~Day 2• 115: Lets make some noise JJ

Busy day today.  It started with a trip to the Urgent Care to make sure Brookie didn't break her foot.  She fell on it at school on Monday or Tuesday and she has been in pain all week.  I think she bruised it, but I wanted to get an xray to make sure there really wasn't a hairline fracture.  Nothing showed up on the films, but the doc said to keep an eye on it this week.  If she is still in the same amount of pain in another week, then there could be something there that could possibly show up later on.  Making her take it easy is going to be tough.  She has a hard time with that.  I hope we don't have to go back later... we will see.

Oh, and Cailee had to show us how she could run on air... she always has something new to show us.  Goofball.

Ashton and Nick came home from their first father/son campout.  Nick has never been able to take the time off work to go.  So I felt like we graduated in a way... and I think they had a great time!  They smelled like a campfire, but they enjoyed it.  I understand it was a good turnout.  Ashton was so worn out that he took a long nap on the way home.  He never sleeps in the car and rarely naps at all.  So this was one tired monkey.  So glad they got to go.

We were very excited to have JJ for the day.  His mom and dad took off for a fun show, so JJ needed some place to hang out.  As shown in the pictures, he was never without some sort of audience.  Cailee said, 'Let's make some noise JJ!' And they did.  My toy collection for a baby consisted of some metal measuring cup thingies and a couple plastic cooking utensils.  I'm not equipped to do baby anymore, but they made noise!  I think the girls liked it as much as he did.

  And his shirt is fabulous!

Uncle Nick got down on JJ's level and had some fun.  JJ is very poker-faced.  It's kind of funny.  We didn't get a lot of reactions out of him, but it was fun to try.

Nick got a little grin out of him when he was kind of flying him in the air.  And then Brookie--she is his favorite!  She really got him going and even got a laugh out of him.  It was so great!

JJ discovered the video game controller.  He and Ashton were playing something... or Ashton was playing and JJ was drooling on the controller.

We took JJ in to watch the fish a couple of times.  He sat there for a long time, just watching.  He tried to grab one of the fish while it swam by.  Cailee came and sat with them too.  It's fun to watch them sit quietly together.

Toward the end of the day, JJ started to get a little cranky.  We fed him and tried to keep him entertained.  It reminded me of when my kids were tiny.  I basically changed stations with my kids to change what was stimulating them.  Nick got JJ's mom on facetime and that distracted him for a bit.  Then Nick and JJ tried to take out Ashton...I think JJ won.  He really is a good baby. It's so fun to have him.

He is a really snuggly little guy.  First, Brookie wanted him to rest on her shoulder, but he was more interested in attacking the pillow.  But he was lovey on Nick and me and we soaked it up.

Ashton was able to go to his best friend Ian's house tonight.  They got ice cream and played an intense game of  '7 Wonders.'  They played the game for ages and from what I understand it is pretty involved.  He came home with the game, so we are going to read through the instructions and see exactly what it entails.  We might end up playing it tomorrow, you never know.

Great day with some great kids.