<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:30:03.489-08:00</updated><category term='traveling'/><category term='decorations'/><category term='Stats'/><category term='anniversary'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='well checks'/><category term='play'/><category term='Brugge'/><category term='fall'/><category term='Labor Day weekend'/><category term='Cape May'/><category term='6 month stats'/><category term='bubbles'/><title type='text'>Keeping up with the Keeseys</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-4514174288211178989</id><published>2011-12-15T14:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T14:28:01.721-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas card 2011 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; 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of cards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&amp;c1=msc&amp;c2=blogger" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-4514174288211178989?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/4514174288211178989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-card-2011-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/4514174288211178989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/4514174288211178989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-card-2011-2.html' title='Christmas card 2011 2'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-2010538569791690605</id><published>2011-09-27T18:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T18:47:37.434-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving along</title><content type='html'>The past few days, when I go to get Ben out of his crib in the morning, I've found him on all fours rocking back and forth.&amp;nbsp; Really?&amp;nbsp; He just turned 6 months!&amp;nbsp; I shouldn't really be too surprised since Jack started crawling around 7 months but I just figured his 'roundness' would hinder him a bit, haha!&amp;nbsp; It's really cute though..you can tell he wants to get going and chase Jack around so bad but he's just not there yet.&amp;nbsp; I'm thinking things will REALLY get interesting then. :)&amp;nbsp; I took this video this morning (it's so dark due to the crappy weather we've been having lately).&amp;nbsp; It was intended to be just of Ben but Jack put on a little show too..so stinking cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/hI_OYhsbluw"&gt;Ben Rockin' and Jack Singin'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-2010538569791690605?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/2010538569791690605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/moving-along.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2010538569791690605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2010538569791690605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/moving-along.html' title='Moving along'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-1697755702283894365</id><published>2011-09-27T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T18:23:19.766-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decorations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>My favorite time of year :)</title><content type='html'>I love, love, love fall.&amp;nbsp; Really, if it could be 65 with changing leaves and crisp air all year round, I'd be a happy girl. :)&amp;nbsp; I'm still working on my fall decoration "stash" but I love what we have so far.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7t86DB-1q0U/ToJ2Jsd41SI/AAAAAAAAAgM/eietNU41jWk/s1600/CSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7t86DB-1q0U/ToJ2Jsd41SI/AAAAAAAAAgM/eietNU41jWk/s320/CSC_0042.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I swear that I dust and had JUST dusted this like 2 days before I put these up..darn black furniture! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xdNNeYdCHCQ/ToJ2KoJyBSI/AAAAAAAAAgU/QwG7h6PjWEY/s1600/CSC_0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xdNNeYdCHCQ/ToJ2KoJyBSI/AAAAAAAAAgU/QwG7h6PjWEY/s320/CSC_0045.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngOWJ7OiJbI/ToJ2LWhe-nI/AAAAAAAAAgc/aZVL-t5ymbE/s1600/CSC_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngOWJ7OiJbI/ToJ2LWhe-nI/AAAAAAAAAgc/aZVL-t5ymbE/s320/CSC_0047.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08T5NONaysE/ToJ2MePCOuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/wp1uoDvyTxI/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-08T5NONaysE/ToJ2MePCOuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/wp1uoDvyTxI/s320/DSC_0036.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Fall! :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-1697755702283894365?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/1697755702283894365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-favorite-time-of-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/1697755702283894365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/1697755702283894365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-favorite-time-of-year.html' title='My favorite time of year :)'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7t86DB-1q0U/ToJ2Jsd41SI/AAAAAAAAAgM/eietNU41jWk/s72-c/CSC_0042.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-8613716588647481720</id><published>2011-09-26T05:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T05:32:26.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yup, asking for votes :)</title><content type='html'>Vote for Ben!&amp;nbsp; I entered him into a Cute Kid contest to try and win a photo session and would love to have a chance to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/media/set/?set=a.10150459761929815.459509.34816434814"&gt;Cute Kid Contest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to help us out, just 'like' Gail Anne Photography and then 'like' Ben's photo.&amp;nbsp; You have to like both for the vote to count.&amp;nbsp; Thank you! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-8613716588647481720?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/8613716588647481720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/yup-asking-for-votes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/8613716588647481720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/8613716588647481720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/yup-asking-for-votes.html' title='Yup, asking for votes :)'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-8334588401795449134</id><published>2011-09-25T10:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T10:33:31.254-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football Sunday</title><content type='html'>Go Eagles!&lt;div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2AqaLwMkNYU/Tn9l4obge1I/AAAAAAAAAgI/pz-Rcyva6sI/s640/blogger-image--1511301303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2AqaLwMkNYU/Tn9l4obge1I/AAAAAAAAAgI/pz-Rcyva6sI/s640/blogger-image--1511301303.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-8334588401795449134?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/8334588401795449134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/football-sunday.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/8334588401795449134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/8334588401795449134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/football-sunday.html' title='Football Sunday'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2AqaLwMkNYU/Tn9l4obge1I/AAAAAAAAAgI/pz-Rcyva6sI/s72-c/blogger-image--1511301303.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-624815638584543983</id><published>2011-09-23T18:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T18:48:48.551-07:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Generations</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ylM7j3idf7Q/Tn02_1xkHII/AAAAAAAAAgE/INoiB_E7qaM/s640/blogger-image-1538509612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ylM7j3idf7Q/Tn02_1xkHII/AAAAAAAAAgE/INoiB_E7qaM/s640/blogger-image-1538509612.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-624815638584543983?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/624815638584543983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/4-generations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/624815638584543983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/624815638584543983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/4-generations.html' title='4 Generations'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ylM7j3idf7Q/Tn02_1xkHII/AAAAAAAAAgE/INoiB_E7qaM/s72-c/blogger-image-1538509612.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-7868063592269883300</id><published>2011-09-21T13:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T13:51:25.109-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6 month stats'/><title type='text'>6 Months!</title><content type='html'>Guess who's 6 months??!