Walk this Way!!

Jacob started walking the day after Christmas, just a few weeks shy of his first birthday! Here is an early clip of him walking over to his bubba laying on the couch.

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

JACOB IS 1 YEAR OLD!

Can you believe it? I can't. The year went by so quickly!

We really didn't do anything on his actual birthday. I took a very small cake to his school with some fruit. His teacher said she took pictures so I'm waiting to get those from her. On Saturday, we had a very small party for him at the house. We had grandparent's and a couple of friends over. It was very nice and sweet.


Jacob's Elmo Cake


We let Josh blow out the candle.


Jacob enjoying his cake.


He even had seconds!


Ball pit fun.


We got Jacob a ball pit for the house. Hopefully our house will be finished soon and we'll have more room for it! He enjoyed being in it and bouncing around but I believe he enjoyed throwing the balls out of it even more!


What a joy Jacob has been to us this past year. He is such a sweet and loving baby. He especially loves his brother so very much. He follows him everywhere and only Josh can make Jacob laugh like no one else can. He has a smile for everyone he meets and is a very happy baby. It was a little rough starting over again but Jacob has made the trip completely worth it.
Happy Birthday Jacob. We love you very much!

Cagey

Please don't call CPS. We do not keep our kids locked in cages. We swear he put himself in there.

While we were at my grandmother's for Christmas, Jacob discovered my aunt's cage for her dogs. The pictures speak for themselves.

PLEASE---- Don't shoot your eye out!

One of Josh's favorite Christmas movies is A Christmas Story. We all watch it several times over the holidays together as a family. Josh decided this year that he wanted a BB gun just like Ralphie- and not just any BB gun. It had to be an official Red Rider just like Ralphie had. Well, Santa didn't bring him one this year since Mommy and Daddy didn't feel like he was ready. After all, we can't even get him to stop shooting us with Nerf guns he has.

Well, after Christmas Josh was very bummed that he did not get he BB gun. He even went looking for it in corners thinking Santa had hid it just like in the movie. Like I said.. he was very disappointed. So, after a couple of days, we gave in and he was able to go his BB gun with his own Christmas money.

Brent went through all the rules of shooting a gun, handling the gun, gun safety, etc. It stays in our closet and he can only have it out when we are home and someone is with him while he shoots it. He has followed the rules wonderfully and has shown some great responsibility with it.

Here are a couple of pics of Josh with his Red Rider BB gun.