Fun With Daddy

Teach me how to play, Daddy!

Ooooooh... I see!

Ride 'em Daddy!

This is fun!

Hi Daddy!

I love my Daddy!

It's Santa!

We braved the rain, traffic, parking lot, mall, and line to go see Santa today!

We took a quick pic in front of the giant tree while waiting in line. I just put him on the floor and them pointed the camera at him from the floor. Thus the fuzziness.

Thanks for smiling, Jake.

This is how Jake felt about the cost of pictures with Santa.

That'll show 'em.
After an hour in line, we then passed the sign that said "Please refrain from using cell phones or personal cameras beyond this point." Boo!

Jake was a fan of Santa, although Santa held Jake weird.
Also, Santa's intuition about Jake was totally wrong. We had to wait for the camera girl to finish the last people's pictures and she asked Santa if he wanted to go ahead and start playing with Jake. He said "No, not that one. Sometimes we only get about 15 seconds." Meaning he thought Jake was going to break down crying. No way. Jake just stared at him and his big ol' beard. Then posed like a good boy for the picture. Next year will probably be another story.

Santa wears me out!

9 Months Old!

Here we are at 3/4 of a year!

I'm 3/4!

And I'm wearing festive socks!

Hey! You're getting smaller!

Recentness:
His first tooth is about halfway in, but that's nearly impossible to get a picture of. Believe me. I tried. I'm already concerned about his future dental health, though, seeing that this tooth is coming in at about a 45 degree angle.

He loves playing with all of his new floor toys, the most recent of which is the Leap Frog Music Table (seen here without its legs) that my brother gave him. This was at my parents' house on their bed. I said he was Paul Shaffer with all of his pianos around him.

More fun with floor toys.

He enjoys the blocks, now that he can pick them up.

He hardly ever falls over backward anymore, but I still keep the Boppy there just in case. He will bend completely in half to reach for something in front of him, and sometimes fall into laying on his belly. Still no crawling though.

I got him these new baby cracker things. He's got them kind of figured out.

I said "kind of".

Funny Guy


Jake will get in a mood where one particular thing is hilarious. Next time you do it, it's not hilarious. Tonight it was throwing a wet paper towel in the air and saying "wooooo!"
It was seriously funny.

Happy December!

Jack: The Calendar - December page
We made it to the end! If you want to see all 12 months of pictures, click here.

Jake's December Calendar picture
Yes. He's very drooly in these pictures.
His first tooth is finally coming in.

Tee-hee-hee! Santa!

Yay Santa!

I love Santa!

We all love Santa!

The tree is up. No ornaments yet. It's a work in progress.
Jake just stared as I put it up. Loved it!

This would be great if it weren't for the string of drool.

Drool shirt.

Hey! It's a my-size tree!

He loved the giant Santa hat!

The First Thanksgiving

We got up early and watched the Macy's Parade.

I was very thankful these super cute pajamas still fit on Thursday.

Good morning!

Then we changed and watched a little more parade.
We had to see Snoopy!

Grandude wore this on Thanksgiving.

Jake's First Thanksgiving meal:
Sweet potoatoes, twice baked potatoes, and cranberry sauce.
He also enjoyed his meal in Uncle Josh's old high chair.
It's an '84!

Thanksgiving picture with Mama.

I love Uncle Josh!

Then Uncle Josh ate me. Again.

Then Jake taught U.J. how to use a Blackberry.

Then we had a concert.

Ta-da!

With Great Grammy (my Grammy).

Mmmm... turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jake showed his Heisman pose to let us know it was time for some football!

We changed clothes to cheer on the Aggies!

Gig 'em Ags!

Grandude somehow did this in the toaster.

The day after Thanksgiving, Aunt Emily and Uncle Jack came back to say bye before leaving.

Jake was sick Friday, but still cuddled with Uncle Josh.

Saturday, Jake played all of his instruments.
The big table in front was his new
present from Uncle Josh! It's so fun!