Cute pic - John Deere Green :) & a Wolf

Tractors are one of Jacob's favorite moving things. Last October Auntie Jennifer got married to Uncle RJ in a pumpkin patch. It was a wonderful day. He talked about this for weeks. And all the john deere tractors made him so happy. For Halloween he was a wolf. Best costume ever because it was so chilly that night.

Been so busy - sorry for taking so long.......

We are doing super fantastically wonderful!! Our little guy is 2 1/2 and WOW he is growing so fast. Daily we work on mastering the potti, learning letters and numbers - oh and shapes and colors too. I am quite sure that he is smarter than me and knows how to manipulate me for whatever he wants. I of course have spoiled em a lil - just a lil.
I have so many pictures and would post them all but....
One for St. Patrick's Day, a lucky charm. The other was taken at Auntie Jennifer's house the weekend she got married last October. Jacob was a cute ring bearer. He got tried half way down the aisle and took a seat - too funny!!!

Jolynn

Having a fantastic Summer!

Jacob is getting so big. Last month he turned 2 and had a wonderful Birthday Party. Some of his favorite things are Diggers, Backhoes, Dump trucks and Big Rigs. Airplanes are also on his list. When he sees one of these wonderful moving objects he says "Wow, Wow it a ______." Rich and I have to acknowledge that we see it too or he will repeat himself over and over. So cute, to hear him so excited. I think his best friend (other than his Mommy and Daddy) is Elmo. His b-day cake had Elmo, Mr. Noodles and Dorothy as decoration. He Loved It! He has moved to the big boy bed now. Still potty training but that is just fine with us.

Everyone is doing Great! My sweet sister had a baby this past week and he is so precious at 5 lbs and 17 1/2". Just a lil peanut and so loved. Hope everyone is having a great Summer!!! Can you believe it is August already?

New Video

I haven't posted for a while so I thought I would check in and say hello. We bought a new video camera - a Flip. It's a pretty cool little gizmo. We can shoot 2 hours of footage and it's in HD. Well sort of. It's highly compressed HD but for the cost and ease of use, it's a fair trade. I'm glad we bought it because now we can have something on hand without having to mess around with batteries and videotape etc etc. So, here is a video of Jacob and his Grammy playing a balloon game:

A Momentous Event :)

Had my first Mother's Day! I really like being Jacob's Mommy. So much time was spent on waiting to become a Mom and it was all worth it! He is growing up so fast. He is starting to make decisions on what to wear and eat. And talking so much.

Tonight he tinkled in the big baby potty. We decided to teach him about it but not to push it in any way. But here at 21 months old he is starting. We three got so excited - I wish I had the "flip" out and turned on. The cowboy boots are a gift from Grand-daddy (who he calls P-daddy) in Texas. He wanted to wear them with his PJ's.

Thank you God for this gift!

Been awhile, ready to blog again

A few recent pictures:


We are scheduling our 2nd post placement report. WOW, how time has just flown by. Our son is doing great and so are we, a happy family of three. Jacob is so lucky he sees his Grandmothers as much as possible and he just loves them! He is playing outside, talking in 2 - 3 word sentences, eating and growing well and being a wonderful lil boy. This week marks the Anniversary of meeting Jacob in Kaliningrad Russia. What wonderful memories. Rich and I keep looking at all the old pictures - what a fantastic journey. Best trip ever!!

Wanted to share a little update. Hope everyone is doing great! Happy Spring!

Walking a Little and Halloween

Almost there, just a few more weeks and I think Jacob will be taking off. He is an expert at walking on his knees and speed crawling. This past week he has walked four or more steps. Only if Rich and I (or one of his Grammys), face each other, with our hands out to catch him. The stairs are no challenge for our little guy. He goes up quickly but takes his time navigating his descent. Eating well and starting to say more words. When his Daddy is mowing the yard he goes to the window where the noise is the loudest, sometimes the door-wall and yells for him "Dah". Dah Dah Dah!!! I have stopped laughing at this because it is time to teach him the inside voice :)

Halloween was fun this year. For the first time in years I felt like participating, it helps to have a baby around. I am always on a diet so I buy candy we do not like. Not the easiest thing to do. One little boy came to the door and said "Yuck". I guess he did not like the Darts and Glow in the Dark Gummies we passed out. That made me LOL. He had on a super cute costume though. Jacob was a lion. He went to a party at Rich's work and stole the show. On Halloween night he only went to six houses, it was so cold and windy. After arriving home he had to be at the front door to check out all the kids stopping by. Of course I had to hold him. Once I had given out the candy he was shutting the door saying bye bye. I can hardly wait to see what he will be next year!

We are so excited about Thanksgiving! All my siblings, their partners and some family friends will be here. Mom is helping me cook. Gonna be Great!