Jordan Matthew: Three Years!

Three years ago, Jordan unexpectedly joined our family. He has kept us on our toes and warmed our hearts ever since! Words cannot express how much we love him. Here is a quick peek at who he is at three years old.

Height: 36 1/4 inches

Weight: 28 lbs

What is your name:  Jordan

How old are you:  3

What’s your favorite color? green 

Who is your best friend? Mommy

What’s your favorite animal? Giraffes. No no I like elephants.

What do you want to be when you’re all grown up? A lion.

What’s your favorite movie?  Harry and the Hendersons

What’s your favorite book?  The Turtle one (Little Green Turtle) and I like Pinocchio. (He also really likes I Love You Through and Through, Peanut Butter Rhino, Brown Bear, Today is Monday, The Very Busy Spider, Head to Toe, I Love You Stinky Face and nursery rhymes)

What makes you happy? Mommy. Jakey. Daddy.

What makes you sad? When Jakey pushes me down. Guns.

What’s your most favorite food to eat? Steak (He also likes "polka dot" cheese sticks)

What’s your favorite song to sing? Mickey Mouse

What games  do you like to play? The bug one (Cootie – which we just got the day before) Guess Who

What do you want for your birthday dinner? Originally said spaghetti but ended up wanting a bowl of cheerios

Birthday Dinner

Jake's First Day of Preschool 2013

Date: 08.25.13 (We filled out the survey early, his first day of preschool was 09.04.13)

School: Treasure Tree

Teacher: Mrs. Smith. The helpers in his room are his teachers from last year, Mrs. D. and Mrs. DeKlyne. 

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up: doctor, farmer, and marching band and I’m going to play a trumpet. No, I’m going to play a drum. A drum with a minion on it.  

What is Your Favorite Color: blue

What is Your Favorite Movie: Tarzan

What is Your Favorite Book: Tangled

What is Your Favorite Toy:  my train track that is at Minnie’s house

Who is Your Best Friend:  Brianna

What Do You Think School is Going To Be Like: Being at home sleeping with you. Play legos, play with the firestation, and play with the train track. I think I’m going to learn about writing.  

What Do You Think Your Teacher is Going To Be Like: Nice. She’s going to be like Santa. She’s going to give me presents like Santa. 

Quillan Isaiah: Four Months

Quillan is now four months old, as of September 2nd. He weighs in at a hefty 15 lbs and is 24.5 inches long. His head circumference is 17 1/4 inches. He wears mostly 3 month or 3-6 month clothes. He has outgrown almost all of his 0-3 month clothes now. He still does not fit into his size 1 shoes. He can fit into a size 2 disposable diaper and the smallest setting on his one size cloth diapers. Which is good because I was not liking the newborn diapers this time around. He is still mostly bald and I still cannot decide what color the little hair he does have is. It is a blondish reddish color so it will be interesting to see what it becomes. His eyes are still blue and clear as crystal.

Quillan is a very happy little boy. He smiles almost all the time. He loves looking at people's faces and he always smiles or laughs when Jacob talks gibberish to him. He seems to really love Jacob more than most people - he had the biggest smile on his face when he saw Jacob after we picked him up from his first day of school. It was adorable. He has laughed a few times but his laughs are still hard to come by. The first time he laughed was August 24th. We were at the pool and he was laying on the lounge chair with me. I said "Oh, wait a minute" and he laughed. It wasn't anything funny but whatever works! I couldn't get him to do it again though, sadly. I'm looking forward to the days of baby belly laughs. My favorite!

Quillan is still 100% breastfed which makes me very happy. I have been able to keep up my supply even with working 12 hour days. I don't watch the clock but he seems to eat every 3-4 hours when I'm home. I'm not sure how often he takes a bottle when I am gone. I know some days it seems like all he does is eat.

He's doing pretty well with sleeping, too. Most nights he wakes up once and it is usually at either 3am or 5am. The last several nights he has slept all night though. He still sleeps on his belly in his crib and he still moves around constantly. On occasion he will flip himself onto his back at night and then he is most unhappy and cries for us to come and move him back. He usually naps two or three times during the day. He will take a short morning nap, a longer afternoon nap, and a short evening nap. Every day is different though and we just tend to go with the flow with him.

This month Quillan has started sucking his thumb. I have tried to stop him from doing this by pulling his thumb out of his mouth and offering a pacifier instead. It has worked for the most part but sometimes when he is really tired he will still use his thumb. Quillan really found his hands this past month and they have been in his mouth every since. He also appears to be in the very early start of teething, trying to chew on anything he can find. He's been drooling constantly too. We've had to get the bibs out and change his clothes several times a day. He also recently found his feet and is always trying to stick his toes in his mouth as well.

He goes to the doctor for his check up and official measurements tomorrow. 

Here are a few pictures from the past month, August 2nd to September 2nd.

initiation into the boys' "hamrocker" club

Uncle Buddy