H&H in Action

It's official. Hudson & Hallie are both mobile. Hallie has been scooting and rolling her way around the living room for a while now. Hudson has taken his sweet little time and I guess just realized that his sister is not ever in the same place for more than a minute. So the other day I came around the corner from the kitchen and asked Brooke "Where's Hudson?!" He had moved himself around to the side of the couch and scooted into the corner. He was as content as could be. At the same time Hallie had scooted her legs underneath the couch. Since neither one can really move forward they had no place to go and needed mommy's help to get going again.

Play Date Thursday

We went to the park today for playdate. My friend Lyndsey took some great photos of the kids while they played. Thanks so much!! Brooke had a good time running around with the other kids and feeding the ducks. Hudson & Hallie did great too! It's always nice to have these playdates. It gives us something to do and it gives me some adult socialization too!

Why We Need a Playroom....

So, as I mentioned in a previous post, we've taken the front of Brooke's crib off to make it a "big girl" bed. Well, it's great...except for one thing. All her toys are in her bedroom because our temporary housing is way too small for a family of 5! So, when she's just not in the mood for a nap (GRRRR) she plays. However, I have to give it to her -- she's pretty smart about it because most of the time she's really quiet. Today she was in there for about 2 hours and we kept telling her to sleep, etc. When we finally went in to get her this is what we found. Yep...those are crayon marks on the sheets, table & chair. Did I mention how much we LOVE her! :)

So, pray for us as we are constantly searching for new house down here -- that it will have 4 bedrooms so that her toys can be off-limits during nap time. HA!

Random Pics

Brooke with curlers in her hair (or as she calls them "popsicles"...I guess she thinks they look like them when they're open???)

Hallie swinging (7 months)
Brooke (26 months)
Hallie waiting for her meal!
Hudson waiting for his meal!

We're Still Here!

I am sure all my blog readers (ha!) have been dying for an update on us.

Since I've written last... Hudson has a tooth and almost has his 2nd. Hallie is pushing up on her knees and is still rolling all over the house, and Brooke is 99.9% potty trained. YAY!

We've been busy I guess or maybe I've just felt like we haven't had anything blog-worthy. We had a relaxed day today. Even though there was a home A&M game, we opted to give our tickets away and stay home. It was nice for me to be able to watch my UT game on TV since I am usually sitting at Kyle Field watching the Aggies while the Horns play.

This afternoon we spent some time in the back yard. We've got a great swing set that Brooke loves. Hudson & Hallie enjoy their little swing too. We're going to have to get another one so that all three kids can swing at the same time. We took some pictures of Hudson & Hallie in the grass. They handled it WAY better than Brooke did. She used to freak out about it - but H&H seemed to like it. Now that they sit up really well it was their first time in the grass.




We had a milestone day in the Jacobus house this afternoon. We took the front of Brooke's crib off to make it a "big-girl" bed. As you'll see below by the picture - she was so excited. She's been begging for the past two days to take a nap in a big bed and I've been wanting to do it for a while now, so it seemed as good a time as any to just do it. After an hour or so of her "playing" in the room and coming in and out of the room we gave her the 'stern' talking to and she fell asleep finally. It was crazy though for her to come find me when her nap was over. I'm going to have to get used to that!

Bath Time Fun

I hadn't taken pictures of Hallie & Hudson in the tub since they really can sit up well in their chair. Aren't Hallie's eyes gorgeous? And Hudson can smile with the best of them... he just lights up when you call his name. Brooke is "swimming" in the tub and she plays while I bathe Hudson & Hallie. This is normally George's job, but he's out having guy fun dove hunting in the middle of nowhere. Can't wait for him to be home! :)

Hurricane Ike

Here's what Brooke thinks of hurricane Ike coming....

Because we're about to have a hurricane/tropical storm rolling through town I figured it was a good time to get the kids outside since we'll be housebound for a while.
This is Brooke's modeling session... she kept telling me "take this picture" and would change up her pose.