Kids at play with new Christmas toys

Grandma and grandpa (both sides) did a great job picking out toys for the boys. Jonah has built a lego monument as tall as him and loves his new leap frog table. Noah enjoys sitting watching his brother in the bumbo chair. Noah also loves his kicking toy from mom and dad (us).

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Although I didn't get any pictures of the snow I did get quite a few great pictures. We had a great time with both sides of the family!

Make new friends but keep the old

To all my high school friends that take a peak at our blog we had a great time today catching up with you all. Today was our annual high school Christmas get together (this was the first year..hopefully more to come!). It was a lot of fun to see how everyone was doing. We will host again next year! Merry Christmas to you all!

Jonah's fun new things

I see so much change in my boys on a daily basis. Noah is changing so quickly. He has started giggling uncontrollably. He actually laughed so hard and long that he got a really bad case of the hiccups. His laugh and smile are a wonderful gift!

As for Jonah he continues to pretend that his bear is his baby. He wiped him with a baby wipe while I was changing Noah the other day. He then preceded to wipe Noah's belly. He stood up and clapped for himself when he was done! His favorite new thing is jumping. He bends down and pops up as far as he can while yelling wow! It is quite adorable. He is continuing to pick up more words and signs. His newest are red, yellow, and blue (he signs yellow too!).

What a wonderful time of year!!

We finally put our tree up. I love to look at the lights. Yes we know the tree looks silly. The ornaments are on only half of the tree. This is what happens when you have a rascal! We tried to have ornaments throughout the whole tree but ornaments ended up being all over our family room so we quickly moved the lower ones up.

3 firsts in 2 days

Noah played in his exercauser for the first time. He loved it!!! This is one giant step towards Independence. He will begin to entertain himself a little at a time. And it is so fun to see him get excited. His second first was rice cereal. He did quite well. He seemed to like the taste. He was messy but that is expected. Jonah had a first today too. Grandma and Grandpa Gronewold babysat him. They seemed to have a lot of fun and boy was Jonah tuckered out!!!

This weekend

We had a wonderful weekend full of family time. We read books, we went to lunch, and we finally took pictures of Noah in the bathtub. He really loves his bath. Jonah went to the Country Club for a Christmas brunch with grandma and grandpa. He wasn't too scared of Santa if grandma sat on his lap too. It looked like he had lots of fun! Here he is in his Christmas clothes.

Big trouble comes in small packages

Jonah has learned how to lock and unlock the sliding glass door (he can also open the door). This is a habit we have been trying to discourage. He can continued the practice. I went outside to feed the dog and turned around to get inside to find out Jonah had locked me out. He was inside laughing and knocking on the door. He also was crawling and dancing like he was on stage and I was the audience. After I started crying he let me in..what a troublemaker!!!!

Sleeping Babies

My sister in law posts things that she is thankful for on her blog every Thursday. I look forward to these every week. I think it is a wonderful idea to list what you are thankful for because at times it is so easy to be dragged down by the negative. I am not going to steal this idea (though I already stole her idea to blog!) even though I feel the best ideas are often stolen. But I am going to say one thing that I'm thankful for and that is sleeping babies! I have been blessed with great sleepers (God knows that I function poorly on little sleep). Noah slept 9 hours straight last night. I did not have to get up once to feed him. I slept 8 hours without a break. I am extremely thankful for this!!!! He went back to sleep and is still sleeping!!

Santa Pictures

My mom, my sister, and I went to the mall to get pictures with Santa. I was very excited that Noah did quite well! His picture turned out cute! Jonah wanted nothing to do with Santa. He screamed, cried, and ran away...needless to say the picture is with Noah only. Jonah was still scared when he left that he refused to look in the direction towards the bearded man...it was funny!!!

Yiiippppeeeee!!

Yippee he looks like me!!!! Jonah is a spitting image of his daddy. He has the same hair, eyes, facial features, and even the same leg pains. So when Noah was born I was hoping he would look look me. At first the look a meter (an internet site where you can see who your child looks like) said Noah was 25% more like Josh..I was quite sad. Yesterday I tried it again and he looks more like me!!!! I am thrilled.

oh and Jonah just cut another tooth..that makes 13.

So many changes

Noah is changing so much. It is a lot of fun to see him try new things. He is now rolling over from his stomach to his back. He is really grabbing a hold of things. He loves to kick a certain toy that makes music when you do so.

Jonah cut his twelfth tooth yesterday, It was a molar so he has a rash on his face. He hasn't been thrilled that I have bought Noah toys that he can't use. Oh well it will all come with time!!

Attached is a picture of Noah in one of his toys grabbing onto the things hanging from it. Jonah is also trying to play with this toy!

Roll Over..Roll Over

Today was the first step to rolling over. The accidental roll over occurred twice. Though he got scared I found it very cute!

