Jack's laughing!

Babies have the cutest little smiles and Jack is simply adorable. Tommy can usually get him to smile and laugh the best. Here's a little video...


So far, our two little boys couldn't be more different. Jack is still not a very good sleeper. He is the most restless baby I have ever seen. All night and during naps...rustle, wriggle, grunt, fight the swaddler, kick the feet...all without really being awake. He is in his own room now to help him have a little more quiet environment to sleep and to help us sleep too!

He is starting to be more awake, coo and giggle. Ace is starting to pay more attention to him now that he is doing more than sleeping all the time. They are really cut together. I can't wait to see them play as Jack gets bigger!

pumpkin patch

Ace took a field trip to the pumpkin patch with his school. We got to learn how apple cider was made and sample the cider and the donuts! We picked out pumpkins...

Went on a hay ride pulled by a big tractor!
Fed the baby cows
and the goats
We had a great time. Fall is so much fun!

Taking advantage

Andrew seems to be fully aware that our attention is divided these days and he has been taking full advantage of it. We have had several of those "I just turned around for a minute" episodes.

1. while changing Jack's diaper "look mommy I colored a chair!". A picture of a chair? No. A marker coloring on his fabric covered chair.

2. While changing Jack "Look mommy, the alphabet!". The 12 pack of papertowels is now open and each roll has multiple letters colored in marker.

3. While changing Jack (see a theme?) "Weee". Before mentioned papertowels-one roll unrolled across the laundry room, living room and kitchen.

4. Pictured above- The Chapstick incident. We arrive at the library for Ace's school field trip and here he sits in the backseat with just as much on both hands as on his face here. He was not chapped for some time.

Ace vs Jack

Here is a picture of Andrew at 10 weeks and then Jack at 8 weeks. They really look remarkably alike. But in reality they are complete opposites. Ace never ate well from the minute he was born and has always been a great sleeper. Jack is the lightest sleeper (not a good thing with a 3 year old brother!) but a little piglet. He would probably eat all day if we let him. He must be double his birth weight already and I have no doubt he will outgrow Ace one day.

Jack update

I have been quite delinquent in putting up new pictures of Jack. The second child always seems to have less pictures- now I know why. There never seems to be a good time to take pictures. Jack is sleeping or eating or we're changing someone or putting someone to bed. Oy! Well here is an update with the pictures we do have.

2 weeks old...

First bath at home. Jack has this little worried look on his face most of the time. So much worry for such a little guy.

About 4 weeks old...

About 6 weeks old...

Almost 2 months!! Jack's eyes are lightening up to a beautiful blue. Still darker than Ace's so far. He is finally having some awake periods where he isn't a grump. He is super cute when Dad gets him to smile. We finally captured a half smile here.

Many visitors

All sorts of family and friends came by to welcome Jacoby. Such a lucky and loved little boy!

Bestest Auntie and photographer...

Super Uncle Noe...
Our favorite cousin T...
Grandma Arline...
Grandma RaeAnne...
and Grandpa Mark

Jacoby Leo Dourgarian

My sister takes beautiful photographs and we are so lucky to have had her here to capture the first few days. All of our best pictures of Ace and now Jack are all her work. Thanks Jenn!

Meeting my baby brother

Ace was soooo excited to meet his baby brother. He did so well in the hospital and holding Jack- much better than we anticipated. And he had no problem with the concept that brother was in mommy's tummy but now is out. He is an amazing little 3 year old and I'm sure I underestimate just how much he knows!

Ace is so cute with "Baby Jack". And Jacoby looks so much like Andrew when he was born. You can definitely tell they're brothers!

Baby Jack arrives

The newest Dourgarian arrived August 15. Healthy and crying his lungs out!

Baby day is here! We get there at 5am to wait patiently for our newest addition.

Dad looks remarkably calm...

ok, now he's getting nervous!
And here he is.... the little squished face and serious expression looked exactly like a Jack, thus Jacoby Leo Dourgarian.
Poor little guy cried nearly non-stop for the first hour. Then, luckily, he decided it wasn't so bad after all and calmed right down.
What a precious little guy!!

Auntie and Talitha visit

Auntie Jenn and Talitha came to visit for baby brother's arrival. We went to the beach and had so much fun-digging in the sand, collecting rocks, wading in the water. The water was soooo cold, but warmer than our last visit. Talitha wasn't even phased by the temperature- she jumped right in and Ace followed.

We always have a great time with Jenn and T. The kids are just like brother and sister- fighting one minute and giving hugs and kisses the next. It is so much fun to watch them together and we are very thankful they can come visit!

Our tunnel and tent from Ikea was a favorite toy this visit...peek-a-boo, hide and seek, catapillar, it was all fun.

Before baby brother

Before the baby was born I was lucky enough to take 2 weeks off to spend with Ace before his whole little world changed with the new addition. We had a fabulous time at the zoo, the park, just hanging out painting. Here's the artist at work...

Such studious concentration. Apparently the tongue thing is a family trait from Dad. I guess it helps with concentration...
And a final signature...
We had a great time as a little family of 3, getting ready for our soon to be expansion.

Grandma and Grandpa's house

We made a trip to Grandma and Grandpa Dourgarian's house. Cousin Jonathan was there and we had a great time playing together in the playhouse. We ate pretend rock pizza and hot dogs and Grandma came out to play with us. She even got into the house with us-she really gets into it! What a great day!

Sunriver

We tok our now annual trip to Sunriver with our good friends and their fabulous kids. We have such a great time hanging out with them. I even braved the pool with my big 8 month preggo belly! Ace loved the pool time...

But he really loved spending time with the other two boys Michael and Brandon. They are going to be some mischief makers in the next couple of years! Luckily so far the time was mostly spent wrestling with Dads, hitting balls around in the yard, and watching movies.

Can't wait until next year with another little boy to add to the mix!