peach ice cream

just what the dr ordered for our sick little girl...

WHAT?! none for jackman? maybe if i froze some pureed peaches and breastmilk...

and now for a little bit of jackman...

granny apple reminded me tonight that most posts have been about lilly jo lately...which is very true. not sure why that is, because there's definitely just as much going on with jack as there is lillypie...he's growing leaps and bounds these days...so without further ado, here is our 5 month old jackman!!!

lilly jo is growing more fond of jackman every day...and is learning to do lots of fun things with jack...like putting her glasses on him. and if you look very closely you'll see they have princesses on them. poor boy. he's in for a lot of girly fun for the next year:)

jack and seth sitting on the recliner for sale at our yard sale last weekend

jack found his feet a few months ago but has recently been going to town on his toes. i'm 99% sure he's been teething for a couple of months but nothing's popping up yet. lj had her first tooth by this time so i won't be shocked to feel a tooth anyday now. but we'll see...

tummy-time is muuuuch more enjoyable these days. he's so strong and enjoys playing with toys or watching lilly jo or wilbur while strengthening all his muscles.

we started oatmeal after his 4 month appt, but stopped for about a week because he wasn't going #2 as often:) but he's doing great now and really loves eating. he gets all jumpy when he sees the bowl and spoon...it's pretty funny. i think he's really going to enjoy other foods once we start them next month!

this was probably taken last month, but he's quite the bouncer in his baby einstein jumper! he's much more active in it than lilly jo was. but he's also got the lilly jo show in front of him so that probably helps his entertainment as well!

jack still gets up an average of once during the night but occasionally twice. (marj and donna, i think of yall often and wonder how you went to work all those days after the sleepless nights!!) this is completely different than lilly jo...that girl was a champ at sleeping at 8wks old. whew, that's been the hardest thing so far i think. but now that he's eating oatmeal and getting older and gaining more and more weight i think we're starting to turn the corner on his sleep habits...we'll see:)
he's still mr. social and loves to be held, loves to be outside, loves to watch lilly jo, loves to laugh...

he's such a blessing and a joy and even in the hard times God is teaching me that he's still a gift:)

welcome brayden noah apple!

seth's brother robert, victoria and big sister aubree lyn welcomed brayden noah into their lives this morning at 10:04am~ and from what i hear it was quite a close call on getting to the hospital in time...maybe even closer than i was with jack! way to go victoria!!!

congratulations guys...and get ready:)

in just a few years...

lilly jo will want to marry her daddy when she grows up.
jack will be helping seth tear down music equipment after church is over.
lilly jo will walk into preschool and kiss seth goodbye as she's running to play with her friends.
jackman will be helping seth fix things around the house as they fall apart.
lilly jo will be playing the guitar right alongside her dada.
jack lewis will be sitting on seth's lap as he's reading some book about church history or the revolutionary war.
they'll both be playing some kind of sport.

but for now all they know is that dada loves them.
kisses them.
plays with them.
tickles them.
hugs them.
feeds them.
and that's all they need to know:)

WHAT A TERRIFIC FATHER:)

double whammy

tripped up on her crocs this morning and fell on the sidewalk...and bumped her head. again.
now we have a strawberry on both sides of the forehead.
thankfully her knees broke her fall this time and not her head.
poor little lady.

6.14.08

happy 3rd anniversary to my wonderful sister and brother-in-law!

we love you guys:)

BONK!

...more like BANG! CRASH! KABOOM!
lilly jo took her first big fall this morning, and it was 100% my fault. we were leaving the park and she wanted to walk down off the curb by herself. she's always been a cautious one when it comes to stepping down curbs and steps so the fact that she wanted to made me think for a second that she'd be able to make it off this curb safely, and i was proud of her for wanting to try. i defintely should have thought that through for more than a second. duh. i'll spare you the details of the grief i've been giving myself since 10am this morning...
but needless to say, she seems to be ok. i immediately called seth, who works right down the road from the park and he came over pronto. in the meantime i called my mom (who works at a pediatrican's office), our pediatrician, and my sister (an ICU nurse). bases covered.
i've been monitoring her and she's doing fine, but we'll still keep a close eye on her for the next 72 hrs like our pediatrician recommends.
when i think back over this morning i'm so thankful God was clearly watching over us. the fact that she didn't break her nose is an absolute miracle to me - her face truly broke her fall, there's no denying that. and it was wonderful that seth could come so quickly to see lilly jo and help me get it together.
she has a few other bumps and scrapes, but other than the enormous goose egg on her head, you wouldn't know anything happened this morning.
tough little girl she is!

happy (belated) birthday cousin dylan!

a couple weekends ago we got to go meet up with the apple side of the family for lilly jo and jack lewis' cousin dylan's 5th birthday party:) it was great to see everyone and enjoy an afternoon together outside - the Lord was gracious and it wasn't even too hot for the babies!
unfortunately i didn't get pictures of everyone, but here are a few i managed to snap...

uncle seth helping open one of dylan's gifts, a nerf gun i think. (can't get this one to stay rotated correctly)

jack enjoying some time with aunt janice:)

and also some special time with granny apple

lj getting some grandma heffinger lovin'

happy birthday dylan...we love you!!!