3 months

Happy 3 month birthday to our little Emmett James!  New this month is that Emmett is really starting to smile back at people and react with giggling and laughing when you tickle him.  Caleb & him continue to be best friends and get along great!

Camping

I took Caleb on his first camping trip last night!  We went to the secluded, beautiful location of OUR BACKYARD!!!  I wanted to take him to our farm, but Trish said we better try it out in the backyard first in case it didn't go well!

Camp.

Enjoying the campfire.

This is what I woke up to this morning.  Actually I woke up about a hundred times throughout the night to him ramming his legs into my ribs!

To say he enjoyed it would be an understatement!  Normal bedtime in our house is 8:00pm and I was still up at 10:30 listening to his stories and questions!  Finally when I thought he was getting tired and falling asleep I would hear "Pssst, Daaad?!?!"  And it would start all over again!  He had a great time camping and threw a fit this morning when we had to come back in the house because Mommy was leaving for work and somebody had to watch baby Emmett! 

The next goal will be tearing the tent down today without another giant meltdown. 

Zoo Trip

It's been just over a week since we went, but last Tuesday we took the boys to the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.  Caleb had a great time, Emmett just sat there in his stroller or strapped in Mommy's carrier! 

We were surprised Caleb actually wanted to go into the bird cage and feed the birds!

The carousel was a HUGE hit.  He wanted to ride the zebra SOOOO bad, but some other kid took it the first time around, so we had to ride it again!

2 Months Old

It's hard to believe it but Emmett turned 2 months today!  We spent most of the day running errands......picking out flowers to plant in our hanging pots, going to Theisen's and getting the tires rotated on Andy's truck.  It was quite the day.  Here are some pics of Emmett on his birthday!

Sleeping in Theisen's while his brother wipes them out of free popcorn!



The boys relaxing in the garage while Mom plants the hanging baskets.

Caleb even had a special birthday song just for Emmett!



The little man is even starting to smile back at us a little bit!  (Mostly when his tummy's full!)

Mr. Morel

 

While the season for finding morel mushrooms is winding down fast, we managed to make one last haul off our property last night.  Here's Caleb with what will probably be the last batch of mushrooms for the year!

Generations

We visited Andy's side of the family a couple days ago & got to show off baby Emmett for the first time to most of them.

Great Grandma Wille with the boys

The 3 Amigos.  Emmett, Caleb & Jeremiah

Great Grandpa & Grandma Bartlett

Great Grandparents, Grandpa Mike & the boys

Cowboy Fireman

The Boone Fire Department had a fire engine on display at Hy-Vee this afternoon and one particular 2 year old needed to get there!

 

 

Kids, don't play with matches!!!!!