2 weeks old!

Well Sam is 2 weeks old... feels like we just brought him home yesterday!!  So far so good.  We are past our birth weight and I swear all the kid does is eat.  I know I can't compare kids but he is a HOG compared to what Devyn was.  I had to force feed Devyn when she was a baby and I have to make Sam slow down.  He slept in his crib for the first time last night... of course Devyn is still in our bed.  One of these days she will be out too.  School starts in 3 weeks so I need to love them both up now!!

This is my new favorite picture!!!  Both my babies.

And one with daddy!!

And mommy!

We took Devyn to get a new bike this weekend.  She picked out a Harley Davidson motorcycle.  She loves it!!

Kelly and Tyler are moving so we went over there to help destroy their place to make packing more difficult :-)  This is what Devyn was doing... just being silly!

Playing with baby brother.  We don't use his name at home...we call him Baby Brother.  I wonder if that will stick?   I think Devyn is having more fun than Baby Brother in these pictures.

With Aunt Kelly!

And our very first bath!!  Thanks Baba!!  I took Sam to the doctor on Monday and the doctor asked if he had a bath... I said NO...she said my homework is to take him home and give him one!!  So we went straight to my moms house and she helped out!  I am still learning how to work the extra parts down there.

And posing for the camera!

Devyn & Sam

It is definitely harder with 2 kids.  That is for sure.  Brant has basically been on baby duty while I am on Devyn duty.  Devyn is absolutely in love with her baby brother.  She doesn't like to be far away from him. Is always wanting to hold him, feed him, burp him.  She has been calling me Katie and telling me to chill out and walk away from her baby.  She doesn't really understand that he isn't a doll and that he isn't as strong as Drew but we are doing our best.  I guess it could be worse.  She could want nothing to do with him at all.

It is official!  Brant and Sam are TWINS!!

This is how we start our mornings.  Both kids in our bed.  It might be the best part of the day!

Me and my 2 kids!

I can't get Devyn to nap to save my life.  But Papa can!  She was on him for not even 5 minutes and she was out!  Too bad we can't do this everyday!

Sam James Gordon

Sam has arrived!!  Finally!!!  It was a pretty eventful Weds at the Gordon household.  We woke up and got ready to head to the hospital and were about to leave when my phone rang.  They called to cancel my induction.  Brant was upstairs when I got the call and I was hysterical!  I was crying so hard that I could barely even speak.  He ran downstairs and thought something was honestly wrong.  The poor nurse on the phone must have thought I was a little insane!  But hey it worked out to our benefit.  They called about 30 minutes later and said come on in!!  Off we went!


Sam James Gordon
7 pounds 15 ounces
21 inches

39 Weeks

Who would have thought we would have made it this far.  I definitely did not.  But baby boy Gordon will be here soon... stay tuned :-)

We had terrible storms yesterday.  My sister is out of power and could be out all week.  We all got together and had dinner at my parents last night.  I think Devyn missed her cousins.  She didn't see them all week.  Here are the big D and Brock riding a motorcycle!  Pretty cute.

Devyn LOVES LOVES LOVES the water.  She can put her head under and actually hold her breath for a few seconds.  I think that is pretty good for a 3 year old.  We have been taking her to the pool but the other day we decided to just play with the hose.   Here is Baba chasing Devyn!

The other morning Devyn wanted to play in the basement.  So we went down there.  It is honestly about -40 degrees down there.  It is FREEZING!!  I said to her hey D can we go upstairs I am freezing.  She said "I am talking to Papa!  Leave me alone Katie!"  Okay then.

Posing for a picture.

And climbing the rock wall with Daddy.

Happy 4th!!!

Happy Birthday America!  Hope everyone is having a fun, relaxing and safe weekend!!

Brant took Devyn to the fireworks last night!!  Our good friend Aidan works at a country club so they had a little father/daughter night out!!  I was a little jealous that I wasn't able to go!!  Sounds like they want to make it a tradition :-(  Aidan and Charlotte picked Brant and Devyn up in their Jeep and off they went!!  Devyn was talking about the car with no top on it all morning this morning!  And the way she explains the fireworks couldn't be any cuter!  She came in last night and said "Mommy they were AWESOME!!  They went boom boom boom boom."  Here are a few pictures!

This is Charlotte, Devyn, and Sawyer.

Here Devyn is looking at the fireworks for the very first time!

I told her if it gets too loud that she needs to plug her ears!  Here she is taking my advice :-)

I went to school the other day to try and get my room in order.  Maybe it is part of this whole nesting thing but the fact that it isn't done yet is driving me insane!  Brant was going to take Devyn to the pool but she wanted to go and see Cars instead.  So off they went to see the movie!  This is the picture I got!  He called me on the way and said she wants to go to Cars and I can't get her out of her princess outfit!  Love it!

I heart summer!

The weather is finally nice!!  Yay!!!  Devyn and I have been keeping busy.  We went to the spray park today and had a blast.

We started swim lessons on Monday.  She LOVES LOVES it.  Getting her to leave the pool is a disaster.  I actually made Brant come today to help me because she refuses to leave and I have to basically carry her kicking and screaming to the car then fight with her to get into the car seat.  Today Brant got to do the hard part but then I was stuck with her the entire car ride home where she some how wiggled her way out of her car seat and was standing on it screaming she wanted to go back to the pool.  How I didn't get pulled over is beyond me.

Anyway went to the doctor today and nothing.  Looks like I am going to be induced in a few weeks.

We went to the Libertyville Days Parade with Kelly and her kids.  Here are some pictures.

They were throwing candy and Devyn was waiting patiently for the next float.  Sometimes she is so old!!  She has been saying some of the funniest things lately.  She has this little attitude with me and I can't help but laugh at her.

Charlotte came to meet us too!!

And Brant rode his bike up and D had to sit on it.  Doesn't Brant look like he is having fun in the second picture.

I was literally waiting months to go to the Long Grove Strawberry festival.  It was cute but sort of a bust.  Literally all we did was eat and then leave but D got to ride a pony.

And finally at McDonald's.  The Big D has become obsessed with breakfast burritos and literally asks for one every morning!  And we can't go through the drive through _ we have to actually get out and eat there.  So here we are this morning at McDonald's.