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.
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They didn't have a high chair or booster seat, so Jake sat like a big guy.
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This is how Jake looked when we finally got there...
at almost 11:00pm.
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He decided to go with the sideways-sleeping.
Apparently we didn't do anything important Wednesday because I have no pictures from that day.
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Thursday morning we watched the parade.
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He was a little more interested than last year.
And had a little bit more hair.
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He did a little Belly Button Book reading with Grandude.
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He thought it was funny to not sit still for a picture of his shirt.
I made it.
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He checked on Granna's progress in the kitchen.
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He felt Grandude's whiskers.
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He put on his bib from Mimi and was ready to eat!
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All done eating, he had a full belly!
We then got changed into our gear for the big A&M game.
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I don't remember what he was doing, but it was hilarious.
Also, he still had a little lunch on his face.
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Gig 'em Ags!
This picture is terrible, but it's the only one in the
overalls where he's looking at the camera.
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This is how Jake would look as a
Duggar.
(His overalls were too small and kept coming unbuttoned.
So I just unbuttoned all of them.)
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Friday we didn't go ANYWHERE!
(Except a special event that night that will have its own post later.)
Jake fed the dog some of his snacks.
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We took a nap.
(His head isn't as wedged as it looks.)
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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.
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We ate at Jason's Deli. Mmmmm...
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Jake wore his HOWDY shirt that I found at Gymboree on clearance.
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