Once a month....

One time a month is seriously not enough for blogging...but it is all I am motivated to do right now....well, actually, it is all I can find time for. So bear with me each month for extremely long posts!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Ginos are amazing. They have 30 (Maybe more now) GREAT Grandchildren, and they always make sure each one knows that they are thinking about them. Each month Hailee and Jake receive a letter from them and a dollar for them to get ice cream. How amazing and great are they!?! Every time Hailee checks the mail with me, she always asks if her mail has come yet. When she does have her letter waiting for her, she gets so excited! She opens it and pretends to read their note and then has me read it to her and then we plan a special time to get her ice cream from Great Grandma and Grandpa! They are such a wonderful example to me showing that its the little things in life that really make a difference. At the beginning of September, we were able to go to Washington to visit Gregg's family. This was also Jake's first plane ride! We were so excited that he did so well on it! He seemed to love it! And so did Hailee! She has flown quite a few times already, so she knew what to do!

Jake meeting Nana (Great Grandma Larsen) for the first time

Jake and Grandma Duh

Hailee and Elli have become pretty close. They are the cutest cousins together and have so much fun!
The kids checking out Nana's room all decorated in pink

All of the cousins together on Labor Day

Pa playing games with the kids

The boys hanging out

Hailee and Elli taking a break from all of the shopping

Down at Gig Harbor

Seriously so beautiful here!

I don't know why, but this has always been one of my favorite fisherman houses here!


Pa, Duh, Hailee and Jake

Giddy Up!

We had such an enjoyable time staying in Washington with Gregg's family. They had a big BBQ with everyone over, we went shopping, out to dinner and just enjoyed being with one another. While we were there, Jake hit a milestone of ROLLING OVER!!!! Pa was the first one to see it and no one believed him until we all looked and Jake started rolling over a ton! We were so excited! He sure is growing up way too fast! We look forward to our next visit up there!

Jake is such an amazing eater. That's all he really wants to do! lol. I decided it was time to start him on solids considering he would stare us down every time we would eat and would try to grab our food. I started him on rice cereal first and he was a champ! A few weeks ago I decided to try sweet potatoes with him, and wow! He ate the ENTIRE container! He sure does love food! So happy I have such a good eater!

Hailee is our little hiker! She loves it! She asks me several times a week when we can go hiking again. So, I try and take her as often as I can.
We were up in Corona and decided to go hiking and Grandma came with! They were throwing rocks at the bushes! So fun to see how much Hailee loves being in the outdoors!

I LOVE when babies find their toes!

Later this month, Gregg's dad and step mom came to visit. We had a family birthday party for Gregg while they were in town. My Mom put together all of the games for me (Thank you!) Some were the "Minute to Win It" games and others were ones she came up with! They were so hilarious and fun!

"Inch Worm"
"Paper Dragon"

Can't remember the name of this game, but it was hilarious! It was an elephant trunk game!

Grandma and her girls

After my parents got back from Hawaii, my Mom decided to buy their own shaved ice machine! Wow...can I say what a piece of Heaven?? We had the ultimate shaved ice desserts!

Ice cream on the bottom, Shaved ice on the top flavored with pina colada, tigers blood, fresh bananas and pineapple on the side drizzled with a little chocolate syrup!

Hailee opened Daddy's gifts for him

Grandma and Jake
Hailee thought the elephant masks were so funny!

What a handsome lil guy!

We had a great night with family celbrating my Mans' day! And thank you Mom and Dad for having it at your house and for helping out! Love you guys!

What do you think, future cheer leader on our hands?

While Dave and Cheryl were here, we went down to Santa Rosa Plataea and went hiking

While we were having this picture taken, I was STUNG by the bee on my stomach! Come to find out, there was a huge bee hive in the tree and the bees were starting to swarm around us! We got out of there so fast! And that bee sting hurt! Its been over two weeks now and I still have a big red area surrounding the bee sting. Maybe I might be a little allergic to bee stings?

So beautiful here!

On top of Monument Hill.

The kids did such an awesome job on this hike!

We also went down to Temecula to the duck pond...I think those ducks are all way over fed because they weren't interested in the bread.

But, we still had a great time!

September was sure a busy month, but it was such a fun month! Jake also turned 5 months old (pictures soon to come....) We look forward to an exciting and super busy October now!

Jake

Happy 4 months to our darling son Jake. We are amazed at how fast these months have gone by and wish they would slow down. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.
Jake is such an easy baby. I always say that, and then knock on wood in fear that it might change. Since Jake was about 2 months old, he started sleeping through the night. Now, he sleeps anywhere from 8-11 hours a night. It is wonderful!

He is also our little sucker. He always has something in his mouth...usually his fingers or a burp cloth or toy. He loves to keep that mouth moving! He also loves his pacifier! I have a fear that once he starts crawling around we are going to have any little things on the ground picked up all of the time in fear of him sticking it in his mouth! I have to admit, I never thought I would have a thumb sucker, but boy, is it sure cute!!!Jake loves his sister. Every morning when she hears him cry, she goes running into his room yelling, "Jake's awake! Jake's awake!" and looks at him through his crib. He looks at her and then always starts his baby babble talk! It is just so precious seeing how happy he is to see his sissy!He also loves his jumper! We borrowed this one when we were at my parents house, but Jake has his at home at loves it! He is getting such strong legs already!He also loves going to the park and on the swings! He can't stop smiling!He loves being smothered by kisses from Hailee. He tries giving her kisses too and she just cracks up laughing!Jake started eating rice cereal this past week, (8/27/10) and LOVES it! He was getting to the point where instead of 3-4 hours between each feeding during the day it was becoming more like 2 hours, so I figured it was time to start him on the cereal. I am glad I did, and I think he is too!I wasn't feeding him fast enough so he started showing me how to do it!He is such a beautiful, handsome little guy! And don't you think he looks alot like his Daddy??? Some facts about Jake at 4 months:

Roll up onto his sides

Sleeps through the night

Pushes his chest up when laying on his tummy

Laughs

Holds his head up very well (but he's been doing that since almost birth)

He wears 6 month clothing and now some 6-9 month

Loves the silk on his blanket....he instantly snuggles into it when held by his face

Already is fascinated with Curious George (Thanks to Hailee)

Loves the park swings

Loves to go in the pool

Loves bath time

Loves rice ceral

Eats like a champ

Has blue eyes

We're still unsure what color his hair will be

Light skin like his Mommy

Loves to babble talk