Letter from Grandpa

Jacob LOVES opening mail. So it was a special treat to receive a letter in the mail from Grandpa today. Thanks for thinking of me Grandpa!

Marathon Monday

A few of our friends were in town from San Diego this weekend. Todd even ran the Boston Marathon today and made great time. We all went down to cheer him on at the finish line!

Here's Jake and Jack in deep discussion about...crayons.

Our little Jake was one tired boy after a day full of fun and excitement!

Some Spring Pictures

With all this nice weather we've been having, we've been spending a lot of time outside.

Jacob's favorite outdoor activity this week was digging with his shovel. When the shovel wasn't good enough, he would use his hands! Needless to say, we had many baths this week...

The weather got SO warm that we got out the shorts, short sleeves and sandals. We're hoping this nice weather sticks around.

The outside of our house is being painted so we don't have the screens in. Even though the window is only open a crack, Jacob took this opportunity to toss some of his toys out the window onto the driveway. I should have known when he was spending a lot of time over at the window!

BUSTED!

Jacob is 16 months old

We've got a little outdoors man on our hands. We've been getting outside as much as possible with all this nice weather. The problem is, we can't get Jacob back inside!

When we were at this playground last summer Jacob would stand up and hold on to these bars, his head barely reaching the very bottom of the bars. My guess is next summer he'll be climbing up the side to the top!

Jacob behind bars!

Jacob's new 4 wheeler

I snuck away to Jacksonville to visit my parents, when I came back Jason had bought Jacob a motorized 4-wheeler. Here's Jacob in action!

Easter 2008

This isn't the best family picture since we all look half asleep (or in Jake's case, licking the rest of the ice cream off his fingers), but it's the only one from Easter! We had a nice Easter this year with the Taylor Family.

Jake had so much fun hunting for Easter eggs, playing with his new toys and following his second cousin Mikela around!

Family Update

We're excited about baby #2 due to arrive August 14th. We recently found out the baby is a GIRL! Jacob has no idea what's going on except he is curious as to why my bellly is getting bigger and he points to it often!

Jacob is 15 months old!

As Jacob gets older the meals get messier. His favorite messy meal is spaghetti.

It got real quiet in the family room. I peaked my head in only to find Jacob sitting in the chair! He had emptied all the contents of the desk drawer while he was up there.

He managed to find some time to catch up on email though!

We are enjoying the "warm" weather (you can stop laughing all you San Diegians and Floridians) and getting outside a lot. Jacob LOVES pointing at any bird, squirrel or dog that goes by.

Jacob had a BLAST at his cousin Jonathan's Birthday party. He couldn't get enough of his older cousins.

He also couldn't get enough of Max! Poor Max put up with a lot of abuse from Jacob that day, while Jackson stayed at home and had "the day off".

I bet Aunt Jill never expected to see this many kids at their kitchen table!

Jake's first time sledding

Jake went sledding for the first time today. We're not sure if he really enjoyed it, or if he was just excited to have Jackson chase after the sled!
The boys...

Snow-shoeing

We headed to America's Stonehedge for a little winter hike. We're standing in front of a few little huts made of stone. The stones in the background are said to be the oldest structures in North America, nearly 4000 years old.
Notice Jay doesn't actually have snow-shoes on, they ran out of his size at the rental place! Luckily the snow on the trails was pretty packed down that it didn't matter. Jake seemed to have a great time. He spent the whole hike babbling and pointing things out.

Jacob is 14 Months Old!

We went to a arcade that had a toddler area. It's a good thing we didn't end up buying tokens because the only thing Jake wanted to do was walk up and down the stroller ramp!


Jake's at the age where he gets upset when his Daddy has to go to work in the morning. The first thing he does after Jay leaves is run to this window to wave good-bye.


I think his middle name should be "trouble". While I was in the other room cleaning up the dog food (Jake had just turned the dog bowl upside down) Jake was busy on his next project. Notice the dozens of ziplock baggies in the foreground. Can that face look anymore guilty?


Enjoying a snack at his kiddie table.


Happy Valentines Day! Jake dumped out his bag when we got home from a Valentine Party. He read each and every card again and again!

Jacob is 13 months old!

Jake is proving to be an active little 13 month old! Now that he's walking, he's ALL over the house. He's constantly in "exploring" mode.

Christmas 2007

We had a great Christmas this year! First we headed up to Maine for some big time fun!


And of course, opened lots of gifts.


I think these two are going to be nothing but trouble together in a few years...


Merry Christmas!


When we got back from Maine, Christmas continued with Grammy, Papa and Aunt Karen.


Jake prefers to open gifts one small piece of paper at a time...


but I think Aunt Karen had the right idea!

Walking

Jacob is so proud of himself now that he's walking. He has that grin on his face every time he walks!

Jacob is 1 year old!

Jacob turned 1 today!


He couldn't take his eyes off the cupcake!


Jake vs. the cupcake, and the cupcake won.


We topped the day off with his first haircut.

No more mullet!

Meeting Santa

Jacob met Santa for first time. He was all smiles until we put him in Santa's lap. Better luck next year!

Thanksgiving 2007

Here are some shots from Jake's first Thanksgiving.


We spent the day with the Taylor/Powlowsky Family.


Working off some calories after dinner...


Jake, you sure do have some big shoes to fill!


Jake kept pretty busy getting into all of Grammy's magazines and birdhouses!

Burrrr...

This weather sure is cold for our California boy!


Going out for a walk takes a little more preparation these days. Hat: check, mittens: check, happy boy: check! And of course, where ever Jake goes Jackson is sure to follow.