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-naMYdaVhqks/TnpI6e1pKPI/AAAAAAAAAgA/jP1KPvCMF6I/s1600/CSC_0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-naMYdaVhqks/TnpI6e1pKPI/AAAAAAAAAgA/jP1KPvCMF6I/s320/CSC_0022.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I can't, can't believe Ben is 6 months already.&amp;nbsp; Seriously, where is the time going?&amp;nbsp; It's really so bittersweet.&amp;nbsp; While I'm SO happy he's more independent everyday, I do miss the cuddly newborn.&amp;nbsp; He's so much fun now though (as I hear him starting to fuss in his room, haha!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 months stats..he's 21 lb and 27.5 inches.&amp;nbsp; He's in the 95% for weight and 80% for height.&amp;nbsp; He's still catching up height-wise, haha!&amp;nbsp; He's definitely my solid little man but I love it.&amp;nbsp; (For comparison, Jack was only 17lb and 26in at 6 months.&amp;nbsp; There is only 6lb between them now..Jack is a 27lb 2 1/2 year old, haha!)&amp;nbsp; Things he's doing now are sitting up like pro.&amp;nbsp; He can go 20+ minutes before getting bored or tipping over.&amp;nbsp; I don't have to put pillows around him anymore but I do put him in the middle of the floor just in case he does tip.&amp;nbsp; I don't want him hitting his head on furniture!&amp;nbsp; He's rolling all over and seems like he's trying to crawl (must be hard to pick that big, 21 lb butt off the floor, haha!).&amp;nbsp; He can scoot himself backward but is still trying to work on moving forward.&amp;nbsp; He'll spin himself around in circles on his belly though.&amp;nbsp; He's grabbing everything and babbling up a storm.&amp;nbsp; He also 'purrs' which is really cute. :)&amp;nbsp; I need to get it on video..he does seem to do it when he's happy.&amp;nbsp; He's LOVING Jack right now and gets a kick out of his big brother!&amp;nbsp; It's awesome to see them sort of interact with each other.&amp;nbsp; He does laugh but not nearly as hard as he does when Jack does something he thinks is funny.&amp;nbsp; Jack gets a kick out of that too.&amp;nbsp; I can tell there will be some battles in the months to come with toys though..we're working on the sharing thing with Jack but I know he won't like it once Ben can really get a hold of his toys!&amp;nbsp; We've also started giving him more food.&amp;nbsp; I've made some sweet potatoes, squash, apples and pears so we'll see how that goes.&amp;nbsp; He's doing great and is such a happy baby most of the time.&amp;nbsp; I THINK he's teething but it's always so hard to tell since all babies chew and drool.&amp;nbsp; If he takes after Jack he won't be getting any until at least 9 1/2 months.&amp;nbsp; Looking forward to updating with some pumpkin patch pics! :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-7868063592269883300?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/7868063592269883300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/6-months.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/7868063592269883300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/7868063592269883300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/6-months.html' title='6 Months!'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-naMYdaVhqks/TnpI6e1pKPI/AAAAAAAAAgA/jP1KPvCMF6I/s72-c/CSC_0022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-5590388762435452308</id><published>2011-09-21T13:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T13:52:06.313-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cape May'/><title type='text'>Cape May 2011</title><content type='html'>Our much awaited vacation has come and gone.&amp;nbsp; Dan and I spent a weekend  in Cape May last year for our anniversary and decided that we wanted to  come back with our family for vacation.&amp;nbsp; We had a great time!&amp;nbsp; Being  that it was the beginning of September, the weather can be a hit or  miss, but we lucked out (for the most part) and ended up being able to  enjoy some beach days.&amp;nbsp; I love it there, it's so laid back and pretty.&amp;nbsp; It's nice to walk around and look at the pretty houses. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIZj55uOVfY/TnoNmQgeRPI/AAAAAAAAAfI/WL0IuMMhEPY/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIZj55uOVfY/TnoNmQgeRPI/AAAAAAAAAfI/WL0IuMMhEPY/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SSmy7BIWMkE/TnoNm-MfZqI/AAAAAAAAAfM/dcLhFK6xGag/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SSmy7BIWMkE/TnoNm-MfZqI/AAAAAAAAAfM/dcLhFK6xGag/s320/DSC_0018.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;The townhouse we stayed in..I really hope we stay here again next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P7QF6HmyKI4/TnoNvbmlORI/AAAAAAAAAfc/HgjRHAnBrqc/s1600/DSC_0028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P7QF6HmyKI4/TnoNvbmlORI/AAAAAAAAAfc/HgjRHAnBrqc/s320/DSC_0028.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the first time we brought Jack to the beach (when he was 5 months old), he's been terrified of it.&amp;nbsp; When we walked over the sand and started walking up to the ocean, he started screaming and didn't calm down until we were nearly off the beach.&amp;nbsp; He was a little better last year..he wouldn't go near the ocean but at least played in the sand and in a pool full of ocean water.&amp;nbsp; This year I was shocked that he walked right up to the water the first day..but then a wave came and off he went screaming back to the entrance.&amp;nbsp; Ugh.&amp;nbsp; I took this with my phone..see the little person in green?&amp;nbsp; That's Jack and that's where he played for nearly an hour and a half before getting hungry and coming to eat some Teddy Grahams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKqhqmYboE/TnoOPUWASwI/AAAAAAAAAfk/2IV7fLRPrhg/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKqhqmYboE/TnoOPUWASwI/AAAAAAAAAfk/2IV7fLRPrhg/s320/014.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan sat back there with him for a bit then we switched.&amp;nbsp; We did get him to stay with us when he came for the grahams.&amp;nbsp; Once he started building sandcastles with Daddy, he got more comfortable.&amp;nbsp; He kept an eye on the waves though to make sure the "water not come up". :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day was super cloudy and cool so we went to the Cape May Zoo.&amp;nbsp; It was really cute!&amp;nbsp; Definitely not a big place by any means but it's perfect for little kids and it's free..bonus!&amp;nbsp; They appreciate donations though we did give them money.&amp;nbsp; Jack had a blast and talked about seeing the animals for the rest of the week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sitting on Daddy's shoulders, watching the Eagles..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RTyUqXs12R8/TnoNevLqP1I/AAAAAAAAAfA/2BYXbho_1-A/s1600/DSC_0113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RTyUqXs12R8/TnoNevLqP1I/AAAAAAAAAfA/2BYXbho_1-A/s320/DSC_0113.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben's smile cracks me up here!&amp;nbsp; He seems to be perfecting his "cheese" smile like Jack, haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OT2H1yUeRwg/TnoNfG5kzbI/AAAAAAAAAfE/vvIyQoW7jP4/s1600/DSC_0118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OT2H1yUeRwg/TnoNfG5kzbI/AAAAAAAAAfE/vvIyQoW7jP4/s320/DSC_0118.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the week was really just so relaxing.&amp;nbsp; We walked around a lot and enjoyed beach time when we could.&amp;nbsp; Mom-mom and Pop-pop live close so they even came down for a night to visit.&amp;nbsp; Such a great time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our brief walk on the beach.&amp;nbsp; Jack was excited and was pointing out the lighthouse.&amp;nbsp; He wasn't a fan once we stepped onto the beach though (despite not going to the water) so the walk was short-lived.&amp;nbsp; It's so pretty here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tyXITW4DfjQ/TnoNeA8RMeI/AAAAAAAAAe8/pKCqK8dlxLY/s320/DSC_0096.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silly boys!&amp;nbsp; I love Jack's smile in the one picture.&amp;nbsp; It's SO hard to get 'natural' smile pictures of him since he's always saying "CHEESE" when I point the camera at him.&amp;nbsp; This is his real smile and I love it!&amp;nbsp; Also, Ben started really sitting up on his own, for long periods of time, that week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-asJSVoMrB_w/TnoNtvaMxrI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D2JwdZNVjXg/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-asJSVoMrB_w/TnoNtvaMxrI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/D2JwdZNVjXg/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9XnfI6XA_ps/TnoNuFbC-OI/AAAAAAAAAfU/FOF3BhfEc84/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9XnfI6XA_ps/TnoNuFbC-OI/AAAAAAAAAfU/FOF3BhfEc84/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our last day on the beach and Jack did really well!