The kids' rooms

Well, we've finished the nursery - we are really happy with how it turned out and now we just need a little girl to rock and it will be complete. I've included pictures of how Jacob's room has transformed into a big boy room too!

Soccer

Jacob finished his first season of youth soccer - he may play again in the spring, but he is trying to decide between soccer and swimming lessons. He was very excited to get his very first trophy at soccer!

Sibling Class

Jacob took a sibling class at the hospital where Addison will be delivered (same hospital where Jacob was born). He had a great time and got to learn how to make the bed go up and down, what a brand new baby looks like, and how to hold a feed a new baby. He was such a big boy - we know he will make a great big brother!

The nurse that Jacob is talking to helped take care of him in the special nursery when he was born - pretty neat!

Halloween 2008

This year, Jacob was really excited about Halloween! He picked out his costume early - at first he wanted to be Wall-E, but no one had a Wall-E costume anywhere. We found one online, but it was $50 - so we opted not to do that! We went shopping one afternoon and he saw a Scooby Doo costume he wanted (he LOVES Scooby Doo!) - it was adorable, but too small for him. So, we walked up and down the aisle some more and he spotted a SpiderMan costume with muscles and all - he was hooked! So, for a month he's been talking about being SpiderMan and trick or treating and candy! We went with some friends and he had a great time dressing up... here are a few photos...

Family pics

Well, we hadn't had any professional family pictures done since Jacob was 6 months old, so we decided it was about time! We are going to have more done when Addison is about 8 weeks old, and again at 3,6,9,12 months. You guys will be tired of all the family photos!!! Here are a few that we really liked -- if any family member wants any of these, let us know - we do already have some set aside to send to you, but there may be others that you'd like.

Fall Festival 2008

We had a great time at the Fall Festival this year. It was a gorgeous day and we sat outside and ate lunch - then we ran into some friends so Jacob ran around for a little while with Ainsley.

Then he got to pet a cow and climb into a real firetruck. He was fascinated - he asked the firemen about 100 questions about what everything was!

Then we did some crafts - his favorite was making a Cat in the Hat hat.

Then the real fun started - there were a lot of bouncing things to play on and even a Haunted House!

Then we played lots of games - Jacob did a great job and won some prizes!

It was a really fun day for all of us!

Jacob's Pre-K photo

When I got to the school to pick up Jacob's picture for this year, all the kids pictures were laid out on the table and I could not find him. I kept looking all around and saw all of his friends photos, and could not find him - I figured maybe his was somewhere else. Then I remembered he was wearing a blue plaid shirt that day and spotted him right away - I apparently don't know what my son looks like anymore b/c I still think he looks like this:

October 2007

But, he actually looks like this!

Where did my baby go?!? He looks so grown up in this picture - I don't know where the time has gone! When I was walking out of the school with his pictures, one of the little girls in his class said -"oh, can I see Jacob? Wow, he's very handsome!" Yeah, I think so too!

7 months!!!!