Splish Splash

Lucas and I are over on Oahu for a few days to attend a friend's baby shower (and to do lots of shopping and eating!) 

Since Cherie's little girl hasn't arrived yet, we had to go old school with the bathtub and use her kitchen sink :-)

Lucas decided that this was a more comfortable position...

I love those chunky thighs!

No matter how many times I would sit him up, he kept reclining back and trying to put his feet up :-)

Happy 6 months, Lucas!

Our little man is not so little anymore!

We have his 6 month well-baby check up tomorrow (today is a Hawaiian holiday, Prince Kuhio Day, so the doctor's office is closed!) so we will get his official stats tomorrow to see how much he's grown  :-D

Spontaneous Picnic in the Park

I really wanted to try and keep this blog in sequential order, but I've realized that my desire to do this has kept me from posting at all since I hardly ever get on my computer these days 

So, while I still plan on posting photos from the holidays (and Lucas's monthly updates), I'm going to intermix those with current photos on my phone just so I can actually have current blog posts!

 

Ever since I heard about the new Cookie Dough Oreos, I knew I HAD to have them! Unfortunately, it took forever for them to actually come to the island, and then when they did, all of the grocery stores were sold out! :-(

Since they are only available for a limited time, I finally broke down and bought some on Amazon (and paid a somewhat ridiculous amount for them, but it was totally worth it!!!) Anyways, the day they arrived Noah decided we should eat them at the park and have a little picnic! Don't worry, I included grapes at out picnic, too :-D

Daddy made it home from work in time to join us!

 I love this moment that I just happened to catch on my phone! 

Noah wore socks and shoes to school (a new rule that the kids are having a hard time following) but when he got home he decided he wanted to wear his crocs...with his socks... haha

Grandma Anita sent us some Wichita State gear to support the Shockers, so we also had an impromptu photo shoot to show it off!

Christmas Day in Phoenix

Somewhat last minute, we decided to fly to Phoenix for a week over Christmas! After a rough start to the trip (they cancelled our original flight and wanted to put us on the same flight the next night, which would of had us flying on Christmas Eve and arriving in Phoenix on Christmas morning...but luckily God was looking out for us, and we ended up getting switched to a different airline and got to fly with Aunt CiCi!

Lucas's first plane ride!

3 months old



It was an overnight flight, so thankfully he slept through most of it!

Noah opening presents Christmas morning

Santa brought him the forklift he requested (several times)!!!

Giving Daddy a hug because he was so happy :-)

Playing with his new pirate ship

Noah & Lucas Christmas morning 2013



Noah clearly was not thrilled that he had to stop playing with his new toys to take a photo :-)

Santa's Little Helper

More fun with his forklift! He also got the garbage truck he asked Santa for, and it is definitely one of his favorite toys!

It's exhausting flying all night with a baby!

Lucas playing on his floor mat from Santa

Getting some love from GG at Christmas dinner at Uncle Jeff & Aunt Charlene's house

Lucas and Great-Grandpa hanging out :-)

Christmas Day family photo

Blessed to get to spend this Christmas with the Jacobsen side of the family!

Lucas: Three Months

Lucas is three months old!!!

 

 

Unofficial weight: 14 lbs

 

At three months of age, Lucas has started rolling over from his tummy to his back.  As you can tell from the photos, he has definitely continued to work on adding to his thigh rolls, too :-D

 

But the MOST exciting milestone is that Lucas is sleeping through the night!!! Mommy is VERY happy about this milestone, especially since Noah was over two-years-old before he started consistently sleeping through the night :-)

 

 

 Noah had to jump in the photos, too  :-)

Ha! He was trying to make Lucas smile :-D

 

Lucas is definitely a long guy!

I guess Lucas wasn't really feeling the photos this month ;-)

 



 

 

***Thanks to Aunt CiCi for taking the pictures for us this month!

Christmas Carols with Noah

Noah's first Christmas performance

 

At least the kids have Jingle Bells down :-)

 

Noah does much better with solo performances ;-)

Christmas in Kauai (part 2) visiting Santa

MWR created "Candyland" at Shenanigans for the kids this year.  They had several activities including crafts, decorating sugar cookies, a s'more station, and a visit from Santa!

Noah the elf

 Decorating sugar cookies

Making a Christmas picture frame

"Santa selfies"

S'mores bar

Ely, Matt, John & Abby

 

Santa arrived on a fire truck and Noah ran right up to him and immediately started asking him for a forklift and garbage truck (every time he saw Santa he asked for the exact same two things!)

Lucas's first time visiting Santa, and he was not impressed!

I took him back later to try and get a better picture...at least he wasn't crying this time!

Noah loves Santa!

 

MWR also had a Christmas light decorating contest and one of the neighbors elicited Santa's help! Noah and Aunt CiCi ran across Santa and Mrs. Claus when they were riding around :-)

The MSO (Military Support Organization) also had a Christmas party for the kids at the playground, so Noah got to ask Santa one more time for a garbage truck and forklift :-D

Noah also got to play musical chairs for the first time. He didn't quite understand the concept of rushing to an empty chair when the music stopped, but he had a great time dancing around the chairs!

 

Ironically, Noah got second place! Every time the music stopped, the older kids would all fight over the same chair and all the spectators would tell Noah where the empty chairs were (since he would just stand there when everyone stopped moving) so he would eventually just walk right over to the empty chairs :-)  This happened every single time!