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jackson is 8 months old!

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jackson turned 8 months old on sunday. he is getting so big. he is getting his top two teeth...they are just poking out. he still does not sleep through the night consistently. he is constantly keeping me on my toes, because he is everywhere. if the bathroom door is open he is in there as fast as he can be and trying to climb into the bathtub. he loves taking baths and when he hears you turn the water on his little crawl turns into turbo-speed to get into the bathroom. he is climbing on everything. he managed to get up onto the couch yesterday, via climbing onto a chair and standing on the chair and then crawling onto the back of the chair onto the couch. he is walking behind things and pushing them all over the place. he has taken many headers from his daring behavior. he is starting to drink from a sippy cup-still not quite liking it, but trying to figure it out. he is into everything that belongs to addison, and she is not so impressed with that.
addison is now almost 4 1/2 and going on 16. she likes to dress herself and has her own sense of style which involves lots of dresses, makeup and jewelry. she is learning how to spell her last name...quite the task! she loves to play outside and with her babies. she is so grown up.
i can't believe it is already october. life seems to go so quickly these days. i am enjoying every bit of being part-time now, getting to spend a few more days home with my kiddos is awesome. God has sure blessed us with these 2 little ones. i think i am all caught up for now with photos....so enjoy!

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my big boy
my two blue-eyed cutie pies
just out of the bath

Pumpkin Patch- Oct 15th

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we took the kids to the pumpkin patch and went on a hay ride and through a corn maze and then addison picked the perfect pumpkin for her and jackson. brock and i had to get one too! :) jackson loved being outside.

sept 23rd

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jackson turned 7 months old this date. he is all over the place. he pulls himself up to things and walks along them, the problem was that he couldn't figure out how to get back down, so he would just turn and dive face first towards the floor. needless to say we have had several outbursts of crying as he comes crashing onto his head. he started eating puffs and more solid food. still haven't found anything that he won't eat...surprise surprise :). he got his first two teeth on the bottom. he is crusing everywhere.

Addison modeling her outfit for jordan and jackies wedding

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feeding the ducks- sept 5th

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we went to the park to feed the ducks and ended up getting some great shots of the kiddos. addison loved chasing the ducks all over.

jacksons's 6 month appointment

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jackson turned months old on august 23rd. he had his 6 month appointment on sept 12 (6 1/2 months old) and he weighed in at 21 pounds 11 ounces (95th percentile) and he was 27 1/2 inches tall (78th percentile) and his head is in the 80th percentile. he is getting so big. he started crawling 2 days before this appointment. up until then he could get around but it was rolling or pivoting on his butt. he can go from his tummy to his back to his tummy and he pivots on his butt to get place to place. now he is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up to things. he is eating anything we give him. the dr. said that he is doing things that they look for at a baby's 9 month appointment, not his 6 month appointment. he said that at 6 months a baby should just be sitting up and rolling from tummy to back to tummy. what can i say? my little guy doesn't like to sit still and he has a big sister to keep up with. he is a much happier little boy now that he can move and get where he wants to go. he doesn't like his bouncer quite as much anymore, and i think it is because he is stuck in it, and he can't go anywhere. he loves his big sister and starts to cry when he thinkgs she is being hurt. we will wrestle with her and when she starts laughing really loud, he gets upset. it is sure fun to see him grow and see how different addi and jack are.

playing at the park-end of august

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jackson is 6 months old in these pictures

swimming lessons

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addison took swimming lessons in august. she was very timid at first and it took her about half of her lessons before she would stick her head under the water. anytime the instructor would take her out in the pool to practice something, she would cling to the poor girls neck and not do anything. brock was beginning to wonder if this was a good idea. finally she got a little brave and one night she pushed away from the edge without floaties on and ended up going under and brock had to grab her out of the water because the instructor was out in the middle of the water with another kid. she was pretty much traumatized after that and wouldn't do anything again until the last day of class. oh well, she had fun!

randomness from the end of august

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jackson is 6 months old in this picture

family photo shoot-august 20th

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we went up on the rims and brock took some family pictures of us

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family date at rocket burrito- august 20th

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jackson got to suck on a chip for the first time....he didn't want to give it back

more random photos from august

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bath time- august 1st

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jackson absolutely LOVES taking a bath. from the moment he gets in until the moment you get him out he is slashing....not sure addi likes it so much anymore, because she is getting drenched with water.

random pics from the end of july

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messy eater
Addison and jack....one of the last times his hair stuck up

july 16th

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we watched lucy for a few days and here is addi taking her for a walk.

jackson's first food- july 12th

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this is jackson's first food-sweet potatoes. he wasn't sure what to think but he ate it. now there isn't anything he won't eat

july 10th

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swimming in the pool. at first jackson wasn't so sure, and then he started splashing and didn't want out

4th of july

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jackson's 4 month appointment

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jackson had his 4 month appointment on july 5th (he was 4 1/2 months old). he weighed in at 20 pounds 1.6 ounces(the charts only go to the 97th percentile and he was beyond that) and he was 26 1/2 inches tall (the 90th percentile) and his little noggin was in the 75th percentile. he is wearing size 6-9 month clothes closer to the 9 month size or bigger for pants. he is starting to sit on his own and can roll from tummy to back to tummy. the doctor told us we could start feeding him food, so we will try some in the near future. he loves to talk and loves his bouncer.

