December 2013

Lying under the tree every night!

Shoveling snow!

Getting too cold and wanting to go in!

Helping mom make treats and do dishes in the kitchen!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Sugar Cookie Makin'

Church Cowboy Christmas Party

Craft Projects for our church party

Bath time

13 months

Jacob is 13 months now.

He likes dirt, tools, dad, roaming outside no matter the temperature, and more dirt!

When we're outside he picks up sticks, rocks, dirt clumps waves them around and squeeks and flaps his arms. 

It's my favorite!

I can't wait for it to be warmer weather all ready so we can live outside.

Here  are some pictures of Jacob and Dave enjoying 42 degree sunny weather ( it felt so warm, pathetic right? ) and getting the yard prepped for planting grass seeds this weekend.

Jacob is at such a fun age of exploring and observing and running so we can chase him.

Love him more and more each day. 

Mommy Fail.

So I figured I better write down our new little memory that makes us giggle. My mommy fail.

 Every morning when Jacob wakes up he sqauks and squeals and says momma and dadda over and over again until we come and open his door. Once he sees the door opening the giggling and jumping begin. Usually the squaking begins at 7 or 730. So when I rolled over in bed today and saw it was 8am and could hear a pin drop our house was so quiet, I thought Jacob must still be asleep...that's AWSOME!

But I decided to peek in and make sure that was the case...As I opened the door Jacob was standing in his crib as silent as a mouse with a HUGE grin on his face looking down.  As I stepped in the room I realized immediately something was horribly wrong.


Our pant-less baby had widdled off his diaper in the early hours of the morning and made some little chocolate nuggets that were wonderfully scattered about the room.

They weren't smeared at all, just scattered about. (How did this happen I will never know) One on the mattress, one on the floor, one on the rug.

We have no idea how long he had been awake. How long he went without a diaper. How did he get his lil nuggets all over the room without smearing them and getting evidence on his hands. (which were spotless)

Well lesson learned. Never put Jacob to bed without pants on. He will take his diaper off and scatter his room with JOYful nuggets.  And be very happy and sneaky about it.

It's a Sunday evening. Dave is in the kitchen relaxing while he makes up a new soup recipe and our little Jacob is upstairs asleep WITH PANTS ON!

Half a 1/2 Marathon

I've always said one thing on my bucket list is to do a half marathon.

But I've always had my doubts that I could actually do it.

Lately, however, I've had this awsome mentality that If I want something to happen and it's a good thing that I'm GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 

No more day dreaming and wasting time.

So when some ladies brought it up at play group a few weeks ago that they would be running the Illinois Half I saw the perfect opportunity to join!

I knew I was starting from scratch and am in the worst shape of my life right now but you have to start somewhere. Right?

Since this conversation I have been trying to run as many mornings as possible with Jakey and even woke up one morning before Jacob and Dave and ran. That actually happened!

I was feeling like I wasn't getting in any better shape and wasn't pushing myself too hard & was doubting my mental capacity to run a half again, but I've kept it up.

Then this morning we got together for the first time as a group to run. Our goal was to run for 1 hour.

We showed up and it was freezing cold and dark and as I talked with the other ladies I seriously felt way out of my element. 

They are all runners, like have a few halfs and even a marathon on their belt, and in shape and...was I really about to embarrass myself by seeing just how slow and out of shape I was with these guys attempting to run for an hour??? How crazy was I. 

>>BUT<<

I'm happy to say I DID IT!

WOOOOO HOOOOO

I felt like a rockstar when they told me it was 6 miles in 60 minutes. (twice as far as I have ever ran)

I came home on cloud nine and told Dave how pumped I was and how proud of myself I was. 

Then about 2 hours later I felt like a zombie and took a 2 hour nap with Jacob. 

But now I feel GREAT again!!

I figured I better write down how awsome I felt that I accomplished something new today & how awsome it's going to feel to cross the finish line after running 13.2 miles. And How excited I am to really get in shape now that I've lost my 80lbs from prego weight!

If I didn't have those ladies to run with I would have pooped out way before the hour was through and probably would have taken about 2 hours to finish 6 miles. 

But they kept me pushing.

Kept my mind busy with their stories.

And the beautiful fields and sunrise helped too.

TODAY FELT AMAZING!

If I keep this up I can call myself a runner. 

HEYO!

Halloween 2012

We attended our church Halloween party this year which gave us all an excuse to dress up with lil Jakey.

D was a knight and I was princess 

(We used up all our aluminum foil for those sweet costumes)

Jacob and I took a trip to Champaign IL for the day to visit friends and soak up the last of the sun at the pumpkin patch.

Jacob liked making friends.

On Halloween Night he stood guard at our front door yelping at the trick-or-treaters and banging on the screen door.

after a while we put his binky in so he could watch them with out all the ruckus.

Watching him get so excited as they came up the stairs to the porch was my favorite part of Halloween.

These days

These days Jacob is busy...

-Pulling down his baby gate and climbing over it to climb up the stairs which he is super quick at now

 -Trying to get ever so close to the wonderful fires daddy keeps building & I get stuck restraining him til bed time. But it's worth it.

-Taking Baths with cousins at Grand MaJo's house

-Looking like a rockstar when we go out for dinner

-Making a million cute faces all day long

-Helping mom hang lights around the house

-Watching mom sew new curtains while he munches on bananas

-Climbing on EVERYTHING

 -Riding in the front of grocery carts....that's the only way he can stand grocery shopping now and is adorable bouncing up and down and growling and talking to everything and everyone we pass.

-Picking out new fishies for dad's new fish tank

-Joining mom and Dad on their date nights and eating their yummy meals

Last week it was Cyd's Cafe and it was delicious.

-More dancing in the cart at Bass Pro Shop

-Trapped in a dressing room with mom and dad

-Looking cute at church in his sweater vests

-exploring the new costco toys

Needless to say we are having a blast with Jacob. He gets cuter and funnier with each day. 

He says mama, papa, baba, wawa and nana. 

He dive bombs anyone who smiles at him and reaches out to him. 

He stands on his own and claps his hands. 

He sings non  stop whenever you are in a room that echos. 

He sleeps through the night again.

He kisses your face by giving you slobbers with his mouth wide open.

He plays with my hair.

He turns bright red and get silent when he's pooping and its sad and cute all at the same time.

He loves to flip over and stand in his carseat when I unbuckle him so he can squeal and pat the head rest.

He seems content with life and just as happy to be a part of our family as we are to have him as our son. 

I'm a lucky momma!