...and fourth of July!

Jack: The Calendar - July page

Ooooo... America!

Yay! America!

America.

I pledge allegiance...

I love the flag!

American Boy

Posted in: Jack, Jack Calendar, Jake on Saturday, July 04, 2009 at at 12:05 PM 2 comments Links to this post    

Jack loves Jake. Back when Jake cried more often Jack would run in to see what was wrong. If we didn't respond fast enough, he would run up to us as if to say "Well, are you going to help him?"

His favorite thing to do is sniff Jake. These two pictures are from the week Jake came home, but he still does it whenever he can. And if we don't watch him, the sniffing becomes licking. On the mouth.

Jack's also always been happy to just be next to Jake.

No matter where he is.

Or what he's doing.

When I'm holding Jake in the recliner, Jack always wants to be with us.

He spends a little more time outside now.

Here he was waiting patiently while I took Jake's three month pictures just inside the door.

And he loves the Boppy.

Loves it!

It's his favorite by-product of having a baby in the house.
Also, having tiny baby clothes around the house to steal in addition to socks.

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Jake was excited about his first Vacation Bible School this year at church. (It was a few weeks ago. I've just been slow in posting.)

Yay VBS!

Apparently, if you carry Jake down the hall at church not strapped into the carseat, he will stand.

"Help, Mama!"

Hanging out with the Australian scenery.

First Jeep ride

With our friend Nathan

See? He had a blast!

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As I mentioned the other day, I decided to take Jake's three month pictures myself. It was very hot on Saturday so I didn't get very many good pictures. It was too bright and he didn't want to keep his eyes open. Here are the other good ones I got (other than the two I posted last time.)

This is what he does all of the time now. Eat his hand and grab things.
After this I quit and came back Sunday when it was slightly cooler and cloudy.

"Really? You expect me to cooperate in this heat?"

Once he gave me the George W. Bush look, we headed inside for the rest of the pictures.
I changed him into a cute baseball get-up for the next set.

This one was cute in black and white and color. I like the two unique faces he made.

"Are we done yet?"

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I meant to post this yesterday. Obviously. But I didn't. So here it is today. A year ago yesterday we found out a baby was on its way! After work I made a very quick run to Barnes and Noble to get Jon a daddy book to tell him, to the mall to get a cookie cake to tell his family at dinner that night (which ended up being the next night), had my tire explode on the freeway, and headed home to break the news.

And look what we have now. Pretty much the greatest baby ever born. These were from my first attempt at taking Jake's three month pictures (a few weeks late) yesterday. It was way too hot and bright, so he wasn't having it. It's SLIGHTLY cooler today and cloudy, so we're going to try again in a little while. Wish me luck!

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Yay! It's Jon's first Father's Day! He had to work today, though, so we enjoyed the first part of the day by sporting the cutest baby sweater vest ever created. Yes, I know it was 100 degrees today. What of it?

Chilling in the bouncer this morning while Mom got ready.

After church we went over to Mimi and Pop's house for lunch. Then Jake took the cutest picture ever.

Entire cute get-up.

Happy Father's Day, Pop!

Working on the necksercises.

This is what happens when his neck gets tired.

Cutie patootie.

"If I pretend I'm asleep, maybe she'll stop taking pictures."

Then when Daddy got home, we gave him his presents.

Hanging out with Daddy.

Daddy likes to make me talk.

I love Daddy!

And Daddy loves me!


Talking with Daddy last week.

Posted in: husb, Jake, the fam on Sunday, June 21, 2009 at at 9:59 PM 2 comments Links to this post    

The family I work for is out of town for two weeks, so Jake and I got to go visit my family last week in Fort Worth. Here are some of our adventures.

Jake was excited about going to church on Sunday.

Grinnin' at Granna and Granddude's house.

Let's all just stare at him.

This event never happened.

We spent one day at the fantastic South Lake Town Square shopping center. He was as excited as his mom was to go to Crate and Barrel.

He loved the Corner Bakery.

And got excited about Pottery Barn.

Cheesecake Factory was the best!

Thanks for bringing me to South Lake, Mama!

I wish I could say this was the first time he'd french kissed a dog.

We went to Central Market for dinner one night and ate out on the patio and listened to live music.

We visited Great Grammy again.

But he got bored pretty quickly.

Hanging with granddude.

Enjoying the gifts that Granna's friend, Debbie, gave her for Jake to use when he's there: A cute book, Wide Awake Jake, and an I Love Grandma bib.

He found some yummy food at the best restaurant in Texarkana, Amigo Juan, on the way back to Little Rock.

Looking adorable back in Little Rock with Granna.
Thanks for a great week, Granna!

Posted in: Jake, the fam, travel on Monday, June 15, 2009 at at 9:16 PM 2 comments Links to this post    

Jake turned three months old yesterday. My mom, Jake and I were all driving back from Fort Worth and got back late, so I took the pictures of him with Snoopy last night, but wasn't able to put them up until now.

He's not really as chunky as he looks. It's just the way he's sitting. Although he is quite bigger than last month.

Chatting on the webcam. This was while we were in Fort Worth, but we get on it a lot with Granna when we're back at home.

Chewing on his thumb or finger.

Chewing on his whole hand while wearing awesome hats.



He was really going after that hand that night.

Grinnin' like a ham.

Listening to (with some looking at) books.

Working on mastering the art of holding up his head.
(Pardon my makeuplessness. It was still early in the day.)

Drooling. (See shirt for example.)

Grabbing stuff.

Lifting up his legs and kicking and moving them. (Constantly)



And talking. This was this morning while my mom was here. He was really going there for even longer than the three minutes of the video and we were both filming it. I know most of you won't watch the whole thing, but he does some really cute stuff throughout the whole video if you have three minutes to spare.

When I get around to it (hopefully tomorrow), I'll be posting pictures from Our Week in Texas. There are some good ones!

Posted in: Growth pictures, Jake on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at at 10:17 PM 3 comments Links to this post    

Jack: The Calendar - June Page

Jake's Copycat Picture

Posted in: Jack, Jack Calendar, Jake on Monday, June 08, 2009 at at 2:03 PM 1 comments Links to this post