Jacob: Months 4 & 5

These past couple of months Jacob has really started showing his personality. He's playing with toys, started bouncing in his jumper (which is great for me!), and loves to be tickled, particularly when his belly is exposed.
He has also become quite the butterball! We tried introducing foods to him, like cereal and some baby foods, but he really could not be less interested! I'm kinda bummed, but hopefully he will take to them soon.
His brothers absolutely adore him! Sometimes Isaiah gets a little too close, like giving him a hug by practically laying on top of him, so I keep a close eye. He's still not rolling around so at least I don't have to worry about him getting stepped on!

Jacob & his "twinkie" cousin Colton, who is 3 wks younger. This was taken at Thanksgiving.

First time in the bumbo.

First time in the jumper..

Trying cereal..I wish I got a picture of his face once it was in his mouth!

Jacob at Christmas.

LOVE this smile!

Its Christmas Morning!

So this year we scaled back a bit on the gifts for the boys. We just feel they might get a sense of entitlement the more and more "things" they get. However, they were still in hog heaven!

Grammy and Papa came over again this year, even though Christmas fell on Sunday. It was wonderful having them here. It doesn't feel like Christmas morning unless they are here!

Good Morning Bright Eyes!

Another Christmas morning come and gone! All that planning...out the window in ten minutes flat!

Breakfast with Santa

We had lots of fun at breakfast this morning! Saw our friends, santa, and sang some songs. We did a really cute handprint craft too! Yay for Christmas!

Casting Crowns

When I heard Casting Crowns was coming back to SA, I knew I was going to find a way to go! I love these guys!! So we invited Ryan and Jenny and my in-laws to come with us...and had a GREAT time! After intermission, we went and sat by some of our best friends Chris and Ashley and the Jacksons (they had seats open next to them). What an awesome experience! So many people in one room praising and worshiping our wonderful God..He is Good!

Thankful Tree

I got this great idea to make a thankful tree this year. Each day (or at least we tried to) we each thought of something we were thankful for. Each time you had to think of something different than what was already on the tree. We kept adding all the way up to Thanksgiving. I am going to keep all the cards and next year we will take a look at what we were thankful for the year before and talk about how God is so good to us! I love this new tradition!

An attempted shot of the family but it didn't turn out great..

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving came so fast this year! Just before we know it, it will be time for Christmas! This year we went to my mom's for lunch. My uncle Mike and cousin Jonathan joined us too! Here is a picture of our LONG table:

Pic from the other end
The young adults

After filling up at my mom's, we headed over to Josh's parent's house for another GREAT meal. Jacob and his "twin" cousin Colton matched today. They look so cute!

Here is grandma holding both great grandbabies

Isaiah's Turkey Party 2011

Today was Isaiah's first preschool Thanksgiving party. His class were the turkeys, the 3's were the indians and the 4's were the pilgrims! It was so fun to be a part of this special day!

Three amigos: Lachlan, Isaiah, and Liam

After his craft, Isaiah went to the reading corner and picked up a book!

Ethan's Veteran's Day Program

Tonight was Ethan's first kinder program. They practiced for weeks on all the songs (5 total)! Every other day Ethan would come home singing a new song.
He is really enjoying school! We met with his teacher last month and she says he is doing fantastic. He is reading really well and writing stories with pictures and doing wonderful in math. We are so proud of him!

Halloween Festivities 2011

This year I combined the trunk or treat and trick or treating into one post. We had a blast! The boys each picked out their costumes this year. This was the first time they weren't coordinated (kinda was sad about that..) but they looked so cute! My Iron Man and Buzz Lightyear loved every minute!

Doesn't Mikey look so cute?

My sweet niece, Avery

This picture is not great, but it has everyone in it!

Gigi with Jacob, keeping him warm!

Looks like Ethan and Reef are ready to go! Let's do it!

Jacob with his girlfriend, Poppy

Where did the babies go? Isaiah and Lachlan got tired of walking so they hitched a ride!

Happy Halloween everyone!