Beaver's Bend

Labor Day 2011

For the second year in a row, we spent Labor Day weekend with my parents in Broken Bow, OK at Beaver's Bend State Park. We stayed in a beautiful cabin and enjoyed a relaxing weekend on the lake and in the forest. On Saturday morning we rented some jet skis and a boat and spent the morning playing on the lake. In the afternoon, we all enjoyed napping, reading, and throwing rocks in the creek out behind the cabin. Then Scott grilled us some delicious steaks for dinner. My Mom and the girls decorated the dining room and threw me a little birthday party after dinner. Avery made me a birthday banner, the girls put confetti on the table, and we had chocolate-peanut butter cake balls. Delicious! Sunday we took a pontoon boat out on the lake and enjoyed tubing, swimming, and exploring. After naps and relaxing at the cabin in the afternoon, we enjoyed a pretty drive through the state park and took the girls to a playground to burn off some energy. That night we made s'mores over the grill (couldn't use the fire pit because of the burn ban) and then Scott and I relaxed in the hot tub after we put the kids to bed. There were a lot of trees around our cabin, so we couldn't see too many stars, but we did see a raccoon and a possum come up onto the porch. Not something you see everyday when you live in the city. It was so nice to get away for a weekend to enjoy some family time and reconnect with nature!

Scott, Avery and Kendall at the marina

Sweet Judson

ready to head out on the lake

Avery and Judson

Avery looked like a little otter swimming on her back and playing with the rope to the tube

Avery and Scott giving a thumbs up to go faster

The girls thought the boat was like an amusement park ride and giggled a lot

Scott and Kendall tubing
Scott and Judson enjoying some guy time on the porch
our OU cutie
silly family pic
this was the biggest walking stick any of us had ever seen!
the girls thought this colorful moth was so cool
our cabin had a creek behind it and the girls had a lot of fun throwing rocks
Mommy, Kendall and "Juddy" (Kendall's name for him)
Mommy and Avery headed out on the jet ski
Scott and Kendall- speed demons!
Sassy sisters

taking a little spin on the ski boat

3 Months Old

Things have been so busy around here with Avery starting Kindergarten, our Labor Day trip (more on that later), and life in general that I am just now blogging about Judson turning 3 months when he's already 3 and 1/2. Part of me enjoys doing these posts and part of me dislikes it because it means that another month has already flown by and my sweet baby is getting bigger! He is such a good baby and absolutely loves to smile and talk to us. He is so content most of the time and only cries when he is really hungry or tired. He still dislikes tummy time, but he has gotten a lot stronger and can hold his head and body up really well now when you hold him or when he's in the Bumbo seat. And just today, he rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time! He has started laughing a little, playing with his feet, and sometimes tries to swat at or grab toys. He has also discovered that the TV is a pretty interesting thing and cranes his neck around to see it when the girls are watching cartoons. That's a male for you! Unfortunately, he has also figured out how to get his thumb in his mouth, but we are doing our best to "paci-train" him. Luckily he will actually take a paci when he's tired, so we just keep putting it in and he wears a cute little sock over his hand when he sleeps:) At 3 months, Judson is eating every 3 hours during the day (6 times) and once in the early morning- usually between 4 and 6. He has had some nights where he's slept straight through until 6:45 or 7:00, but the little stinker is just not consistent with it yet. He's so big that I'm afraid he might not consistently sleep through the night until he gets some solid food in that tummy! He is wearing 3-6 or 6 month clothes and size 2 diapers. We will find out his height and weight at his 4 month check at the end of September, but I'm pretty sure he's still on the upper end of the charts. Everyone says he looks really big or long and they can't believe he is only 3 months old. Overall, we just feel so blessed to have this special little guy as part of our family! God knew just what he was doing when he created Judson because he truly makes our family complete!

happy boy playing on his activity mat

in motion in his crib

Scott was trying to make the same face as Judson

He likes to hold on to the right side of his car seat like this. It's funny because I think Avery used to do that too.

Avery playing with Judson one day after school