Christmas Day 2008

Santa was very good to Jake!
He got a tricycle, a Thomas the Tank Engine Tent, a Jake sized vacuum cleaner and janitor cart, tons of cars and dinosaurs and lots of other fun treats!

Unfortunately Christmas Day was dampened a bit by Jake's stomach virus but he persevered! He was very good at opening the first few gifts but then decided he would rather play than open anymore!

There's Jake on his new Bike!

He even showed off his skills ringing the bell! Everyone will know when he is coming down the street!

Daddy helped Jake try out his new vacuum.
He cleaned up too so there wouldn't be a mess for Mommy!

Everyone enjoyed the holiday at Grandma and Grandpa's house!
Gi Gi, Pop & Uncle Rich relaxed while we all opened gifts!

Great Grandma Grace and Gi Gi Marcy sat comfortably and took in the festivities!

Jake had fun hanging out with Uncle Kevin...Don't block the tv though Uncle Kev!

Jake & Mommy making faces for the camera!

Uncle Mike gave Tiki some special attention while Uncle Kev took a snooze!

Tiki took advantage of the attention!
He said if I have to wear a sweater to get some love so be it!

Jake is super attached to Grandma Joyce!

And what cooler gift than a life size Thomas the Tank Engine Train???
It took a little bit b/c he was scared of it at first but Jake finally got on and took Thomas for a spin! Grandma & Grandpa sure know how to spoil him!!!

Christmas Eve

Then it was time to set out the Cookies for Santa...What kind of kid puts out cookies without trying them out and tasting the milk to make sure it was good enough for Santa to eat?

Even Tiki got in on the action while Jake hung out with Uncle Mike and Uncle Kevin!

We enjoyed good food and Great Company!

Jake didn't really get the whole Santa idea but he sure did like having all the company over at his house!

We hosted Christmas Eve Dinner at our house. Jake got to spend Christmas Eve with his Nana and Pop from Mississippi, Great Grandma Grace, his Grandma and Grandpa, his Uncles and of course Mommy, Daddy and Tiki. It was lots of fun!! It's always a blast to play with Thomas the Tank engine when people come to visit. Above he and Nana are lining up the trains while Nana learned all their names.

Preparing for Christmas

Jake enjoyed preparing for Christmas and wearing his Christmas PJs. Above he is trying on Daddy's hat for size...Peekaboo!

He really got into putting his own ornaments on the tree. He was very good with the tree too! He would point to the ornaments and loved Mommy and Daddy telling him what the ornaments were and showing him different ones but he rarely took them off the tree.

Jake was sure to tell Tiki what Mommy told him..."no no Tiki, you can't touch the tree!"

He also had lots of fun building towers from all of the boxes that came in from our online shopping. Who needs blocks when you have boxes?!

For those of you that don't know, Jake LOVES trains. His favorite thing is Thomas the Tank Engine and he loves playing with his trains so when Daddy set up his old train from when he was little to go around the Christmas Tree Jake was truly ecstatic although he was a little scared of it at first.

Jake's First Real Snow!

On December 19th, 2008 Jake got to experience playing in the snow for the first time!
He LOVED it!

Daddy actually had the day off so he was home to join in the fun!
Jake ran up and down the sidewalk in front of our house squealing and laughing.

He made sure to clean off the snowman's hat! And refused to wear his mittens. Mommy & Daddy cringed at the idea of playing with snow with your bare hands but Jake LOVED it!

"It's snowing!!!"

Technical difficulties

Sorry for not getting some New pictures up on the Blog everyone. We are having some trouble uploading and not sure if it is my new computer or the blogspot system. We will get you some new stuff as soon as we can.

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

The Vicks