&amp;nbsp; He still wouldn't go near the water but that's ok.&amp;nbsp; It IS a bit scary to a toddler, I'm sure.&amp;nbsp; He loves playing in the sand and had a great time. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gcJKOxdu1c/TnoORe7tsSI/AAAAAAAAAfs/uT1Yr2II448/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8gcJKOxdu1c/TnoORe7tsSI/AAAAAAAAAfs/uT1Yr2II448/s320/017.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fW015qhdu9I/TnoOUP9DS5I/AAAAAAAAAf4/ZVaX1DnqTYU/s320/030.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our last night we went to Sunset Beach.&amp;nbsp; It was awesome to see the sun set over the water and not land.&amp;nbsp; I haven't seen that since our cruise a few years ago so it was nice to see it again.&amp;nbsp; So pretty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmGI6aPnU78/TnoNuZqgurI/AAAAAAAAAfY/yU3PKSkreeA/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmGI6aPnU78/TnoNuZqgurI/AAAAAAAAAfY/yU3PKSkreeA/s320/DSC_0008.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went the whole week without getting a picture of all 4 of us and I really wanted one before we left.&amp;nbsp; Thankfully someone helped us out!&amp;nbsp; We had a great week and I look forward to going again next year!&amp;nbsp; Hmm..now onto thinking about another vacation...Haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i1ZjFwP8wqY/TnoNwFKb_SI/AAAAAAAAAfg/QOYD5J3O1vg/s1600/DSC_0029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i1ZjFwP8wqY/TnoNwFKb_SI/AAAAAAAAAfg/QOYD5J3O1vg/s320/DSC_0029.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-5590388762435452308?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/5590388762435452308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/cape-may-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/5590388762435452308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/5590388762435452308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/cape-may-2011.html' title='Cape May 2011'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIZj55uOVfY/TnoNmQgeRPI/AAAAAAAAAfI/WL0IuMMhEPY/s72-c/DSC_0011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-2368228920884358909</id><published>2011-09-21T09:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T13:52:37.916-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Labor Day weekend'/><title type='text'>Labor Day Weekend 2011</title><content type='html'>Before we headed to the beach, we made a stop at Dan's moms for Labor Day weekend.&amp;nbsp; Jack LOVES seeing his grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins so we really had a great time.&amp;nbsp; He gets spoiled when everyone is around!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing that most people close to us know is how cautious Jack is about pretty much everything.&amp;nbsp; I'm a high anxiety person and he seems to have gotten that trait from me..poor kid.&amp;nbsp; It took him about a year before he stopped screaming in the bath tub (I dreaded bath night for the longest time, ugh) and he's carried that fear over to pools and oceans.&amp;nbsp; It took him a bit to get used to the baby pool in our neighborhood this summer but he grew to love it.&amp;nbsp; Bigger pools are more of a challenge.&amp;nbsp; It took some prodding and patience but Mom-mom and Aunt Donna were finally able to get him in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First onto the step..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FhJrvsgzTPg/TnoNVqn_F2I/AAAAAAAAAeA/1PUPnyV5VpE/s1600/DSC_0031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FhJrvsgzTPg/TnoNVqn_F2I/AAAAAAAAAeA/1PUPnyV5VpE/s320/DSC_0031.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QagsnIuEafE/TnoNWPpYPSI/AAAAAAAAAeE/7FdzyuDbRdQ/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QagsnIuEafE/TnoNWPpYPSI/AAAAAAAAAeE/7FdzyuDbRdQ/s320/DSC_0037.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then onto the float..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fQmu5tRnAA/TnoNWwsq9oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/D1PoGZrbh-Q/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5fQmu5tRnAA/TnoNWwsq9oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/D1PoGZrbh-Q/s320/DSC_0043.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then into the actual water (in a float, of coarse), yay!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ndcd3ri4N5A/TnoNXZuRxaI/AAAAAAAAAeM/q0WhpLZNuQI/s320/DSC_0046.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and the boy :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-50kMJuwQuRA/TnoNY3ovnWI/AAAAAAAAAeY/hTujqJKNICo/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-50kMJuwQuRA/TnoNY3ovnWI/AAAAAAAAAeY/hTujqJKNICo/s320/DSC_0054.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had meant to cut his hair before we left but there was just so much to do that I didn't have time.&amp;nbsp; I brought along my stuff and cut it before we headed to the beach.&amp;nbsp; He always looks so much older after a haircut!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CUMAZf-p2Dc/TnoNZ8CygpI/AAAAAAAAAeg/UKPeVhAKZqM/s1600/DSC_0065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CUMAZf-p2Dc/TnoNZ8CygpI/AAAAAAAAAeg/UKPeVhAKZqM/s320/DSC_0065.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack wanted to take Pop-pop's work truck for a test drive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpdLYdDrqaQ/TnoNaQsmzXI/AAAAAAAAAek/AtgSqF110HQ/s1600/DSC_0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpdLYdDrqaQ/TnoNaQsmzXI/AAAAAAAAAek/AtgSqF110HQ/s320/DSC_0072.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eX4i7BYKOEU/TnoNbIuBIlI/AAAAAAAAAeo/qUUujRwtKcI/s1600/DSC_0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eX4i7BYKOEU/TnoNbIuBIlI/AAAAAAAAAeo/qUUujRwtKcI/s320/DSC_0074.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack and Mom-mom and Pop-pop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nF8G7vxoBnY/TnoNcAPdRoI/AAAAAAAAAes/S4dQMz3amzM/s1600/DSC_0083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nF8G7vxoBnY/TnoNcAPdRoI/AAAAAAAAAes/S4dQMz3amzM/s320/DSC_0083.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sebme_kxZHs/TnoNcvWDr_I/AAAAAAAAAew/JYvWxAcCxY0/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sebme_kxZHs/TnoNcvWDr_I/AAAAAAAAAew/JYvWxAcCxY0/s320/DSC_0089.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a great weekend!&amp;nbsp; Next stop..Cape May!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-2368228920884358909?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/2368228920884358909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/labor-day-weekend-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2368228920884358909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2368228920884358909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/labor-day-weekend-2011.html' title='Labor Day Weekend 2011'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FhJrvsgzTPg/TnoNVqn_F2I/AAAAAAAAAeA/1PUPnyV5VpE/s72-c/DSC_0031.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-4892091809037154489</id><published>2011-09-02T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-03T10:05:01.239-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anniversary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='traveling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brugge'/><title type='text'>A look back..</title><content type='html'>I can't believe 4 years ago Dan and I were in Brugge, Belgium celebrating our 1 year anniversary.&amp;nbsp; It seems so long ago but not so long ago at the same time..if that even makes sense, haha!&amp;nbsp; That weekend was seriously one of the best weekends I ever had.&amp;nbsp; After dealing with a summer full of cool temperatures and rain (literally everyday for nearly 3 months..guess you can't be too surprised about that in London) and homesickness, it was what I needed.&amp;nbsp; I was already in love with Europe and Brugge sort of cemented that for me.&amp;nbsp; Yes, I need to reminisce!&amp;nbsp; We hopped on the Eurostar and headed over to mainland Europe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Belfort in Brugge Market&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DDVz_WKataQ/TlqWVwDqNRI/AAAAAAAAAcc/MqonXdjrAo8/s1600/IMG_1888.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DDVz_WKataQ/TlqWVwDqNRI/AAAAAAAAAcc/MqonXdjrAo8/s320/IMG_1888.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brugge Market&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DY7CWJY66Vs/TlqW-RZYYyI/AAAAAAAAAcg/KLXsGx9WGzQ/s1600/IMG_1895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DY7CWJY66Vs/TlqW-RZYYyI/AAAAAAAAAcg/KLXsGx9WGzQ/s320/IMG_1895.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bike rides through town..&amp;nbsp; (Our butts hurt so bad after this day, haha!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-868yNcgdjPY/TlqXEx4HieI/AAAAAAAAAcw/KMjVPg8o2ZQ/s1600/IMG_1908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-868yNcgdjPY/TlqXEx4HieI/AAAAAAAAAcw/KMjVPg8o2ZQ/s320/IMG_1908.