December 10, 2015

Thanksgiving


Jett's first thanksgiving
This holiday season keeps taking me back to Chasen as a baby, him and Jett were born just a week apart. and we are doing all the same thing and wearing the same outfits!
here is chasen, he looks smaller then Jett
We left wednesday night for north english and Jett spent his first night away from home and did really good!
we ate breakfast at Grammies and took some cute photos of the boys before heading to Sigourey to meet up with the rest of the family
The first person to hold Jett was Great Grandma, this was their first meeting and Id say it was love at first sight :)
and grandma had his Christmas stocking made, we all have a stocking from grandma and it is so special to have!
we got a 4 generation photo!
and then Jett got to meet several of his cousins who loved holding him.
I wish Matt and Jackson lived closer, Id hire them to babysit all the time
Great Grandma with the 10 great grand kids that were there, she has 15!!
It was so nice the kids (mostly boys) hung out and beat up on each other in the basement
while us adults had some time to chat!
look at these 2 being so good ;) there is mischief behind those smiles
and my big boys! I tried to get Chasen to snuggle with me like that but he just gave me the side eye.
maybe for christmas ill get a snuggle!!
Aunt trista made pumpkin bars and I saw chasen eat 6 of them!! 
the dessert bar was right by the top of the basement stairs and he kept sneaking up and eating them!
we left around 6 and came home.
It's only a hour and a half drive and Jett didn't do so well, we had to stop in iowa city for me to nurse him. He cluster feeds and is a little cranky in the evenings (nothing like chasen was though!) so from now on we will travel in the morning!!
we got home and the furnace was off because before we left we had raw sewage back up into our basement (which was ok because our basement is dirt/cement floor) so we shut iftoff to not circulate the smell and aired everything out.
so we used space heaters and the fireplace and had slumber party in our room!
I got up at 4 and turned on the furnace and thankfully there was no smell!
Ean went and rented an excavator so he could dig up the pipes and fix the problem.
I dressed my boys in their football gear and we waited for the big game to start!
Chasen informed me he was cheering for the Hawks because he felt bad for them that they were probably gonna lose to the Huskers. 
BUT the Hawks won and I was actually happy about that. In a way.
And it was really weird to watch the game on TV
but I was happy to be warm cause they all looked really cold out there! 
Jackson did send me video of the tunnel walk to make me feel better about missing the game:)
The rest of the weekend ean worked on our plumbing which really sucked because I was stuck in the house with the boys who were bored and was really looking forward to a weekend with Ean and the boys doing fun christmas things around town. 
but we had to get this all done before the ground froze and so our house didnt smell.
I did get to go shopping ALONE for an hour on small business saturday and we all went out to lunch in mt. vernon and the boys got to pet a reindeer!
The plumbing problem got fixed late sunday afternoon and as our luck would have it as ean was leveling out the dirt on the massive hole he was filling he hit the window with the excavator bucket breaking it. :( :( 
It didnt shatter THANK GOD because dashtyn was in there when it happened.
we just put plastic over it and saved it for another day!
It wouldn't be normal if we didn't have something to fix around here!

November 25, 2015

One month

That went by so fast! 
He has gotten so big, I stare at him everyday and have really noticed a change the last couple days
his thighs getting chunky, his cheeks. He has gotten longer.
My favorite is that he has started to 'coo' at us when he is awake.
 He still spends lots of time sleeping in the cutest positions
he has done a lot more in one month the any of the other boys
one thing that was so different is that  it was warm enough to enjoy some porch rocking!! 
he made his first trip to sutliff
he even made a trip to des moines at 5 days old for brothers state xc meet
spent a sunday afternoon at daddys trail race
he is so loved by his brothers
but he does make dashtyn nervous.
He was laying here happy on the floor and I was trying to make lunch but about every 30 sec dash was yelling Mom he needs you, mom he's shaking, mom where is that thing for his mouth? Mom he wont leave it in his mouth.
meanwhile Jett is just laying there happy, not crying not grunting just chilling and Dash was beside himself! 
he has met several little friends 
and most of our family
we went to a friends house for a hawkeye game and all the babies finally got to meet on the outside.
we were all pregnant together and Jett the only boy! Here they are 6 weeks, 4 weeks and 2 weeks!
we traveled to williamsburg mall to meet uncle jackie as he was passing through iowa for a speech meet! 
He captured the hearts of the Kukuzke girls. Just like his older brothers ;)
and got a taste of the fun ahead with the campbell boys
6 Boys!!!!
Chasen is still a baby hog!! 
and just the other day we got out the baby toys
and it is affectionately called Jett's Jungle Gym
he is one very loved little brother
and when he is awake his head spins in every direction trying to see those big brothers of his!
I dont have any one month stats but at 3 week's he was 9lb 7oz. Poor baby has had a cough and thick yellow snot for a week now. But dr said to just keep sucking it out. Its not in his lungs and he hasn't had a fever so there isn't anything we can do :( I also have this cold/virus. Thankfully its nothing serious! 

November 11, 2015

Chasen is 7!!

Because there was a good possibility of chasen getting a brother on his birthday we didnt have a big family party we just had several small parties as people came to visit us and the his new brother! 
On his actual birthday it was just us and he was so excited about the star wars legos we got him!
we had a party with Grammy
and a party on halloween with Granny, Grandpa, Lisa and Lily
a party with aunt Lissy
and a party in the hospital with grandma
poor Dashtyn was upset that we kept having parties for chasen and wanted to know why we werent doing his birthday. So we sang to him a lot and family did get him some big brother gifts, but I was feeling bad for the "middle child" we will have to do his birthday big!!

And in mid october we had an obstacle course party with his friends!

Ean set it up and they started in the front yard, climbed the fence, carried small logs
 ran up the hill through the tall grass
flipped some tires
 threw a ball into the big tire
 to the monkey bars
and onto the wall
 then ran some more through the field and
 finished by popping a balloon full of candy!
then they played soccer and kickball 
and they were all so good with Dash, letting him play even though he didnt know the "rules" and they always included him. 
and I can't even tell you how many times kevin got hit with the ball and he didnt even move!
after that is was cake and snack time! 
i ordered an edible picture of chasen and also ordered the cake, I always make their cakes but just couldnt this time.
 I had snack mix, gatorade and make your own caramel or chocolate apples on a stick
then he opened gifts and they played outside with his new toys until their parents came! 

I can't believe I have a 7 year old! 
He just gets more amazing each year. I love watching him grow!