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this is just a random pic of jackson on june 30th, he is just over 4 months old

my pretty girl

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brock took these pictures in front of my mom and dad's house in june when we were home for kevin's birthday. my mom had a "field" of daisies in her front yard

June 24th

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we were able to go back to glendive in june for kevin's 5oth birthday. the boys took him golfing and when they got home we were all waiting to surprise him. it was so fun to see everyone. miriam and addison had a blast together, and we got to see the newest addition eden. jackson and liam are going to be best buds and get into all kinds of trouble together. :)

riding on the 4-wheeler with papa

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best buds

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Liam and Jackson. they are 8 weeks apart. liam is almost 6 months and jackson is 4 months old in this photo

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Addison and Miriam having a blast riding the jeep at papa and gramma's house

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cassie, lacey, alissa, kevin, brock, jordan and jason

the whole family
kevin and elise with the grandkids - Miriam-3 1/2, liam-almost 6 months, jackson-4 months, eden- 1 1/2 months, addison -4
kevin and ramona

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auntie lacey with miriam and addison
papa kevin turns the big 50
kevin and liam

June 24th

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the boys took kevin golfing in medora for his birthday

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here are some new pictures of our fam. still not completely up to date yet, but these go through the middle of june. will try to get some more soon

our pretty girl!

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Addison was daddy's subject

my crazy girl!

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june 6th

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my sleeping beauty

some random pics of the kiddos-june 4th

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Addi lovin on her brother

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Addison's new bike

Addison turns 4!

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On June 1st, Addison turned 4. we took her and 5 friends to a place called sam and louie's for her birthday. they got to dress up like little chefs and make their own pizza. it was so much fun! they all had a blast. then when we got home, addison opened the front door to find her very own "big girl bike". she also got her ears pierced and is now a "big girl". here are some pictures from her party. she invited her friends jayden, avery, maggie, braylee and annalise.

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Avery
Annalise
Braylee

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opening presents
Look at the Loot....each girl got a gift bag from addi as well as from sam and louis pizza

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Blowing out the candle( we had to relight it 6 times so each of the girls could blow it out)
Addison's birthday cake(we had to help her pick this out otherwise we would have had a yellow flower cake that looked like a great cake for grandma's 80th birthday)
playing bingo
its ready to go in the oven

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Making their pizza

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coloring their aprons and hats
the little "Chefs"

Fun at the park- May 31st

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Addison having fun at the park with her friend braylee

Jackson is 4 1/2 months old

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where has time gone? Jackson is now 4 1/2 months old. he just had his 4 month checkup today and he weighs in at a whopping 20 pounds 1.6 ounces (the 98th percentile) he is 26 1/2 inches long (90th percentile). he is talking up a storm constantly, and has also discovered how to spit. he loves to be up and see what is going on. he can almost roll over...he gets onto his side and then doesn't know what to do after that. he loves his big sister and she is usually the one who gets him to laugh. he is still sporting the mohawk as the hair on top of his head continues to grow and he is losing it everywhere else. his favorite toy is his bouncer. he will sit in that thing and bounce for 40 minutes at a time. its amazing how it feels like time stands still when you are pregnant, but once you have that little guy you don't have enough time to capture everything. we sure love this little guy! i will post pictures soon

Addison getting her ears pierced- may 29th

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Addison has wanted to get her ears pierced for a while and brock said that she could when she turned 4, so 3 days before her birthday, she finally got them pierced. she got to pick out some special earring. she sat so still in the chair and didn't make a peep when she got them pierced. no tears or anything. she even turned down the sucker the girl offered after she got them pierced. she tells us everyday she is so glad she got them pierced and it only stung a little.

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jackson at 13 weeks

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jackson is 3 months old here...he's getting so big.

