Last Post for Awhile

Our internet is for sure going off tomorrow :( so I thought I'd make you look at a bunch of pictures.

I convinced Andrew to hold Emily's hand when we were walking from the car to the park .  When we got there, he dropped her hand and she cried so hard that he held her hand again and she stopped crying.  It was adorable.

Emily calls slides "wee." She'll point at it and say, "Wee, wee?"

I can't believe how big our little guy has gotten.  He's almost 3 1/2 and seems to get taller and more like a kid rather than a toddler ever day.  We sure adore our sweet boy.

Happy little man.

I laughed when I realized that I had just up and abandoned her on the swing to get a good picture of Andrew.  She was okay with it.  :)

Such a sweet little picture of two very good buddies.

Mike carrying Andrew up to the car.  The boys do things a little differently than the girls.

Here we are walking up to the car.  My face looks super long here for some reason.

We bought Andrew some underwear with the hopes that he would start wanting to go on the potty soon.  He's been showing some signs of wanting to start, but seems far from actually going on the toilet.  Any advice is EXTREMELY welcome.  Anyway, I put the undies on Emmie's head and she wanted them on for quite awhile after that.  She's so hilarious.

"Cheese!"

Andrew and I decorating with "punkins."

This picture cracks me up.  I look like I got hit on the head with a very large hammer and now have some issues.  Andrew looks pretty funny, too.  I seriously take the worst candid photos of all time.

"Squish, squish, squish."

"Your turn, punkin.  Say cheese!"

Tonight Emily insisted on wearing Andrew's pjs to bed tonight.  She really adores her big brother.

Probably because he does hilarious stuff all the time. :)

FALL!

I REALLY love fall.  I love the clothes, the food, the colors, the holidays, the smells, the leaves, the weather.  Everything. So I am super duper happy that it's finally here.  Happy October everyone!

Mike brought me home some flowers.  Andrew said, "Oh!  Are those daisies?!" and Emily insisted on poking them for 15 minutes straight.

Little sweeties.

Emily was getting hungry when I was making tomato soup tonight.  FYI, I'm looking for a really good tomato soup recipe.  

First Restaurant Outing

The last time we took Andrew to a restaurant was back when he was just over a year old.  It was....not a good experience.  He was not at all interested in sitting.  He was loud.  He was screaming.  It was...TERRIBLE.

We decided to be brave and try it again with both kids.  We were a little skeptical at first, but they both did a great job.  We went to Cracker Barrel, since it's a family-friendly kind of place.  Andrew wants to go back now.  :)

He's coloring, not poking his eyes out.

Emily was extremely impressed with drinking out of a straw.

I was just excited they were being so good!

Such a gorgeous little gal.

Sweet little boy.  Gotta love that crazy kid.

She drank a LOT of water that day.

Us

Sunday Night Fire

For some reason, our internet is still on.  So, that's pretty awesome.

Mike and I started a little bonfire on Sunday night after the kids were in bed.  It was fun to just sit and talk together while looking at the fire.  We're hoping to do it again.  :)  I love my husband and his fun ideas.

Really Great Day

Today was just a really great day.  We found out that our third little kiddo is going to be a boy, and then we spent the day together.  Be prepared for a zillion photos.

We went to the park, where Emmie immediately ran  to the swings.

What a gorgeous, funny gal.

The boys, minus the 14 oz one in my tummy.

Mike climbed up there, and Andrew was VERY impressed.  So....

Up he went.  He's lucky to have such a fun daddy.

Emily loved going down the slide, but needed some encouragement to go down.  Andrew tried a couple times, but she wasn't as fond of him grabbing her by the shirt and tossing her down.  :)

Those are Mike's shoes, not Em's. :)

Pulling daddy down the slide.

Me and baby Mario (that's a nickname, by the way, not what we're naming the kid) with our little escape artist in the back.  I'm in for an interesting time chasing three Jacobs kids, I think.

Pull-ups

I love this picture, from the look they're giving each other, to her tiny tummy sticking out.

On the way home, we saw hot hair balloons in the distance, so we decided to track them down.  And  I'm so glad we did! Andrew was so amazed and happy.

I loved how he was standing.

Waving good-bye to the "hot air ba-loo."

Helping Daddy tie his apron for dinner.

Emmie with the balloons turned into Angry Birds, by Andrew's insistence.

Papa Murphy's has a little pizza the kids can make on their own.  Andrew thought it was pretty cool.

It really was a great day.  I love my little family.

Visiting

I got to go to my sister Jeanette's house last week, and we had a great time!  We didn't take many pictures, and none of ourselves (cause apparently we don't do stuff like that).  I loved spending time with her and the kids liked playing together.

Andrew looking through "the eye."

Noah drove his little cousin around the living room.  He took it very seriously.

Andrew kept pretending to be a dog, then he would run out of the way at the last second.  Funny little kids.