Christmas Season, 2009

This Christmas was so much fun! We had a great time with Jake baking, visiting neighbors and spending time with family. We even got snow this year! (Fun for us, but maybe not so much fun for John and Julie. Hopefully they will soon forget their miserable many hours stuck on the interstate due to ice and decide to come back to Lubbock at some point!) We are so thankful for the birth of our Savior and excited to celebrate Him with family and friends!

Here are some pictures from December.


Jake's favorite Christmas present might have been these big bopper balloons. Anyone think that the first picture looks like a little John Carter besides me???

Playing with Granddad's banks

Christmas Morning

Potty from Santa!!

Making and eating Jesus' birthday cake:

Helping Mommy and Pop make chocolate creme cherries

Jake breaking in his early Christmas present:

Jake's Christmas party at school:

Baking bread for the neighbors. I think I have a little chef on my hands.

OOh it's so good!

Catch up time....AGAIN

So I guess it is apparent that I have taken a leave from blogging.... so time for me to catch up. The procrastination side of me says, just start this month and move forward. Unfortunately the legalistic side of me needs to post at least one picture for each month I missed. Procrastination and legalism ... probably not two of my better qualities, but this time the legalistic side wins.
Enjoy a few pics.

November 2009:

November 23rd, 18 months

October 2009:

(UH...Why can't we all just be football players for Halloween?)

Oct. 23, 2009 (17 months)

(What? Is there something wrong with my hair?)

Sept. 23rd (16 months) :

Sept/Oct Video

Man, Jakob is getting busy and learning so much. Enjoy the video. Keith

Sweet Puppy Love

Back in August, I took Jake over to my friend Erika's house to see her new lab puppies. Jake and Tatum had a great time! Jakob loves dogs, he calls them all "yaya" for Loa or "woo woo" (his bark). Thanks Erika!

Every Kid has to have the Spaghetti Pics........ Right??

This kid loves him some "ghetti"

(9/10/09)

June, July, August

I am a little behind on video, but I hope you enjoy. Lots of fun family stuff over the past couple of months. Keith

SWIM, SWIM, SWIM

JAKE TOOK HIS FIRST SWIMMING LESSONS THIS SUMMER, AND HE HAD A BLAST. HE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN THE WATER....MAYBE NOT QUITE ENOUGH FEAR ACTUALLY! WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

(THIS CHILD CAN SUCK HIS THUMB ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!)

May/June

May

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!!

So for Jake's big #1 we had a Dr. Suess party. I was curious to see how he would do during the party... with all the people and acitivities, but he did great! He acted like he knew that it was his big day. He hit the ground running that day and had such a big time. It was so much fun. He loved getting tangled up in the helium balloons that we got him and dragging them around everywhere saying "ba ba ba"! He demolished his cake, pounding it on his tray and then to the floor. He did save a few bites to try but was more intereseted in playing in it. And his favorite presents, at least initially, probably more "ba, ba,ba" (this time for balls that John and Julie got him) or the box of Kleenex from his clever Daddy. He had such a fun time seeing everyone, thanks so much for sharing May 23rd with us!

This month he has mastered running, stealing toilet paper off the roll, all different sounds and intonations, and he loves animals, making his funny highpitched "OOh" sound everytime he sees one. His favorite toy at daycare is a pink glow worm HA HA; Keith loves that! This little one is very loving, what a blessed year we have had with him.