Kerr Family

Counting

2012-01-14T21:58:00.001-08:00

Jakey was counting today and was doing really well until he threw in an eleventeen! Cracked me up : )

My little Sunbeam

2012-01-08T21:23:00.000-08:00

My "little" Jakey is now a Sunbeam! Jason and I talked to him before we went to church and told him that he wouldn't be going to nursery anymore, that he was a big boy and would now go to Primary with the big kids. I was a little worried that he would have a really hard time sitting still, but he was very excited to go. Jason and I decided to sit in the back of the room and keep an eye on him...he did really well! At the end of church we went to pick him up 5 minutes early because Ty was totally done with church (nap time doesn't really work out with the new church schedule). Jake didn't want to leave his class, he was having too much fun and wanted to stay. He came home with a slip of paper saying he needed to give an article of faith next week and I told him that mommy would help him talk into the microphone and he told me "no, I do it myself. Mommy sit down in chair." I definitely don't have a shy little boy, he is so cute!

I feel like super mom!

2012-01-06T19:51:00.000-08:00

My family came to visit for a couple of days (I will post pictures later) and while they were here I asked my mom a million mom questions. I am proud of myself...I took action and life is moving in the right direction : ) I told Jason and my mom that I would sleep train Ty as soon as we were moved into our new house, they both laughed at me and told me I was just putting it off. I was putting it off because 1. Ty is such a snuggly baby and I love it! and 2. When I hear my babies cry it causes me MAJOR anxiety, I hate it! Well, he started to be a little turkey when it came to sleeping and I knew it was time to start and I am glad that I did because it really only took about a day and a half. I didn't realize how much I was missing my sleep : ) Now he is a really good little sleeper and it is better for both of us.

The other reason that I feel like super mom is because after 3 years of Jakey fighting me on everything that he eats he is finally eating the foods that he needs to be eating. Such a huge relief!!! I realized that this little boy takes after me and gags and throws up. I honestly think it was just an issue of texture and now that he takes smaller bites and chews really well he is realizing that foods other than chicken nuggets, rice, nuts, toast, and crackers actually taste good : ) This week has been wonderful, I think that it is kind of funny that these two "little" accomplishments have made me feel so much better!

Christmas

2011-12-25T22:51:00.000-08:00

" Race car combo pack" he was so excited!

My little guys in their Christmas Eve jammies

This is Christmas Eve opening his jammies, he was so excited! I

have never seen him eat dinner so fast.

Cooper LOVES Christmas so much, it is his favorite day of the year!

He thinks every present is his, and helps open presents.

First night I dared to put presents under the tree, Jake

was really good and didn't open any presents early.

Woohoo Thomas trains for his train table!

I didn't think Ty would be too interested in Christmas this year,

but I was wrong he was very aware and interested in everything.

We took so many pictures and really couldn't get them both to look at the

camera. Jake was a little shy talking to Santa, but neither one of them were scared this year.

Outfits for church on Christmas

Christmas this year was alot of fun with two little boys. Jake was all about Santa and presents and Ty loved all of the people and his toys. I think I was most happy about spending time with my hubby and boys (Jason has been so busy with the house, it was nice to have him home). I also loved that Jakey went "hamming" this year and came home so excited. I am glad that he was able to participate in something that represents what Christmas is all about. We had a wonderful Christmas!!!

6 Months already!!!

2011-12-25T22:34:00.000-08:00

It is really nice feeding a child that likes food : )

Ty decided he likes to sleep on his stomach, it still makes me nervous!

The sweetest baby in the world!

I cannot believe that my little Ty Ty is already 6 months old, it is going way too fast! This little boy is such a sweetheart and is such a happy little boy. We love him tons!

First "real" pictures

2011-12-25T22:25:00.000-08:00

I had a friend of mine take some pictures of my boys for Christmas presents. I think she did a good job...Ty, my smiley baby was not super happy, but she still managed to get a couple of smiles.

Cell phone pictures

2011-12-01T21:01:00.000-08:00

I never have my camera charged so I end up taking a ton of pictures with my cell phone. I wanted to post them on the blog so that I would have them saved.

My little sweeties before Jordan and Kerry's reception


Ty LOVES Jakey, I thought this was cute because Jakey shared one of his favorite blankets with Ty Ty

I wasn't going to post this picture, but I couldn't resist, he has such a cute bum! He was working so hard helping Nick and Daddy rake and shovel the dirt at the new house

Big boy food

2011-11-02T23:00:00.000-07:00

Before the cereal

Ready for more

Jakey wanted a picture too. Ty ADORES his big brother, they

have a special bond, it is the cutest thing ever. I really hope that

they will be best buddies.

Ty got his first taste of "big boy food." The doctor said that I could start introducing Ty to baby cereal and fruits and veggies. Jake hated the baby cereal so I thought Ty wouldn't be interested, I was wrong. Ty loved the cereal, I couldn't feed him fast enough.

Happy Halloween

2011-11-02T22:43:00.000-07:00

Ty at the Trunk or Treat

Jakey at the Trunk or Treat

Jake and Morgan at Boo at the Zoo, it was a lot of fun.

Ty at the zoo

This year for Halloween we went to our ward's Trunk or Treat. There were a lot of people there, I think it was because it was a lot warmer than last year. Jake decided he wanted to be Buzz Lightyear, and got really good at saying "To infinity and beyond." Ty was a little lion and kept eating the fur to his costume. I thought they both looked super cute.

Jakey is 3!

2011-11-02T22:32:00.000-07:00

Showing and telling me that you are THREE!

You insisted on having a Nemo cake, but it was too hard

for me to make so we had Nemo cupcakes with blue sprinkles.

You were really into opening presents and blowing out

candles, I think you blew them out 3 times.

Jakey just turned 3, I can't believe it! I just wanted to wish my little boy a very Happy Birthday. You have grown up so much this year, I love that I get to watch you grow and learn. You are a wonderful little boy and I feel very lucky to be your mommy. You are the best helper in the world, and you are willing to help me with anything...cooking, cleaning, laundry, getting diapers, washing dishes, getting the door for me, helping with Ty, etc. Ty is lucky to have you for a big brother, you are very gentle and loving towards him, it is so sweet. There are times that you are so loving towards him it makes me cry I am so proud of you. You are totally a little boy, you are into cars, trains, dinosaurs, dirt, tractors, and you love to go to the library and get books. Daddy wanted me to tell you that he loves you tons too, and his favorite thing that you do right now is when he gets home from work you run over to him and say "Daddy's home." We love you the MOST!!! (You like to say that all of the time now)

Giggles : )

2011-10-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Last night Ty had another first, he giggled. I don't think anything is cuter than a baby's giggle! Ty's giggle is so cute, love my little boy!

Ty is already on the move

2011-10-01T20:35:00.000-07:00

Ty Ty surprised me today and decided to roll over! Morgan and I were talking and I told her I wanted to show her how strong Ty was (he was holding himself up on his hands and could keep his chest off the ground) and she asked me when Ty would start to roll over and I said any time now. Right after I said that he rolled over! Then later tonight I wanted to show Jason Ty's new "trick" and he rolled over 2 more times! I have a feeling that this little boy is going to keep me on my toes : )

Good job Jaser!

2011-09-28T12:14:00.000-07:00

Jaser has worked amazingly hard the last couple of months, I thought I would show off his hard work. I am really excited about how everything is coming together. The house should be done sometime after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, we are getting really excited! I am glad to be married to such a talented hubby! (I am sad this picture doesn't show the front door very well because it is taped off, but so far it is my favorite part of the house)

What did I do?!?

2011-09-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

So...I was sick of the same hairstyle for Jake and I wanted something different, and I decided to buzz his hair. The first section of hair I buzzed I new immediately that I didn't like it : ( The good thing is Jakey looks cute no matter what his mommy does to his hair, and his hair grows really fast : ) Jake loves his hair because it feels cool and it looks like daddy's hair.

He will probably hate this picture when he is older, but it made me laugh.

I think Brandon said it is an ultra mullet!

The finished product, I am still getting used to it! This picture is to show off

Jake's potty training chart, I think he has got it down! Woohoo!!! He is very proud of

himself and so am I. He kept asking for me to take a picture of him on the potty, I didn't think

it was appropriate so we took this one : )

Here is my adorable little Ty Ty! He is such a smiler, I love it!

So grateful...

2011-09-23T21:00:00.000-07:00

This week our family had a mini two day vacation. Jason's school sent him to a conference in Salt Lake and we were able to go with him, it was nice to get away for a couple of days (Jake LOVED the pool at the hotel). While we were in Salt Lake we picked out all of the tile, carpet, and granite for our new house too, woo hoo! I also decided it would be a good time to drop off some things to Primary Childrens Hospital and The Ronald McDonald House. As I was driving up to the hospital it brought back all of the feelings I had while Jake was in the hospital, and I just couldn't help but cry! Even though Jake has figured out how to push mommy's buttons and drive me crazy some days I absolutely love him to pieces! I am so grateful that he is healthy and strong, Jason and I couldn't imagine our lives with out him. When I was crying in the car Jakey asked me if I was sad, I told him that I was very happy. I am so grateful for my little Jakey he makes my life very entertaining. I am grateful for the wonderful doctors and nurses that took care of him in the hospital. I am grateful for the Ronald McDonald house so that I could stay close to the hospital. When I look back and think about how hard things were during that time, I am amazed at how blessed we were and how much love we felt. Now when I think about that time in our lives it really just makes me cry because I know our Heavenly Father was watching over us very closely.

