Henry is 1 month!

Henry is so adorable and we are trying to soak up every moment with him especially since I now know how fast is flies by!

Here is what Henry is up to at 1 month...



-he was in newborn diapers but i just switched him over to 1's.

- he is in newborn clothes.



-he weighs 9.4 lbs

- he had his first sick visit last week :( poor guy wasn't feeling well and had a rash covering his body. ended up that he has reflux, the rash was my hormones leaving his body, and he has thrush. we are still working on getting rid of the thrush and reflux.



- he is still a happy baby for the most part but has his fussy moments. he is pretty spoiled and just wants to be held a lot!

- he takes a paci at times just to calm him down but usually ends up spitting it out.



- eating about every 3 hours and at night will sometimes go 4-5 hours.



- he is getting better at holding his head up.

-he went on his first camping trip this past weekend and did great!

- he coo'ed and smiled for the first time this past weekend.

-he still has a wrinkly head and i LOVE it!



Here are henry and jakson's comparison's at 1 month...





Henry, you are such a sweet little baby and we couldn't imagine life without you! I didn't know how i was going to be able to love another baby as much as Jakson but i figured that out instantly! I love watching you grow (: I am so blessed to be your mommy. we love you Henry Tate!

a girl, 3 boys, and 2 mutts went camping

this weekend we took our 19 month old, 1 month old and our 2 dogs camping along with my parents, my twin and her family.

my crazy 19 month old had an absolute blast. here he is getting ready to leave and was just a little excited :)

he didn't stop playing until he literally passed out for a nap or for bed. it was SO fun and we can't wait to do it again.

jakson got to do so many fun things while camping...

he played outside ALL day





he had fun on the boat



he roasted marshmellows for some yummy s'mores :)


he played with crickets


he went fishing


he held a slimy fish (yuck)


slept under the stars

and passed out wherever his head landed :)

he swam in the lake

he even ate rocks even though i think he quickly regretted that decision.

Henry did awesome this weekend too.




he is such an easy going little guy! Henry coo'ed for the first time while we sat under the canopy waiting for a storm to pass over us :) yay! i bet he will be a smiley little guy just like his big brother!

...day 3 of no shower, don't judge ;)

We even played with teeny tiny frogs


oh yeah and we ate, and ate and ATE!


here is a picture of jakson and henry tate's sweet cousin Tinsley Mae :)

we bought a new tent for this trip so that we could fit our blow up mattress, pack and play, and moses basket all in the same tent. thankfully the boys did great and we are going to have to start camping more often. we might wait until it gets a tad cooler though. we got lucky with the weather on friday and saturday because it really never got too hot. sunday was a different story though but of course it was still fun!

here is a funny jakson story about how smart he is getting. He is a clear example that it is caught not taught...

Jakson's cousins have paci's and about an hour after they left saturday night Jakson found one of their paci's. he picked it up, held it with his arm stretched out, ran up the camp site to the road where they had drove away and was running down the drive to go and find them to give them their paci back.

it was so cute!

and man has that boy started talking. He talks up a storm and has no clue why you can't understand what he is saying. We are slowly starting to catch onto some of his words but most of the time we just respond with, "oh really?!"

Sunday was our Father's Day celebration for all of the Father's in our family and my oldest brother josh's birthday!

Happy Father's day to my josh!

(this is a picture i took of the boys last week)

the boys on Father's day...

he is such an amazing dad to our little guys. they are so blessed to have him for their daddy. every day when he gets home from work he gives me a kiss and then immediately gets on the floor to play with jakson and love on henry. at night he always gives Jakson his bath and puts him to bed with a sweet little prayer. when i was pregnant and didn't feel well or have any energy josh helped me out with everything whether it was cooking, cleaning or laundry.

thank you Josh for being the godly husband and father that you are to me and the boys. i thank the Lord for you everyday. You work so hard so that i can stay home with our boys. i love you more with every passing day and can't wait to see where the Lord takes our family. We love you!

(the boys after a fun weekend of camping)

i hope you enjoyed your weekend and told all the father's in your life how much you love them and appreciate them :)

just a few of my favorite things :)

LOVE these gals.

this picture was taken a week ago at our VBS family night. it just reminds me of how truly blessed i am to live so close to them and to have such a wonderful relationship with the both of them. we tell each other EVERYTHING, vent to one another, cry together, laugh together...you get the picture, we're pretty tight ;)

i love you both so much
:)

please ignore my post baby chub...but i love this picture of jaks and i enjoying an icy-pop on the front porch!


and mr.henry tate enjoying the beautiful weather


jaks man studying up on his big brother book :)


i love my handsome HT



henry tate and daddy. (HT says, "peace")


my parents, Mimi and Pop, and their 8 grandkids. (#9 is currently on the way and will arrive in November!)


with love,
Elizabeth

Blogging from my phone...

Yes I've been a slacker with my blog recently. It is difficult to find the time to blog these days since I want to spend as much time as I can with my boys. AND to add to the craziness our computer decided to crash :( thankfully I had all of our pictures backed up on the external! We will hopefully be getting a new computer soon. Henry is doing great. I can't believe he is already 3 weeks old. I'm pretty sure he is going through a growth spurt right now bc he eats constantly and is sleeping a lot. And this momma is loving that :) this recovery really has been so great, thank goodness! And it helps that we have been receiving meals from our amazing friends for the past few weeks and so we haven't even had to think about cooking any food! We are SO blessed and so thankful for all of it!

I will leave you with this picture of my wrinkly little henry, who jakson now calls,"bubba" :)

Henry's first bath

Last night we were able to give Henry his first little bath. He did great and was WAY happier than his brother was during his first bath. below is a little comparison picture of Jakson and Henry. I will add that this was the only cry that henry let out the entire time and jakson cried most of his first bath.

Here is another picture of our sweet henry during his bath.

He is such a sweet little baby. He sleeps great but he makes sure that he never misses a feeding. During the night he always wakes up at the 3 hour mark to eat but usually does a great job of falling right back asleep when he is done. I hope his sleep continues to be great.

This was our memorial day wknd in a picture. Henry chilled and was constantly loved on, jakson swam and fed the duckies TWICE. that kiddo loves his ducks :)

jakson singing

For the past few days Jakson has started singing a song. We have absolutely no clue what song he is singing but all we know if that it is adorable. This morning on the couch he started singing so i grabbed my phone and captured the moment. i love this boy. he is so stinking adorable.

another thing he has started doing is saying the blessing. after josh and i say it he puts his little hands together, bows his head and mumbles and then says, "yaaayyy" and claps.