I'm Back

Okay - where was I - since my last post
On Sept 15, we went to VA for Walt's 60th Birthday Party

Saturday is race night.

Here is Jacob at the race track.

The track was too wet to race. Once they canceled the races, we decided to go race each other at the indoor go-cart track. Here are a few pictures from the night.

The hair net crew

Jordan "Tim" Galloway

We weren't sure if Virginia would make the height requirement to drive the go-cart....

Still Here

Okay, Okay, Okay

Everyone has been bugging me because I haven't posted recently.

Sorry - I've been busy. But, I do have lots of new stuff to post.

You won't believe how much little Jacob has changed in the past 3 weeks.

(But I'll get back to that later)

Stay Tuned..... I'll be back..... This weekend

Future Plumber

The company I work for, J.H. Wright & Associates, had a "Grand" weekend the weekend of Jacob's baptism. Although we were not able to attend, they had shirts made for everyone.
They ordered Jacob a 12 month (he's 6 months) - I don't think he'll be able to wear it much longer, it's already tight on him.

Extra Pics

My silly boy goofing off for the camera.

Sophia in Molly's cage

Jacob & Sophia

Labor Day....

...and we did labor

Jacob has started getting around the house very quickly. He's between a scoot and a crawl - he pulls himself around for a little bit, then he gets up on his hands & knees and pushes off. He also loves to be in his walker. He chases everyone around in that thing. He loves to chase Sophia & Abby - I think because they are on his level.

Because he's getting around so well, Lance & I spent the weekend building gates for the back deck. Lance did a really great job on the gates. (I'll add pictures later) We also cleaned off everything, so Jacob has a big area where he can play.

Here's a picture from Saturday morning of Jacob crawling around with Abby as we were getting ready for the game. Jacob has on his Penn State outfit.

Jacob loves to walk around. He laughs when you hold his hands and let him walk - although he looks scared in this picture, he was actually laughing.

This morning I needed to do some cleaning, so I put Jacob in his walker in the kitchen with me. Next thing I know this is where I found him.....
He sat there for 20 minutes watching our front loading washing machine spin clothes around!!

Pictures with Gram

Here are a couple of pictures of Jacob with his Gram while she was visiting for his Baptism

Jacob's Baptism

On August 20, 2006, Jacob was baptized at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Godfather: Leon G Nelson, Jr

Godmother: Melynda C Strong

6 months

On August 16, Jacob turned 6 months old - we are half way to the first year. So much has changed recectly, I don't know where to start.
A couple of days before the 6 month mark, Jacob has been getting up on his hands and knees - rocking. But, I haven't been able to capture this yet.

Here are just some pictures I took over the past couple of weeks.

Here's his 6 month progression picture - look at how BIG he's getting. He looks so long in this pictures

Here's a picture of Jacob with Daddy & Abby on our new living room furniture.

Aunt Leah's Birthday

Aunt Leah's Birthday was August 12th.

We all went over to Tony & Leah's house for lunch.

We had a really great time, here are a few pictures of the day.

I thought I had a picture of Leah from the day, but I can't find one.

Uncle Tony with Jacob & Sophia

This is probably one of my all time favorite pictures that I've taken and it is of Sophia goofing off for the camera

Weekend Fun

On August 11th - 12th, my cousins Nikki & Adrienne, and Nikki's daughters, Madison & Alexa came over and stayed the night with Jacob and me. (Lance was in VA for the weekend.) I actually didn't get any pictures of them while they were here - I'm sorry - what was I thinking.
On Saturday, my friend Jodie and her daughter Sophie came over to play. I did happen to get one picture while they were at the house. Here's a picture of Sophie in Jacob's crib.
I'm waiting for Jodie to send the pictures she took of Sophie & Jacob together.

I'm Back

I know that I haven't posted for a while.

That is due to my laptop at home hasn't had internet connection. (And still doesn't)

So, I'm going to back-up and enter some postings as fast as I can.