San Fran

2011-09-03T23:24:00.000-07:00

Jakey, Ty, and I flew to San Fran to visit my parents as part of my mom's birthday present. Our sweet Jaser had to work. School started the week we left and he was also working extremely hard on our house! We wish he could have joined us. I was terrified to take them on the plan all by myself, but the flight was surprisingly easy! The flight was not very full at all, Jake had his own seat and they even let me keep Ty in his car seat and he got his own seat too. Everyone was very kind and helpful while we were at the airport and on the flight. Jake LOVED the airplane and was very well behaved and Ty slept the entire time. I really hope the flight home will be as easy!

We have had a lot of fun spending time with family. I think Jake and my dad like all of the same toys. Jake loved the remote control helicopter and the slot cars that my dad has.

Jake and Biker racing slot cars

Jake and Biker flying the helicopter in the dark

We went to Santa Cruz beach, the water was a little chilly. Jake didn't like the water at all, which really surprised me, he had a ton of fun playing with his tractors and dump trucks in the sand. Jake would get mad if anyone went in the water, he wanted us to stay on the blanket and plan in the sand!

My cute little beach bum

We also went to Sacramento's Railroad Museum, it was my little boys dream! Tons of trains that you could walk in and check out, they even had Thomas the Train tables set up for little kids to play with too. We went to Sacramento during Gold Rush Days by accident. The whole town was set up with a Western theme, they had dirt on the road, horse drawn carriages, cannons, etc. We even got to take a real train ride, I think it was Jake's favorite part of the trip.

Jake controlling the engine

Jake and Grandma in the refrigerator car

My handsome little man on the train ride

Ty wasn't impressed with the museum or the train ride : )

Just chillin'

Every time they would honk the horn, he would yell honk!

We couldn't get him to put his hands down

We really enjoyed just hanging out with everyone. Below are some pictures of us just hanging out with everyone.

My little smiler hanging out with Biker

My blue eyed boy

Ty is such a happy baby!

Ty's favorite part of the day is tubby time, he really loves to swim.

He kicks his little legs like crazy and smiles the whole time!

Ty LOVED sleeping in Grandma Hatch's arms!

While we were in San Fran we had some potty training success. We found Jake's motivation...pee pee cars. Jake earned a matchbox car every time he went potty. He has done a really good job, hopefully we can continue when we get home : )

My little sweetheart

2011-08-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

My little boy started smiling last week, and now he smiles all of the time. I love it, he is such a cutie. I think it is so much fun when babies start interacting. Ty has even started cooing and "talking" he is such a good baby, I love him to pieces!

Love my little guys!

2011-08-05T22:07:00.000-07:00

This is my new favorite picture! Today I was reading books to Jake right before his nap, while we were reading Ty fell asleep. I asked Jake if Ty could take a nap with him and he got so excited he even took his own blankey (that he is very attached to) and put it over Ty to share. I thought it was the most adorable thing in the world! Maybe they will be best buddies, I sure hope so!

Woohoo our new casa

2011-07-25T01:36:00.000-07:00

I wish I had a more current picture with the dormers and gable finished

Jaser has been working incredibly hard on our house! I love it, I think that it is so cute. I am a very visual person and I can finally see that everything is coming together perfectly! I cannot wait until the house is finished and we can move in, I will TRY to be patient.

My baby is a month old already!

2011-07-25T01:03:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little Ty is a month old, it is already going way too fast! I am going to try to remember as much as I can from the last month...

Jakey had a hard time the first two weeks after we brought Ty home, it was a big adjustment for our whole family! I was grateful to have my family here helping. They did a lot to help Jakey feel important and loved while mommy was busy and I really appreciated it and I think Jakey loved it too! Grandma Karen and Biker took him to a lot of fun places, he got to see Cars 2 and go to the Hoggle Zoo and much more.

This is how Jake kept himself busy before Grandma Karen and Biker came to visit.

Jake's very favorite part of the zoo was the train ride, I thought he would love the dinosaurs that were all over the zoo, but he was terrified of them.

Ty was not impressed with the zoo.

One funny story happened while my mom was holding Ty. Jake and Biker were going to go for a four wheeler ride and Jake wanted my mom to go with them and he told her "put baby on table, let's go" it was really cute. He was a little jealous anytime Grandma would hold the baby.

Ty had a little bit of Jaundice before we left the hospital and they told me that he would have to have his bilirubin levels checked the next day to make sure the levels were going down. Well, the bilirubin levels went up, and I found out later they were really high, if they were one point higher my doctor said that he would have had to go back into the hospital. We had to put him on his "tanning bed" and keep him on it all day and night except for feedings. Ty only had to stay on the lights for a couple of days and the jaundice cleared up, but my poor little boy had to have his heel pricked so many times!

Ty on his tanning bed

Ty's first real bath, he slept through the entire bath!

4th of July pictures, both of my boys were not cooperating and we couldn't get a great picture. They looked cute though : )

My cute little snuggle bug

Chillin with Aunt Morsie, who was also a huge help with Jakey

Jakey being a goof ball holding baby Ty

We decided to bless Ty at home because I wasn't ready to bring him to church yet, and mostly because we wanted to bless him when we had most of our family in Preston. It was really nice to be able to bless him at home and we were so glad to have so many family members visiting. The blessing was really nice, Ty had hiccups the entire time, it was really cute. Afterwards we had a bbq outside and it was fun.

My little man in his blessing outfit

Ignore me and look at my adorable baby boy

Our first family picture, and Jake was really excited about it

Grandma Karen, Biker, and Ty

Grandma Hatch Grandma (that is what Jake calls her) and Ty

We are so grateful to have our baby Ty here and healthy. He is a WONDERFUL baby, he rarely cries. If he needs something he grunts or squeaks.. When he squeaks Jake calls him a baby mouse. He is a good little sleeper. I love my little family, it is so much fun being a mommy of two little boys. I feel like Ty is growing up so fast already. The first visit to the doctor he weighed 7.9 and the next week he weighed 9.6, the nurse and doctor were very impressed! His little face is filling out and his little legs are getting super cute rolls on them. He is a wiggle worm and I don't think it will take him very long to figure out how to roll over. Jason and I think that we saw his first real smile last night, and it was the cutest thing ever!

Thank you to my wonderful family that helped us out so much, I don't know what we would have done with out you...we love you tons!

Ty David Kerr is here!!!

2011-06-24T22:34:00.000-07:00

Our newest addition

A very excited big brother

On Tuesday I used my mother's day spa pedicure that Jason got me to make my toes nice and pretty...the lady giving me the pedicure told me that there is a spot on your feet that if you rub can help start your labor, I told her to wait until she finished my toes and then she could push as hard as she wanted to : )

Ty decided that he wanted to come almost 3 weeks early, which is good or else I would have had a 10 lbs baby! I went to my doctors appointment and we talked about possibly inducing me on June 30th and I was OK with that. She told me to go out front and set up my appointment and I stood up and my water broke, I don't think there is a better place to have your water break! She told me to go to the hospital and she told me that Jason would have to pack our bags. Thank goodness Grandma Hatch was here helping with Jake or I would have been even more overwhelmed than I already was! I just hope that my wild and crazy little boy didn't scare grandma too bad, hopefully she will still come and visit us : )

Labor and delivery was so much better this time than with Jake, I won't go into details : ) Ty was born at 2:04 am on Friday June 24. He was 8 lbs and 1 oz and 20.5 inches long. Jason and I are so grateful that he is healthy and he is part of our family forever! It always amazes me how something so little can instantly make your heart grow, we already love him tons!

I think we get to take him home tomorrow and that is when things will start getting interesting as Jake and Cooper will have to start getting used to our newest addition!

Blackmail for later on

2011-06-24T20:05:00.000-07:00

I love my little Jakey, he can always make me laugh. We have been getting everything ready for Ty and Jake has been "helping" me. He really loves the baby swing and I catch him sitting in it all of the time, but in this picture he had his four wheeler helmet on and it made me laugh so I told Jason to hurry and take a picture!

SO EXCITING!!!

2011-05-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Jason and I (and I am sure his parents) have been trying to be patient about building our house...well it is FINALLY happening and we are so excited. We started clearing the dirt off of our lot on Saturday, continued on Monday, and they will still have to clear a little bit more off tomorrow. I think we were all amazed at how much dirt was on our lot. Once they started clearing the dirt off and we could actually see our "real" lot it started getting really exciting. Jason is going to build as much of the house as he possibly can so we can save some money. We are hoping to be done and moved into our house by Christmas, I know that I am going to have to be really patient or else I am sure I will drive Jason crazy.

A before picture

Another before picture

An after picture

We still have about 10 more feet in the back left

corner to dig out, but you can kind of get an idea of

what our lot will look like.

Easter

2011-05-02T20:50:00.000-07:00

Easter was a lot more fun this year. Jake was old enough to color Easter eggs and dye the rug under the table red : )

Really excited about coloring eggs, he enjoyed it so much that

he used all of the colors on all of the eggs and ended up with

brown eggs.

Using the dipping spoon at first and then decided

fingers were way better.

Checking out his Easter basket, but once he saw

that he got Diesel from Thomas the Train

he didn't care about anything else!