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOflCRwCqI8/TlqXMC6YmfI/AAAAAAAAAc8/HzO0ysYMlFw/s1600/IMG_1920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOflCRwCqI8/TlqXMC6YmfI/AAAAAAAAAc8/HzO0ysYMlFw/s320/IMG_1920.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jCWqejZnmaI/TlqXPmJvXpI/AAAAAAAAAdA/jh6YsY7Ww8I/s1600/IMG_1926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jCWqejZnmaI/TlqXPmJvXpI/AAAAAAAAAdA/jh6YsY7Ww8I/s320/IMG_1926.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relaxing with a super yummy dinner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq1WHwTL100/TlqXApI3fAI/AAAAAAAAAck/dWJ2523VLXA/s1600/IMG_1896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tq1WHwTL100/TlqXApI3fAI/AAAAAAAAAck/dWJ2523VLXA/s320/IMG_1896.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rmYL3Jb0pSs/TlqXB-W3AbI/AAAAAAAAAco/NyOracLCmyg/s1600/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rmYL3Jb0pSs/TlqXB-W3AbI/AAAAAAAAAco/NyOracLCmyg/s320/IMG_1897.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pretty view..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O0p4wtPMGoc/TlqXDaqgfwI/AAAAAAAAAcs/7xkl_6apQ_8/s1600/IMG_1903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O0p4wtPMGoc/TlqXDaqgfwI/AAAAAAAAAcs/7xkl_6apQ_8/s320/IMG_1903.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More great pictures of Brugge..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bSBzl17DUKw/TlqXSzyBriI/AAAAAAAAAdE/JZcE1d6FHWo/s1600/IMG_1930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQtOIub-Ic8/TlqXjneyMxI/AAAAAAAAAdc/O4x2G8ccfrU/s320/IMG_1990.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LB9M7lHkef0/TlqXmeXlrEI/AAAAAAAAAdg/gmlJSDnDc_Q/s1600/IMG_1999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LB9M7lHkef0/TlqXmeXlrEI/AAAAAAAAAdg/gmlJSDnDc_Q/s320/IMG_1999.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3CyOx1DAfY8/TlqXsDFt1EI/AAAAAAAAAdk/1421uGvFQ6g/s1600/IMG_2027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3CyOx1DAfY8/TlqXsDFt1EI/AAAAAAAAAdk/1421uGvFQ6g/s320/IMG_2027.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And us on our 1 year anniversary. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VL0uRFIdlUY/TlqXWBDvhjI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Va_D76P4xjc/s1600/IMG_1931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VL0uRFIdlUY/TlqXWBDvhjI/AAAAAAAAAdI/Va_D76P4xjc/s320/IMG_1931.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is just something about Europe as a whole..it's just so much slower and more relaxed.&amp;nbsp; People take time to actually enjoy their day and live life.&amp;nbsp; I really miss that aspect of living there.&amp;nbsp; Looking that these pictures just makes me want to go back so badly one day.&amp;nbsp; (If I could do 1 thing over about living and traveling over there it would be to have bought a better camera, haha!&amp;nbsp; Oh well..guess that means we need to go back to get better pictures.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we're celebrating our 5 year anniversary..5 YEARS!!&amp;nbsp; I can not believe it's been that long already and I can't believe how much our lives have changed in such a short time.&amp;nbsp; We've gone from newlyweds traveling whenever we can to a family of 4, settled in our home. :)&amp;nbsp; I wouldn't change a thing and am so happy with where we are right now.&amp;nbsp; I'm also happy we had the chance to see new places before we settled down.&amp;nbsp; Here's to more life adventures together! :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-4892091809037154489?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/4892091809037154489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/look-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/4892091809037154489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/4892091809037154489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/09/look-back.html' title='A look back..'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DDVz_WKataQ/TlqWVwDqNRI/AAAAAAAAAcc/MqonXdjrAo8/s72-c/IMG_1888.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-1308769538941654369</id><published>2011-08-28T13:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-28T13:43:52.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A week of iPhone pictures and updates</title><content type='html'> &lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;Since I've gotten my iPhone there have been less 'real' camera pictures but a few more blog posts. It's so easy to blog from the phone! Now I'm getting a whole bunch of pics on my phone though so I have to share.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jack with his 'Nemo' fishy. My niece was visiting for a week so we went to the aquarium one day.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rEGcL1S8VP0/TlqodohxglI/AAAAAAAAAdw/mgTYFDHUG3k/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;A day out shopping.. Look at the little old man and the cute little dudes with the sunglasses! :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-giiT9f3Z3MI/Tlqobg4BsDI/AAAAAAAAAds/djSEypvDcgA/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JMg4_H_jMqw/TlqofnGXeoI/AAAAAAAAAd0/kDD2L-Ba8A4/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;Our niece, Journey. She was such a big help while she was here and Jack loved having her around. He was so sad when we dropped her off and he realized she was not coming back with us. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nXyzYKXfw-8/TlqogoXydAI/AAAAAAAAAd4/u2vjotjs4DQ/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;Jack with our nephew, Gabriel.  He loved him too and just thought he was the bees knees. :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cnVEQKFtx3I/TlqohmOa1NI/AAAAAAAAAd8/l5mi1KkiIxg/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;I thought it was cute that Jack fell asleep while still holding his balloon. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ob0XQN2fYAY/TlqoZbvcFwI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ZGS-2v5PZOg/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;The kids are doing really well. :) They both had a cold, Ben's lasting longer but I'm wondering if some of the congestion could be from teething. Guess that's just a wait and see game. I took him to the Dr.'s the other week for a sick visit and he's 20lbs! 2lbs gained in a month! Blows me away since it's hard to get him to finish bottles a lot of days and he's not really on solid food yet. Just cracks me up..he'll be sitting on Jack in no time. :) In other news, he's rolling like a champ from back to belly but gets frustrated because he can't roll back (even though he rolled belly to back, like, 4 times in a row at 3 months).  I'm looking forward to when he figures that out so he doesn't get so mad, haha! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Other than that, not too much going on. Just looking forward to vacation next week, yay!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-1308769538941654369?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/1308769538941654369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-of-iphone-pictures-and-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/1308769538941654369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/1308769538941654369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-of-iphone-pictures-and-updates.html' title='A week of iPhone pictures and updates'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rEGcL1S8VP0/TlqodohxglI/AAAAAAAAAdw/mgTYFDHUG3k/s72-c/bloggerPlus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-6862985872231490923</id><published>2011-08-04T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T13:25:28.898-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I really don't know how mothers with multiple children blog on a regular basis.&amp;nbsp; I've pretty much failed at this, haha!&amp;nbsp; At this point, I'm really thankful for my iPhone and that I can blog from my phone..the last few posts have been from there while I'm feeding Ben so the Blogger app is really coming in handy.&amp;nbsp; If it wasn't for that, I have a feeling I'd be a lot worse. :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The summer has been a crazy one so far, I really can't believe it's August already.&amp;nbsp; Seriously, where is the time going?!&amp;nbsp; Time already sped up once we had Jack but, since having Ben, it's been going at warp speed or something. &amp;nbsp; Not having Dan around for the last few weeks also plays a roll.&amp;nbsp; I'm happy that he had taken Fridays off in June because July was nuts for him at work and it's still going..4 days into August.&amp;nbsp; If it's nuts for him there, it's nuts for me here and there were many days I just wanted to pull my hair out.&amp;nbsp; I love my kids to pieces and wouldn't have things any other way but you really start to get burnt out not having any help.