Jackson's 2nd bday!! (a little late I know...)

We've been pretty busy around here so I haven't had time to put up the pictures from Jackson's second bday yet! This boy has grown up so much the past year, it's truly remarkable. He's especially grown up since we've brought his little brother home. I am so proud of him! He speaks in full sentences now, can count to 20, knows all of his ABC's, and knows most top 40 songs better than I do! One of his favorite things to do is go in his room and turn on his radio. haha.

Here are some pics from his big bday party! It was pretty low key since we had just brought Noah home, but we had a blast with friends and we were fortunate enough to have my parents here as well!

Noah Abram

On January 20th at 1225pm, little Noah Abram Curtis made his way in to the world. At 8 lbs 1oz and 21 and 1/4 inches, he was a little bigger than his older brother!







He is such a sweet little guy! He sleeps most of the time, and is a champ at eating :) He is very mild mannered and only wakes up once or twice each night to eat and poop, which mom and dad are very thankful for!

His older brother is getting used to him. If he wakes up before Noah in the morning, he will ask where he is, and if he is sleeping or crying. haha. Jackson does a pretty good impression already :) I think, in time, they will wind up being best buddies!

Christmas!

We had a white Christmas this year! NY got a lot of snow the week before and luckily it stuck around for us to enjoy. Here is a picture of the snow going all the way to the water on the beach! It was so amazing to see.



On Christmas Eve, Todd, J and I went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, one of our favorite places, then on to a candlelight service at church. Here is a picture of J in his cute little Christmas Eve outfit :)



We spent Christmas Day at home as a family as well just letting J enjoy his toys and relaxing. It was our first Christmas not in Washington, and although it was sad for us not to be with our families, it was also nice to spend it at home in our PJ's all day just having a leisurely day. Christmas in NY was definitely different than in WA, but it was special because this was J's first Christmas to really enjoy his presents so it was so much fun to watch him playing.

Here is a picture of the "loot" before J woke up. He was so spoiled this year!



Playing on his new slide



Sitting at his table



Helping mom clean the beater after making whipped cream



The Monday following Christmas, we got the opportunity to spend the day in the City. J had so much fun seeing the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and visiting FAO Schwartz!



And finally, here is the latest picture of me on Christmas Eve at 36.5 weeks. Today, I am 38 weeks and can't believe Baby Day is almost here :) I'm so excited to meet my little Noah and J is so excited to be a big brother!

Baby Shower!

A week and a half ago, my friends here in NY threw me an awesome baby shower in Manhattan. It was wonderful! It was at Alice's Tea Cup on the upper East Side. The food was amazing, tea was delicious, and the company was even better :)



And here is the latest bump pic taken of me... almost 2 weeks ago! I'm 36 weeks now, in the home stretch! Soon baby Noah will be here :)

The latest...

So it's been a while since I've made a post. Perhaps that's because we've been so busy! Halloween was so much fun. We went up to Brooklyn to spend the holiday with our friends and Jackson made out pretty well with the candy :) Although we couldn't get him to keep the hat on, J made a pretty cute firefighter.



A few days later, we got the opportunity to make one last trip home to Seattle before baby number two, who we have decided to name "Noah", arrives! We had such a wonderful time. My mom and sisters threw me a baby shower and it was so much fun. I am so grateful for all of the work they put in to it, and for all of the people who came to make the day special :)





We also got the opportunity while home to meet our sweet little niece, Kylee. She was SO adorable and we just loved her from the moment we saw her.







And here is our little guy being a cheeseball in the car :)



All in all, the trip was wonderful. It was so nice to spend time with family and friends and just enjoy being in the beautiful Pacific NW! We miss it so much and hope to get back there again someday.

Finally, here are the latest belly pics.

Me at 25 weeks


29 or 30 weeks... I can't remember :)


And now I'm 32 weeks! The big day is coming up...

Fall Fun!

Last weekend, we went to the Queens County Farm for the Apple Festival and Pumpkin Patch. Even though it wasn't technically a pumpkin patch (field with pre-cut pumpkins scattered about...) we had a great time and Jackson loved eating apples and playing in the pumpkins! It's so fun to be able to do fall stuff like this, since we weren't able to last year in seasonless Grenada :)

What's been happening lately...

It's been a little while so I thought I'd give a brief update on what's been going on!

We got to take a really fun weekend to the Catskill Mountains in Upstate NY over Labor Day Weekend. It was great to get out and go hiking and just spend some great time as a family.

Here's the little guy right before our hike.


Mmmm Burger King... a special vacation treat!


We were able to have our friends over for a little BBQ to say goodbye to summer. Even though it poured down rain and we couldn't go out and enjoy the beach, we really enjoyed the company and football games!



J and Elle having fun


And last but not least.... baby boy number two continues to grow! That's right, we had a scan a couple of weeks ago and they told us that Jackson is going to have a little brother! Here is an updated pic of the bump :)