Fall at it's Finest!

Signs of fall have been starting to show over the last week or so, though I am sad to see summer go I am looking forward to this fall season! Though the leaves are just starting to turn we decided to fully embrace fall today! We started out with a convinent meet up with Darek, Steph, & Tobiah at Caribou. I got my most favoritest drink (which I reserve for fall and winter), a hot apple blast (like apple cider x 10! love it)! Yummmmmmy!

Then we headed to the apple orchard! Steph and I started going to this apple orchard, gosh probably 6 years ago or so and I think I have been back every year! It was fun to start bringing Jaxon Bear when we got him and now this year it was so fun to bring Zeker and Tobester with too! Both babies were their perfectly wonderful selves and they loved looking at everything that was going on! It will be so fun to take them again next year when they will be running around!

how tall is Tobes?

What about Zeke?

Can't forget about Jaxon Bear! This is his 3rd year getting this pic taken!

Bears and Babies!

Corn Maze Time!

I really love this pic! We didn't know they were back there

My baby!



Checking out the goats, the mom was trying to ram through the fence and get Jaxon, Yikes!

Petting the llama

Toby petting the llama

Getting on the hayride

Jaxon is an expert at hayrides!

Tobes too!

Jaxon enjoying the hayride

Zeke's first hayride

Cute Tobes!

Cute Zeke!

Cute Jaxon Bear!

So true! We tried to get one of Jaxon, but he wasn't having it! But we have one from last year!

Hungry and worn out after a fun day at the apple orchard!

Such a wonderful day! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family! These are memories I will treasure forever! Now if the Viking would of just won...:-p but that's a whole other topic!

Labor Day Weekend

We had quite the adventurous weekend!
Grandma Bear went up to my aunt and uncle's cabin for the weekend and Grandpa Bear came up to stay with us (like he does most weekends). The boys headed to my aunt and uncles to pick up some bushes and plants that they have so graciously given to us as they are redoing their landscaping and then they got them all planted. (I will blog about our backyard transformation as soon as it's finished, which should be soon!)

Then on Saturday we headed to the State Fair with Darek, Steph, & Toby, Mark and Katie, and then also Steph's dad, Dana (he lives in AZ, but has moved in with Darek and Steph to help babysit Toby). We had a blast at the fair, but it was quite the different experience than years past! Having babies in tow always adds a level of excitement and extra stuff! But overall we did really well! Zeke slept all of 30 min, which doesn't surprise me because he is quite the observer, as I have previously talked about. He is afraid that if he falls asleep then he will miss something! We ended up heading out before the rest of the crew because Zeke hadn't napped all day and it was nearing bedtime. He did great up until the last 15 minutes and then we melted down! Here are pictures of our adventures!

Steph, Toby, & Dana

Mike, Zeke, & the Vikes

Bjorning around the State Fair

New duckies in the Miracle Barn

Deep fried Mac & Cheese on a stick, only appropriate!

18 inch corn dog for my Michael!

Ridiculous!

Then on Sunday night we went to Darek & Steph's for dinner and a bonfire! It was Zeke and Toby's first bonfire and it was a perfect night for it, the first cooler evening of fall! Bittersweet! We didn't get to stick around too long for the bonfire as it was approaching Zeke's bedtime and he was hungry and tired. So we just headed home, so we missed out on the smores and burning of their Christmas tree (they videoed it for us tho and it was quite the sight to see! now i can understand how forest fires occur so quickly)! Hopefully they will still be time for another bonfire and smores before the snow flies!

Then on Monday Great Grandma Smith came to town to meet Tobiah for the first time and after she did that she stopped by our house to see Zeke again! This time I remembered to get some pictures of them together!

It was a wonderful weekend full of fun, family, and friends! Perfection!

3 Months Old!

How in the world did that happen?!?!

I had to share our monthly photo shoot pictures! I will write more later!

Getting so big!

Love those chubby cheeks!

We Bumbo chair it up now!

I love that they have the same look on their faces! :-)

Group kido picture!

Hope you enjoyed!

How did you grow so big so soon?

(Started Friday)
That is my question to Ezekiel these days!

Before I get into that I have to preface this blog with and explanation of the title of the blog. A while back, probably 5-6 years ago when I was living with Darek and Steph one day Steph came home with this book (I can't remember where she got it from now) and the title is "How did you grow so big so soon?". We kind of joked about her getting it as they were obviously kid free at the time. Then after that we would randomly (as there are a lot of random things said in my family, mostly by Darek) say "How did you grow so big so soon?". Then when they got Hunny, Darek would say that to her all the time too. Then we kind of let it go and it has been a few years since I had heard that line, until just a week or two ago I was commenting on how fast Zeke was growing and how big he was getting. And then Darek says it..."Zeker, how did you grow so big so soon?". Finally its being used in the right context! We will have to read the book to Ezekiel and Tobiah as they continue to "grow so big so soon"! lol!
 

Zeke & Tobes

But I find myself looking at him in amazement, just wondering how it is that he can be growing so fast! As I have talked about, he def still has the most pinchable cheeks, but he is also getting SO long! I notice this the most when Mike is burping him, he is the length of Mike's torso, and also when I am feeding him, his feet are almost hanging off of the boppy pillow! So crazy! Also he is already fitting comfortably into 6 month clothes! Just incase you forgot, he is 11 weeks! But he is totally taking after his dad and mom tho, because both Mike and I were chubos when we were his age!

He is continuing to smile a ton! He is such a joyful baby! It's so fun! He is talking a lot, and it is so fun to "conversate" with him! He is continuing to observe things, I can tell that he is a little sponge and is taking it all in. He loves to watch the Vikings games! That's what he has been doing while I am writing this, just chilling out in his bouncer talking to me and watch the game! He is enjoying his swing now finally, so that has been fun to start to use! Last night we took him for his first walk with the jogging stroller without using his carseat. He maybe a bit young for that, but he doesn't like to be in his carseat on walks because he can't see anything (as I mentioned he is quite the observer)! So I thought we would give it a try just going into the stroller itself and he totally loved it! He could see everything! So we will continue to do that for sure! He also loves looking at his curtians, I know I mentioned that before, but it is just so funny how they captivate him! So a big thanks again to Auntie Steppy for making them!


How could you not love to look at these curtians?

Another fun thing we like to do is pull up VeggieTales or another kids video on Netflix on my phone and cuddle on the couch and watch it together. Gotta love technology! 

Excuse the bed head, we had just woken up for the day!

(Continued Sunday) Its crazy how time flies! As you can see is started this blog on Friday and am just getting back to it now! Granted we had a bunch of stuff going on over the weekend but between his cluster feedings, staying awake more now, and trying to get everything else done in between, its tough to get the little things done! I am trying to remember to keep blogging a priority as we want to keep our family and friends up on the happenings of our family and also I want to have all the little things documented for us to look back on as he grows up! Also, now I have no idea where I was going with this blog! So with that...Have a wonderful Labor Day! And I will try to knock out another blog here sooner than later!


P.S. I am loving him in these legwarmers!