&amp;nbsp; My hats are off to single parents and parents who have to deal with long periods of time with doing things on their own...it's not easy.&amp;nbsp; Along with not having the extra help, it was hot as anything outside so I felt like we were confined to being inside.&amp;nbsp; Thankfully things have been a bit better lately.&amp;nbsp; I'm looking forward to vacation in a few weeks.&amp;nbsp; It'll be nice to play on the beach with Jack and have Dan around for a little while..that is before the next busy time rolls around.&amp;nbsp; I'm already dreading it.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In kid news, they're both doing great!!&amp;nbsp; It's crazy how much Ben is changing everyday and how much of his little personality is coming out.&amp;nbsp; He's a great baby and, although he's not quite as laid back as Jack was, he's a happy little (big! haha) guy.&amp;nbsp; He's been sleeping through the night since just after 2 months.&amp;nbsp; He usually goes from 8 to anywhere from 5- 6:30 in the morning.&amp;nbsp; Up until recently we could give him a bottle and he would go back to sleep for another 2-3 hours.&amp;nbsp; He's starting to either be really up at that time now or will go back to sleep for another hour or so.&amp;nbsp; He's had some mornings of waking at 4:30 but he's generally a really good sleeper (knock on wood!!).&amp;nbsp; We're working naps.&amp;nbsp; He's a good napper but I'm used to Jack who has always been a great, heavy sleeper.&amp;nbsp; He started sleeping through at around 2 months too but would take a 2 hour and a 3-4 hour nap during the day.&amp;nbsp; He still takes a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.&amp;nbsp; It's harder to have Ben on a napping schedule since we're usually out and about in the morning.&amp;nbsp; I do put them both down at the same time in the afternoon but Ben usually wakes up before Jack does.&amp;nbsp; I know I shouldn't complain though!!&amp;nbsp; The times lets me get some things done and maybe relax a little before it's back to kid duty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben is also starting to move around more.&amp;nbsp; He rolled belly to back about 5 times in a row just after he turned 3 months but he hasn't done it since, haha!&amp;nbsp; I DID get it on video though so I have proof!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-73e95fd6798a3d4c" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D73e95fd6798a3d4c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332178787%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D76DC9FD7AAF9CEB03AB7F16C1181B2AD99B56F7F.36B4AF46B887DB72C411FE4419EF96EF9F1691F7%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D73e95fd6798a3d4c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DJ_by_7kOKBvxNsMHVZFtLLF8L68&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D73e95fd6798a3d4c%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332178787%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D76DC9FD7AAF9CEB03AB7F16C1181B2AD99B56F7F.36B4AF46B887DB72C411FE4419EF96EF9F1691F7%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D73e95fd6798a3d4c%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DJ_by_7kOKBvxNsMHVZFtLLF8L68&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He seems to be really close to rolling back to belly but he can't quite get there yet.&amp;nbsp; He gets all the way on his side but just doesn't have the momentum.&amp;nbsp; I blame is chunky legs..they must be heavy to lug from side to side!&amp;nbsp; He's also working on sitting up although I know he's got a ways to go.&amp;nbsp; He's so strong though and really loves when you hold him in a sitting position.&amp;nbsp; I think he's starting to get bored with laying down.&amp;nbsp; The jumperoo is also becoming a favorite of his.&amp;nbsp; I'm happy that he's starting to enjoy bouncing himself around!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack is doing really well too!&amp;nbsp; He's still a small guy and it's funny to pick him up and hold him after holding Ben for awhile, haha!&amp;nbsp; He's only around 26-27 lbs at 2 1/2 and Ben was already 18lb at 4 months.&amp;nbsp; I have a feeling Ben will be giving Jack a run for his money once he's mobile and more independent.&amp;nbsp; He's getting a little better with his eating with adding the occasional bite of pizza to his diet and soy nut butter and fluff sandwiches.&amp;nbsp; He's still super picky though and basically lives off fruit (blueberries are his favorite right now), yogurt, wheat thins, cereal and french fries.&amp;nbsp; It's frustrating but he's getting there. :)&amp;nbsp; His vocabulary is off the charts to us.&amp;nbsp; It's amazing to think that at his 2 year appt I could not give the doctor 5 words that he said on a regular basis and now he's telling us what things are and speaking in sentences.&amp;nbsp; I know I've said that before but it really does blow me away.&amp;nbsp; He can count to 15 and can spell his name.&amp;nbsp; I know Jack isn't hard to spell but I'm still proud of him!&amp;nbsp; He'll also sing the alphabet with you and loves to dance.&amp;nbsp; This kid has an awesome personality and is still super sweet.&amp;nbsp; We are so incredibly blessed to have such great kids. :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is he hamming it up (his new thing is wanting to see pics or videos of him after we take them)..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5v89-eWuD1w/Tjr-zFeFSSI/AAAAAAAAAcU/jTnofY_zFMs/s1600/hammy+Jack.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5v89-eWuD1w/Tjr-zFeFSSI/AAAAAAAAAcU/jTnofY_zFMs/s320/hammy+Jack.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I've really got to whip out our good camera again soon instead of using all of these iPhone pics, haha!&lt;br /&gt;My handsome man :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pI-bNo2NKbw/Tjr-2e53pYI/AAAAAAAAAcY/WtXdh3aMr3c/s1600/cutie+boy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pI-bNo2NKbw/Tjr-2e53pYI/AAAAAAAAAcY/WtXdh3aMr3c/s320/cutie+boy.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;So, all in all, things are good.&amp;nbsp; Just hoping we can spend more time as a family the next 2 months before craziness ensues again.&amp;nbsp; :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-6862985872231490923?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/6862985872231490923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-really-dont-know-how-mothers-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/6862985872231490923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/6862985872231490923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-really-dont-know-how-mothers-with.html' title=''/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5v89-eWuD1w/Tjr-zFeFSSI/AAAAAAAAAcU/jTnofY_zFMs/s72-c/hammy+Jack.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-9210953669051846541</id><published>2011-08-01T08:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T08:40:41.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sittin' pretty</title><content type='html'> &lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;I love this picture from last week. He can't sit on his own yet but is trying so hard!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I do have updates on everyone but things have been so crazy around here that I haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm full of iPhone pics though, haha!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C4sB5O-H3nY/TjbI9o0ZbfI/AAAAAAAAAcM/dczZKsvHqWk/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-9210953669051846541?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/9210953669051846541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/08/sittin-pretty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/9210953669051846541'/><link rel='self' 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starting laughing here and there and it's a great sound!!&amp;nbsp; I love that he's getting to the fun baby stage and out of the newborn stage.&amp;nbsp; He looks like he's been out of it for awhile based on how big he is though, haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-64d4f18587aa2775" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-6460600585869752847</id><published>2011-07-22T12:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T12:44:36.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'> &lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;Cutie pie's first taste of cereal..&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vkiVj_6LHDo/TinTIlmoUaI/AAAAAAAAAcI/oi5ds00kinI/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-6460600585869752847?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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Seriously where does the time go? He's growing up so fast and is already a big boy. He dis great at the doctors today and weighed in at 17lb 15 oz and is 25 3/4 in long. For another comparison, Jack was 15lb 2 oz at 4 1/2 months. Nuts! :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ben is meeting all of his milestones and is doing great! He's ready for cereal but I'm not sure I want to start that yet.  