april fun

What a good month this has been. Work has been much better for me, I have had a couple days off that kurt, Jake and I got to spend together. It always rejuvinates me when I get to spend the day with my boys!


We bought kurt a new bicycle so he could attempt to keep up with me on my road bike. We also bought a pull along trailer for jake. We headed out to a trail that is only for people, bikes and horses (NO CARS). OUr first attempt to get out on the road did not go too well. WE left too late, jake was hungry and tired so we only got to ride for about 20 min with him wailing the entire way!
We left the car packed (as you can see that was a feat in itself) and started off early the next morning. We thought we were doing well when we found out one of the trailer tires had blown. SO we threw our hands up and headed back, very frustrated...but found a walmart, got a new innertube and it saved the day! we were able to ride for over an hour, Jake did great, sleeping most of the time.














Jake is a busy boy these days. I feel like our house is closing in on us sometimes. He is all over the place. He chases the cats around the living room, climbs in, around, over and through everything he can. He likes to find a toy and drag it with him all over the living room and he loves (much to our disliking) the entertainment stand, dvd player and all the videos. This is Jake pulling out all the dvds.








Jake loves to play with these balls.



He learned to drink from the sippy cup (look at how he sits with his feet crossed)








And finally, we had such a gorgeous day today that we went to pick strawberries. We have not tried them yet but they look delicious and I get some silly satisfaction from finding the best ones!

Messy Man

As we really begin to explore foods for Jake I am becoming increasingly resistant to brightly colored foods. They are harder to get out of clothes, and carpet! Jake however seems to like the messier food better!









With Spring finally here we have been going to the beach more frequently. We have a 1/2 tent we set up and it gives him shade. He seems to really like the beach. He LOVES trying to eat the sand, and likes the feeling of crawling in the sand. I cant wait to get my little beach bum in the water!

Eating the sand



Trying to get clumps of sand out of his mouth



Hanging with Gigi and POpPop





Playing







Sweet baby feet









My little sand crab

when life gives you a lemon...

What a fun past couple days. The weather is perfect, i am sitting outside at 7:30pm blogging, it has been warm, blue skies and perfect temperature. in fact it was 85 today. Sunshine makes me happy and seems to make the little man Happy also, he has been all smiles and giggles lately.

We had family flannel day, it was a rainy Monday and we were all home. I was actually wearing flannel also.







We had Gangi (G-ma Donna) and uncle Tommy come down for a visit last week. I think Jake really enjoyed the extra attention, he and Tommy were making each other laugh which was pretty funny. Jake also fell asleep on Uncle T.











Donna helped us organized our garage which was in desperate need of help! Now it looks like another room you can live in!



We also went to the beach, the water is still a little cold and it was a little windy that day so we didnt stay for too long. All in all we had a great visit.

















Jake is all smiles....





He loves these puff snacks and I guess he was saving one for later.






He loves them so much he finds the ones he dropped and eats them later.



Jake started sucking his thumb at about 2-3 mo, then he started sucking the back of his hand, now he just does this Dr. Evil thing putting his pinky up by his mouth. he does it when he is tired, gets startled, if I tell him no in a harsh tone. It seems to be his security thing.















Please dont call CPS on this, I could not resist!