Addison playing outside

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our big girl Addi

Bath time- Jackson is 11 weeks here

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getting ready for my bath
this isn't so bad

getting my hair washed. i like this

all done. look at my curls! im so cute!

jackson at 10 weeks

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my hair is outta control
hangin out in my bumbo chair

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jackson was lovin being outside
mommy and jack at ben and nichole's house for easter

easter fun

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helping auntie nichole make dessert for easter

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Easter at my sister's house

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jackson at 6 weeks

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Addison got her first bloody nose. she got hit with a baseball right in the face. OUCH!!!
Addi sure loves her brother

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one of my few naps i actually take
someone please pick me up
oh how i love my sister
just hangin out

jacksons first bath-march 29th

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this is jackson's first real bath and yes, it was when he was over a month old...it took that long for his imbilical cord to fall off. He wasn't too impressed with the bath. he screamed the entire time

theses were taken in march- about 1 month old

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3 Months old today

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Wow!!! where does time go? jackson is already 3 months old today. i started back at work last week-boy was that hard. much harder this time. i must admit i enjoyed my time being a stay-at-home mommy, and it is very sad to have to go back to work. jackson is getting so big! not even exaggerating on that one. we took him to the dr. on saturday because he was sick and of course they weighed him....he is now a whopping 17 pounds 5 1/2 ounces and is only 3 months old! one of the nurses said that is how much her baby weighs only she is 7 months old. YIKES!!!! I am going to have some nice biceps lugging this boy around. Addison has gotten him to laugh twice now, and much better than when either brock or I have. I will try to post the video we got of him giggling. he is a little chatterbox and wants to know what is going on and not be left out AKA wants to be held all the time! :) I still have a bunch of pictures i need to post as well. i will try to do that one of these days. just wanted you all to know we are doing well.

2 month appointment

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So, Jackson will be 10 weeks old this week, but he had his 2 month appointment this morning. He is getting so big. he weighs 15 pounds 9 ounces, which puts him in the 98th percentile for his age! he is 24.5 inches long which puts him in the 93rd percentile for height. he also had to get 3 shots today :( poor little guy! he honestly looks like a 6 month old not a 2 month old. he holds his head up so well, and he is a little chatterbox. he loves to smile and talk to you. i have gotten him to laugh once last week, but haven't been able to since. Addison is such a great big sister always wanting to help (sometimes too much :) ). Jackson likes to be upright and see what is going on, which means he wants to be held and he wants you to stand up at all times. means i don't get much done when he is awake, but that means i get lots of cuddles. hopefully i will have some more pictures on here soon. just waiting for brock to help me.

9 weeks old

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look how good i can hold my head up

a day in the sun

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swingin high

addi fell asleep sitting up on the couch

7 weeks old

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6weeks old

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here are some pics of our little man. he is a week old in these

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trying to lift his head
tummy time

halloween 2010

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our little caterpillar and my creepy hubby
batman and the joker.

here are some old pics we found on the camera

our camping trip from Aug 2010

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the boys after their paintballing
riding on the paddleboat

the girls fishing...so much fun!!!
we went on a group camping trip at our friend's parent's house in columbus. It was so much fun! (just found all these pics on our camera)

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our new addition

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These pictures were all taken by brock and jackson was 10 days old

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Jackson's crazy hair

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our little rocker

this is the face you get when you dont feed him fast enough

Jackson Leo arrives

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these were taken in the hospital

first shots of jackson

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these were from my 22 week ultrasound

belly shots at 34 weeks

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Addison Grace

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Here are some pictures of our little miss. brock took these a few weeks ago.

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Life to date

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here are all the photos that will catch you up on our lives to date. finally able to get them all on here. it has been a busy past few months. we welcomed our son Jackson Leo into the world on February 23rd at 10:30 am. He was 9 pounds 8 ounces and 21 1/4 inches long with a head full of dark brown hair. there are more pictures to come of our new addition as soon as brock finishes them. so for now, enjoy these. hopefully tomorrow I will let you all see the new pictures of Jack that Brock did an amazing job taking.

randomness

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Addison playing a game on daddy's phone...too intent to look up
our silly little girl who is getting so big

Having fun with the Aunts and Uncles- december 2010

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sledding
so much fun!!! thanks auntie Nichole for playing with me while mommy stayed in the car! :)
there's uncle jonny
having fun on uncle jonny's snowmobile
Addison with Aunties Nichole and Melissa

Fun at Papa and gramma's house-december 2010

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Addison and Miriam having a blast driving in papa and gramma's jeep

Christmas 2010 at papa and gramma kirschenmanns

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Addison and Miriam in their new dresses
oh NO!!! Make-up
Jason and Miriam

Our Christmas 2010

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Addi jammin' out on her "kit-tar"

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Addison got daddy a marshmallow gun for christmas---brock says this was his best present!

Addison new all of her presents before she even opened them....she gets that from her daddy!!!

our family christmas photos

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heather's belly at 31 weeks

making gingerbread houses

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here are brock's
and heather's
and addison's

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addison working on her gingerbread house

helping mommy do the dishes

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Happy Thanksgiving

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Addi made this adorable little turkey at daycare

painting the baby's room

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Addison helping mommy paint the baby's room

heathers belly 24 weeks

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brock and addi painted heather's belly for halloween