My Big Boy is 11 Months Old!!!

Wow, it doesn't seem like that long ago that I was as big as a bus, smothering to death, and trying to bribe little man make his arrival. Jake is growing like a weed and changing so fast. He is "crusin'" around things really well and walks pretty good with help now. He has crossed over into the "I'd rather play that be held, Mommy!" stage and Mommy is still in the snuggling stage. He loves to play and explore. The minute he hits the floor he is off to try and find out what he can get into and can he make a mess doing it. He's also learned that it is really fun to stand up in your playpen or crib and throw things out of it, it is quite cute right now, I'm sure that will wear off though. Mommy is trying to get ready to have his 1st birthday party, I never would have figured trying to find the right party invitations would prove to be so difficult. Hopefully I'll get that task taken care of before I give up and decide to hand make my own. We're also gearing up to get Jake a wadding pool for the back yard. That boy sure does love water and being outside so he will think he's big stuff with the pool. Bath time is an absolute hoot with his because he has soooooo much fun you can't help but laugh with him. Hopefully soon I will have an opportunity to put some updated pictures on.

Seven Month Pictures

First Christmas

Okay....so I'm a little behind on my blog but with Jake it makes it hard to sit down for long enough to keep things too up to date but hopefully I'll get updated a little today.

My Big Boy!

My baby is starting to be a "big boy" now. We have switched to our "big boy" carseat, (it actually is a convertable that goes from infant to toddler to booster so he's still in the infant position just not in the blasted carrier.) He was getting too heavy for mommy to carry in that carrier of his.

On Sunday he also ate cereal in his "big boy" chair for the first time. It was also the first time we tried spoon feeding him, it was a flippin' hoot to watch.

We survived!

Well we survived Jake's "first date" and his first Halloween. Jake's first date was with Morgan Scheib. Morgan was born 2 days before Jake and her mommy says that she is Jake's future wife, I have to say it will be fun for us if that acutually happens, the kids might not agree in...oh say about 15 years. I'll be posting pictures of their first date in the near future, they are so cute.
We spent Halloween night trick-or-treating and Jake managed to sleep for the better part of it but he did have quite a few opportunities to get some good flirtin' in with the ladies that night. Heaven help me when he gets older, he is already trying to work his charm. I think I'm doomed....I don't think I'll let him go on a real date until he's 30!

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Isn't our little lion just the cutest lion that you have ever seen? I think so. We dressed Jake up in his Halloween costume Monday night and took pictures at his Grammy and Granddad's house. We're going to have to work on that growl though.

Well since I am going to try my hand at bloggin' I figure that I better figure out how to get those pictures of little Jake on here for all to see. Good Lord, he's growing like a weed and changing every day. There are plenty of times when I look at him and wonder where my little baby has gone to and then I remember that I never had a little baby...Jake came out ready to play linebacker. Jake is already trying to become so independent. He tries to hold his bottle and will take it out of his mouth on his own and try to put it back. It is quite amusing to watch him do that as he hasn't quite got the best hand eye coordination yet, Aunt Casey is going to have to work on that for basketball. He has the biggest laughs and giggles and I was informed by Tim yesterday that he discovered his feet. I was ticked that I missed that because I was sleeping since I got called out very early Sunday morning and needed the sleep. I've also already had the very first episode of him breaking my heart last Thursday. I was holding him watching t.v. and he was fussing so Tim came in to see what he was fussing about and he reached for him. That was the first time he reached for someone and it was to get away from me. I figure that it won't be the last time that he breaks my heart.