Jake & Daddy

Jake and Daddy hit the road on Jake's Tricycle when the nice weather blew into town!
Jake had a blast waving to everyone and sporting his new Sponge Bob hat Grandma and PaPa got him!

Watch out world Jake's on the loose!

It got a little cooler so the sponge Bob hat was traded for the winter hat and Jake gave up the trike for a walk with his Daddy!

Jake was sure to point out all the mud spots and snow piles he was just dying to play in!!!
He's also a big fan of finding every bird, truck and airplane in the area and yell "Da!!" everytime to make sure Daddy didn't miss out on anything!

"Come on Dad! Let's go!"

Jake Plays...

Jake's favorite book to play with is his Baby Einstein Puzzle Book. He will spend long periods of time taking the shapes out and putting them back into the book and he has gotten quite good at it.

Jake and Grandpa look at pictures in a photo album, another new favorite activity. Jake loves looking through the photo albums and naming the people in the pictures! He doesn't quite say everyone's name just yet but he gets very excited looking through it. He also has these Baby Einstein discovery cards he is playing with Grandpa where he acts out different emotions. They are sooo cute.

Jake is starting to play like a little boy these days. He takes his favorite Thomas the Tank Engine trains and rides them around on the track and makes "choo choo" noises.

Jake's also a huge fan of his Mr. Potato Head toy. He loves giving him unique body configurations like arms where the mouth is typically found or out of the top of the head! And then he laughs at his creations!

Jake's Playdate with Anthony

Jake's friend Anthony came to play. Jake happily shared his pretzels with Anthony as they took a break from playing. It's a definite sign that you're in with Jake when he shares his food with you!

Of course there was no real sitting still while they snacked...what fun is that.

The boys had a great time playing together!

January Update

Jake is growing into quite the toddler! This is a picture of Jake on the morning Mommy heard him on the video monitor laughing and squealing to himself only to check the screen and find he had disrobed himself down to his diaper! Luckily for mommy the diaper remained on. He was quite the proud little boy!

Jake got all decked out for the Giants/Eagles playoff game that he watched with Daddy, Grandpa and Uncle Mike (known by Jake as Ka). Unfortunately the Giants couldn't pull off a win but Jake sure did look cute in his warm up suit!

As for the current state of the family, Baby V #2 is doing well growing in Mommy's belly....only 14 weeks to go! Jake on the other hand is having quite a tough winter! He had a stomach bug for two weeks at Christmas and now is suffering from his second week with a bronchial infection and an ear infection. Needless to say it hasn't been pleasant for anyone involved. Hopefully Jake will get well soon. Mommy & Daddy are fairing well despite the illnesses with the exception of a bit of sleep deprivation.

On a lighter note, Jake is talking a bit more these days. He uses Ma and Dad very well and now calls the dog by his name fairly clearly. Tiki is now know as Tee Tee by Jake. He also knows Pa for Grandpa, Ga for Grandma and Gi Gi for Great Gram Marcy. Uncle Mike who's tried to get Jake to say Mike since before he was even close to talking is known as Ka! haha Dish & Leash are his other big words and he is an outstanding animal noise maker! hahaha

Well, that's about it for now. Hope you all enjoyed the update!

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.