Cooper helping Jake find the Easter eggs, after Jake found

the first egg he quit and played with Diesel : )

Very Proud

2011-04-21T22:31:00.000-07:00

I am very proud of my Jaser, he works incredibly hard to support our family and allows me to stay home with our little boy which I LOVE doing and I am so grateful that he gives me that opportunity. Jason started his Masters program in January 2010 and will be graduating in just a couple of weeks. While he was working on his Masters degree he was teaching full time, running a tile company, and making sure Jakey and I were happy. Sometimes I wonder how he has done it all, he would stay up so late trying to get everything done and then he would have to get up really early just to do it all over again the next day! I am very proud of you honey, thank you for all that you do for our little family, I love you!

I know that our Heavenly Father has been watching over our family very closely and has blessed us in many different and unexpected ways. When I look back over the last couple of years and even though they have been difficult I realize that they were necessary and really have helped strengthen our family.

My little goof ball

2011-04-21T22:19:00.000-07:00

Jakey is really into a couple of movies right now and some of the things he says make me laugh. One of his favorite movies is Despicable Me. Jake calls it muggy me, and we will ask him to say despicable and he always replies muggy : ) The other movie he loves right now is Tangled, I didn't think he would like it, but he does (he really likes Max and so do I). There is a part in the movie where they go to the bar with all of the ruffians. One of the ruffians is an old man that wears a diaper and has a beard, every time Jake sees him he calls him Santa.

Baby Animal Days

2011-04-21T22:10:00.000-07:00

Last year we went to baby animal days for the first time and loved it! This year it was snowing and cold and Jake was getting over a double ear infection and I thought that it would be a better idea to stay home, but they announced on the radio that they moved the animals inside and we had to go. My sweet Jaser had to work so I called up Miss Morsie and she said that she wanted to go with us.

Even though it was freezing and muddy we still had a nice time. I think Jake had a good time, he really liked the baby bears this year even though we weren't allowed to touch them. The pictures are not the best because there were so many people around and we were all squished!

I love that he is holding the bear like a baby, it was sound

asleep.

Bedtime

2011-03-27T21:04:00.000-07:00

I didn't know how to take this picture so you could see what was going on so this is as good as it gets! Jake still loves sleeping in his big boy bed. A couple of weeks ago I went to check on him and couldn't find him and I knew that he was still in his room...this is where I found him! He decided to set up camp under his bed : ) He brought his blankets and pillow with him, he was sound asleep.

Bowling with a 2 year old

2011-03-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to take Jakey bowling because I thought that he would love it, I just didn't realize how much work it would be. We took Jake cosmic bowling at the fun park and found out if we let him push the ball down the little metal ramp that it worked out perfect. Jake totally loved bowling he just wasn't very patient and wanted every turn to be his turn! We would love to take him again, but it might have to wait until after Ty gets here. My pregnant body was worn out after chasing him!

Little Stinker

2011-03-19T11:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was kind of nice outside so we decided to take advantage of it. We brought Jake's battery powered four wheeler outside with us. Jake was riding along the sidewalk and I saw the wheels turning in his brain that it would be fun to go off of the curb. I start yelling "no no Jakey" but of course he does it anyways. He looks back at me with a huge smile and says "Momma scared?" Little stinker, but a cute stinker!

OCD already

2011-02-28T16:01:00.000-08:00

My little boy made me laugh really hard today. I had a pair of pants on the ground and he walks over and hands them to me and says "a mess."

We are having a...BOY!!!

2011-02-14T14:07:00.000-08:00

Today was very exciting, Jason and I went to the hospital to get our ultrasound. The lady that was doing the ultrasound stuck it on my tummy and the very first thing we noticed was that we were having a little boy, he was not shy : ) Jason and I laughed and said it's a boy and the lady said there was no denying that! The doctor came in and did a very detailed ultrasound and said that everything looked great and that he looked healthy, which is a huge relief! He said the chances of any of our babies developing duodenal atresia again are like being struck by lightning. To be safe he wants me to go back in a few weeks and check one more time. We are really excited, Jake still tells us that he doesn't want a brother or a sister, oh well it's too late for that : )

Growing Up

2011-02-06T12:23:00.000-08:00

My "little" boy is not so little anymore, he is really growing up! I wanted to start transitioning him to a big boy bed now before the next little one arrives, and I wanted Jake to feel comfortable in a big boy bed before we move him to a new room. I was very nervous for the change and assumed that it would be really hard. I was wrong, he was ready for the change and LOVES his big boy bed. He was so excited when we were changing the crib to a bed and I asked Grandma Kathy to come downstairs and make a big deal about it, but she didn't have to because as soon as she came downstairs Jake ran over to her and said "new bed, new bed" and made her come and see his new bed.

The first night was a little challenging at first, it took him a while to fall asleep and he cried for a little while, but once he was asleep he only woke up once and I was able to get him back to sleep quickly. Last night was even better, he fell asleep very quickly and slept through the entire night. He seems so grown up and really loves his bed, he brings his toys on his bed and just likes to play on it.

Super Friendly

2011-02-04T12:45:00.000-08:00

To keep me sane during the winter I take Jakey to Artic Circle to let him run around on the indoor playground and burn off some energy. I had to write down what he did today because it was so cute and I want to remember it later on. There was a little girl there that was probably a couple months older than Jake, but I think he had a crush on her. He walked over and asked to hold her hand, and then they held hands walking up the stairs and down the slide, he wouldn't leave her alone. I thought it was adorable!

My little helper

2011-01-27T23:38:00.000-08:00

This is not the greatest picture in the world because I took it with my cell phone. Lately Jake has been very helpful and I love it because I am sure it won't always be this way : ) The other day at the grocery store he didn't want to sit in the cart he wanted to help me push it around the entire store. When we got home he helped me carry in the groceries and loves to open the door for me. At bath time he likes to take his clothes and put the dirty clothes in the laundry basket. Today while I was cooking dinner he dragged the kitchen chair to the sink all by himself and decided to rewash the dishes for me. He was so proud of himself! If you can tell from the pictures his little fingers are bright red because he is using only cold water, and he is completely soaked!

I can't even explain how much I love this little boy, he makes me so happy everyday! He has turned into my little snuggle bug and I absolutely love it. He has also become a chatterbox and cracks me up all the time with the things he says. For example, today Jason and I asked him if we are going to have baby Kinzee or baby Ty and he said Kinzee. We both just laughed because every time we ask if he wants a brother or sister he says no, I guess we will see in a couple of weeks if he is right : )

Christmas in San Fransisco

2011-01-07T17:17:00.000-08:00

I have been such a slacker lately. I feel like this baby is completely wiping me out, I am tired ALL of the time! This year for Christmas we drove to spend time with my family in San Fransisco. Jake did a really good job in the car! Christmas was a lot of fun because we had everyone there!

Here is most of the crew: Morgan, Biker, Jake, Celeste and Brandon.

Jakey showing Grandma Colleen his cars.

My parents had the idea of taking Jake on the old buses in San Fransisco. Jake loved it, he kept calling it

Percy because it was green (from Thomas the Train). Everytime the bus would stop to let someone

out, he would say "more."

This was the first time we had ever been on a cable car in San Fransisco. I think we all had a lot of fun on the ride. Jake loved it, and loved sitting by Grandma! He totally ignored Jason and I the entire trip and wanted to play with everyone else (especially grandma). At the end of the ride the driver let Jake ring the bell, and of course he thought that was really cool!

Here is my sleepy whippet, Cooper loves Christmas more than any dog or person that I know! He tries to help everyone open their presents because he is looking for his presents.

Jake and Aunt Morgan in their Christmas Eve pajamas.

Christmas morning...I thought Jake would love opening presents this year, but we made the mistake of letting him open a Thomas the Train toy first and that was the only thing he played with for the rest of the morning and he didn't want to open anymore presents. Maybe next year he will be into opening presents. He did love the Christmas lights, the tree, the ornaments, and Frosty the Snowman.

Grandma and Biker picked the best presents for Jake. Loves his Legos!

Biker and Jake at the Pier (sorry this one is out of order)

Jake's goofy "cheese"face

Jason fell asleep...but the dogs can't leave his side. Thank you to whoever took this picture, its great.

My parents bought all the kids tickets to the Raiders vs Colts game, it was my first NFL game and it was a lot of fun. I heard lots of interesting comments being yelled around us, and birds pooping on the people below us!

We had a really nice time visiting with everyone and just hanging out, I wish we could see everyone more often! We did a lot of new things in San Fransisco this time and had a lot of fun. Thank you everybody!!!

On the way back home we had an interesting experience. We got pulled over outside of Reno and the cop made Jason get out of the car and interrogated him and then came and questioned me. The cop thought that Jason had stolen the car and kidnapped Jake, Cooper, and I. Eventually he believed our story and let us go, but he threatened Jason if his story didn't check out that he would haul him to jail. The reason the cop didn't believe us was because Jason bought his brother's car in Washington the week before and drove back home because he had to teach and pick us up to go to California. The cop didn't understand why Jason didn't drive straight from Washington to California, it was a very interesting situation!

There really is a baby in there

2010-12-14T20:21:00.000-08:00

Even though I have been sick and I know that I am pregnant it never seems real until you actually see the baby on an ultrasound. Here is our new little one, we are really excited! We went to our wonderful doctor and she said that everything looked great. I think that Jason and I will worry all the way up until we actually get to meet our baby because of what happened with Jake. Dr. Blackett said that she was going to watch me really closely throughout this entire pregnancy and that I will have to get a very detailed ultrasound at the hospital at 20 weeks to make sure everything is OK. I am very nervous and really just want a healthy baby that doesn't have to go to the NICU and that I get to hold right away! As of right now my due date is 7/11/11 (I think that would be a really cool birthday), but she said I would most likely deliver before that.

