13 innings

That is how long Jaden's first Cubs game lasted, a total of 4 hours!! This past Wednesday to Friday we joined my parents in Seattle to watch the Mariners play the Cubs. Jacob and I attend an evening game on Wednesday (with Chrissy and Kevin, sorry no pictures) and then Jaden, Mom, and Dad joined us for an afternoon game on Thursday. Luckily after those 13 innings the Cubs won, they lost on Wednesday night.


Besides the 2 baseball games we enjoyed walking along the water admiring all of the boats and swimming at the hotel. We tried to eat dinner at the Cheesecake Factory but Jaden was not in the mood to sit at a restaurant so we took our food to go and ate at the hotel.


Now Jaden thoroughly enjoys playing "cat, ball, bat" at home (translation: catch, ball, bat) and running the bases in reverse order :).

30 weeks

Here we are at 30 weeks, hard to believe there are only 10ish weeks to go. I continue to feel great and the baby checks out right on pace at each appointment. Jaden recently had his 2 year old doctors appointment. He weighed in at 30 lbs and measured at 35 inches tall, both around the 70th percentile for his age. He received 1 shot and handled it like a champ!!

The Boys

Swimming

Jaden has been taking a waterkids class at our local pool. When he was about 8 months old he partook in the waterbabies series, so this is the next step up. Parents still participate in the class with the kids and continue to work on back floats, blowing bubbles, kicking, and jumping into the water (this is were Jaden excels).

The classes have been on Saturdays and this past Saturday I took pictures while Jacob swam with Jaden. Typically I am the one who swims but this past Saturday I was not feeling well at all and definitely did not want to get into the pool. Thanks Jacob!!!


Speaking of not feeling well it appears I have passed my cold onto Jaden and Jacob :(. Jacob has only been affected by a sore throat (so far) but Jaden is feeling a little more under the weather. Luckily he has been sleeping lots and taking it easy. He has been very cuddly with Jacob and I, sort of a plus side to him being sick, but it is sad to not have his spunky spirit to make us laugh.

So, with a house full of sick people we have just been chilling inside for our Memorial Day weekend. Plus, in good Oregon fashion, it has been raining. Jacob did trim a few bushes outside yesterday and planted flowers in our flower pots.

Happy Birthday Jaden

On May 19th Jaden turned 2!! We celebrated on Wednesday by having a steak dinner, opening a few gifts, and going out for frozen yogurt. On Saturday we had a small party for Jaden at Aunt Ashley and Uncle Paul's house. We enjoyed a delicious lunch of Chicago style pizza and birthday cake. Here are pictures from the 2 events:

This was our attempt at getting Jaden to take a picture with his gifts from his aunt, uncle, and cousins. As you can see, we failed :)
The spread

He was a little frightened while we sang Happy Birthday to him, pretty funny

Fun

(I know some of you have seen this video on Jacob's Facebook page but when I recorded the video I had this blog post in mind and did not realize he would post it before me. So, you get to see/experience it twice, sorry)


What could this excitement be for?

Oh that is right, the Chicago Cubs!!

(They were playing the Colorado Rockies that evening. He was cheering for the pitcher who is not pictured)

House Projects

Here are a few pictures of our dining/kitchen/nook area:

Before:
(all of the woodwork was brown and the walls were white)

During:After: