Baby J is 4 Months Old!

The pillow is there for sizing! He's a BIG boy!! Look at the rolls on his legs!! 

Jesse is 4 months old! He has a tooth and is around 18lbs. He loves his toys and siblings and can move around on the floor to get to either. Smiles lots, laughs often and eats like he's got two hollow legs :)  He's in 12 month clothing and they fit him nicely! He is a very gentle baby and loves to play with my hair. He loves to laugh and L is the best one to get laughs out of him. Recently in J's school he had to make a book with a page for each family member and say how they help the family.. He said Baby J makes us SMILE!! So very true! He normally sleeps at least 9 hours at night and loves his blanket over his face! And he's cute to boot :)

Making The CAKE!!

It's tradition around here that the birthday child gets to help make their birthday cake! Here is E wielding my new mixer while R looks on! She was pretty excited for her birthday and we had to count down for some time, around 30 days!, because she'd ask us every day 'When is my birthday!' She's the only birthday in the fall as everyone else is in the spring or summer.. so she waited  A LONG time for her birthday! 

Yummy chocolate cake! J asked me the other day if I knew how to make any other flavor of cake.. Apparently he thought I only ever made chocolate because I didn't know how to make any other kind. Which is funny because he's right I've not made another kind of cake in YEARS!! I think I may get a request on J's birthday to make another kind. We rarely make anything but birthday cakes around here and they always want chocolate.. Except Papa.. he gets apple pie as he doesn't like cake! What a weirdo I married.. who knew there was people who didn't like CAKE!! :) That's OK though as we all like apple pie too :)