Outnumbered Four to One

Life with FOUR boys begins in January! (Three sons and one husband!)

Monday, February 13, 2012

Free Saturday Fun at the Dairy (Impromptu Photo Shoot)

This past Saturday I wanted to take Jacob somewhere fun...so we went to Pake and Beppe's (and Uncle Mike's) dairy for an hour or so.


Jacob was pretty excited when Larry started up the tractor and gave him a little ride!

 While the boys were busy, Johnny and I had to find something to do...take pictures!

Check out the drool!


When Jacob and Larry were done riding the tractor, I tried to get a good picture of the boys together...




No such luck!  But I did capture their personalities a bit...Jacob loves to mess with his brother, and Johnny just smiles and thinks Jacob is the best brother in the whole world!

almond hulls



Jacob wouldn't let us leave without "driving" the tractor again!



Last picture (apparently this turned into a photo shoot!)

Seven Month Mini-Update!

On February 7, Johnny turned seven months... I just thought I'd create a quick post with some updated pictures and information (mostly for my benefit!).

New skills:
He's sitting up VERY well! He also reaches for toys and is starting the get the pincer grasp down.  He likes to hold his own teething biscuit or Baby Mum Mum and gnaw on it.  He LOVES to eat but sometimes has to stop halfway through the burp (He gets SO excited that he loudly sucks in air before he takes a bite!).    He's also VERY skilled at getting my hair in both hands and pulling it toward him.

He's starting to sleep better at night now that he has a full tummy.  He usually goes a 6 to 8-hour stretch, but the he cries until I feed him...He's also starting to be more regular with naps and actually sleeping a good 45 minutes to an hour and a half at a time.

He has two teeth (came in when he was 6 1/2 months) on the bottom, but he still acts like he is teething (drool, gnawing on his thumb, sticking out his tongue, biting his bottom lip etc.).

Other than that, he's pretty happy.  He did get the flu for a few days a couple of weeks ago, and that was NO fun!

Here's some pictures!
drool!
tongue!
biting bottom lip
I love this bottom lip!
crying, but look at my teeth!
sitting up and proud of it
(and I AM the world's best little brother!)

Grandpa's 100th Birthday!

On January 27, my grandpa celebrated his 100th birthday!  My dad and my uncles hosted a party a week before to celebrate him and gather as a family.  We had around 80 people there--that's a lot of Van Duyns in one room!

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures...

We brought the Zylstra family birthday bear to sing "Happy Birthday" to Jacob's Grandpa-Great!

Lots of old pictures of Grandpa through the years

The little kids sang "Jesus Loves Me" and "Happy Birthday"...Jacob wouldn't join them!

the whole group

Adolph Van Duyn

My mom and dad with Grandpa

my brother and sisters

brother, sisters, and spouses

Johnny was SO excited to celebrate with Grandpa-Great!
(He was also a little crabby because his teeth were almost through)