I know it sounds silly but I don't want to deal with solid food poops yet, haha!  Speaking of.. We've gotta work on Jack potty training but he has absolutely no interest.  We keep trying though. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3l3DJgB69bs/TiRj8H94QgI/AAAAAAAAAb8/Y8HzWLUmIP8/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;1 of 2 battle wounds from his appt today. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_image_section'&gt;&lt;div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='left' &gt;&lt;img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d4CkvlKZKjE/TiRj7RcjzVI/AAAAAAAAAb4/6whX47uKH0I/bloggerPlus.jpg' &gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'&gt;He's a trooper so far! :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-5562156013724869202?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/5562156013724869202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/07/4-months.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/5562156013724869202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/5562156013724869202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/07/4-months.html' title='4 months!'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3l3DJgB69bs/TiRj8H94QgI/AAAAAAAAAb8/Y8HzWLUmIP8/s72-c/bloggerPlus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-2114778399344706434</id><published>2011-06-09T12:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-09T12:45:18.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One is not like the other</title><content type='html'>And that is true around these parts!&amp;nbsp; I know I talk about it all the time but it's just so crazy how different Jack and Ben are.&amp;nbsp; We totally thought Dan would have 2 mini-me's when it came to the kids so I guess I'm still getting used to the fact that Ben looks nothing like him.&amp;nbsp; I loved having my skinny, little baby and I'm now loving having my big, chunky baby. :)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ben had is 2 month appt a few weeks ago and he weighed in at 14lbs 10oz (95th percentile) and 23.5in long (64th percentile).&amp;nbsp; At 3 months, Jack was 11lbs 12oz and was 23in.&amp;nbsp; He was always so skinny where Ben has some girth to him, haha!&amp;nbsp; I love his chunky legs!&amp;nbsp; Here is a picture of Ben in one of Jack's old outfits at 2 months (it's a 6m)..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O98gz2zxCDs/TfEc_p_ehrI/AAAAAAAAAbE/96OUGCjd-gg/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O98gz2zxCDs/TfEc_p_ehrI/AAAAAAAAAbE/96OUGCjd-gg/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;And here is Jack&amp;nbsp; at nearly 4 months (I absolutely LOVE this picture of him..one of my favorites!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdmTlK-I09Y/TfEdqMdSPRI/AAAAAAAAAbk/hGa2BK_TaaU/s1600/Copy+of+DSCN3439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdmTlK-I09Y/TfEdqMdSPRI/AAAAAAAAAbk/hGa2BK_TaaU/s320/Copy+of+DSCN3439.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jack probably wore this for another 3-4 months while I think Ben is out of it now. :)&amp;nbsp; I know it'll even out eventually but I really do get a kick out of it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;In other news, things around here are going well, can't complain!&amp;nbsp; Jack continues to talk up a storm which I LOVE.&amp;nbsp; His little voice is so cute and it's so much easier to communicate with him now.&amp;nbsp; I know he used to get really frustrated when we couldn't understand what he wanted.&amp;nbsp; He's really good with Ben still and always wants to see him and hug him first thing in the morning and right when he wakes up from his nap.&amp;nbsp; I love that he's been so good with him.&amp;nbsp; Ben also seems to really like Jack too. :)&amp;nbsp; Now that he's more aware and paying more attention to what's going on around him, his little head follows Jack everywhere.&amp;nbsp; It's so freaking cute!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We took a little day trip to the local zoo a few weeks ago.&amp;nbsp; It's the first time Jack has been and he really liked it!&amp;nbsp; Now we'll just need to take him to the DC or Philly zoo so he can see more animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daddy and Jack checking out the turtles..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s3VTvAnWv2w/TfEdUWOJ4HI/AAAAAAAAAbI/rAg16qIv-ms/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s3VTvAnWv2w/TfEdUWOJ4HI/AAAAAAAAAbI/rAg16qIv-ms/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cute baby elephant :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biM_GoN3IWM/TfEdUwaNK9I/AAAAAAAAAbM/fdiWbO6ul0Q/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biM_GoN3IWM/TfEdUwaNK9I/AAAAAAAAAbM/fdiWbO6ul0Q/s320/DSC_0009.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXmVYATzSqY/TfEdVsIXwvI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ztQScNeogiA/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXmVYATzSqY/TfEdVsIXwvI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/ztQScNeogiA/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;Daddy and Jack :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmK1R6b4GCA/TfEdWANzZXI/AAAAAAAAAbU/skce2gvu0y8/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmK1R6b4GCA/TfEdWANzZXI/AAAAAAAAAbU/skce2gvu0y8/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to Dan's aunt and uncles house for a little bit over Memorial Day..was so nice to see everyone!&amp;nbsp; We've gotten to see them lots lately (Dan and his uncle are doing our deck) which has been a lot of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mom-mom and Ben on a very windy day, haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfM5-ayI0kg/TfEdXZNau7I/AAAAAAAAAbc/ovOEFL0hYms/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfM5-ayI0kg/TfEdXZNau7I/AAAAAAAAAbc/ovOEFL0hYms/s320/DSC_0025.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love that they have this old rocking horse.&amp;nbsp; I used to loves these things and Jack loves it too!&amp;nbsp; I wish we could find one like this..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-veT4qYc3tOM/TfEdWgcHDUI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CrpYhHNHHH0/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-veT4qYc3tOM/TfEdWgcHDUI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CrpYhHNHHH0/s320/DSC_0020.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And a picture of our big baby boy!&amp;nbsp; Going back to the whole "difference" thing..Ben loves his baths and is totally chill in there.&amp;nbsp; Jack screamed like a crazy man from day one until he was nearly a year old.&amp;nbsp; Maybe this explains why he won't get into a pool now (although fine with baths, thank goodness), haha!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wHAL6Q5Ymvc/TfEdfFuyXXI/AAAAAAAAAbg/nHFuhYWkoIE/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wHAL6Q5Ymvc/TfEdfFuyXXI/AAAAAAAAAbg/nHFuhYWkoIE/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and an update on the toddler bed situation.&amp;nbsp; We haven't done it yet, haha!&amp;nbsp; It turned out that we had the rail to transition to a full size bed but not the toddler bed.&amp;nbsp; He actually DID nap that afternoon with no rail on his crib at all but I was scared he would fall out so we put the crib side back on.&amp;nbsp; We have a toddler rail now but we've been so busy every weekend and have been skipping naps and haven't done it yet.&amp;nbsp; Hopefully this weekend..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-2114778399344706434?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/2114778399344706434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-is-not-like-other.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2114778399344706434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2114778399344706434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-is-not-like-other.html' title='One is not like the other'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O98gz2zxCDs/TfEc_p_ehrI/AAAAAAAAAbE/96OUGCjd-gg/s72-c/DSC_0009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-205831981596010487</id><published>2011-05-13T18:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T18:29:21.654-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Being crafty..</title><content type='html'>I'm not a crafty person by any means.&amp;nbsp; I always wanted to be and would try but that always resulted in supplies bought and sitting in my closet or a scrap book with 3 pages done.&amp;nbsp; I just don't have the patience or the imagination to do a lot of those things.&amp;nbsp; I really want to change that though..especially for Jack and Ben.