Happy 2 Months Jefferson

Jefferson is 2 months old today! I can't believe it. He's huge!

Jefferson eats every 3 hours. He sleeps between 6 and 8 hours at night before needing fed for which I am grateful. He cat naps in the morning and takes about a 3 hour nap in the afternoon :). I'm pretty sure the 3 hour nap is what makes me survive life with 2 under 2. Little man really hates baths. Typical boy I guess. I'm sure he'll love them one day when he can play with toys. He does enjoy his swing immensely, and I'm pretty sure he will be the challenge when it comes to breaking the pacifier. Boy does he love that thing!

My little one isn't quite so little anymore I'm afraid. He's been wearing size 2 diapers for over a week now. Seeing that Jewell didn't need to switch to size 2 until 4 months old, I was pretty shocked.

I took some 2 month pictures this morning of Jeffers wearing his Little Brother shirt. Poor little guy really is treated like a little brother. Jewell enjoys jamming the paci into his mouth until he screams. She also likes to "burp" him. And I must say, my all time favorite/tragic big sister moment was when she tried to sit on his head. I have a feeling, he will learn to defend himself very quickly.

An Evening Drive

Today was a beautiful day in Oregon. After Matt got home from work we decided to take a drive to look at some mountains that are pretty close to us. We thoroughly enjoyed the evening together as a family sightseeing.

Matt took Jewell out of the car to look outside. I quickly snapped this picture. I hope to frame it.

Weekend at Home

We are currently at the end of rainy season in Oregon. Which means, it's STILL raining every day. So instead of going out exploring this weekend, we spent the weekend unpacking and family time at home. I must say, time at home can be quite fun now that we have 2 kiddos that are absolutely adorable.

Jefferson "enjoyed" tummy time.

I introduced him to the bumbo. He's not quite sure about it here.

He practiced "walking :)" with Daddy.

You can barely see it, but we couldn't find Jefferson's paci. So we kept saying, "where is his paci?" Jewell is handing it to Daddy in this picture. She is so cute!

Jewell enjoyed some Daddy/Daughter time while learning how to use the Wii remote :).

She also loved climbing on the boxes.

I made blueberry muffins for breakfast. Jewell thoroughly enjoyed them.

I finally got the courage to introduce a bottle to Jefferson. He took it right away!

Jewell was very curious. She was even a little jealous :).

We had a great weekend as a family. Hopefully next weekend we can go out explore!

The Coast

The first weekend we were in Oregon we were still living in a motel. So, we decided to venture out to Crescent City, California. Little did I know, we'd be traveling through snow covered mountains, then the Redwood National Forest, and then finally to the ocean. I think it was the neatest day trip we have taken since we've been married. And it only took us about 2 hours to get there :). Jewell wasn't quite as excited though. She ended up crying the entire way back! Oh well. Such is the life of a toddler. I also learned that California has funny rules about fruit. They have a check point at the state line asking if you brought any fruit. They take it if you did! Fortunately, I had already finished my orange :). It was a California orange though so I'm sure I would have been safe. Enjoy the pictures.

I'm sure to get into trouble for posting some of these since my husband probably wanted to do some crazy editing to them :).

We stopped at this cute little cafe right outside the Redwood National Forest.

Someone suggested going through this Redwood Park on the way to the ocean. It was amazing.

You must forgive the Mom hair.

And we finally made it to the coast! It was super cold so I stayed in the car with Jefferson while Matt took Jewell out. Then we switched :).

Jewell wasn't quite so excited. For some reason, she didn't seem to think driving in the car for that long was worth going to a cold beach. :)

Sadly, the coast was hit with about 35 million dollars worth of damage 2 weeks later when the tsunami hit. Houses were not hurt, but the State doesn't have the funds to fix everything right away. According to the news, it will take several years before it looks the same. I'm sure it's still gorgeous though. I believe the ports are what they are most concerned about. A lot of fishermen lost their boats as well. I'm so glad we were able to enjoy the beauty before the tsunami!