I needed pictures of Jake for our Christmas card, because who wants to see us? So I took him to a Christmas tree farm today to take said pictures. Here are the cute pictures that didn't make it onto the card:

The only piece of scenery there.
It was pretty much just trees.

And here are the other events and outtakes:

There was an animal farm area, because
this place is also a pumpkin patch.

Funny goat.

I was trying to do anything to get him to look at me,
so I was singing the belly button song.
So he was showing me his belly button.

Then he ate his sweater.

Waving at the tractor as it went by.

He stopped to play a little air guitar.

He did a lot of peek-a-boo around the trees.

He fell down a lot. He kept tripping over stumps

"Hi Mama!"

He found a Jake-sized tree.

He did a little dance.

We took Santa to try to get some pictures with,
but Jake didn't care for Santa,
so Santa got a picture by himself.

There were some Christmas pig races.

And as we left, Jake checked out one of the trees.

Posted in: Christmas, Jake on Saturday, December 04, 2010 at at 8:57 PM 1 comments    

The day after Thanksgiving, which happens to be Jon's and my six-year engage-iversary, my brother, Josh, proposed to his girlfriend, Ashley. Yes, my brother is marrying an Ashley. That means her married name will be what my maiden name was. Weird.

At the post-engagement party at her parents' house.

Jake and his new and future Aunt Ashley!

Jake and Granna partyin'.

Jake and his great aunt Emily!

Ashley's cousin's daughter drew this for them. Super cute.

My brother made the ring. Yep.

They like each other.

The fam.

Jake had fun at the party too.

He and Uncle Josh wore matching shoes.

It's hard to get a non-goofy picture of them.

But we got two good ones!

With my new sister-in-law!

Posted in: Jake, the fam, weddings on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at at 10:38 PM 3 comments    

We left Tuesday right after school to head to Fort Worth. We stopped in Texarkana to eat and was invited to eat with my friend Sarah and her parents.

They didn't have a high chair or booster seat, so Jake sat like a big guy.

This is how Jake looked when we finally got there...
at almost 11:00pm.

He decided to go with the sideways-sleeping.

Apparently we didn't do anything important Wednesday because I have no pictures from that day.

Thursday morning we watched the parade.

He was a little more interested than last year.
And had a little bit more hair.

He did a little Belly Button Book reading with Grandude.

He thought it was funny to not sit still for a picture of his shirt.

He checked on Granna's progress in the kitchen.

He felt Grandude's whiskers.

He put on his bib from Mimi and was ready to eat!

All done eating, he had a full belly!

We then got changed into our gear for the big A&M game.

I don't remember what he was doing, but it was hilarious.

Gig 'em Ags!
This picture is terrible, but it's the only one in the
overalls where he's looking at the camera.

This is how Jake would look as a Duggar.

Friday we didn't go ANYWHERE!

We took a nap.

(His head isn't as wedged as it looks.)

Saturday we went shopping at this new awesome shopping center in Arlington. We saw this "Texas A&M" sign thinking it would be an A&M store. It was nothing. I don't know why it was there.

We ate at Jason's Deli. Mmmmm...

Jake wore his HOWDY shirt that I found at Gymboree on clearance.

Posted in: Fort Worth, Jake, Thanksgiving, the fam, travel on at at 5:47 PM 1 comments    

Posted in: Jake on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at at 9:35 PM 0 comments    

Jack does not give fist bumps like Daddy does.

Jack does not give high fives.

Jack does not make funny noises when you run
your fingers over his mouth like Mama does.

Jack does not appreciate Monkey like Jake does.

Posted in: Jack, Jake on at at 9:28 PM 0 comments