Easter Party

We went to a fun Easter party today and we had a special guest visitor show up....

THE EASTER BUNNY!!

Zaylee was SO excited!!!

She ran and hugged him, ran into the house and found her bunny ears, and ran back out to show him (notice in the second picture the sly look on her face awesome!), and then posed again with Jack.








She must have seen the costume hanging in the bedroom after our guest changed though....she came running up to whisper to me that it wasn't REALLY the Easter Bunny......it was just a human in there! =)

WHAT?!? A new family photo???

THANKS TRACEY!!!! (Will post more--maybe--when I get them) =)

5 months!

Jackers is 5 months and he has had a very growing month this time around!

*Tried and DISLIKED rice cereal
*Learned to do raspberries (and did them over and over until his face was soaked for that first week!)
*Rolled back to belly and now you can't lay him down anywhere without him rolling himself clear around the room!
*Started sitting up (he's still pretty wobbly but he's almost got it down!)
*Spent a few hours with his first non family member babysitter (and didn't cry the whole time either--yes that does mean he spent a bit of it that way....)
*Got REALLY grumpy because of his teeth moving around and not even being close to poking through yet but enough to make him ornery.
*Started sleeping better!!!! YEA!!! We finally decided it was time to start making him cry himself to sleep. SO SAD but SO worth it. He is now only getting up typically once a night and everyone (ie. mommy) is MUCH happier as a result.
*Takes about 3 one hour naps during the day.

Wahoo! He sleeps!!


At Seaworld over spring break


We sure love this guy!

4 Month Update

Jackers is 4 months! CRAZY!

What he's done this month:

*Rolled belly to back....not even close to rolling back to belly but that could be attributed to the fact that he never lets me put him down without screaming!

*Laughed! Loved it! We've had to work to get him to do it again but he has and we love it!

*Favorite things: his fingers and his binkie and of course his mommy! =)

*Loves: To clasp his hands--in prayer fashion (so cute), watching Zaylee splash in the bathtub, to stand and bounce, the light on my cell phone, and to cry, cry, cry! (But we still love him!)

*Stats: Weight 14 lbs 11 ounces (Ha! Pretty close--to my 15 lb guess!) which they say is only the 35th percentile so he's really not too chubby according to the standard! His height was 25 inches (don't know what percentile that was).

And the photos:

His prayer hands. Seriously he does this all the time. Most of the time the fingers are completely interlaced. It is SO cute!



This was actually taken a couple of weeks ago but was too cute to pass up on posting.



And a couple cute shots from today:






And I can't forget my awesome little cutie, Zaylee.



AND....Alex had a birthday this month! Happy Birthday Alex!! We love you!!

Snow Day

Dear Utah Friends:

You'll love this. Schools are closed, tons of businesses are closed, and Alex got a half day off work all because of this:



And because Alex didn't get the call until after he was already up getting ready, he got up with the kids and I got to sleep in! Love it!

P.S. Half day off just turned into full day! YEA!!

3 months

Holy Cow! He's already 3 months!!

We love you Jackers and are SO GLAD you are a part of our family!!

So what he's up to:

*Smiling and cooing but only when he wants to. He's great at avoiding eye contact!
*Loves having baths--once you get him in there. He cries and cries while you're putting him in but loves it once he remembers how great they are!
*Sleeping: well, ya not so much. He's up about 3 times a night still and daytimes he'll nap--as long as someone is holding him!
*Nicknames: Jackers, Grumpy Goose, Goober
*Favorite things: Watching Zaylee do whatever she may be doing, being held, listening to the piano, making whoever is holding him stand up, his binkie, and his fists.
*He is very alert and very active and loves to be a part of whatever is happening. If there are people around he wants to be up and looking and watching.
*He hates tummy time.

I spent like forever trying to get some good shots of him today for you all to see. These are my favorites because of his awesome expressions:



He's watching Zaylee run by




Can you see that smiling hiding there?? Love it!


Look closely, those are his furrowed eyebrows.... =)




This was while we were waiting for Zaylee to get out of dance class. Don't mind the dirty mirror--he was LOVING watching the road and the birds and anything that went by!


I tried to get a picture of the two of them together. Ummm...ya right! Take your pick cause this was as good as it got! =)

This one?

Or how about either of these?


I know, I know THIS ONE! =)


Thats okay! We love you both! Happy 3 months Jack!!

