her.. "Father God, we thank you for Nana's toe. Jesus' name. Amen." For my Dad... "Father God we thank you for Papa. Please give him the job. Jesus' name. Amen." My favorite prayer so far was when Cruz was just like two weeks old, he starting getting kind of stuffy (which is normal for newborns, but I was freakin' that he was getting sick since my whole fam had been sick when he was born. ha) I asked Jed to pray for him and he went on for a good 2 min praying for his brother... "Father God, we thank you for baby brudder. Help him to feel better... he don't wanna get sick... help him to sleep... thank you for baby brudder... Jesus' name. Amen." Something along those lines. He's amazing.