&amp;nbsp; I'd love to do fun things with them but that means I have to 1) come up with fun things to do and 2) get over the fact that it's going to get messy and I'll just have to suck it up, haha!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I saw a really cute home made wreath on another blog (The Paro Post) and wanted to try it.&amp;nbsp; Aside from Christmas, our door is naked but I wanted something spring and summery.&amp;nbsp; I figured it looked easy enough that even a craft virgin could handle it.&amp;nbsp; I stocked up at Joann's and I think I did a pretty good job.&amp;nbsp; I love how it turned out..very simple but pretty!&amp;nbsp; Although simple, it's giving me the motivation to want to do other things so here's to hoping I stick to the crafty things!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ifkn_IoLuH0/Tc3XPkgV8AI/AAAAAAAAAaY/Lm7YEzThG10/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ifkn_IoLuH0/Tc3XPkgV8AI/AAAAAAAAAaY/Lm7YEzThG10/s400/DSC_0018.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus a nice, long walk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kTsAkjDQv5s/Tc3XQGhyAmI/AAAAAAAAAac/0N0Pn_Yk6U4/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kTsAkjDQv5s/Tc3XQGhyAmI/AAAAAAAAAac/0N0Pn_Yk6U4/s400/DSC_0042.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tKAryH8DfWk/Tc3XQtfJbLI/AAAAAAAAAag/2PayQ7cYUzs/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tKAryH8DfWk/Tc3XQtfJbLI/AAAAAAAAAag/2PayQ7cYUzs/s400/DSC_0059.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus stopping to smell, I mean blow, the weeds :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bcdu5_192mU/Tc3XRP4n1dI/AAAAAAAAAak/27GHhXHwf4Q/s1600/DSC_0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bcdu5_192mU/Tc3XRP4n1dI/AAAAAAAAAak/27GHhXHwf4Q/s400/DSC_0074.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus cuddles with my boys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgZ0XDAXeN4/Tc3YQ4ScANI/AAAAAAAAAao/WSQ7KACOpZE/s1600/DSC_0084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jgZ0XDAXeN4/Tc3YQ4ScANI/AAAAAAAAAao/WSQ7KACOpZE/s400/DSC_0084.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus ice cream and music at an awesome farm (don't have a picture of that!) equals a great Mother's Day.&amp;nbsp; I'm a lucky girl! :) &amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-7415325742178421649?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/7415325742178421649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/05/mothers-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/7415325742178421649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/7415325742178421649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/05/mothers-day.html' title='Mother&apos;s Day'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ifkn_IoLuH0/Tc3XPkgV8AI/AAAAAAAAAaY/Lm7YEzThG10/s72-c/DSC_0018.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-2739921264018568684</id><published>2011-05-06T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T18:34:35.181-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bubbles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='play'/><title type='text'>Bubbs &amp; Holesies..as Jack says</title><content type='html'>I feel bad admitting it but those with multiple children know that when the second one arrives, the first one sort of gets the shaft for a little bit.&amp;nbsp; We're settling in a bit more so it's getting easier, aside from the occasional really rough day, but it's been hard to really do one on one time with Jack for the last few weeks.&amp;nbsp; We really do try to make an effort though.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack loves bubbles (or bubbs in Jack talk) so we headed out back for a little bit.&amp;nbsp; I said this at Christmas so I'll say it again..having kids really brings back the joy of certain things.&amp;nbsp; At Christmas watching his face light up at seeing the tree or Santa riding down the street in a firetruck, brought back the simple joy and fun of the season instead of all the commercialism.&amp;nbsp; Watching him run around and giggling while chasing bubbles reminds me of the fun, SIMPLE things of being a kid.&amp;nbsp; You totally forget about this stuff (or at least I did)!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zE92qdWBJZM/TcSdLJHCkWI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/01fO-Au5BlU/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zE92qdWBJZM/TcSdLJHCkWI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/01fO-Au5BlU/s400/DSC_0015.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f1SPRLd57xE/TcSdLiPtFhI/AAAAAAAAAZU/XwgZ91GjwrI/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f1SPRLd57xE/TcSdLiPtFhI/AAAAAAAAAZU/XwgZ91GjwrI/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-abij0o3HFbc/TcSdMBRNotI/AAAAAAAAAZY/a6DJJ3zkfvw/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-abij0o3HFbc/TcSdMBRNotI/AAAAAAAAAZY/a6DJJ3zkfvw/s400/DSC_0019.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHMLz6LeokM/TcSdM17L4jI/AAAAAAAAAZc/hOJEc7nzv8w/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YHMLz6LeokM/TcSdM17L4jI/AAAAAAAAAZc/hOJEc7nzv8w/s400/DSC_0021.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love his face in this one :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hGSO2YJ3lNA/TcSdNAOeLxI/AAAAAAAAAZg/liM7AN6ZQvc/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hGSO2YJ3lNA/TcSdNAOeLxI/AAAAAAAAAZg/liM7AN6ZQvc/s400/DSC_0022.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VlS5vChFtLk/TcSdNs32qZI/AAAAAAAAAZk/HABgj26ZX7Y/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VlS5vChFtLk/TcSdNs32qZI/AAAAAAAAAZk/HABgj26ZX7Y/s400/DSC_0027.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Oh, yes, and our backyard looks like it's been attacked by a very large gopher.&amp;nbsp; In our case, the gopher's name is Dan and he's digging holes for our deck.&amp;nbsp; Jack fell into a pile of mud and was trying to attempt to clean himself off. :) &amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Swdvke2VLc/TcSdYvdHkOI/AAAAAAAAAZs/kQWDnAmUe4c/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Swdvke2VLc/TcSdYvdHkOI/AAAAAAAAAZs/kQWDnAmUe4c/s400/DSC_0038.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mYwtiaeMvFg/TcSdBbIvFPI/AAAAAAAAAZI/tstE_AD7npA/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mYwtiaeMvFg/TcSdBbIvFPI/AAAAAAAAAZI/tstE_AD7npA/s400/DSC_0008.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7vz6NGoKbk8/TcSdB3TwWbI/AAAAAAAAAZM/uJM4VVZJ1Z0/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7vz6NGoKbk8/TcSdB3TwWbI/AAAAAAAAAZM/uJM4VVZJ1Z0/s400/DSC_0009.JPG" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silly boy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz7Fq_nQZ9g/TcSdaMnJxWI/AAAAAAAAAZw/Rc1VhAgFhQI/s1600/DSC_0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz7Fq_nQZ9g/TcSdaMnJxWI/AAAAAAAAAZw/Rc1VhAgFhQI/s400/DSC_0039.JPG" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9x6fw6vW8cE/TcSdabsKetI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/61WD-VyFYNk/s1600/DSC_0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9x6fw6vW8cE/TcSdabsKetI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/61WD-VyFYNk/s400/DSC_0040.JPG" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time to clean off!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uy31yqRvFh4/TcSdax8bzjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/q_PvXfyOp-k/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uy31yqRvFh4/TcSdax8bzjI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/q_PvXfyOp-k/s400/DSC_0043.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocVvyhbxjyA/TcSdbvgeHiI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/uPlWR9Bf-i8/s1600/DSC_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocVvyhbxjyA/TcSdbvgeHiI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/uPlWR9Bf-i8/s400/DSC_0046.JPG" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watching Daddy from the window..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zeb1tSuBQmI/TcSdcOYjXoI/AAAAAAAAAaA/gNO-8QoW5Zg/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zeb1tSuBQmI/TcSdcOYjXoI/AAAAAAAAAaA/gNO-8QoW5Zg/s400/DSC_0049.JPG" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another note..we're going to attempt him in his big boy bed!!&amp;nbsp; Dan's converting Jack's crib to a toddler bed tomorrow.&amp;nbsp; Wish us luck.&amp;nbsp; He's always been a very, very good sleeper so I'm weary of messing with a good thing but he can't be in a crib forever.&amp;nbsp; And if we ever want to travel away from home this summer, he has to get used to a bed since the pack and play is for the baby now!&amp;nbsp; Dan took some pictures of him in his crib tonight..he's loaded up with his Grinch, elephant and zebra. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_4eNlDKcvE/TcSdhSF29UI/AAAAAAAAAaI/UlsrrLRjU7k/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_4eNlDKcvE/TcSdhSF29UI/AAAAAAAAAaI/UlsrrLRjU7k/s400/DSC_0008.