Number two has been ordered!!!

2010-11-02T20:01:00.000-07:00

Jason and I are so excited we are expecting baby number 2 in July! I don't know if Jake is excited when I ask him if he wants a baby his answer is always no : ) This is how we told our families, mostly over skype. I am not a very patient person so when I get exciting news I have to share it, we feel very blessed and can't wait!


It says I am the big brother and on the back it says July (but in spanish)


Hopefully Cooper can handle this!

Caba???

2010-11-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

For a couple of weeks Jake has been saying Caba. Jason and I knew that it meant something because he kept saying it, but we could not figure it out. Tonight Jake was saying "Caba, where are you?" and he went over to the couch and lifted up the blanket and found Caba...it was Cooper : ) I am glad we finally know what it means!

Jakey is TWO!

2010-11-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

Jake about to leave the hospital (3 weeks old)


Jake on his 1st birthday

Jake almost 2

I can not believe that my little man is TWO!!! Jakey I hope you know how much you are loved and adored. You have changed our lives completely and make us so happy. I feel so blessed to be your Mommy, I thank Heavenly Father every day for allowing me to be your Mommy. You are the most wonderful little boy, you always try to make us laugh and are always trying to please us. Your daddy and I love you very much and hope you had a wonderful birthday!

We had to have an Elmo party!

We didn't get very many pictures of the actual party, we took mostly video. Sorry, it was fun though : )

My sexy hubby...I hope he doesn't get too mad at me!

Halloween

2010-11-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

This year for Halloween Jake was Elmo! I was a little concerned about the costume because he didn't like to wear it. The weather was helpful because it was cold and rainy, he kept his costume on the entire time. We went to our ward's trunk or treat it was great, short and sweet. Jake got the hang of things really quick he loved getting candy from everyone, when he felt a little more comfortable he started grabbing handfuls of candy. We had lots of family because we were going to celebrate Jake's birthday after the trunk or treat. The Stolworthy's, Jason's parents, my parents, Grandma, Morgan, and Justin. We had a good time.

This picture is from a couple of weeks ago when we picked out our pumpkins.

Right here, Jakey, and Biker Biker

The Fam

On the way to San Fransisco

2010-11-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

My mom and dad were homeless for about 3 days in between moving from Boise to San Fransisco, we were lucky enough to have them come and visit us. Jake loves "right here" and "biker biker" those are the names that he gave to my mom and dad.

I asked my dad to make a car blanket for Jake because he is very artistic and I am not. I thought it would be a good birthday present, but he was too excited and wanted to give it to him when they came to visit. I love it, it was even better than I thought it would be. Jake spends HOURS playing with it, and it gives me a great break.

While they were here we tried to think of fun things we could do. We went to the gigantic Logan Zoo, four wheeling, and the Heritage Center. Last year Jason, Jake, and I went to the Heritage Center and I thought it was the greatest thing ever (I just found out that I was the only one that thought that). When we went this year and didn't think it was quite as good and Jason just laughed at me and thought it was funny how much I loved it last year! The picture above is of Jake in one of the old cars wearing his snazzy Giants jersey.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Jake on the choo choo.

Uncle Juzzy and Jake on the really fast slide : )

Morgan and Jake on the slide

Ooops!

2010-09-28T11:30:00.000-07:00

I forgot the biggest update, I am such a dork! My parents are moving this week - bye bye Boise. They are moving to San Francisco. I am sad and happy, I loved having them only 4.5 hours away so I will miss not being able to visit for long weekends, but I am also very excited to visit them in San Francisco and go to the beach and all the other fun places over there. My grandma will also be moving with them, but not until the end of October. I am going to miss her too!

Updates

2010-09-27T19:31:00.000-07:00

I have totally been a blog slacker lately, mostly because I haven't had my camera with me to take any pictures! Here are the updates that have happened recently. Potty training only lasted about 6 hours when I realized that he wasn't ready and I was DEFINITELY not ready! He did go twice in the potty, I lost track of all the accidents though. I think I will wait a little longer ; )

About two weeks ago we threw a surprise 80th Birthday party for my sweet grandma. I think she was surprised. I really wish I would have brought my camera, it was a fun day. We saw tons of family we haven't seen in a long time.

Last week I went to Idaho Falls to watch my two nieces for a week while their dad was in China. We all had a really good time, Jakey adored his cousins. I would try to pick him up and he would refuse and want them to carry him instead of me, it was fun!

That is it for the updates. I have debated on posting this picture or not, but Jason and I thought it would be OK and I want to remember it later on. We could definitely use it as blackmail and of course show all of his girlfriends. Lately at night when Jake is supposed to be sleeping he manages to take his pants and diaper off, he has even started doing it during naps too. Jason and I decided we needed to do something about it and now we are duct taping his diaper on at night. Last night was the first night, and it was successful! We took the picture a couple of nights ago. I went in to check on him and noticed his pants in the corner and I laughed. Then he rolled over and lifted up the blanket and this was the view I got. I laughed so hard and ran and got Jason! I love my little boy, he keeps me on my toes.

I might be crazy...

2010-08-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

I am still new at all of this mom stuff and really don't know what I am doing...but I think Jake might be ready for potty training. I just don't know if I am up for it. Jake is very interested in the potty and has his very own Lightning McQueen toilet, and when you "flush" it it sounds like a race car. With that being said, I am starting training tomorrow. I am confining us to the tile floor and hanging out there for the rest of the day. Wish me luck, and if any of you mommas have any advice I will gladly take any little tid bits! : )

TEXAS

2010-08-15T20:40:00.000-07:00

Jason, Jake, and I made the trip down to Houston, Texas for Brandon and Celeste's wedding. I was terrified about taking Jake on the plane, but on the way down he did a really good job for an almost 2 year old. The trip was really short and busy, not very relaxing, but we had such a good time seeing our family and meeting Celeste's family.

I had never been to Texas before and didn't know what to expect...let's just say we decided that we wouldn't be going back to Texas (sorry Celeste we love you and your family, but not the humidity). I cannot believe how hot and humid it was. Whenever you step outside you instantly begin to sweat. I felt bad for my little boy, it got to the point that we would take him out of the car and he would cry to get back in his car seat and sit in the air conditioning!

Mommy and Jakey sitting in the air conditioned car at the temple waiting for Celeste

and Brandon to come out. He kept saying cheese for the pictures, it was

really cute.

On Friday we got to go jet skiing in the Colorado River. Everyone lied to me and told me that there were no alligators in the river. They said that they drag the river to clean them out...they all lied! I asked the park ranger and he told me the truth. I was paranoid about the alligators the whole time, but still had fun!

Saturday was the big day, the wedding was very nice. Brandon and Celeste looked great! I am sad because my camera ran out of battery power so I didn't get to take very many pictures. I will have to get some from my dad and post them later. After the wedding we had a very nice brunch and then we drove to Bay City for the reception.

Celeste and Brandon coming out of the temple.

My little family out front of the Houston Temple.

Don't let the picture fool you, we are all sweating and nasty!

I know this isn't the best picture, but it shows how hot and yucky

everyone was.

Jake and Daddy walking into the wedding brunch. Jake was so hot and

thirsty we kept giving him drinks...you know what that leads to. Poor Jason got

peed on twice!

So tired in the car!

My mom and her brother Craig. He lives in Houston and we don't

get to see him very often, it was a good visit!

The reception was a lot of fun. Lots of yummy food, and dancing. Jake went crazy on the dance floor. I have always known that he likes music and likes to dance, but I have never seen him dance like he did at the reception. He danced, mostly in circles, for about an hour without stopping. The funny part was that he would only dance if his Grandma was on the dance floor with him. If she ever left he would go and find her and push her by the bum back onto the dance floor. My mom was dancing with Brandon and Jake went in between them trying to get my mom to dance with him and not my brother. It was really entertaining!

After the reception we had to drive back to Houston, shower, and pack for the flight back. Jake only slept an hour in the car, and by the time he fell asleep it was 3:30am. We had to get up at 4:30am for our flight. We thought he would be so tired from the night before that he would sleep on the plane...wrong! We were the people with the screaming kid on the plane. As we were getting off the plane Jason was carrying Jake and I was behind him and people were pointing at us and commenting about the screaming - oh well. On our second flight he finally fell asleep.

We had a very nice time with everyone and we were very glad that we could be there to celebrate with Brandon and Celeste. We are very excited to have Celeste in our family. Thanks everyone for such a nice time.

Video of Jake and some of his words

2010-07-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

I was trying to get Jake to say and sign some of his words. Please ignore me being a dork!

Bloomington

2010-07-18T20:02:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we finally had a family day and decided to make the most of it. Jason has been working incredibly hard this summer trying to finish his Master's degree. After this summer he will be more than half way done with his Masters and should be all the way done in the spring - wooohoo! Hopefully he will be able to find an administration job after he is done for the next fall.

We decided to take the four wheeler for a ride and started in Hull Valley and went all the way to Bloomington. I think it took us about an hour and a half both ways, I was a little nervous with Jake, but I should know by now this kid loves four wheeling! Bloomington is a glacier lake and it is beautiful.

All little boy, playing in the dirt. At that point I didn't care

because all of us were completely covered in dirt!

Cute dirty bum.

I didn't think Jake would want to get in the water because it was

so cold...wrong! I couldn't keep him out of the water.

Jason was brave and went off the rope swing into the freezing water.

Jake fell asleep on the ride back after playing so hard. I could not believe

he was sleeping!!!