Let's start with August 12th - we had a yard sale because we bought new furniture for our living room and a kitchen table.
Here's some pictures I took of Sophia during the yard sale.

At Home Photo Session

Last week, I took a bunch of photos of Jacob on the back deck.

Molly came to play

On Friday night, our friends Milton & Liz came into town with 4 of their 5 children, Cody, Peyton, Linden, and Molly.
Molly is about 3 weeks younger than Jacob.
Here are some pictures of their visit.

Everytime I tried to take a picture of the two of them together, Molly would start crying, as soon as she stopped craying, Jacob would start crying.

Here they are playing on their bellies

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Da Da

While I was taking his 5 month pictures with Pluto, Lance walked in and took the camera from me. I was trying to get Jacob to stand up for a picture and in the process in said "Da Da".

Lance & I both stopped and looked at each other to make sure we heard him correctly.

Of course, we couldn't get him to say it again. But this morning, Lance was changing his diaper then told me to finish, Lance walked out of the room and Jacob said Da Da again.

A few more shots from the photo session - although he got restless and it didn't last very long.

5 months

Jacob turned 5 months last Sunday (7/16/06). On Friday night, I finally got around to taking his 5 month pictures. My mom (Nonna) found this cute little outfit - we love it. Thanks for the outfit Nonna.

Chilling out with Pluto

What a HAM!!

Fun for the Big Kids

The big kids always have fun at Tim's house.

Here are a few pics of the big kids

Tosh on the mini bike

Virginia, Geri, & Brandon on the mini 4-wheelers

Willy on the go-cart

Trip to VA

Here are some more pictures from our trip to VA.

A picture of the boys

Noah, Booper, & Jordan with Jacob

Chilling in the pool

Jacob in the race car

First Race

We had a really great time in Virgina.
Thanks to Bill, Heather, & Noah for everything - letting us stay at your house, picking us up from the airport, taking care of Jake while Lance & I were both sick.

Saturday night is race night.
We all wore our "Bran the Man" shirts although Brandon didn't race that night. Tom Erickson was in town, so he drove both the cars that night.

Here's Jake at his first race!!

Shortly after this picture, this is what happened .....

They told me that if he can sleep through the races as a baby, he'll always be a race fan.

Here's a pic of Lilly I took as they were getting their faces painted.

Here's EVA

And this is what he did though most of the races.

First Flight

On June 30th, Jake took his first flight. We went to Lance's brother's house in Gloucester, Virginia for the 4th of July weekend.

I actually packed the cameras on the flight there, so we took some pictures on the flight home.

On the flight there, Jake was really good. He laughed and played the entire flights.

After our lay over in Atlanta, we got on the plane and we were sitting on the runway (waiting for our turn) when Jake decided to give us a present. I had to wait until we were in the air to get up and go to the bathroom. It's not easy for a normal person to use the bathroom in that small of a space, imagine changing a diaper in that space.

After I got him all cleaned & was about to put his diaper on, Jake started to tinkle all over me, himself, the bathroom, the floor. I immediately put the clean diaper over him to try and stop it from going everywhere else - the only diaper I had brought with me.

There was nothing I could do at this point, but open the door (as I'm squatting on the floor) and lean out looking for a flight attendant. This really nice guy in first class asked what I needed, he went and found Lance and told him that he needed a diaper - imagine the shock on Lance's face.

I tried to clean some of the tinkle off my jeans - so one entire leg was wet from top to bottom. Everyone in the front of the plane was laughing WITH me as we walked back to our seats.

We decided that we would never fly coach with infant in arms again - so we upgraged to first class on the flight home. It was nice to have more space but on the first leg, it was Jake's bedtime. I felt so bad for the other people on the flight - he wouldn't stop screaming. He finally passed out and slept on the last leg home.

Here's a picture of them looking out of the window

Daddy's Home Again

Lance came home June 27th and hopefully will stay home for a long time.

He currently has no plans of leaving for another job.