On Our Own

The company has been gone for almost two weeks now and we've actually done pretty well. Sure, there have been a few melt downs (from all of us) but they've been rather minor and we've pushed through. I think we're doing pretty well myself.

A couple of weekends ago it was Thunder weekend here. There was a big air show that we thought Jacob would just love, since he's so into airplanes. So, we packed the kiddos (yep, that's plural now!) up and headed to the river to watch the jet airplanes, etc. When we got there, Brad dropped me and the kids off so he could park while we headed to the river. Jacob enjoyed the walk. I thought, hey, this will be great!
Well, Jacob had other ideas (look closely at the look on Jacob's face, he's bravely saying cheese while deep inside he's screaming...take me home!). As soon as we got close to where the airplanes were and heard how loud they were, Jacob decided he wanted nothing to do with it. Immediately he asked to go home. Well, we figured with a 1 1/2 week old and a 2 year old who didn't want to be there anyway, why stay? So, we loaded everything back up (after our 1 1/2 mile hike back to the car) and went home. I'd say better luck next year, but we won't be here next year...

We've also had some really warm weather lately, so Brad and Jacob decided to get out the baby pool and have fun this past Saturday.

Last week our co-residents had their second baby too! Last night Jacob, Levi, and I went over to their house to visit while Brad and Adam were at their weekly meeting. Jacob had such a fun time playing with Madelyn. You'd think he hadn't been out of the house since Levi was born with how excited he was. Here are the kids:

Joseph & Levi

Madelyn & Joseph; Jacob & Levi

Madelyn is 2 1/2 weeks older than Jacob and Levi is 2 weeks older than Joseph. We're sure going to miss these guys when we move.

Over all I think our time on our own has been pretty good. Jacob's been pretty nice to Levi and Levi has been pretty good at sleeping at night (for a 3 week old!).