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.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Happenings
Once again I find myself having to catch everyone up!
Well, first a funny story...
Brent is usually the one to get Josh up and going in the morning for school. I have to leave earlier than he does so I usually have to get Jacob ready to go with me. Brent texted me about a month ago one morning saying he had to go back home. Why? Apparently in their rush to get to school and work, no one noticed that Josh was missing something. They got almost to the school when, from the backseat, Brent hears,
"Daddy I'm only wearing one shoe!"
Brent, while grabbing his foot, "You had better be kidding"
Brent again..."Josh why didn't you tell me you didn't have your other shoe on?"
Josh, "I didn't know I didn't have it on!"
Now, several things run through my mind when I hear this from Brent. How does he put only one shoe on our kid and not the other? How does he not notice Josh walking funny with a shoe missing? Better yet, how does JOSH not notice that he only has one shoe on and is walking funny?
Questions I'm sure will never get answered. Needless to say, neither Josh or Brent made it to work or school on time.
More on the shoes... Josh really dislikes wearing shoes. He would rather go barefoot than have to wear his shoes. Of course, we wouldn't be good parents if we let him slice his feet up and tear up his toes. So, we have to be mean parents and make him wear his shoes. On the other hand, we have a dog who loves our shoes. He never tears them up.. he just has to have them near him and collects them from our closet and wherever else they may be. So, enter the next shoe story.
"I want to go outside and play basketball."
"Put your shoes on"
"I don't want to put my shoes on"
"Then you can't play outside"
"Fine I'll put my shoes on"
"I have my shoes on and I'm going outside"
"Okay be careful"
So, of course I go to check to see if he really has his shoes on and this is what I see.
Apparently he couldn't find the matching shoe to either pair so he improvised. In all fairness, I never said the shoes had to match.....
November was very rough on us physically. For about 3 weeks straight we passed around the stomach virus and whatever else was going around. It seemed like someone was always sick. That was not a fun time. I think we are finally over that!
Thanksgiving was nice. We stayed home for Thanksgiving Day. We had our own little family feast of Cajun Turkey and some fixins. It was nice to not have to travel anywhere that day.
Random pics of the kids, trying to get a picture for the Christmas card.
Christmas was very nice this year. On Christmas Eve we went to Brent's family's house and later that afternoon to his grandmother's house. It was nice to see everyone after such a long time. We didn't go last Christmas since it was too close to my due date and we didn't see anyone for Easter since Josh was having his surgery on his arm. My how everyone had changed!
We thought Jacob would be more into opening presents this year with his first Christmas since he would be almost 1. He was actually more interested in playing with the wrapping. Enjoy the random pics of the kids Christmas.
Jacob giving love to new cousin Logan.
Anyway, that about sums up our holiday season. Hope everyone had a great Christmas just as we did and have a wonderful 2009!
Well, first a funny story...
Brent is usually the one to get Josh up and going in the morning for school. I have to leave earlier than he does so I usually have to get Jacob ready to go with me. Brent texted me about a month ago one morning saying he had to go back home. Why? Apparently in their rush to get to school and work, no one noticed that Josh was missing something. They got almost to the school when, from the backseat, Brent hears,
"Daddy I'm only wearing one shoe!"
Brent, while grabbing his foot, "You had better be kidding"
Brent again..."Josh why didn't you tell me you didn't have your other shoe on?"
Josh, "I didn't know I didn't have it on!"
Now, several things run through my mind when I hear this from Brent. How does he put only one shoe on our kid and not the other? How does he not notice Josh walking funny with a shoe missing? Better yet, how does JOSH not notice that he only has one shoe on and is walking funny?
Questions I'm sure will never get answered. Needless to say, neither Josh or Brent made it to work or school on time.
More on the shoes... Josh really dislikes wearing shoes. He would rather go barefoot than have to wear his shoes. Of course, we wouldn't be good parents if we let him slice his feet up and tear up his toes. So, we have to be mean parents and make him wear his shoes. On the other hand, we have a dog who loves our shoes. He never tears them up.. he just has to have them near him and collects them from our closet and wherever else they may be. So, enter the next shoe story.
"I want to go outside and play basketball."
"Put your shoes on"
"I don't want to put my shoes on"
"Then you can't play outside"
"Fine I'll put my shoes on"
"I have my shoes on and I'm going outside"
"Okay be careful"
So, of course I go to check to see if he really has his shoes on and this is what I see.
Apparently he couldn't find the matching shoe to either pair so he improvised. In all fairness, I never said the shoes had to match.....
November was very rough on us physically. For about 3 weeks straight we passed around the stomach virus and whatever else was going around. It seemed like someone was always sick. That was not a fun time. I think we are finally over that!
Thanksgiving was nice. We stayed home for Thanksgiving Day. We had our own little family feast of Cajun Turkey and some fixins. It was nice to not have to travel anywhere that day.
Random pics of the kids, trying to get a picture for the Christmas card.
Christmas was very nice this year. On Christmas Eve we went to Brent's family's house and later that afternoon to his grandmother's house. It was nice to see everyone after such a long time. We didn't go last Christmas since it was too close to my due date and we didn't see anyone for Easter since Josh was having his surgery on his arm. My how everyone had changed!
We thought Jacob would be more into opening presents this year with his first Christmas since he would be almost 1. He was actually more interested in playing with the wrapping. Enjoy the random pics of the kids Christmas.
Jacob giving love to new cousin Logan.
Anyway, that about sums up our holiday season. Hope everyone had a great Christmas just as we did and have a wonderful 2009!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Success!
Josh made the A Honor Roll again and had Perfect Attendance! YEAH JOSH!!!!!
Mommy and Daddy are so proud!
Mommy and Daddy are so proud!
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