Coeur D'Alene Vacation

A couple of weeks ago we went on a quick trip up to Coeur D'Alene to celebrate Jake being done with his 1st year of medical school. It was such a fun and well needed trip. We found a house to rent for soooooo cheap. Just $75/night for a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath house with a big living and dining room area. Besides being not quite up to my cleanliness standards and having to kill about 6 spiders, it was perfect.

We drove up Friday, ate some lunch, and checked into the rental home. Then we found a park that was right on the lake. Hannah LOVED that park. We ordered a pizza and watched some movies. On Saturday morning we got ready for a big day at Silverwood Theme Park. The weather was just perfect! Almost too hot in fact. We chose a great day to go. There weren't too many rides that Hannah wanted to go on but she enjoyed an airplane ride and a boat ride. We had a yummy BBQ lunch and Jake watched the kiddies while I went on some fun rides that he was definitely not interested in. I can't understand why he doesn't love roller-coasters. We left the park at about 6pm, got cleaned up, and headed to this cute Italian restaurant our friends told us about called Tomato Street. It was really busy but very tasty.

On Sunday we just hung around the house and took Hannah to the park a couple of times. We took a picnic and left just before it started to rain. We went on a little drive to see more of the lake and saw some gorgeous homes. Coeur D'Alene is such a pretty gorgeous place. I am so glad we finally took the time to drive just 80 miles north to enjoy more of what Idaho has to offer. It really is a beautiful state.

Hannah and Jake waiting to go on a bumper boat ride
Hannah loved it. And it looks like daddy did too.
If you zoom in you can see how much fun Hannah was having. She has a huge grin on her face.
Hannah and I waiting in line to ride a big swing.
Once it got going she wasn't a big fan of it.
They wouldn't let us ride in the plane with her. But she looked like such a big girl on it by herself. She had this very serene look on her face the whole time.
Daddy and Hannah on the carousel.
Hannah chose that cute little bench for them to sit on.
Getting ready to go play at the park
She loves wearing that hat.

Liam is 4 Months Old!

Our little boy turned 4 months old today! It seems like just yesterday I was writing Hannah's 4 month old post. Now I know why my mom told me to treasure this infancy time, it really does go by so fast. Liam rolled over from his stomach to back 2 weeks ago. He is reaching for things, holding onto toy's, and loves to watch everything going on around him. A month ago (on April 28th) he laughed for the 1st time. It was music to my ears. That same day he slept 8 hours straight at night for the first time. What a good boy.

He has always sucked on his hand when he is hungry or tired but a few day's ago he discovered his thumb! It is the sweetest thing to see him putting himself to sleep sucking on his thumb. When we hold him sitting down he still loves to sit upright. His favorite time is getting his diaper changed. He will just smile up at you and laugh and talk in the sweetest little voice. It definitely makes the fact that I change his diaper every couple of hours less of a chore and more of a privilege.

He had his check-up a few day's ago and did so well with his shots! He didn't even cry with the 1st one, but the nurse warned me that the 2nd shot stings and sure enough he cried with that one. Poor little tike. He was a bit more fussy and had a mild fever but I'm just glad he is getting the protection he need's to keep him healthy.

Stats

Weight: 16 lbs 2 oz

Height: 26"

Head: 16 3/4"

Here are Hannah's stats from her check-up when she was 4 months old. It is kinda fun to compare. Turn's out Liam is exactly the same height Hannah was, but he is just a bit more chunky. He has her beat by over a pound. Now I know why it is becoming increasingly more difficult to lug the chunk around in his car seat. What can I say? The kid loves to nurse.

Love this big grin! This is the face we wake up to every morning.
Trying to get a picture of Liam and I
This is a sweet one of him. He has the most gorgeous blue eyes ever.
He is definitely filling out his car seat.

I love this stage in infancy! We are having so much fun with our little man!

Play Time

A few mornings ago Hannah put her sunglasses on Liam, grabbed her toy camera and started taking pictures of him. It was so sweet. I am so excited to see them start to play together. Hannah laughs at just about everything her "baby bruh-uh" does. This is just the beginning of a lot more play time and a wonderful friendship.

