July Overview

July was a fun month. The boys turned 3 months old and we took our first road trip and went to St. Louis. I have already posted about our trip but the boys were so awesome on the road. We had a lot of fun letting everyone meet the boys for the first time. The boys were sleeping through the night completely in July. They were in June as well with a few nights up for adjusting the swaddle blanket. By July they were sleeping all night every night without me getting up for anything. They still wanted to be swaddled when sleeping and sometimes even if they were just upset, they would calm down if they were swaddled. They started kicking out of the swaddle a little more but still liked to be put to sleep swaddled. I started putting them down for naps here and there with a blanket just laid on them but still swaddled most of the time. Jacob was taking anywhere from 4-6 ounces of formula and Jackson was taking 6 ounces every time. Jacob has always been a little behind Jackson with eating. Jacob will stop when he is done and kick the bottle out of his mouth with his tongue. Jackson on the other hand would drink a whole carton worth of formula without stopping but tends to spit up when he has had too much. He just doesn't stop when he is full. There wasn't too much else that we did in July other than our road trip. Here are some random pictures from July.

Sweet Little Jacob

These outfits came from everyone at URS.

Jackson

Jacob

The first time in their bath robes that they got from Aunt Beth and Uncle Roger

Jacob wasn't too happy about it. :)

Momma and her babies. :)

First time in their highchairs. We decided to start sitting the boys in their highchairs when Justin and I sit and have dinner. It is important to us to have dinner together at the table and it is never too early to start teaching the boys. They love to just sit there and play with their toys and watch/listen to Justin and I as we talk about the day. They are such good little boys.

Jacob ready for the first leg of our road trip...Knoxville to Nashville

Jackson sleeping

And Jackson sleeping again the next day on our way from Nashville to St. Louis

Sweet little Jacob ready to go to St. Louis

Sweet sleeping, swaddled babies

Jackson ready to PARTAY!!! We had a little birthday dinner for Aunt Tia

Jacob

Jackson

One of my favorite little outfits for the boys. The pants are just so stinkin cute on them. They got this outfit from Bro. James and Karen

Little Jacob sleeping

Jackson

Aunt Tia put Jackson on the jungle and I walked into the kitchen to get something and walked back into the living room and this is how I found him. This was the first time he scooted completely off of the jungle

Sleepy Jackson

Jacob with a full belly

So cute how Jackson has his leg up on Jacob

Precious baby Jacob

This is daddy's favorite outfit that he got for his boys.

First time Jacob fell asleep on his side. So cute!

Jackson

Jacob sleeping with his lovey

Spending the afternoon and Grammy's pool.

I'm Back...Time to Catch Up

I know, I know...I have been a complete slacker when it comes to the blog. Every time I think about sitting down to work on it there is something else I think of that needs to be done (feeding the boys,c hanging the boys, cooking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping...). There is always something to do. I just have to make time to do this too. It is very important to me, not only to share with everyone but to also keep track of everything for us to look back on in the future. My plan is to make a book out of the blog each year so I want to get back on track with keeping up with everything on here. The boys are changing so much and doing so good!!!!! I am going to back track a little bit in my next few posts just because I have a lot of pictures that I haven't posted from July and August. Then I will post the boys' five month pictures and information for September and then get updated for October. So much has happened the last few months, some I have already covered and some I haven't. Please forgive me if I repeat myself. I am excited to get back on track because I really do enjoy this. It may take me a couple of days to get caught up because like I said there is always something to do around here. :)

4 Month Pictures

The boys turn four months old August 5, while we were at the beach. We got to go out on the beach one evening and Wes and Tia took pictures of us all. I have always wanted to have pictures taken on the beach. There are more family pictures than just the boys but they are still there. :)

First Beach Trip

At the beginning of August we went on our first family vacation with the boys. We took them to the beach for the first time. We went to Panama City Beach in Florida and had an absolutely wonderful time. Our friends Zak and Kendra met us there and stayed with us one night with their children. We had not seen them in over a year and it was so wonderful to spend some time with them. Aunt Tia, Uncle Wes, Micah and Sloane were also there at the beach while we were there so we got to spend some time with them as well. We stayed at a beautiful condo called Aqua. We had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a full kitchen, living room, dining room, and an absolutely wonderful balcony. We left Knoxville on a Friday afternoon and drove part of the way, stopped in Columbus, GA and spent the night. Then Saturday morning we drove the rest of the way to the beach. We had reservations to stay until Thursday. We only planned for five nights because I wasn't sure how well the boys would do. Of course they were perfect little angels and by the time Thursday rolled around we were wishing we had planned a little more time. We had several rainy days so that also made us want more time. Thursday night we went to Wes and Tia's condo and stayed with them one more night. It was absolutely wonderful. It was just nice to get to spend the evening with them. Even though it rained it was just so nice to just be at the beach. I spent a lot of time out on the balcony just watching it rain and listening to the ocean. It was just absolutely perfect.

I did have a bit of a scary moment one day. I was laying on the bed with the boys while Justin was gone to the store. Our room had floor to ceiling glass doors so I could see out over the ocean. I got up to go to the kitchen at one point and looked out over the balcony and there was a "tornado" out over the water. I freaked out just a bit. I grabbed pillows and threw them in the bathtub and put the boys in there on them. Then I went and videoed. :) LOL I guess it was what you would actually call a waterspout and never made it to land. I just kind of panicked at first. We were perfectly fine but saw several of those that day.

The boys got to feel sand, ocean water and the pool all for the first time. They did so good. They are always such angels. We bought a little tent for them to lay in to keep out of the sun and they would lay there and just nap during the day. We were able to just rest and relax.

One night Aunt Tia kept the boys and let Justin and I go out on a date. It was the first time we had been out since the boys were born. We went to Captain Anderson's which is my absolute favorite restaurant there in Panama City. I had She Crab Pie...it is a puff pastry filled with a piece of fish and cream cheese and topped with she crab soup....OH MY HEAVENS!!!!! So good!!!!!! We had a wonderful evening but missed our boys.

It was such a wonderful first of many family vacations. Justin and I really enjoy our cruises but I think trips to just the beach like this one will be something we do a lot as a family.

Zak and the boys

The Daddies were in charge of the strollers

Our first night at the beach. Getting ready to go out to dinner

Their first night at the beach. They slept so well while we were there just like they always do.

They were not too terribly excited about being at the beach at first. Aren't their swim outfits so cute?!

First time at the pool

They loved their little tent

Check out that set up...fan and all!

Pool to the right...

Our relaxation area.

There's the beach!

Our condo

Their first time on the beach

The boys' footprints in the sand

Mine and Justin's footprints next to the boys'

Their first time in the pool

Jacob was worn out from a long day in the sun

The view from our balcony

My sweet Jackson just chillin

Going out on  a date

At Captain Anderson's

My boys chillin at the pool

The boys fell asleep all cuddled up with one another. It was so sweet!



Pool to the left.