Jake trying to call Clayton and Nicole on the walky talky.

Still talking...right after this he grabbed a brick out of the bed of

Jason's truck and threw it out while we weren't paying attention. Ya,

he totally hit me. I have a bruise on my shoulder.

Clayton and Nicole after we got back. They were SO dirty, they were

behind us most of the way. Sorry guys!

4th of July

2010-07-18T19:46:00.000-07:00

For the fourth of July we decided to head up to Bear Lake to watch the fireworks and go four wheeling. We had a really nice time.

Here is my little buddy on the ride up to Bear Lake.

He is in heaven because he watched Elmo the entire time!

Playing with his tractor...there was a huge dirt pile right off the deck.

Jason and the boys of the family are trying to fix the lot. Someday we will have

a nice place to stay in Bear Lake.

Dad and his little buddy. Jake is TOTALLY obsessed with the four wheeler. We go for rides almost

every single day.

Mommy showing off Jake's new helmet. (There it is Dad this picture was

for you, and he loves it now because he knows he gets to go for a ride if he puts his "hat" on)

We tried really hard to get a family picture...we failed. It didn't work very well.

All of my very cute boys! We are in the back of the truck getting ready to watch the fireworks.

Cooper has always been terrified of fireworks, and Jake was really scared last year so I was a little nervous.

Cooper just slept under the blanket and Jake was in heaven. The fireworks were very low budget and we would have to wait a little while between each firework. Jake would say/sign please and more it was really cute!

After the fireworks we had a campfire and made S'mores. Jake really enjoyed them!

These pictures are not from the 4th. Jake got a hat from lunch in the park and he was

totally checking himself out in the mirror. It made me laugh.

Light Bulb

2010-06-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

I worry about everything, especially when it comes to Jake. Am I teaching him the right things, do I need to be doing more, is he understanding me, etc. Well, the last couple of weeks a light bulb has turned on! I knew that he was learning and understanding, but I didn't realize how much until recently. Jake has been talking a lot more!!! He is so much fun, and his little personality is coming out even more.

Here are a few of his new words: hello, hi, all done, please, thank you, cow, moo, neigh, on, off, grandma, pa pa, ball, book, kaka (I don't know how to spell it, but its my version of yucky, and it is so funny when he uses it), right there (when he points to things), bye bye, what's that, juice, Elmo, I think there are more too, but I can't remember them right now.

I love hearing him talk, I think his voice is so cute. The things he says and when he says them usually crack me up!

I've noticed changes at his music class too. Today he was on fire, and I loved it. He would dance/sing when the music came on, he would clap when the song was over. He runs up to the teacher to get the instruments, and always signs please. He plays the drums, sticks, shakers the entire time the teacher is doing it. I think his favorite part of music class is at the end when he gets his stamp...he is always the first in line (and if he is not first he tries to wiggle his way to the front of the line), she makes them sign please and more to get a stamp on the other hand and he always does it now. After he gets his stamp he comes running back to me and shows me his hands. I love it, he is so much fun. I am so proud of my little boy.

The Logan Pool

2010-06-15T19:31:00.000-07:00

Last week Morgan came down for SOAR at Utah State and stayed with us to help me with Jake at the wedding, and to play. I am so glad she was here, she was a HUGE help! We had a lot of fun with her while she was here and we are excited for the end of August when she starts school.

I didn't take a ton of pictures, but I did remember to bring my camera when we went to the pool. This was our first time at the aquatic center. The pool is perfect for Jake, its really warm, and stays shallow for a really long time. We will be spending a lot of time there this summer!

One funny story...I went to grab the camera out of my bag and had Morgan stay and hold Jake. She told me that while I was gone a little boy (about 10) asked her if she was married? She said no, why? He said, then why do you have a baby? ha ha. It made me laugh, but what was even better was he followed her around the pool. I think he had a crush on her.

My little boy is a fish, he loves the water. He really liked sitting on the wall and kicking his feet, splashing, and sitting on the side and jumping into my arms.

Morgan and Jake hanging out

Clayton and Nicole's Wedding

2010-06-15T19:18:00.000-07:00

Clayton and Nicole got married last Thursday in the beautiful Logan temple. The wedding was very nice, the weather better than it had been in a while, and we had so much fun seeing everyone!

The new Mr. and Mrs. Kerr

Our family portrait - it's a joke because we cannot get our little man to sit still!

Notice my death grip on him.

Jake thought that all the people at the temple were there to watch him,

he was running and screaming everywhere, aaahh!!! Oh well.

Jake climbed up and down the stairs.

Brothers

The Boys, can you tell how much fun Jake had taking pictures?!

The cousins making silly faces, poor Taive trying to hold Jake!

The Kerr Family

At the reception there were a whole bunch of hummingbird feeders, it was really

cool. Someday when I get a house I will get one.

The wedding was great and we had a wonderful day!

Bear Lake - woohoo!

2010-06-06T20:58:00.000-07:00

This was a really fun weekend. Morgan is staying with Jason and I for the week, and Grandma and Justin drove up to visit us. We went out on the boat and also went up to Bear Lake.

Juzzie attempting a flip, but he forgot to jump and as you

can see he landed on his head!

We had to talk Morgan into getting into the water, but she

eventually did get in.

You can't really tell, but Grandma is in the truck. She didn't

want to go on the boat. Poor thing, it made her get motion

sickness in the truck watching the water.

Jakey helping daddy drive the boat.

Jake on the beach at Bear Lake

The water was freezing, but he didn't care!

Loving it!

Such a cutie

Daddy and Jakey walking on the beach

Jake hanging out with one of his favorite people

Miss Morsie.

My sweet Grandma and Jason

A very busy little man

Juzzie, Grandma, and Jason...Grandma was a REALLY

good sport. She didn't want to take her shoes off, so we

improvised.

1, 2, 3...

I don't care what anybody else says, I have the coolest grandma.

And of course you can't go to Bear Lake without getting Raspberry Shakes. I think everyone had a great time.

Four Wheeler

2010-06-02T21:51:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa bought Jake the coolest toy, a four wheeler. Jake is still trying to get the hang of it, he can press the button to make it go, but doesn't know how to steer it yet. He crashes into things and then picks up the whole four wheeler to turn it around.

Driving in the backyard half nakey after dinner

I don't know who would want to go for a ride on this four wheeler

after Jake gets done with it.

I think this might be one of my all time favorite pictures!!!

I don't think Jake will appreciate it when he is older though.

Chuck E. Cheese

2010-06-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

While we were in Boise Grandma and Grandpa thought it would be fun to take Jake to Chuck E. Cheese. Jake only liked the rides that had steering wheels or a game that included a ball. I think he had a good time.

Aunt Morgan definitely earned her aunt of the year award when I made her take Jake through the tunnels and down the slide. She should get a gold star too! Sorry Morgan.

In the picture above Morgan and Jake were trampled by about 20 kids

while they were trying to make it to the top (Jake thought it was funny, Morgan did NOT)

Lots of graduations this summer

2010-06-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

Justin graduation from BYU

Brandon graduating from Hofstra Law School

Brandon and Celeste after graduation

Morgan and Dad after her graduation from Eagle High School

Miss Morsie - she is extra cool because she is coming
to Utah State this fall, woohoo!

Congratulations to all of my siblings!!! I am sure mom and dad are so proud to have you all graduated. Now that they are empty nesters, they can buy an RV and travel the world! Just kidding, but I am very excited for you guys!

Playing with the hose

2010-06-02T21:06:00.000-07:00

Trying to get a drink out of the hose

Successfully got a drink, and plastered his clothes (it was not a
very warm day)

Jakey adores his daddy

Not cold yet

TOTALLY DONE!!!

Easter Pictures

2010-06-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

Jake REALLY enjoying his Easter candy, and being a ham for the camera!

I have been a total slacker lately, sorry. I never take pictures anymore and therefore never post to the blog. For the long weekend Jake, Cooper, and I went to visit my family in Boise. Jason went to work on the Bear Lake property that we will get to enjoy someday! My dad is really good at keeping his camera close by and takes lots of pictures. Almost all of these pictures are from him. These pictures are from Easter, but I had to post them because Jake was being so funny.

My little stud...

2010-05-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Here are Jake's new shoes with flames on them!

This is the suit that Grandma bought for him, he looks so handsome! I think that it is so funny, I could tell as soon as I got him dressed he thought he was pretty cool.

The next couple of pictures made me laugh because of his faces and poses.

Here is Jake's tux for Clayton and Nicole's wedding (this was just a preview...many more pictures to come). We were just trying it on, he was standing in front of the big mirrors and he was impressed with himself.

I love his little personality. He seems to like getting dressed up, and loves being the center of attention.

Nursery

2010-05-02T19:36:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that my little guy is old enough to go to nursery. I still feel like he is my little baby. I worry so much I stayed with him for the 1st hour, he was totally fine, it was more for me to feel like I could leave him. I left and kept peeking in on him and he seemed to be having a good time. He really is growing up fast, he is such a wonderful little boy. I am so glad that he is in our family forever!

Brandon - I promise I will start taking pictures, I have been such a slacker lately!

Muscle Man

2010-04-28T21:16:00.000-07:00

Jake has been scaring me to death, he has turned into a monkey. He is a little dare devil and has no fear (a really bad combination). I know that he didn't get this from me because I am a nervous nellie. I asked Jason's parents if Jason was like this when he was little and the said he was. I don't have any pictures because I am trying to get my little monkey down before he gets seriously hurt.

