Happy 40! & Happy 2 months

Today is another big day at the Jones house.

My little sweet baby girl is 2 months old already! and my biggest baby (oh wait, he's my husband...) is the big four-oh today.

2 months old!!!

The two birthday peeps

Last night, daddy slept in a tent in the backyard with the big kids.  This is them all set to go out!

Anissa even got in on the tent experience-just for a little while.

Scroll down further if you haven't seen the photos from the first days of school.  I will also have another few posts this month.  September is usually quite a busy time for us and now we get the added excitement of school starting!

These are BIG days

Caleb had his very first day of school yesterday.  We were a bit nervous for how he would do, but he did very well and didn't say even once that he didn't want to go.  YEAH!!!

This is his "first day of kindergarten" picture.

In front of the school

Yesterday, we drove him to school, but today he was a very big boy and got on the bus.  We had originally chosen to have "parent pick-up" but I quickly realized that bussing would be SO much easier especially with Anissa.  We asked Caleb if he would ride the bus and he was very excited to do so, so I called the school and voila, he was signed up for bus transportation!  This morning, he was excited to ride the bus and go to school AND meet up with his new friend!  I can't tell you how happy I am so far that he is doing so well.  I did jump into the car to make sure he got off the bus and into school okay.  He just said he was fine, gave me a kiss and walked into school-all by himself!  He's getting so big-it's a bit sad for daddy and me  :(

Onto my big girl...

She could NOT wait to go to school today.  She has been asking to go for a very long time, and finally today, she got to go to orientation.  I only worry about how many times she will ask me tomorrow about when she gets to go back.  Especially when Caleb is at school!

Yes!  She is finally a preschooler-a little sad for mommy though!

With her little friend from last year.  They were friends in the hallway last year waiting for their big brothers to get done with preschool and now they get to go together! So cute!

This little lady is getting easier too.  At least for now.

She has become interested in looking at her gym

and yesterday we put her in the exersaucer for the first time.  She was a little small for it, but she did sit there for a little bit while her brother and sister fought about who got to read to her first!

Pretty good head control-almost 2 months old!

State fair and a burn...

Hello all,  I will be posting another time probably late this week because it is my baby boy's first day of school.  We have quite a lot of things going on in September.  This year is Tim's 40th birthday, September is Ellery's birthday month too.  There will be more pictures for those things.  Fun, fun, fun!

Anissa at the fair.  I know you can't really tell, but she was there-twice in fact.  On this day, mommy got to go with Tonya and only Anissa.  The big kids stayed home with the biggest kid. 

At home after the fair.  I bought the headband at the fair and so I wanted pictures.  Isn't it cute!

State Fair 2010

We went on the HOTTEST day so far-monday.  We survived, but it was sure HOT.  Tim volunteered for the Independence party in the morning and my mom and I met him out there later.  We did have fun, despite the heat.

playing games.  They each got to play 2. 

Ellery on the rides.  Caleb went on 2 and then he was done.  She wanted to keep going.  I think she would have ridden all of them if we let her. 

The state troopers were there on Monday.  Caleb was interested in their helicopter. 

Casper family reunion

My grandma meets Anissa.

The Burn victim...

My poor Ellery burned her hand on the stove.  It was so awful.  I felt like the worst parent in the whole world.  She had a second degree burn on the palm of her hand.  She cried for 1/2 hour straight at least.  We had to do dressing changes 2x per day until it healed.  It surprisingly only took a week to heal to the point that we didn't need dressings anymore.  The below are pictures from the night after the burn.  Doesn't she look so sad :(

Tub time

The big kids loved having Anissa join them in the tub.  If only for a minute...

Anissa as "Dr Evil"  (see her pinkies)

We bought Caleb a desk since he is so into drawing and writing and is starting school.  He loves it!

We had a few morning sessions at Cascade Bay this year.  The kids loved being able to go there and play with their friends.

"That's all for now folks.  See you soon.  I'm almost 2 months old!!!"

One month old!

I can't believe that Miss Anissa is one month old already!  My how time flies!

This is her one month old birthday picture.

And of course the sibs have to be goofy for a picture too.

Caleb loving her up.  He continues to want to hold her all the time and really has been a great help-with Anissa.  Not so much with his other sister-he LOVES to antagonize her. Oh well, I guess one is better than none.

Ellery gets her baby time in too.  Lately it's been her who has asked more to hold Anissa.  I'm glad they both like her so much.

If you were to enlarge this photo, you would see a rather large toad in Caleb's hands.  We have been frog/toad hunting this whole summer.  This was by far the largest.  Tim ran across it in our flower bed in the front of the house.  Caleb has been obsessed with catching these poor creatures.  He picked this one up right away and held it for a bit.  It was rather gross in my opinion. It even peed on him-eewe!

Here she is in the cute outfit my coworker Amy brought.  I just love the outfit-thanks Amy! 

Tim and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on August 3rd.  We went out for a "romantic dinner for 3" (Anissa's car seat is behind us in the photo)  My mom and grandma would have been happy to have all 3 kiddos, but I didn't think I would enjoy myself enough having to worry if Anissa was hungry or not. We went to Benihana anyway, so our dinner for 3 ended up being a dinner for 8-we sat with another family of 5.  Oh well, as Tim said, we've spent plenty of time together these months he has been off.  We enjoyed ourselves anyway.

Anissa really likes to be held.  Here I am learning to be a baby wearer.  My coworker Amy borrowed me this sling and Anissa has really taken to it.  If I want to get something done, I just plop her in here and she is content.  Our neighbor was teasing Tim wondering when he would see Tim wearing it.  He said never, but I think when I go back to work, he might have a change of heart.

This is Anissa's perch.  She takes many naps here throughout the day and doesn't even flinch for all the noise.

The first day at the beach. We have a great beach by our house and there is even a decent fishing spot right on the beach.  Caleb has really taken to fishing.  He went to Walmart one day and Tim thought he might sleep that night in the fishing aisle.  It was pretty cute.  He will teach his daddy a thing or two about fishing soon here.  At least Tim is trying to learn :)

The kids at the beach.  Anissa was in the sling with me and she slept the whole time.  Thankfully this day was not a humid day.  It was a nicer day before we got all of this heat. 

Well, that's all for now.  We are getting some sleep, she usually wakes up once in the middle of the night and then around 5:30/6 she wants to eat again.  Not too bad.  She has been asleep for a lot of this month, but is now starting to be more alert.  It should be interesting when she is more alert for more of the day how much I won't be able to do.  Unless she is in the sling I suppose.  We are really enjoying her though-so that's what matters most.  

Stay cool.  Hope the weather folks are right for once in their prediction of cooler weather to come.  I could really use it! 

Photos with Diane

These are photos from Diane.  As usual, they turned out AWESOME even though she didn't think so.  My favorites are the second one and the last one.  I tried to turn them so they were oriented correctly, but for some reason, it failed 2x so you'll have to enjoy them this way.  Also, I don't know if I will ever get to my birth story.  I guess I didn't realize??  how crazy busy I would be.  Oh well, life is good anyway!

Tim would LOVE to superimpose a Carolina Tar Heels shirt on her for this one. 

Maybe we'll figure that out in our spare time!