Happy Halloween!!

Jake trick or treating on the square! This is one of the first businesses we went to, so he isn't quite sure what he is supposed to do :)



Here are our pumpkins we carved this year! Jason did the Ipumpkin and was clearly the winner.....I will get him next year though! I think the clincher was the white ear buds he put on his pumpkin. Jake and Daddy!!! You will notice that Jake has a sucker in his hand. He ended up eating 3 suckers over the course of the evening. The sticky drool from that sucker was unbelievable, but I think Jason and I had more fun than Jake did!! Here is our lil' dragon doing his thing :) We walked through the park on the way back to our car, and Jake had a blast shuffling through the leaves! This was the perfect way to end the night! Snuggling with my little guy before bed!!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

Little Boy Heaven!!

Yep, that's right, a combine ride!!! Thank you so much to our friend Darcy for inviting us to her parent's farm to ride on a combine!!! Jake was in little boy Heaven! I think we have a future farmer on our hands :)

On the Go!

The summer is flying by so quickly!! Jake loves playing outside, and he is on the move constantly. He sprints around the house. Sometimes he will push or pull a toy along with him, but his stocky, little legs are always running :)

Moved In and Picture Overload!

So, we are finally moved in and most of the boxes are unpacked! I have set a goal for myself that by the end of this week, there will be no more boxes in the house....we will have to see if I can reach it! Jake and Reagan have both adjusted well to the new house. They love chasing each other in the basement, and Jake's new thing is running. He gets his little legs going so fast, I'm afraid he is really going to hurt himself. So far he falls gracefully, so we don't have too many bruises :)

Here are a few photos I have taken over the last month. We had a few really hot days in the 90's last week, so we got out Jake's water table. He loved splashing away and spent a good 45 minutes playing in it.

Jake has always loved his blanket and needs it to fall asleep, but recently he has also wanted to play with outside of his crib. He will drag it around with him for awhile until he moves on to a different toy.

Here are a few photos from Easter weekend. I missed getting photos of Jake with the Easter bunny as well as Easter morning...I have to do better next year!!

Here are some pics of Jake playing with Jason. Jake loves 'flying' with his Dad and he is starting to say 'Dada' in context. (He is nowhere near close to saying Mama....the lil' stinker) I love this pic of Jason and Jake! The look on Jake's face is priceless! He is so excited for what's coming next!!

Ok, only a few more pics :) At the old house we had an old, broken entertainment center that Jake loved to climb in. I snapped a few pics because he was having so much fun playing in it. Sadly, the entertainment center had to find a new home at the landfill.

Moving Update

Well, we are almost there! Most of our things are sitting in boxes in our basement waiting to be moved to the new house. Moving day is next Wednesday the 4th, and then Friday, 5/6, our house will no longer belong to us! I am super excited to move to the new house, but I did get a little teary eyed packing up Jake's room. We have lived in this house for 5 1/2 years....lots of memories :)

I have lots of pics to upload, but of course my memory card reader is packed somewhere. Once we get moved into the new house and unpacked, I will share them. We had a great Easter and enjoyed an afternoon family golf trip. It amazes me how much Jake LOVES to golf!! His favorite toys right now are his plastic golf clubs. It has to be genetic!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!

Lunch Time....Well, at least for Reagan

What a circus! I guess Jake isn't hungry.

*I am going to have to start teaching him that we don't throw food, but I had to get it on video first :)

Our Tough Guy

Jake had his doctor appointment today. He was a champ! Four shots and a blood draw really took a lot out of me, but it only phased Jake for a few minutes. He is super healthy and right on track developmentally. Jake weighed in at 26.75 lbs (60th percentile) and 30 in (50th percentile) tall. I was excited because they put him on a regular growth chart and not on the preemie one!! I don't know why I am so excited about this, but I am :) Oh, and Jake still has a big head.... >95th percentile.Later in the day Jake was walking across the kitchen floor in socks, slipped and hit his mouth on the floor. His tooth cut his lip and it bled for awhile. Of course it looked worse than it was. He kept burying his head in my shoulder while he cried, so I had blood all over my white shirt. Pretty dramatic, but a few snuggles later and we were all good.