Jake is constantly pulling himself up onto everything. He pulls himself up on our mini file cabinet and then pulls himself onto my desk. He climbs on the toilet and then onto the counter to play with the faucet. He pulls himself onto the kitchen chairs and then stands on top of the table. I know that he is going to get some major bumps and bruises, but I don't know what else I can "baby" proof.

I think this is going to be a busy next couple of months!

I love being a mommy to a little boy!

2010-04-21T12:44:00.000-07:00

I love being a mommy, but I think having a little boy is so much fun! It is finally warm outside and we try to be out as much as possible. As soon as we go outside Jake runs for the 4 wheeler, shows me where to get the key, and we are off! We ride the 4 wheeler EVERYDAY. I love it! Sometimes we take the 4 wheeler out to the lake and go on the dock and throw rocks in the water. Jake laughs every time, it is so cute.

Yay for kisses!

2010-04-12T19:25:00.001-07:00

I totally forgot to post this yesterday. I finally got my first real kiss from Jake the other day, not an open mouth slobber kiss. This was a pucker kiss and he leaned into me wanting a kiss! I was so excited. The reason I remembered was because tonight while I was brushing his teeth he was making fishy faces and I asked for a kiss and he puckered up and gave me 6 kisses!!!

Baby Animal Days

2010-04-11T21:00:00.001-07:00

Jake liked to hang out with the goats in their "house." I think because he could trap them in the corner.

I think Jake loved the baby bunnies the best. Poor bunnies...he would stick his fingers in their cage and they would run to the opposite side. He would squeal at them!

They even had baby black bears, the were so cute.

Jake and the goats again.

This is Scout, she is the daughter of Jason's cousin, Josh. Jake was fascinated with her. He was making weird faces all day long!

Jake, Daddy, and a baby chick.

Jake pointing out the chicken.

Mommy, Jake, and a baby calf.

Saturday afternoon we decided to check out baby animal days in Logan. Jason's aunt, and cousins were there so we got to hang out with them. I thought Jake would love all of the animals, but he found other things that he liked better! We would take him to pet the baby animals and he would want to touch all of the other kids that were petting the animals. Jake tried to grab one kids glasses! Then while Jason was waiting in line for us I walked Jake around and he found a guy playing the guitar and stood there and listened to him play for a couple of minutes (he really loves music, its cute). Jake thought the balloons were the coolest! We would walk past someone with a balloon and he would just point at it. We decided we better get him one. We had a good time, our little man was a little bit of a handful, but we will definitely be back next year!

Jakey Stories

2010-04-11T20:54:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to put a couple of cute stories about Jake so that I won't forget. Last week Jake grabbed Jason's phone held it up to his ear and said "Hello Honey!" We just started cracking up. I am amazed at the things he picks up from me. When Jason calls I usually answer "Hey Honey."

Just the other night Jakey was eating dinner and wanted more to eat (he usually points and grunts). I told him to say please, expecting that he would sign it to me. Nope, he just said "please" it was so cute!

Randi's Funeral

2010-04-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

I was a little nervous today because it was Randi's funeral, and I thought it would be a very difficult day. I have never been to a funeral before. I am so glad that we could be there. Being at the funeral brought us so much healing. Jason's mom gave Randi's life sketch, Jason's dad gave her tribute, Randi's husband Lloyd gave a talk, and each of the kids spoke as well. There were many beautiful and wonderful things that were said about Randi. We were all sad, we miss her dearly, but today it was wonderful to hear of all of the many things that she has accomplished in her short life. Randi has always been such an example to me, even more than ever I feel like because of her example I can try to be a better person. I only knew Randi for 7 years, but the last couple of years have been special. I felt like I was really getting to know her, I got to see her more often and spend more time with her. I will cherish the memories I have of her.

Jason and I were talking about her on our ride home from Idaho Falls. He reminded me of a funny story about Randi that I wanted to share. Jason was 16 years old and decided to sneak out of the house for the night. When he got home there was a note on his bed saying, "we are very disappointed in you, we didn't know you were that kind of son, we aren't sure if you will be able to go on a mission..." then at the bottom it said "turn over" and on the other side it said "Just kidding, Love Randi."

We will definitely miss Randi and will continue to love her. During the talks shared today it was said that the best way to remember Randi was to serve and love like she did. I am grateful for this beautiful day and all of the love that we felt. We know that she is in a wonderful place and she is where she needs to be.

Jason's Sister Randi, My Number 1 Blog Follower

2010-04-04T15:42:00.000-07:00

Randi pushing Leighton on the swing

Jason and Randi

Jason and Randi

Hollie, Jason, Randi and their bunnies

On Thursday, April 1st around 4:00 p.m. Our sweet Randi passed away. Randi was a wonderful woman, mother, and friend. She touched many people's lives with her sweet spirit and unconditional love. I have never met anyone that had a stronger testimony than she did, the gospel always came first in her life. She was very thoughtful, always putting others needs before her own. We are all very sad and miss her very much. Even though our hearts are broken, we have been comforted by the spirit and know that she is no longer in physical pain. We also know that she was greeted with open arms. We know that she is watching over her family, especially her little ones. She was a wonderful Aunt, and absolutely adored Jake. She was loved by many and will be missed. Here are some of the words that were used on Facebook to describe her: caring, loving, funny, selfless, serving, she made you want to become a better person, nice, wonderful mother,loved the gospel, loved the Savior, she always made you feel important, an example, a sweetheart, a daughter of God, sweet, and many more.

We love you Randi!

Snack time

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This is another cell phone picture, sorry it is a little fuzzy. I thought this was a cute picture of Jake eating his favorite snack popcorn!

I love my little boy

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Last weekend Jason and I had the chance to watch our good friends be sealed as a family in the Logan temple. I am so glad that we were able to be there, it put my life back into perspective. I realized that I have everything I need, my wonderful husband, my beautiful baby boy, my cool dog, and a great family. Other things in life might not be how we planned them, but in the long run I really have everything I need. I feel very blessed and grateful!

I love my little man so much. He was really sick last week, he had a nasty cough, a double ear infection, and his molars were coming in. If all of that was happening to me I would be miserable! I could tell he was hurting, but he was still smiling and happy. This week I got sick and realized how sick he really was! Poor kid, he is such a good little boy.

I have a couple of cute stories that have happened over the last couple of days (no pictures though). I have realized already that Jake is a little OCD like me : ) Jason's dad was watching Jake when we went to the sealing last week. For a snack I had him give Jake graham crackers. Jason's dad said that Jake finished eating his crackers and held his hands up as if to say they are dirty, fix it! He thought it was pretty funny. Then I was cleaning the house and usually get stressed out because Jake gets into EVERYTHING, this time I decided to let him help. I was sweeping the floor and decided to get him the little broom that goes to the dust pan. You should have seen the smile on this kid, he was so excited. He was such a good little helper, he swept the floor the entire time I was sweeping and he was so proud of himself.

Jake said a new word today, I missed it and I am sad because Jason said it was so cute. Jake pointed to something and said "Bobo." Jason didn't have a clue what that meant, he looked to where he was pointing and saw that he was pointing at Elmo - so cute! I hope I get to hear it soon.

One more lovely story that Jason enjoyed more than I did. I was changing Jake's diaper before bed and he was squirming and wiggling all over the place trying to get away from me, not fun. Anyways, he over exerted himself and sharted on my leg!!! I couldn't believe it. The joys of being a mommy.

Issues

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I am having major issues right now! I was trying to put captions by each picture, but I can't. Sorry!

This is one of our favorite videos of Jake, it was also on my cell phone. Jason was using the air chuck for something and thought it would be funny to spray Jake. Jake loved it and has the cutest giggles.

Cell Phone Pictures

2010-03-03T23:12:00.000-08:00

I have been taking a ton of pictures with my cell phone, but tonight my phone told me that my memory was full. I love some of these pictures and didn't want to delete them. I decided to email them to myself and add them to the blog, now I will have them forever! These pictures are totally random and some of them are from months ago.

Good bye Jordan

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Uncle Jordan and Jakey

Uncle Jordan and Wilbs

This was Jordan's last weekend in Preston for a while. Jordan accepted a great job in Washington and leaves on Thursday. We are all very sad to see him leave, but are also very excited for all of his new opportunities. Of course Jason and I will miss him, but I think my little boys might miss him the most. Jake and Jordan are pretty good buddies, Jake gets so excited to see Jordan when he comes to visit. Cooper thinks Jordan is his adopted family. When Jason, Jake, and I were in the hospital with Jake after he was born, Cooper lived with Jordan (for about 3 weeks) they became really good buddies! Good luck Jordan we will miss you!

Trying to have fun in the snow

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Jake and Grandpa
I thought this was a cute picture!

My little independent boy - walking down the slippery
drive way with out help!

Attempt on the snow mobile

Since winter seems to be sticking around forever we decided to make the most of it. Jason and I decided to take Jake sledding again, hoping that he would like it. We couldn't find a sled so we improvised and used a knee board. We went up and down the drive way a couple of times, he wasn't terrified this time, but he definitely did not enjoy it. I don't think Jason enjoyed it either, when he was pushing Jake and I down the drive way he slipped and smacked his head on the pavement!

This past weekend Jason and his dad spent a couple of hours trying to fix the snowmobile. Jason was really excited to take Jake for a ride. They got the snowmobile to work, yay! As soon as I put Jake on Jason's lap he started crying. He really doesn't like loud noises. I felt bad because Jason had spent most of the day trying to get the snowmobile to work and Jake didn't even last a minute. Cooper had a great time chasing Jason on the snowmobile. Oh well, I think that next year it will be a blast!

