December 7th

Finally, some recent pictures!  We just snapped these tonight and I thought I should get the blog updated since Christmas is sneaking up on us!  I'm sure I will have several posts during the rest of December and I'm going to try to stay caught up!  Hopefully I can do a better job than I have recently :)

Kale & Lane

Lane trying to block the kiss...then Kale put his hand up to his lip and looked at me as if to say "he hit me"

 

I can't believe how big he is getting so fast!



One Month

Lane is gaining just as good as Kale did.  At his one month checkup he weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21 3/4 inches long.  He is awake a lot more now and also talks/screams/cries more.  Kale still likes him for the most part, but still doesn't like to share Jason all the time.  When Lane starts crying Kale has to look for him and always tries to find his pacifier which can be helpful, but it's not so helpful when Lane is sleeping and Kale runs over to him, squats down to get in his face, and yells "baby!"  We are working on getting him to call his brother Lane instead of baby and I am hoping he can start to understand sometimes Lane is sleeping and doesn't need his pacifier!  Anyway, here are a few pictures...Lane is definitely starting to fill out.



1 month old



the boys just hanging out

 

Kale & Jason



Playing Outside

We haven't made it outside since Lane was born and especially since it got colder, but one Sunday we were actually home and Jason & Kale got to "work" outside.  Jason was blowing leaves until Kale got outside.  I don't think much work was done after I went back inside :)

one of the big piles of leaves

Ready,

 

Set,



Go!

Elizabeth & Greg

Saturday after Thanksgiving we were able to attend the wedding of my cousin, Elizabeth.  It was a beautiful wedding, Lizard was georgeous, and we had a great time at the reception, but didn't get to stay too long because of our long drive home.



Headed to the church

 

Cool Dude



The beautiful bride with Kelly & Alicia (picture stolen from Diana)

 

Pollard Family at the reception

the glow sticks were a huge hit- Kale is still pretty attached to his!

 

Eckler Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is usually pretty busy {chaotic} at the big Eckler gathering, but this year I captured a few pictures and stole a couple from Diana  :)  We had lots of good food and the kids had a great time playing.  I think there around 30 of us there and 22 missing!  Crazy- I'm not sure where we all would have fit if everyone would have been there, but I'm sure we would have figured something out.  It was fun to watch the little boys play- there were 6 of them under the age of 3 there!



Cooper & Kale eating lunch



Kole holding Lane

 

Cooper, Kale, & Aaron just hanging out

TJ & Kale on Papa Tom's horse



Random Shots

We have been keeping busy and adjusting to life at home with a baby and 2 kids.  Lane has been a really good baby and sleeps great at night- yay! 



still loving bath time

 

now he likes to "swim" too

 

Kale & Lane (3 weeks)

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving we went to the Festival of Trees in Springfield.  There were lots of Christmas trees decorated, a Gingerbread Village, Kale & Lane got their picture taken with Santa, and Kale & Jason rode the Candy Cane Express

Jason & Kale riding the train



Lane sleeping in his carseat.  Besides getting out for his picture with Santa this is what Kale did the rest of the night.  I have no pictures of the boys with Santa- the one they took for us was pretty much terrible so we might try to see the big guy at the mall someday to get a picture.  Kale wasn't thrilled, but didn't scream or cry- he was good with sitting on Jason's knee next to Santa while Lane sat on his lap

Deer Season 2010

Jason left for deer season in MO the day before the boys & I headed to Louisville.  That morning before he left, Kale & I made a hashbrown casserole for him to take to deer camp.

He loves to push a chair to the counter & "help"



what a nerd :)



NAILE 2010

Kale, Lane, & I headed to Louisville, KY to the North American International Livestock Exposition with brave Uncle Kyle when Lane was just 10 days old to watch Kelly show.  She did a great job, we had a great time, and I only took a few pictures to show it.  I am hoping my wonderful Aunt Diana has more that I can steal later :)  The boys both traveled pretty good, we were exhausted when we got home and are so thankful Kyle drove us home safely!



Lane got to meet lots of people in Louisville, including Callie



Kale with Papa Tom



trying to feed Uncle Kyle some straw

stealing some candy...I think Kale ate more candy over the weekend than he had ever had before

Cheeser

Kale has become quite the cheeser lately.  I was taking some pictures of him playing with his tractor and only got a couple before he started saying "cheese" and smiling for me!

More Visitors

We had more visitors the first weekend of November.  Kyle came and spent the weekend with us, it was nice since Jason worked all weekend to have someone to visit with :).  We were sad to hear he was going shopping Saturday morning and leaving us, but he brought back some cool stuff so we weren't mad :)  Sunday we went to church and had lots of visitors to our pew after the service.  We made it home just in time for Kayla & Brenda to stop by for a little while to see the boys & visit.  I know it was a long drive for such a short visit so Thanks for coming!!  Jason got home from work early Sunday evening and all our visitors were gone so we got a little relaxing time as a family of four. 



Lane - 1 1/2 weeks old



the face Kale makes when telling you what a pig says :)



Uncle Kyle & Baby Lane



Kale loving on Lane



Just chillin' in the bouncy chair



Kale has started "cheesing" for the camera



Kayla & Baby Lane



Kale, Kayla, & Lane

Belts Visit

Last week the Belts were finally healthy and able to come visit us :)  We were excited for Jessi, Andi, TJ, & Cooper (we missed you Travis) to come over the day and bring us lunch- thanks so much!  And lucky for Lane, Aunt Jessi brought over some of TJ's baby clothes as well as a present of some new clothes of his own so we now have some long pants for the poor kid to wear!  Kale wasn't left out and got a little gift of his own...a little trash truck- thanks Belts- he loves it :)  Today we were stopped at a stoplight next to a real trash truck and he got excited about it.  Anyway, we had a great visit- Lane & Kale loved the extra attention of course and it was good to see my big sister and the kiddos :)  I didn't take many pictures, I guess with 5 kids and a lot to talk about there wasn't much time for the camera...but here are some that I did get. 



Getting kisses from Cooper...Jessi got to hold Baby Lane for a little bit - with direction from Andi :)



Andi with Baby Lane

TJ & Lane

TJ lovin' on Lane

Happy Halloween!

After our company left Sunday afternoon the boys & I took naps while Jason went back to work.  He got home just in time to get Kale changed into his mouse outfit and go trick or treating.   {Thanks Rhett for letting us borrow your costume!}  We went around town, only four houses, but were all tired when we got home.  Kale didn't even make it through supper before going to bed!  Lane didn't dress up this year.  I thought about buying a costume earlier in the month just in case we had a baby, but decided against it and didn't have time to get one after he arrived so he just went in his Halloween onesie :)  Here are a few pictures from our night.