Look Familiar?

As different as Jack and Audrey appear to be, they have at least one thing in common:

Audrey at 4 1/2 months 

Jack 5 months

10 years!

Jacob and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary in November.  To celebrate, we had a fun dinner at Metropole in the 21c Hotel.  Here's a bit of the back story with the location: 

When we were engaged and looking for a place to live, we drove past The Metropole downtown. At that time it was an apartment building, and we were looking for our first place.  We loved the location (on Walnut across from the Arnoff) and we thought it would be a great  place to live!  When we called to get information about the cost of rent, we found out that it was actually Section 8 housing.  The doorman that drew me in was actually a security guard, and it turned out to not be a great place for us. 

So 10 years later, the Metropole is now the hip 21c hotel and the restaurant of the same name inside was wonderful!

We even ran into Emilio Estevez!

It's been a wonderful ten years, Jacob!  I love that I get to be your wife and I couldn't ask for a better father for our kids.  I love you and am amazingly thankful for your friendship, support, and  love.

Tummy Time!

I was so strict with Jack's tummy time.  Every morning we did it for at least 15 minutes.  He didn't love it, but  when he was annoyed he simply put his head down and sucked his thumb.

With Audrey, I've admittedly slacked off and tummy time is now something we do when we're bored or looking for something new to do.  I don't actually feel bad about it at all.  For as much tummy time as we did with Jack, it didn't seem to help him to roll over, hold up his head, or sit up any better than the next kid... so I don't feel the pressure that I did the first time around.

Audrey's not really a fan of tummy time (probably since I don't make her do it that often), but I caught a few smiles this day.

Audrey: 4 months

Audrey turned 4 months old November 26th.  She is loves to squirm and wiggle and it was difficult to get a picture of her this month!  After a few attempts at getting her to sit up on her own, Jack thought he should help. You can check out that picture below:

She sure does adore him!

Audrey is doing well at hitting all of her milestones and is sleeping well, too.  She is just a little peanut, though.  She still easily fits into her 3 month clothes, which means she gets to wear all of those cute little outfits for a long time! We love our little girl and all of her sweet smiles!

Here are her stats:

Weight:  12lb 9oz

Length:  25"

Jack is two

I can't believe that Jack is two already!  How did those two years go by so quickly?

Jack continues to be a sweet, kind boy that loves his family, trains, cars, dancing, and music.

Here are a few things to remember about Jack as a new two year old:

• He made it to his 2nd birthday with only 4 teeth.  Right after his birthday his 5th and 6th popped through.  
• He is a master at hiding.  He will sit and hide in one spot while we try to find him.  We play this game in the car a lot.  He covers his face and hides, and he'll stay that way for a few minutes before he jumps out and says, boo!
• While he is a great walker, he still hasn't mastered the stairs. He crawls up and down still, and even crawls over cracks in the sidewalk or small ramps or steps into doorways.  
• He's still an excellent sleeper.  Even with company at the house, or in the middle of playing with toys, if you tell him it's bedtime he stops what he's doing and heads upstairs.  You've got to love that!
• Jack loves to listen and look for fire trucks and ambulances.  If he thinks he hears a siren he puts his finger up to his ear and yells, "ambi toe truck"  (ambulance fire truck)
• He continues to love Awa (Audrey) and shows his love by sitting on her, giving her kisses, and telling her hi as he runs past her.  
• He loves playing with trains and cars and is quickly learning the names of all of the Thomas trains.  
• Jack loves his buddies at church and knows his friends by name.  He really enjoys the Toddler 1 classroom at church and has no problem leaving us behind when he walks into the classroom.  

Since Jack loves trains so much, Jacob, Christy, and I took him to Entertrainment Junction a few days before his birthday.  We decided to leave Audrey with Nana that morning so that we could give him all of our attention.  The trains were fun to look at, but I think his favorite part was playing with the train table. 

That night we had a party with our families.  Jack had a great time with everyone that came to celebrate, but he really enjoyed his cousin Emma and her friends.  They were so kind to play with him and he soaked up all of the attention. 

When I asked him what he wanted to do for his party, he kept repeating, "Happy Hat".  I don't know where he learned about a party hat, but we made sure to have them there.

 Here are a few shots from his party:

Jacob built this train table for Jack and he LOVES it!

Audrey in her Happy Hat

The cake... a labor of love