Thanksgiving and More!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We were supposed to go to Kansas City, but couldn't make it due to the roads in Des Moines. It was a bummer, but we decided to make the best of the situation and make a big meal at home. Here is a pic of Jake LOVING his mashed potatoes. By the end of dinner Jake had mashed potatoes in his hair, ears and nose. Thanks goodness Jake loves bath time!! Jake has really been moving a shaking lately. He still can't crawl forward, but he has no problems getting around. He will get frustrated when he backs himself into a corner because he can't move forwards, just backwards. We will shortly have to move everything off of the bottom shelves. Jake loves playing with the nobs on the DVD player. He also loves Jason's xbox game cases. Our poor lil' guy has his first ear infection. We had him at the doctors today, and she also said that on top of the ear infection, Jake's top right tooth will probably break through in the next week. Poor kid! At least I know why he has been so fussy the last couple of days. Jake will be 8 months old tomorrow. The doctor weighed him while he was there today and Jake weighs a whopping 20 lbs!! It must have been all of those potatoes at Thanksgiving!