2 Months (plus a little)

**Okay, I wrote this post a month ago and just never posted it! So, here's a month ago and tonight I will do another one for Jack's 3 month....maybe.... =)

December has been such a BUSY month but we have LOVED it! For Jack's second month of life he was showered with visitors.

We had Grandma Barlow, Steph, Dave, Sammy, & Andrew for the first round. (Yes, he is in this photo--can't you see his legs kicking??) =)






Grandma and Grandpa Gubler for the second round.


And we just sent Nathan (the third round) home today. (Although we never did get a pic with Nathan and Jack both in it....hmm....maybe Nate didn't come to see Jack....maybe he just came on vacation and it happened to be right after Jack was born.....hmmm...something to think about.....) =)

How FUN!! =) We are ready for more though. Who is up for it???? =)

Now there is a lot to post about all the fun things we did during December but this post is to primarily update you all on Jack.

He is doing fantastic!

We went for his 2 month well baby appointment last week and he was already 12 pounds 7 ounces. Yes, he is a chubby one! (But believe it or not he is still in the 50th percentile). He is also smiling a lot now and loves to give his little half grin to us everytime we make eye contact so he can wrap us a little bit tighter around his little finger.

Yes, he does still cry a lot--he wouldn't be my baby otherwise--but he is sleeping actually really well (at least compared to how Zaylee was at this point). He goes to bed about 9 and sleeps until about 2 and then it varies. On a good night he'll sleep until 6-7 but on a bad night he is up every two hours afterwards.

He loves his big sister and likes to watch her craziness. She likes to teach him about the "little piggies" and loves to have him be Prince Charming whenever we are playing. She has also been known to mention that when he gets older we are going to get him a tutu so he can go to her dance class with her--Alex definitely scoffed when I told him that story! =)

We also had the opportunity to bless Jack at our house on the 22nd. It was a small crowd (we missed having all you family there!!) but it was a good one. Tracey, Ben, and Sam came down from Austin (you guys rock!), G & G Gubler, a member of the bishopric, and our little family made up the whole of it. It was a great night. Luckily, the day of the blessing Grandma Gubler reminded me that I had Alex's blessing outfit. So we cleaned it up a bit and used it for Jack's blessing. I love the sentimentality of it and am grateful that she reminded me that I had it.




By Christmas morning, Jack finally got the cooing down. He is SO cute to watch when he is cooing. He makes it look like it takes a full effort to get those sounds out but grins everytime he does it. Very proud of himself I would say! =)

And just oh, you guys would love him! So.....COME VISIT! =) (I know, not enough pictures....I will work on it!)

Dance Recital

Zaylee had her first dance class recital. She loves the class and her teacher and we love watching her develop her talents and having fun!

This video is of the 2nd time around (they do each group twice...). So this version you miss the super excited wave she gave us when she finally found us in the audience but get to see her fascination with stage lights. =) Dancing quality: not quite as good as the first time but this one was the better video. So, enjoy!

Okay, nevermind....Blogger sucks and after trying to load the video for literally 9 hours I give up. If you want to see it, it's posted on facebook.....

P.S. She did take a solo bow at the end of the first dance (hilarious!) but unfortunately, we missed filming it. =(

The whole dance company:

We saw Santa!

Yesterday we decided to go pay a visit to Santa Claus. VERY EXCITING! Zaylee was so cute about it. When we got there, the line was blocking her view of him so she asked me to lift her up. "There he is!! I see him!!!" I asked her if she was going to sit on his lap and give him a great big hug. She said that she would and "I'm going to give him a KISS too!" Then immediately put both hands over her mouth with her big mischievious eyes showing how excited she was. It was great!

Jack, well, he wasn't so excited but hey he got his first photo with Santa and didn't even cry!

She gave the hug, forgot the kiss, told him what she wanted, forgot to ask where Mrs. Claus and the reindeer where, and after about 4 shots, finally smiled and looked at the camera for the picture.

So fun! Merry Christmas!

One new picture

Too lazy to blog but couldn't pass this up. Again, it's a cell phone shot so I apologize for that. (Alex took the camera to work and forgot to bring it home......)

But, just look at my cutie!!!! =) Will try to update more sometime soon....or at least sometime in the future.....



(and no, I still don't know how to rotate photos....)