Valentine's Day

2010-02-17T21:58:00.000-08:00

Most of you probably don't know, but Jason is quite the poet. The poem he wrote me for Valentine's Day was very sweet, and had me cracking up.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sorry we are so poor
But I still love you!
I am sorry you are trapped, in the basement
I'm sure that to Preston, you wish you never had went
Even though you are trapped on the Circle of "Pine"
Will you still be my valentine?

Thanks sweetie, you are the best and I love you!

***More exciting family news...Brandon and Celeste got engaged on Valentine's Day! YAY, we are very excited for you guys.

Family Visit

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The hungry ducks at First Dam

Jake very curious about the duck

Everyone feeding the ducks (my mom is waving at Jake)

Jake hanging out with Uncle Juzzie

Cute sleeping position

For President's Day Weekend my mom, dad, sister, and brother came to visit. Morgan is thinking (and we are hoping) about going to Utah State. She came down to check out the campus and do a couple of tours. Jake and I decided to tag along on the tour for fun, but missed most of it because we were a little bit of a distraction. We had a really good time spending time with everyone. Jake especially LOVED all of the attention...and I loved showing him off! We really didn't do much while everyone was here, we all just kind of relaxed and enjoyed the company.

On Saturday we went to first dam and fed all of the hungry ducks, it was a lot of fun. Jake has become Mr. Independent and wants to walk all by himself and refuses to be carried or hold your hand. I think I might have to be the mom that puts their kid on a leash at the store : )

Totally a big kid

2010-02-02T18:57:00.000-08:00

I forgot to mention in my last post that Jake doesn't use his binky at all anymore (not even at bedtime) AND he doesn't drink from a bottle anymore either! At Jake's 12 month check up the doctor told me to get rid of them by 15 months and... I didn't listen. At his 15 month check up he was asking how everything was going and told me that I had to do it! I knew that it would only make it harder for me if I waited. Our doctor is wonderful! It only took Jake a couple of days to make the transition and he doesn't even miss them. YAY!

Cheap Entertainment

2010-01-31T18:56:00.000-08:00

I remember right after I had Jake a sweet lady that worked with Jason gave us a baby gift and it had popcorn and a note and said to enjoy our entertainment - Jake! When he was little it was fun to watch him because he was so cute, but now he is crazy and very entertaining.

Jake has started saying a few words and sometimes they catch me off guard when he says them, it makes me realize that he is watching and listening ALL of the time. The other day I gave him an animal cracker to eat and he walked over to where Cooper was and told him to "sit" he wanted to share his treat with his buddy, I just started cracking up! I usually have Jake give Cooper a dog treat and he has to sit before he gets one, I just didn't realize how much Jake picked up on it.

The other night Jason was holding Jake and I was brushing his teeth, I gave Jake the tooth brush after I was done, he brushed for a minute and handed it back to me and said "done". I love hearing him say new words. Jake has also said dog, light, more, Coop (I didn't get to hear that one), toast, hot, knock knock, uh-oh, and nigh nigh. He can also sign more, please, ball, wash hands, milk, dog and brush teeth.

Jake has been growing lately he is in the 94th percentile for height (33 inches) and the 71st percentile for weight (26 lbs). He is so much bigger than the kids in his kindermusik class. At the end of his class the teacher always gives them a stamp. Last week Jake was very excited and was the first person in line and two little girls came up and tried to cut him off. He stuck out his arm and flattened both of them to the ground - whoops!

I have had to baby proof the house again now that he is taller and into everything. One of his favorite things to grab is my cell phone. He has called many people his Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Brandon, and Aunt Morgan (and I am sure there are more that I don't know about). I got my Verizon bill for this month and it was $10 more than usual. I found out that he set up mobile email for my phone a monthly charge of $5 and I was charged for time that he was online. Thank goodness for a sweet lady that reversed the charges and set up a block on my phone. He has also figured out that he can move his toys and use them as stepping stools to climb up on other things...aaaahhh!

He is also a little comedian, he will try to do things just to get you to laugh and once he gets you to laugh he starts doing his fake laugh...and that makes me laugh even more! This might be a little crude for some people (Dad and Dave I know farts aren't funny, but this one was) so I am sorry, but it made Jason and I laugh. Jason farted and right after Jake made a farting sound with his mouth and did his fake laugh, Jason and I were laughing so hard. I love his little personality he makes me so happy!

Other family news - Congratulations to Clayton and Nicole!!! They got engaged this week and Jason, Jake, and I accidentally had a front row seat for the proposal.

Swimming

2010-01-15T19:20:00.001-08:00

The other night Jason's mom told us that there was free swimming
at the gym in town. I was so excited because Jake loved the pool last year, I
thought he would have a great time. This time he absolutely HATED it! I think
the reason he had such a hard time was because it was really loud in there. I
hope he still likes the pool because that is what I am planning on doing all summer!

Random picture - Jake thinks that the treadmill and elliptical
are his personal jungle gym. The other day he got stuck in the
elliptical. He waited until Jason was looking at him and then
screamed. After he got Jason's attention he went back to
drinking his apple juice.

More Christmas

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Here is my very festive mom on Christmas morning...I love her
headband!

One of Jake's favorite toys. Elmo talks, sings, tells jokes,
and even knows when he falls over.

I couldn't resist buying this outfit. I bought it mainly for
Jason's benefit because he loves the Gators. Jake is also trying
to walk down the stairs like a big boy.

My VERY musical little boy playing piano with Grandpa. I know that he
did not get that talent from me. He loves the piano, the radio, his
music class, etc. I think it is so much fun watching him grow
and learn.

I have been a slow poke and haven't uploaded the Christmas pictures from our camera.

Christmas 2009

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This year we celebrated Christmas at my parents house in Boise. I was a little nervous because he loves stairs and at our house we can close the door and block them. He had a great time going up and down and decided that he was big enough to walk down them instead of crawl. Thank goodness we had a ton of babysitters because there were no accidents.
Can you tell that my little boy knows what is inside advent calendars? Morgan didn't finish her calendar, Jake decided to help her out and find the rest of the chocolate.
There is a house in Boise that goes all out with Christmas lights, we took a trip out there to visit it because Jake LOVES lights. He was impressed!
Here is my little man on Christmas morning in his new Christmas pajamas that he opened the night before. I think he started to get the idea of opening presents towards the end of Christmas. Cooper on the other hand knew what Christmas was all about (either that or he saw me wrapping his special dog treats) and wanted to help everyone open their presents, it was really cute. We decided that Cooper could open his presents first.
Jake was a little grumpy on this trip, I think it was because he is getting 3 new teeth all at the same time. Poor little guy...I still think this is a good grumpy face!
While we were in Boise we got a ton of snow. My dad wanted to take him sledding, we bundled him up and put him on the sled and...he screamed! Definitely not a fan of sledding, I think he is my summer baby.

Wonderful Nap

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This is my crazy little man's hair right after he got up
from a 3 hour nap! He is still so cute!

Here is another lovely view : )

Kerr Christmas Party

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Jake played with this toy while we were Christmas
shopping and bawled when we put it back...so we got it for
him. Christmas shopping is easy for him because we get to test
out the toys before we give them to him.

Here is ALMOST the entire crew. The only problem
was that I don't think anyone knew I was taking a picture.

Cooper even had a good time!

Here is Uncle Jordan

Clayton picked on Nicole and wrapped her present in
duct tape, wrapping paper, and toilet paper!

This year we are celebrating Christmas in Boise and Randi and her family are celebrating in Idaho Falls, so Jason's mom put together a party before Christmas. We had a ton of food, opened presents, went "hamming", and watched Christmas Vacation. For those of you who don't know what hamming is... Jason's parents bought a whole bunch of hams and we piled into 2 cars and drove around delivering them to people that needed them. Sometimes we ding dong ditch other times we told the people that didn't know us that we were Santa's helpers. I think it is a wonderful idea and everyone has fun delivering them!

Diamond Earring

2009-12-17T15:20:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my sweet little boy found my diamond earrings on the end table. Before I could realize what was happening he swallowed one of them... good news the earring was recovered today! : )

A new tradition

2009-12-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

A new tradition in honor of our little man
(Grandma - here is his other Christmas outfit, he wouldn't hold still so this is the
best picture we could get. Thank you, he looks handsome!)

While Jake was in the NICU Jason and I (and even my mom when Jason had to go back to work) stayed at the Ronald McDonald house. So many people provided us service and helped us through a very difficult time. We were and still are very grateful for all of the love and help we received. Jason and I decided that we really wanted to do something to give back.

Jake left the hospital on November 18th so we decided that we would try to remember that day every year by giving back. To celebrate we made blankets to give to the babies in the NICU. Jason told the staff at South Cache and they pitched in and made a ton of blankets. I think we ened up having about 25 blankets, it was wonderful! Jason, Jake, and I delivered them to Primary Children's Hospital yesterday. After we dropped off the blankets we went to the Ronald Mcdonald House and cooked dinner for the families staying there. Jordan, Clayton, and Nicole helped us watch Jake, cook dinner, and clean up.

We think the Ronald Mcdonald House is such a special place. Staying there allowed us to be close to our baby the entire time he was in the hospital, and we had free meals too. The people that stay there are so kind and grateful. I am glad that we got to bring Jake, I was nervous that he would be a handful, but he was wonderful all day! Many people asked why we decided to cook dinner, it was nice to have our little boy there and to tell his story. Many of the people that are staying there have their children at Primary Children's Hospital, it was nice to help them because we know how hard it is to be in that situation. We had a very special day and plan on continuing our new family tradition.

