so much to catch up on!!

well, we've has a crazy couple of weeks.  on december 14, the stomach flu decided to visit our house:(  i had to go get max because he had gotten sick at school and it was pretty much down hill from there.  we all got sick...it was a horrible, horrible nightmare and i hope we never experience it that again.

 trying to sleep it off:(

poor max got it the worst...he was sick for a solid week and it took about 10 days for him to feel normal again.  luke and i had it for about 3 days and little jake had it for about a day.  we all lost a little weight and i think the only one that was good for was me:)  that pretty much took us into having christmas company for a week.  we did our best to get the house sanitized before everyone got here (carpets and furniture cleaned, whole house cleaned).  we had a great time with all of our company (papa's family).

the boys are doing great.  jake had his 2 month well check and it is confirmed, he's ginormous.  15 lb and 25.5 inches (over 95% for both).  he cried when he got his shots but overall handled it pretty well.  he's really starting to smile and recognize faces.

 seriously cute!

max is talking up a storm and we are finally getting him to say please and thank you...its pretty darn cute.  he loves all of his christmas presents and is still loving anything that has to do with trucks or curious george.  max also loves to stack things...its pretty awesome!  now for some pictures.

smiling at grandpa smart

enjoying his new vader hat and the sticker that came with it!

presents!!

the best family shot we got:)

amelie opening her presents!

2 months

Jake is 2 months old today! Boy, has that gone fast:)
Unofficial weight 14 1/2lb. He's a big boy!! Has his 2 month well check next Monday. I will try and come back after that with official stats and more pics! Jake is starting to smile a lot more. Max is starting to act more like 2 year old:) I guess they balance out!
All phone photos...it's the best I can get of max:)

2 years

in the middle of adjusting to a new baby, my first baby turned 2...OMG!!!  we just kept it low key and max had some of his little friends over for a playdate....he was so excited to have everyone over (i'm pretty sure he enjoyed the playing more than the presents!) and he had a really great time.  i made rice krispie treats for the kids for the playdate and for max to take to school.  i think the kiddos liked them:)
max had his 2 year well check earlier this week.  it went really well and included some streaking...the nurse opened the door to the room so we could go out to the scale and max took off as fast as he could down the hallway...he's getting really fast these days!  he's weighing in at 29lbs 4oz (50%) and is 37inches (97%).  we are going to be sticking with whole milk because he's lean (dr. j's words) and we don't want to cut those calories out of his diet yet.  his language has really started to take off, even since we've been to the dr's.  she had asked how many words he had and of, course, i can't do any spur of the moment thinking, so i was thinking closer to 25.  she said that was on the low end of normal but nothing to be worried about.  i went home and made a list:)  on tuesday, he had well above 50 and i bet now he's pushing 75:)  its crazy how it just takes off like that.
my parents got him a y bike for his birthday and he was just fascinated by it the first week or so.  he wore his bike helmet almost all weekend:)  he doesn't go on it quite so much now but mostly i think that's due to the fact he just doesn't have as much opportunity to do it.

my parents left about 3 weeks ago so max doesn't quite get the attention or the playtime that he used to.  its hard when we have jake to think about:)  for the most part though, i think max is doing really well with the whole adjustment, especially considering his age!

jake is doing really well...he'll be 8 weeks this thursday.  last time we weighed him, he was 13lb.  he has his 2 month well check on the 19th and i'm guessing he'll be 14lbs!  he's mostly in 3-6 month clothes. 

someone's gaining on his big brother fast!
most of these pictures are old but i figured its better than nothing.  the last post i did from my phone is the most recent picture of the boys. 
this last picture pretty much sums up our days...what max does while i'm feeding jake.

i'm sure i'm forgetting to tell you a million things:)  i'll try and catch them next time!!