Friday, October 5, 2012

I'm a terrible blogger!! (Take 1: March - June)

I was looking at my blog the other day and I realized I haven't written anything in over 6 months!  Crazy!  I have a couple more specific posts in mind but I thought it might be nice to just do some pictorial updates from the last few months.  So, here's what's been happening!

 March - Jakob doing his thing on the slide.

 March - He LOVES the slide. . .and he DESPERATELY needs a haircut!

March - Kaleb trying out the monkey bars.

March - Kaleb getting a workout and walking the dog on our side road.  
It's hard to see but he's in mid air in this picture.  
Rascal's little, but still giving Kaleb a run for his money!

 March - Big boy bike!

April - Jakob sitting in a big boy chair watching daddy play softball.

April - Kaleb on the tire swing.

 April - Kaleb got stuck in the mud while playing at softball. . .and of course
had to take a pictures before helping him get out :)

 April - Me and my boys!

April - Easter egg hunt at Grammy and Poppy's.  

April - Kaleb and Rylee in the Gator.
They thought it was hysterical to try and run me over!

April - Jakob's first hair cut!  He wasn't loving it, but snacks helped.

April - Me and The Hubs at a Yankee game.

April - Brother love in the McDonald's play place. 

April - Kaleb getting ready to do the trampoline at the mall.  

 May - Getting ready for his school concert.
May - This is now the face I get whenever I try to take a picture.

 May - School field trip to Merrymead Farm. 

 May - Field Trip

 May - Kaleb's favorite part of the trip - ice cream!

 May - Jakob the Mexican soccer player - jersey courtesy of my dear college roommate Kelli who is currently living in Mexico :)

 May - Kaleb ready for his first visit to the dentist.

 May - He did great!

 May - Kaleb at his school's sneaker day.

 May - Daddy/Kaleb matching softball shirts.

 May - The back.  

 June - Jakob's new favorite place to play is the tiny space between his crib and the wall.  The only problem is that he keeps getting stuck!  

June - Super cool Jakey at Ellie's dedication.

 June - Kaleb with his preschool teachers Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Thompson.

 June - Kaleb and Daddy went to Monster Jam.

 June - Jakob in the pool.

 June - Jakob at Knoebels playing peek-a-boo with Grammy.

 June - Kaleb riding the go-carts at Knoebels.

 June - Jakob taking a few steps!

June - Kaleb driving the old fashion cars at Knoebels.

 June - Kaleb swimming.

 June - Kaleb and Owen - Best buds!

 June - Jakob :)

 June - Kaleb and Lydia after their first swim lesson.

June - Grammy and Poppy with all the grandkids.

 June - Kaleb and Katelyn

 June - Kaleb and his friends before his first movie in the theater.

 June - Reading Phillies game.  It was super hot, hence the crazy hair :)

 June - Kaleb and Owen - Super Hero pose.

 June - Watching the fireworks.  

 June - "I'm on my brother's team"

 June - Ready to swim

Thanks for reading!  I'm hoping to have pictures from July to now up before too long.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday Jakob!

So, it's a little late, but Jakob turned 1 on March 3.  I can't believe this little guy is 1 already!!


Dave and I were at a youth leaders conference on Jakob's actual birthday so we couldn't have his party that weekend but we were able to go Red Robin for his free kids meal and ice cream sundae that night.  It was so fun to get to celebrate with him on his special day. 

Ready for my ice cream!

 Yum!!

 Kaleb feeding Jakob his sundae.  Such a good brother!

Best Friends

Kaleb having a fit because his balloon wasn't red.   

The big 1-year-old playing with his balloon on the way home.

Jakob got a pirate ship water table from us for his birthday and the boys couldn't wait to play with it!  It was really fun to set it up in the kitchen and let them go to town - although, I think their favorite part was getting daddy all wet :)

 Loving it even before there's water in it!

 Not sure what this face is about but it's pretty cute :)

 "This is really cool, but I wish you would have put WARM water in it!!"
*yeah, that would have been a good idea. . .whoops!


Last Sunday we had Jakob's birthday party.  It was really small but the weather was beautiful so we had a great time being able to be outside. I made some of his favorite food, we opened gifts, had dessert and enjoyed the sunshine right up until bed time. 


 Jakob's 1st Year
 
 Jakob in his birthday hat right after his nap.

Getting ready to open gifts.
"Why am I sitting in this chair with nothing to eat?!?"

"Not what I what was expecting, but ok"

Opening Gifts

 
Noah's Ark Cake

 
Notice his face?
The one disappointment - he wanted nothing to do with his smash cake!
 The favors - Since it was a Noah's Ark theme, I went to the candy store and got a whole bunch of gummy animals and put two of each animal in each bag.  On the back, I wrote "God told Noah to bring two of every kind of animal onto the Ark".


 Thanks for coming to my party!!