Two Years Old

Yummy cake #1
Yummy cake #2
Yummy cake#3
Can you tell I like cake?
Oh and presents!
Jake thought that Maggie needed a birthday hat too!

Jake is now officially two. He weighs 27.8 pounds and is 39.5 inches tall. Jake is talking up a storm and putting together lots of words. We have kind of lost count because we just can't keep up. He has started to be a climber, which we were truly hoping to avoid. Pretty soon he will be sleeping in a big boy bed. Yikes! He loves to eat pickles, chips, and meat. Until his birthday if you asked him what he wanted to eat he would say meat, even for breakfast. But since his birthday he has been asking for birthday cake. As you can tell by the pictures he is a big fan of cake. My favorite new thing that Jake does is give me nose kisses. He is absolutely the sweetest little thing any mama could ask for. I am truly one lucky mama.

Go to the Quicks link to see pictures from our camping trip. I was a bad mama and forgot my camera.

The 4th of July

Pushing The Stroller

Hanging In The Pool With Sofia

Playing With Peter

Cruising Along

Bouncy House(another new word)

Cookies!!!

We had a fun filled 4th of July. Our neighborhood had its annual block party. There were lots of family and friends around. It was a long busy day, I don't think Jake stopped moving from the time he woke up from his nap until 9:30 at night. We jumped in the bouncy house, played in the pool, played with friends, and ate lots of cookies. I have to say his favorite part of the day was probably pushing Sofia's baby and stroller around. He probably pushed that stroller around for a good hour.

Mama' Favorite Recent Photos

                                                        Fireman Jake
                                                           Hanging with Mini Baxter
                                                                 Mr. Cool
                                                                      Mohawk man
                                                             Devourer of watermelon

The Big Race

                                                                 My running buddy
                                                                 Happy To Be Done!!!
                                                                    One Happy Mama!

    Today was a big day for me.  I had decided to set a goal for myself this year to run a half marathon.  I trained pretty hard for the last six weeks to get ready.  13.1 miles is a long way to run.  Luckily, I immediately made a friend named Uschi.  She pulled me along through all of our training runs convincing me I could do it.    Even before the race today I was still worried that I wouldn't  be able run the entire race.  In the training group we only ran 11 miles.  As you can imagine 2 more miles after running 11 seems a little daunting.  Uschi was right, we made it with no problem and still felt strong at the end.   Even though the rain started as we started and didn't stop it was very exciting for me to accomplish this goal.  Not only did I accomplish my goal, but I was lucky to have Dan, Jake, Danny (my father in-law), and my big sister, Carrie, there to cheer me on.  The picture above is of me right after I crossed the finish line and Jake jumped into my arms.  I am truly one lucky mama!  

Easter

                                                               Jake on the hunt.
                                                      Mr. Bunny with Granny JoJo.
                                                            Mama made cookies.
                                                           Easter basket
                                          On the hunt again.

  Easter was a ton of fun this year!   Jake went on three easter egg hunts and got to meet the Easter bunny.  I was sure the Easter bunny was going to be just like Santa Claus, but it wasn't. In fact, Jake was following him everywhere.  The hunts were lots of fun and Jake called the eggs balls.  You can see how that could be a little bit confusing.  He magically got a mini Baxter(a small version of his favorite bunny) in his Easter basket which he was very excited about.  Jake also figured out that he really likes jelly beans and chocolate.  

Playing Ball

     Today we went outside to enjoy the longer day and the sun. Jake hasn't been feeling well and we haven't been out much.  So, why not take advantage of daylight savings?  We played tee-ball with Jake's good buddy Peter.  It was really cute.  They were working on taking turns and sharing.  Neither one of them were thrilled with the idea, but they managed.  I was surprised by how well they did taking turns.  Peter definitely understood how to use the bat.  Jake knew you were supposed to hit the ball, but he wasn't very particular about which end of the bat he used.

Adorable!

  Here is Jake trying to be a big man like Papa.  He is even wearing his hat backwards just like Papa.  How can you resist a smile like this?