Noah's first! Jonah's second!!!

T is for thanks!! H is Hinman..I love being married to one! A is for amen God is my savior and I give thanks for my salvation! N is for Noah and Jonah what blessings!! K is for Klean (spelled wrong on purpose) plate..thanks for the food! S is for sharing my life with friends and family..thank you for your love!






Jonah is very tired after the day of festivities.

Pictures with Aunt Diana

We tried so hard to get pictures of the boys together. If Jonah was smiling at the camera then Noah would be crying. If Noah was smiling then Jonah would be difficult to stay still. After some work we did get great pictures. They are so cute in their matching PJs.

Big Brothers do the sweetest things!

Jonah loves his books so much that he decided to share how well he can read with his baby brother. Noah listened quite well. Jonah also wanted to make sure Noah was warm during their time together so he wrapped him up in a cozy blanket. The are quite sweet together (unless Jonah is poking him or throwing objects at him).

Picture Addiction

I must say I have an addiction to pictures. Kiddie Kandids was empty today when I went to Babies R Us so I had a sitting for Noah done. I was disappointed with the pictures of Noah at the other places so I had more done so we can have pictures of him up also.

Picture people

Here are two of the pictures from our sitting at picture people. Noah was so alert and ready to take pictures. Jonah was also in a great mood. Here is directions to view the sitting:
http://smilestore.picturepeople.com
e-mail:jbhinman@q.com
password:welcome

Family Reunion at the Ocean

Friday morning Jonah, Noah, and I drove down to Ocean Shores with my parents and my sister. We had a wonderful time together!

Saturday afternoon the rest of the Zittel side and Joshua came to have a family reunion. The Stolls drove from South Seattle. The Malleas from Portland and Rich and the boys from Bremerton. It was nice to see everyone. We went to the beach and some scanoed on the canal. It was a gorgeous day. We could actually sit on the back porch. The big group is most of the cousins. Noah is asleep in Auntie Diana's arms. Jonah is playing hard with Grandma Connie (a.k.a Grandma Zittel).

I love our Ocean getaways!!

New boots!!

Jonah picked out a new pair of Dino boots. He loves them!! He is so proud of himself because he has just figured out how to put them on without any help. Whenever he sees me packing up Noah to go somewhere he runs around with the boots trying to find a place to put them on. He puts them on and waits at the door for me. One less thing to do is so nice!!!

Early Thanksgiving!

Josh, Jonah, Noah, and I went to an early Thanksgiving meal. We enjoyed visiting with the Enterprise truck folks. I am thankful that we had a chance to get together for great food before Jen's surgery. All the grub was great but I have to say dessert was best! Sorry Travis....the potatoes were great too! Here I am reading a book to Jonah and his buddy Madi. I only got to read three words on each page before Jonah got bored.

Halloween

Yesterday we had so much fun. Jonah dressed as a skunk and Noah was a pepper. We visited Grandma Zittel in the morning. In the evening we visited great Grandma and Grandpa Gronewold. All the cousins were there. They were so cute!!! We then visited Grandma and Grandpa Lee. Jonah had animal cookies.

Last week we had pictures at JcPenney. Below is the website to look at them.

http://www.smilesbywire.com/

Brenda Hinman

Access code: LTPP0100105544JCP

I hope you have a chance to look at them. They turned out great!!!

Smiles and Smelly!!

Today we went to picture people and got our pictures taken. Jonah dressed in his Halloween costume as a skunk and Noah was all smiles. We had a great time. Grandma Zittel joined us to help. Afterwards we went to lunch. More pictures to come in about a week when they are on the internet.

The cutest thing!!!

Jonah is so into his baby brother that he has chosen his teddy bear to be his baby. He walks around with it, hugs it, wraps it in blankets, and puts it in the baby swing. He has even figured out how to turn the swing on. The other day he put the teddy bear in the baby bjorn and today he set the bear on the mat next to Noah for belly time. It is really cute to see how much he loves him.

Noah is officially sleeping through the night. I had to wake him at seven this morning to feed him. I slept a full 8 hours. I feel human again!

zzzzzzzz

We have great news!!! Noah slept 8 and a half hours last night!!!! 10 weeks was a magic number with my other son too. I slept 5 and a half then laid there wondering when Noah was going to need me...I only checked on him once. I'm looking forward to tonight when I sleep the whole time.

Kids

Hello! Today is the first time I have ever posted a blog. It has been a crazy morning. Jonah had a doctor's appointment. He is almost 27 pounds! He is 50th percentile all around. He got 4 shots so he isn't in a great mood

He had our 2 month appointment for Noah last week. He is smiling and almost sleeping through the night.

Children are such a wonderful blessing! I really love being a mommy of two.