Nine Months

Has it really been NINE months since Jason came into our lives? He is such a sweet boy. He is so happy...unless Mommy is in sight and isn't right next to him. He ADORES his sister. And Mollie. He is so full of life and only slows down to sleep. This little man gets into absolutely everything. And everything goes INTO. HIS. MOUTH. He has apparently even eaten a caterpillar. Whole. I freaked out when I changed his diaper one day b/c I thought he had some sort of tapeworm. I saved it to take to the doctor. Turned out it was a caterpillar. He is trying to walk. I don't think it will be long. He stands on his own like a champ. He also eats like a champ. There is no such thing as enough food for this little guy. No matter how much  you feed him, he is going to cry when it is all gone. And it was proven when we went to his 9 month check up this week. If you remember, he as always been on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to size (well, except for his head!). Apparently his appetite has resulted in quite the growth spurt. Instead of being in the 25 and 50th percentiles he is now in the 80-85th. Love you buddy, you are such a joy in our lives. You are tiring for this mama, but I wouldn't have it any other way! You are so much fun and funny too.

Height: 29.2 inches (80%)
Weight: 22 pounds (85%)
Head: 18 1/2 inches (90%)

Check him out in his daddy's cut off Auburn shirt from the 80's! Remember these?!!

Pictures from the Lake

I promised you some pictures of the kids beautiful Easter/dedication outfits and here you go! We went to my parents house at the lake this morning to take some pictures and spend the morning with Grammie. Here are quite a few for you to enjoy. And speaking of enjoying...AM and I have had the best afternoon just the two of us! We left Jason at Grammie's for the night so that I could go to her class for Muffins with Mommy tomorrow and have some special one on one time with my girl. We have had so much fun but she also keeps mentioning that she misses her brother. I do too, but it's been good for us! And I just know that he is having a blast too. 

Grammie is so talented and we are so lucky that she loves sewing for us! 

Back of the dress

Jason wanted to eat everything...imagine that. 

 Pretty girl, she was so over taking pictures at the point. She wanted to change clothes and go fishing!

Mmmmmmm...these hydrangeas are yummy!

Finally! Time to go fishing!!

Her daddy would be so proud. 

AM loves the lake. I think, make that I know, we will be spending LOTS of time there this summer. Lots to fill you in on in a new post very soon! :)

Suuuuuper Jason!

Trey and I have always called our little man "Super Jason" We would "fly" him through the room singing his own super hero tune ending with "Super Jason!!" I just about died when I found this little outfit back at Christmas. I had to order it, I couldn't help it! Funny thing is, he LOVES it! He loves the cape. He constantly checks to make sure it's still there and just hold on to the corner of it. It's nothing short of hilarious. 

"Super Jason likes sandwiches and cookies too!"

More pictures

Here are a few more pictures from Jason's dedication last week. My mother in law took some with her iPad....turned out pretty well, don't you think!

AM and her cousins were having fun playing hide-and-go-seek and running around which added to the craziness and therefore the lack of pictures with everyone. But Kim captured the moment pretty well I think. :)

Jason's Dedication

This past Sunday was Jason's dedication at our church. We had a lot of family there to celebrate the special day with us. It was a little chaotic after church with the kids all running around and Jason was sleepy (crying) so we did not get many pictures. I had really hoped to get plenty of pictures of the beautiful clothes Grammie made and of all of the family members who made the drive to Auburn but it just didn't work out. Here are the few that we did get. 

AM wasn't sure about being up on the stage, but she actually did better than I thought she would. Then she saw herself on the big screen and kept pointing herself out our "Anne Morgan's Jason!"

 I wish that you could see how beautiful her dress is. We are going to try to get some pictures of them at the lake sometime soon...before they outgrow them and I will definitely be sure to share. 

We love you Jason and are so proud to be your parents. 

Oh, and if you're wondering where the Easter pictures were we didn't take any. That was a crazy day and we didn't take pictures. We figured we would just get some at the dedication since the kids were wearing the same thing. 