Car

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My little man LOVES his car! I thought these pictures were cute, he looks
like a stud in the first picture : )

Visit to See Santa

2009-12-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

A little bit nervous

Scared

Terrified!

We decided to take Jake to see Santa. Last year I was paranoid about germs and didn't want to take Jake anywhere, this was his first time. Santa tried to hand him a candy cane and to my surprise Jake wouldn't take it, he was pretty nervous. We sat him down on Santa's lap and he was okay for about a minute and then he got pretty scared. After he got his picture taken I got a candy cane for him and he thought that was pretty cool. I think they are cute pictures, thank you for his adorable outfit grandma, he looks handsome!

Christmas Tree

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This picture has nothing to do with the story below, but I love his sleeping
positions and had this picture on the camera

After returning home from Boise, we hunted everywhere for our Christmas decorations and only found half of them. We finished decorating the tree, it looks a little different this year. All of the bulbs are on the top 1/3 of the tree. At first Jake didn't care about the tree, but that didn't last very long. One night he grabbed a bulb and I told him no, and he took off running - as fast as he can at this point. When I got close to him he threw the bulb on the ground and broke it ( I thought it was kind of funny). I think this Christmas will be a lot of fun with Jake, tomorrow we are going to take him to see Santa!

Boise

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The day after Thanksgiving we drove up to Boise to visit my family. We competed in the Sipherd Turkey Thrasher. Celeste and Brandon competed in the finals this year, and Celeste was the champion. (I don't have any pictures right now, but I can update later) Jake had a great time in Boise, he is our little social butterfly. The more people around the better. With Jason's family and mine Jake could care less about Jason and I, he was having fun with everyone else. In Boise, his grandma was his favorite person - he only wanted to hang out with her! I was starting to worry that he would forget about me, but now that we are home we are buddies again.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-03T23:19:00.000-08:00

I think he liked being a nakey!

This year Thanksgiving was with Jason's family. Jason's mom decided to put on a Thanksgiving skit with all of the grand kids, it was adorable! I wish I could be as creative as she is. Jake got to be an Indian and wear a loin cloth. We tried it on over his clothes, but decided it would be better over his diaper. He looked so cute! After the skit we got to eat - the food was delicious and there was tons to eat. Thanksgiving was great, it was nice to be with everyone.

Jason's Birthday

2009-12-03T23:03:00.000-08:00

I have been a slacker with the blog and taking pictures, even though I don't have very many pictures I thought I would still update the blog. Jason's birthday was on November 25th and he actually had the day off! We set up the Christmas tree (even though it was before Christmas, I know that is breaking the rules), and then we went to Jason's classroom to watch UP on his big projector screen. We brought tons of blankets and crashed on the floor. I thought it was a great idea, but having a one year old makes it a little difficult. Jake was extremely hyper! He would run all over the room and then come and jump on us it was pretty cute. We only got to watch half of the movie because of Jake. After the movie we picked up dinner at Chili's and came home and had birthday cake with the rest of Jason's family. I made Jason a shark birthday cake because he and my mom claimed that they were almost eaten by a shark in Maui, I still think that it is a made up story : ) The cake didn't turn out the way I wanted to, but you get the point. Happy birthday Jaser, we love you!

Jakey is not a baby anymore

2009-11-03T19:30:00.000-08:00

My little man isn't very little anymore. He is definitely turning into a toddler! Not only is Jake walking now, he likes to try to run away from me. He can say a couple of words that I can kind of understand mom mom mom, da da da, gog (dog), and toa (toast, its a song we sing). Today he did his first sign, he signed please! I was really excited.

I took Jake to the doctor yesterday for his 12 month shots, and the doctor told me that there are lots of big changes that happen from now until 15 months. We need to get rid of his binky - we have already started and he really doesn't even notice it is gone during the day. No more formula, we switched to whole milk yesterday and he likes it, yay! No more bottles, I haven't started yet, too many changes. All of these changes made me realize how fast he is growing up. It is so much fun to watch him change and grow. He has the most wonderful little personality, he is happy most of the time.

Here is a video of Jake doing his best signing please. Ignore the talking I sound like a dork and it is really loud again.

Halloween

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My little duck

Hanging out with daddy

Jake kept kissing Jason's head

Done trick or treating

I found Jake sleeping wedged into the corner of
his crib the other night

This Halloween was much better than last Halloween! Last Halloween was one of the scariest days of my life, Jake was barely a day old and he had to have surgery on his little tummy. This year was so much fun! Grandma Colleen bought Jake a duck costume that was adorable on him. When we put Jake in front of the mirror he laughed at himself. Trick or treating was a lot of fun, the weather was great, and Jake was not shy about reaching into the candy bowls. Jake would even reach out and want everyone to hold him, it was cute!

To my wonderful little boy on your birthday

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The first time that daddy got to hold you.

The first time mommy got to hold you
(3 hours after you were born)

A very happy and active one year old!

I cannot believe that my little boy is one year old! He has grown up so fast. Jake I hope you know how much you are loved and adored. I am so grateful that I get to be your mommy, you bring me so much joy and happiness. I feel blessed that you have been so healthy and strong. Your dad and I talk about how our lives have completely changed since you were born and we love it. You mean the world to us and we feel blessed that you're our little boy forever and we feel lucky that we get to enjoy your sweet spirit everyday. We love you very much Happy Birthday!

After almost a year...

2009-10-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

My little man FINALLY gave me a hug and a whole bunch of kisses! I was on the couch this morning watching Jake play with his toys...he walked over and wanted me to pick him up and then he gave me a hug and 3 big, wet kisses all over my face (either that or he was trying to bite me)! I loved it, it made my day.

So Cute!!!

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Jakey's Great Grandma Colleen buys him the most adorable outfits! Look how handsome he looks in this outfit - I love it!!!

Early Birthday Party

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I think my little boy enjoyed his birthday!

Jake LOVES balloons - Grandma Kathy bought a whole bunch for him
He ate his dinner holding a balloon the whole time

Here is his birthday cake - I had a few issues, but it finally
worked out

He started out clean eating just the accessories - the eyes, the nose,
and then he dug in...

YUMMY

Jake's new chair to watch his Baby Einsteins

Jake's very FAVORITE present. I can not get this little boy to ever sit still
once he got this car he sits in it forever and never wants out. He wakes up from
his naps and instantly wants to play with his car, it is adorable. Thank you
grandma and grandpa, it was a hit!

Even though Jake's birthday isn't until October 30th, we decided to celebrate early. Unfortunately our little family was sick and not everyone was able to come to the party (we still had germs - I am very sorry). Jake had a wonderful time even though he didn't feel the best. Thank you to all the family that came and supported our little boy, it means a lot to us! We love you guys!

Jake is WALKING!

2009-10-07T19:22:00.000-07:00

My little boy is getting so big. Tonight he decided that he wanted to walk! I put him down facing me to have him walk towards me and he took off towards Cooper, and took like 10 steps by himself. I decided to stand him up and try again and he just took off. I didn't think that it would be this much fun! He looks so cute when he walks! I am so proud of my little man!!!

This is the first time I am posting a video (its a cell phone video), PLEASE ignore my talking on the video it is really LOUD and embarrassing. I was just really excited! Grandma Kathy is the one helping me in the video.

Fall Festivities

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A very friendly donkey
(these are all cell phone pictures)

Mommy and baby ducks

Jake on Cotton, the Pony.
He stayed on the pony halfway around the circle.

SO CUTE!!! Jake getting ready for his pony ride
I love the helmet!

Jake and Mommy on our wagon ride

Tonight we decided to go to the American Heritage Center to see all the activities they have there. I was so proud of myself because I remembered to bring the camera, but as soon as we wanted to take the first picture we found out the batteries were dead. We were really sad because there were so many fun things to take pictures of. We improvised and used our cell phone cameras.

We had so much fun! I think that it is meant for little kids, but I think Jason and I had just as much fun as Jake. We took a wagon ride, Jake go to ride a pony (in order to ride on the pony he had to wear a helmet, it was adorable), we went on a train ride, we pet tons of animals (goats, sheep, kittens, horses, donkeys, and cows), I jumped into the hay pit, and Jake and Mommy went down the big slide. We will definitely be going back next year, it was tons of fun. We planned on picking pumpkins, but this turned out to be so much more.

Volleyball

2009-09-10T08:04:00.000-07:00

Last weekend my family went to Salt Lake on their way home they picked me up in Preston. Jake, Cooper, and I went to Boise for the week. I got to watch Morgan play volleyball against some of the girls that I coached at Vallivue, it was a lot of fun. Miss Morgan is an awesome little setter, she does a great job! After the game Grandpa and Grandma wanted to get Jake an ice cream cone and he loved it. (I promise I don't just feed him chocolate and ice cream - they just make the best pictures)

Just call me Suzie Homemaker

2009-08-29T22:36:00.000-07:00

I don't know what has happened to me. I used to be a total tomboy and now I have turned into Suzie Homemaker - I made fresh raspberry jam all by myself, I sewed my very first quilt for Jake (I think it turned out OK, it's the blanket he is sleeping with above), and I made a bed and blanket for Cooper's crate.

Mom and dad - who does this remind you of?
He has been sleeping like this for the last couple of nights.

He loves baths!!!

Can you tell that he is teething - his top tooth is coming in.