Jeff's girlfriend

We had a goodbye party for my friend Jenn who was moving to NC. We took this opportunity for pictures of Jeff and Makenzie. Makenzie was born 6 weeks early, she's only 11 days younger than Jeff. It's too funny to see the size comparison of the two.

The Great White Hunter

Jason was up bright and early at 4:30 to go deer hunting this morning. Of course, I was already awake feeding Jeff but got to go back to sleep eventually. Jason called me around 10 and I was shocked when I asked, any luck? He responded with, Yeah, a big 4 point! I hate hunting season. I swear every year that I am going to kick him out of the house because hunting is the only thing he seems to care about. I guess I have his attention partially back....until elk season starts.

Happy birthday Allyson

Allyson turned 2 on September 28th. They waited to have her party until today so Oma and Opa could be at the party all the way from Holland. We got our first ever picture of all of the cousins with Jeffrey included. Bryce was quite helpful in holding up Jeff since he can't quite sit up on his own.
All in all, Jeff did great. He only took a 20 minute power nap at the party so we ended up rushing out so I could get him to sleep in the car. He slept the whole way home then almost another hour after we got home. Meltdown avoided.
We both survived my first week back to work. He is adjusting quite well to daycare. I am getting back into the swing of things at work. I discovered on Friday that I have gallstones so surgery is very likely on the horizon for me. Not fun.

Bumbo!

We started putting Jeff into the bumbo seat the other day and he seems to like it. He's sitting up pretty well, he likes that way better than tummy time. He's doing great though - sleeping through the night now, usually until around 5 am which works out well for me going back to work tomorrow. :( I am so not ready to leave him.

Are you ready for some football?

Uncle Troy bought Jeff this cute football outfit and he usually ends up wearing it every Saturday or Sunday while he lounges on the couch with Dad watching football. It cracks me up that he will sit still and appears to be paying attention to the games.

Thumbs up

He's found his thumb. We're trying really hard to keep him from sucking it but there's only so much we can do. Here he is passed out in his swing, too cute. On a brighter note, he fell asleep around 9 last night and didn't wake me up again until 3. Keep your fingers crossed for me that we're turning a corner here!

Rooster tail

Jeff has quite the cowlick on the back of his head. It's actually in the same spot as Jason's. I tried to take a picture zoomed in but am not sure you can really tell how bad it sticks up. After he got out of the shower the other night, it looked like the entire back of his head was sticking straight up. Too funny.