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MW1UCNLbovI/TcSdh9RLa1I/AAAAAAAAAaM/cH0a1mBy1RY/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MW1UCNLbovI/TcSdh9RLa1I/AAAAAAAAAaM/cH0a1mBy1RY/s400/DSC_0010.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I've added a picture of Ben for good measure. :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ydzCnnQqOmU/TcSdg-nlH0I/AAAAAAAAAaE/vmjc6NQtCoQ/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ydzCnnQqOmU/TcSdg-nlH0I/AAAAAAAAAaE/vmjc6NQtCoQ/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1412186852992523190-2739921264018568684?l=keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/feeds/2739921264018568684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/05/bubbs-holesiesas-jack-says.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2739921264018568684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1412186852992523190/posts/default/2739921264018568684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://keepingupwiththekeeseys.blogspot.com/2011/05/bubbs-holesiesas-jack-says.html' title='Bubbs &amp; Holesies..as Jack says'/><author><name>Melissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02049552794961982686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zE92qdWBJZM/TcSdLJHCkWI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/01fO-Au5BlU/s72-c/DSC_0015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412186852992523190.post-7559153968590324703</id><published>2011-05-05T19:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T18:35:50.739-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stats'/><title type='text'>Picture time :)</title><content type='html'>Most, if not all, of these pictures are on facebook but for those of you not on fb, just wanted to add some recent pictures.&amp;nbsp; Like I said before, Ben is a big boy..way bigger than Jack was at his age.&amp;nbsp; I just bought a box of size 2 diapers today (we'll only use them at night since we're using cloth diapers during the day) and Jack wasn't in those until at least 6 months.&amp;nbsp; At his 2 month appt Ben was 12lbs 2oz and 23 3/4 inches long.&amp;nbsp; Jack wasn't even 12lbs at nearly 3 months.&amp;nbsp; Ben is already almost half of what Jack weighs (26lbs) and will, most likely, be past that point at his 2 month appt in a few weeks.&amp;nbsp; I'm loving the leg rolls and the extra chins, he's so stinking cute. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the first pictures of our new little family.&amp;nbsp; I was bawling like a little baby when Jack came in and didn't look at the camera.&amp;nbsp; It's so overwhelming when your "big" baby comes in..all of a sudden, they don't seem so small anymore and you realize how fast they grow.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lA84IW62PEA/TcNUttkYjUI/AAAAAAAAAYc/3WE3YdBXw7s/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lA84IW62PEA/TcNUttkYjUI/AAAAAAAAAYc/3WE3YdBXw7s/s320/DSC_0068.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Jack with his new little brother.&amp;nbsp; Ben was jaundice hence his 'nice' yellow color, haha!&amp;nbsp; I do have to add that Jack as been completely awesome with Ben so far.&amp;nbsp; He gets frustrated with Dan and me but has yet to really take his frustrations out on the baby.&amp;nbsp; He calls him "Baby B" and it's the cutest thing.&amp;nbsp; He's been very loving and gentle with him..here's to hoping he stays that way, haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lyqoqMIp5DQ/TcNVblTFPlI/AAAAAAAAAYg/97St2hVlkNs/s1600/DSC_0088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lyqoqMIp5DQ/TcNVblTFPlI/AAAAAAAAAYg/97St2hVlkNs/s320/DSC_0088.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;My cutie baby :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DMRmnDGHNo/TcNVyetFwRI/AAAAAAAAAYk/O3W1i5lSTKw/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8DMRmnDGHNo/TcNVyetFwRI/AAAAAAAAAYk/O3W1i5lSTKw/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Brothers!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Obr8JDNXdTM/TcNWCYjHSLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Yz7ISTLZAKw/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Obr8JDNXdTM/TcNWCYjHSLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/Yz7ISTLZAKw/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;My baldy baby :)&amp;nbsp; He actually has hair on the back of his head so he totally looks like an old man.&amp;nbsp; And what little he had on the top of his head when he was born is slowing falling out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWhEBIGK8Ic/TcNWDMKioNI/AAAAAAAAAYs/BbL0C8l6ISs/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWhEBIGK8Ic/TcNWDMKioNI/AAAAAAAAAYs/BbL0C8l6ISs/s320/DSC_0011.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I9-83xG93DE/TcNWJYLQy1I/AAAAAAAAAYw/hdbacAKEUUg/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I9-83xG93DE/TcNWJYLQy1I/AAAAAAAAAYw/hdbacAKEUUg/s320/DSC_0002.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture is about 2 weeks old so his rolls have gotten better.&amp;nbsp; He's such a chunky monkey and I love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GnVWBHQvaBw/TcNWNnLA1FI/AAAAAAAAAY0/PO9zUDtoFt4/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8gPp4PkhsYA/TcNWcRHLpmI/AAAAAAAAAY8/QaYXe4BLBdk/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8gPp4PkhsYA/TcNWcRHLpmI/AAAAAAAAAY8/QaYXe4BLBdk/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Journey and Jack.&amp;nbsp; He LOVED seeing his cousins..wish we could see them more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RN0vGmqqYfo/TcNWc1XApCI/AAAAAAAAAZA/12haThwoIxo/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RN0vGmqqYfo/TcNWc1XApCI/AAAAAAAAAZA/12haThwoIxo/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack sometimes lays on the floor like this and flips through books like he's actually reading them.&amp;nbsp; Cracks me up because he looks so big to me when he does this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9VK2rbAVgeo/TcNWdaAW3BI/AAAAAAAAAZE/5Al1bnjq1AQ/s1600/DSC_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9VK2rbAVgeo/TcNWdaAW3BI/AAAAAAAAAZE/5Al1bnjq1AQ/s320/DSC_0019.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had just moved into our new home and and were busy getting things unpacked and decorated the way we wanted.  Then July rolled around and I found out I was pregnant.  All day sickness quickly took over and feeling crappy, on top of chasing around a toddler, took it's toll and I gave up the blog.  I thought about writing posts here and there but I never got around to it.  Now, here we are a year later and I feel like there are lots of things that happened this past year that I wish I had record of, but I don't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack's changed so much and is such a little boy now.  We had our first Thanksgiving and Christmas in our home and welcomed our new little boy, Ben.  I mainly wanted to start up again for Ben.  He's a big boy and is SO different from Jack in that way!  I love that I can look back on my old blog and see how big Jack was at a certain time and I love that I have it documented somewhere.  The actual baby book fell by the wayside after I wrote in his stats from the hospital, haha!  It always seems things are recorded for the first child but not so much for the second child and I don't want to do that.  I want to remember these things about Ben too so when he asks me one day, I can tell him.  I may back track a little here and there but I'm pretty much starting from right now.  Here is a link to the old blog if you're interested in reading anything from that..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mkeesey.wordpress.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://mkeesey.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, to start this off..things are crazy around here these days!  Benjamin Maurice made his debut on St. Patricks Day, March 17th 2011.  He weighed in at 8lbs and 13oz..almost 1lb bigger than Jack was.  His labor and delivery were complete opposite from labor and delivery with Jack and I found myself spouting, "I can totally do this again!" literally seconds after he was born, haha!  The labor/delivery part was cake but being home with him and Jack is another story.  This new life is way more of a challenge but is worth it in so many ways and I wouldn't change a thing.  We're slowly but surely settling into a new routine.  Jack loves his new little brother and has yet to try and hurt him.  I know it won't stay this way but I'll take his loving attitude towards him while I can get it, haha!  We're blessed to have two sweet little boys!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have lots of pictures to post but can't figure out how to put them within the post yet but will update when I do.  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