More Randomness

We have been swamped around here lately with so much going on. I haven't taken many pictures lately but there are a few I can share. Last week was Spring Break for AM. It was an awful week. Everyone in the house except for Mommy was sick. I am still trying to recover, but thankful that I stayed well. It is nice to be back in a routine this week. Jason is keeping me busy for sure. He has been crawling for about a month now and already thinks that he can walk...or at least tries. If you are holding him and want to sit him down, he stiffens up and refuses to sit, he wants to stand. Problem is he can't quite stand on his own yet! He pulls up on EVERYTHING and is even trying to figure out how to get from one object standing over to another without going to the ground. By the way, he turned 8 months on Monday. Time is flying! He is such a sweet happy boy. We love him so much. AM is at such a fun age too. She is growing up fast too. She still loves school so much and all of her friends. She loves her gymnastics class to, though little does she know that we are finished with it. They aren't allowing the younger siblings to tag along with the parents anymore and that was the only way we were able to do it. We weren't going to do it this summer anyways so we didn't have to stop but about a month early. AM and Jason love each other so much. I just love watching him stare at her and try to copy what she is doing. You can tell that he thinks she hung the moon. She loves him too, though she does get upset with him sometimes. But who doesn't she get upset with, she's 2 1/2! :) Has this been enough of a run on paragraph for you yet? Well it has for me so here are some pictures. 

AM reading her Bible to her puppies. She had to call us in her room this night to turn on a light so that they could see. She said they were upset b/c they couldn't see her reading the Bible. :)

Jason with Gran and PePaw (AM has just named him this!) when they came for an afternoon 

visit a few weeks back. 

What did we do before we had a life size Minnie Mouse? I'm not really sure, but she is such a HUGE part of our life these days. And do you see her puppies lined up on the couch watching a movie with her? She has told us that she wants to have a puppy party for her birthday.

Jammin' out singing and playing her piano

This boy LOVES to eat! If he had his way, he would forget the bottle altogether and just eat real food. Though he won't drink out of a sippy cup so I'm not sure where he would get his hydration. Here he is this morning chowing down on some grits and scrambled eggs. He cleaned it out! The past few days he has gotten to the point where he does not want to be fed, he wants to do it! If you remember, this is hard for me b/c I HATE FOOD MESSES! Can't stand it! Though I do realize that they have to start somewhere. 

A Whole Lot of Randomness...

I had too many little things I have been wanting to share so I thought I'd lump it all into one post. Here you go, in no particular order

We finally got a grocery store right by our house. It's a Publix and we love it! Unfortunately they only have about 3 of these car carts, but when one is available it is heaven on earth. AM asks to go to Publix every day, she wants to drive. 

 You think Jason is proud to be sitting up in the cart next to his sister?

 She got a bike helmet and was OB-sessed with it for several days. She wore around the house no matter what she was doing. 

I think we have quite the little artist on our hands. Here is her Mickey Mouse. 

Another Mickey Mouse

 Do you see Minnie Mouse on the left with her bow? 

 Like his sister, Jason LOOOVES bath time!

AM's favorite thing to wear these days is a swim suit. She asks every single day if we can go swimming. And, as you can see, she likes her crown too. And in the case below, she decided she needed gloves too. 

Here she is "swimming in her own pool." We are quite obsessed with swimming these days. 

 And the duckie was jumping to her

My sweet little man waiting for his check up. He is on the move crawling these days and life has definitely changed in the Howell house!

We've taken several walks lately since it's been so mild outside, but I think that will have to be avoided for a while b/c of the pollen.

 A couple of nights ago, AM called for us after she had already gone to bed. She wanted us to crack her door so that she could have enough light to read her Bible to her puppies. She said they were sad b/c they couldn't see. :)

 A "puppy party" to watch Clifford. And Miss Priss had to sit in Minnie's lap, of course!

This past weekend we went to Fairhope to have Jason's pictures taken by the awesome Janel (Corliss) Gay. Here is a link to her blog where you can see a few of the shots...

http://www.janelgayphotography.com/