Conversation with Liam

Ever wonder what it's like to have a conversation with a 3.5 month old? It goes a little something like this. Little Liam had a lot to talk about. He is already such a ham for the camera. What a little sweetie-pie.

Birthday and White Coats

April 15th was my *cough* 26th *cough* birthday. Remember when you looked forward to birthday's? 16 was a big one because that meant getting my driver's license and entering the dating world. 18 meant I was legally an adult, I could vote, and I started college. 21 is a big one for most people....for obvious reason's, for me it was the year I married my college sweetheart (love you bubba). But what do you have to look forward to at 26??? It seems like the next birthday goodie isn't until I get the senior discount at 65, haha.

I love where I am right now in life though. When I was young and I pictured what my life would be like in my mid-20's I'm happy to say I'm exactly where I thought I would be. Happily married with 2 darling kiddos. Life does have it's hardships. Especially right now during Jake's final's week. I have seen Jake in seriously only 10 minute increments the past couple of weeks. People aren't joking when they say medical school is hard. My admiration for Jake and his smartness (yes I just said smartness) have grown tremendously over this school year. On Monday he is officially done with his 1st year and I get my best-friend back. Yay. So moral of the story, find joy in the journey and count your blessings everyday.

I digress...back to my birthday. It was a great day. Jake's mom was in town because his White Coat Ceremony was the same day. Jake and I were able to go out on a couple of dates thanks to Mimi's babysitting. Thanks Mimi! All of us went out to a scrumptious dinner before the White Coat Ceremony. It was a low key celebration of the med students being 1 step closer to becoming doctor's. They each got called up individually and their preceptor would say a few word's about the student and what a fabulous doctor they would make. Jake's preceptor said he will always remember Jake as the guy who didn't show up for his first day of precepting, haha. But then he went on to say Jake had the best excuse one could have because we had our baby boy that morning. He also talked about the qualities Jake has that will make him a great doctor. Then they each got their white coat. We also ate yummy desserts and watched a slide show presentation featuring pictures of the students and their families through out the year. When we got home I blew out some candles and we ate a delicious cake Lanette made me. See what I mean? It was a very Happy Birthday indeed.

So proud of my husband! He looks good in a white coat ;-)
Myself, Rebekah, and Kelli. Love these girl's so much! We couldn't have made it through our husband's first year of med school without each other.
Getting his white coat put on.
Jake's preceptor talking about him.
This is very typical, we can usually be found by the food.
Trying to get a family picture. And failing....miserably...
This was the best shot and you can't even see mine or Liam's face, haha.Liam fell asleep with daddy. Sleepy baby snuggles are the best.
The bestest friend's anyone could ever ask for.
Jake with his bud's. That's including you Liam.
A blurry shot of Jake with part of his class.Blowing out my Birthday candles. Hannah helped :-)

Goodbye Cranks

A couple of week's ago Liam's cranky personality did a 180. No longer is he the fussy baby who needs to be constantly held and rocked. Now he is perfectly content to lay on his play mat or swing in his swing. My back is very happy about the improved situation :-) He is most talkative and smiley during diaper changes. He will look up at me with the biggest grin and coo. He knows just how to melt my heart. He has had to fight through 2 colds already. One of which his cough was so deep and productive that he needed antibiotics. But he is such a tough little guy and bounced back fast. His cold threw off his great sleeping and for a while he was waking up every 2 hours. But last night he slept for 7 hours! I sure hope the sleep fairy visits us consistently. Oh sleep, how I miss thee. Here are some pictures of our little boy who is growing up so fast.

Real men can pull of the pink Bumbo Seat and still look macho. Turn's out we should have thought ahead and invested in a more neutral color. Whoops.

I love those big blue eyes

Such a happy boy!

I think this was the first time he ever fell asleep without being rocked.

"Color Me"

Hannah LOVES to color. She probably colors a good 2 hours everyday. She loves it when people color with her and will constantly ask us to "color me". For those of you who don't speak Hannah, that mean's "color with me". When we do color she likes to tell me which color to use, what to color, and where to color. She will tell me a shape, object, or animal and I will draw it for her to color in. Pretty impressive for a 2 year old.

We are amazed with how well she stay's in the lines

She holds the crayon's with perfect form