Myrtle Beach 2010

We made the 15 hour trek down to Myrtle Beach again this year. It was great being able to get away as a family and just relax and spend time together. The past few months have been so busy between working, house projects and weekend plans that it was nice to just get away from it all and decompress. The drive down went surprisingly smooth and both boys handled the ride fairly well. If anything, Jack gave us the most problems because without fail, every time we pulled onto the road, within 5 minutes we were pulling off the road to change a dirty diaper. We had great weather and spent our time hanging out at the pool and beach and Eric was able to get in a few rounds of golf. We had a few minor incidents during the week which involved Will falling out of bed in the middle of the night, Eric making a late night trip to the ER, and Will nearly knocking his front tooth out on the side of the pool (which is now a light shade of grey) but aside from that we had a great vacation!

Here are a few pictures from the trip.....

Jack vs. the Water

Round 1: Jack's first dip in the ocean didn't go exactly as we thought it would.


Every time the water touched his feet, he cried hysterically....

...even after a little encouragement from his brother.

The stress of it all knocked him out cold.....

Winner: The Water

Round 2: Things didn't go much better. In fact, he wore himself out so much crying....


...he fell asleep in the float.


and then continued to sleep even after we carried him out of the pool (in the float) and laid him on a chair.

Winner: The Water

Round 3: Third times a charm.....


Winner: Jack!!!

6 Months

Happy 6 Month Birthday Jack! At 6 months, Jack weighs 18 lbs 12 ozs and is 28 1/4 inches long. He is 68th percentile for weight and 93rd percentile for height. If he keeps up this growth rate, it looks like there is a chance Jack might be a taller than his brother. When it comes to head size though, he is right in line with Will....98th percentile. What can I say, my boys have big brains....they take after their mother :-) Jack is is sitting up completely on his own with very little falling over. He is eating 2 meals a day consisting of cereal and some sort of fruit or vegetable. I have to struggle with him to drink his bottle now because he loves eating his food so much. Jack is sleeping on average 9 1/2 hours a night and goes to bed at 7:30pm and is usually up at 5am (he is an early riser just like Will used to be..ugh). When he wakes up, he is always in a good mood and will usually play around in his crib for a little before letting us know he is awake. He just started rolling over towards the end of the month and now can roll from his back and his belly. And he is also starting to try and push himself up onto his knees to get into the crawling position. However, I'm in no rush for him to start crawling yet...life is crazy enough as it is. I'm not ready to add a crawling baby into the mix!! The best thing about Jack is that he is such a happy baby and always has a big smile on his face. We couldn't have asked for anything more!

I managed to accumulate a LOT of pictures of Jack over the past month. Enjoy!





Sesame Street fan in training.




First time playing in the sand.






Jack's first sick day. Helping me get some work done.


Such a happy boy. Jack loves to laugh at whatever Will is doing.




Brotherly Love



This toy has been sitting around the house for a while now and Will hasn't so much as glanced at it. The second I put Jack in to play, Will decided he also had to play with it at that same very moment. And he couldn't just stand there and play with the toys at the table, he had to try an squish his way into the seat with Jack. Of course he got himself stuck in there and needed to be rescued (after a few pictures first).

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! I spent the day with my 3 favorite guys. Who could ask for anything better? I am so lucky to be a mom to two such amazing little boys!!

Portraits

The boys and I took advantage of a free portrait session offered to MOMs club members. I figured since I am the one always behind the camera, it would be fun for me to have pictures taken with the boys. We went to the studio and it was a disaster from the start. Will was all over the place and wouldn't sit still for minute but somehow the photographer was still able to get some really cute pictures. Here are a few of the pictures that I ended up ordering as an early mother's day gift to myself!