Goose Egg

Well, Jake made it just over a year before he got his first big goose egg! He was standing up holding on the ottoman of the glider in my room, and I think it just glided right out from under him, and he hit his on the chair. This picture cracks me up! He looks so proud of his war wound!

New 'Do's

I went a little crazy with haircuts last week! I went in for a trim, and came out with about 5" less hair! I like it, but it is taking some getting used to...What do you think of the new 'do?

Mitch also needed a hair cut, and I was getting tired of his long hair, too.

So....this is what we got! Mitch loves his "crazy hair" and was more than happy to model it!

Needless to say, I was out of control. I don't think Jack would have let me take him any where near scissors last week! :)

Birthday Pics....FINALLY!

Okay...Okay...No need to remind me...I am incredibly behind on this blog. It's almost time for Christmas, and I am just now posting pictures from Jake's birthday party!

Jake's party was great! He had a good time, but I don't think he really knew what to think about all of the attention. He is so lucky to have so many great friends and wonderful family to help him celebrate!

He had a Sesame Street cake...Nice job with the green and yellow icing, huh? Maybe next time I should stick with white! :)

The "big kids" waiting patiently to "help" Jake blow out his candles!

The way Jake is about his food, I thought he would tear into his cake...and love it! He tore into it pretty well, but he wasn't too crazy about it. He didn't make it long before he wanted to be cleaned up and let loose!

Tabitha, Mitch, Tristan, Cooper, and Luke playing

Jake testing out his new "big boy" carseat! Check him out with his little legs crossed! He's just too cool!

"I could get used this Birthday thing....I love trucks!"

Happy Birthday, Jake!

Late, of course... Jake turned 1 last Wednesay (November 5)! Can you believe it? I can't!

He is so full of personality these days, and into everything! We have to make sure that we shut all of the bathroom doors. I helped a friend out to her car the other day, and when I came back in, Jake was nowhere to be found...I finally found him in my bathroom where he had thrown a Hot Wheels car in the toilet! Uh oh!

Speaking of Uh-Oh...He loves to test gravity! He throws his sippy cup off his high chair tray every time....and he will keep throwing it as long you keep giving it to him. Oh, and don't think it is simply that he doesn't want it...as soon as you leave it where he threw it, he cries and cries! What a mess! :) One thing he doesn't often throw, though...FOOD! You have never seen anything like this child eating! I have been trying to get him on video, but it's like he knows it is going to haunt him one day, and he immediately slows down and eats like a normal person, grinning at me the whole time. He eats easily twice as much as Mitch does.

He finally found his way up the stairs, and he is gone! The first time he tried to go up more that the first step, he went all of the way up them! No half-way doing things for this kid! You know, I am always saying that he is just like Gary...and if you know Gary, you know he doesn't half-way do anything either!

He's not walking yet, but he is "cruising" more. He got a walk behind toy from Uncle Josh for his birthday, and he took off right away walking behind it. He is starting to stand some without holding onto anything. He will pull up on something and let go, but as soon as he realizes that he free-standing, he sits down!

Jake had a wonderful birthday party, and Lindsay took pictures for me. As soon as I get them, I'll post about his party, pictures as all!

Jake had his 1 year check-up last Friday, and he got a great report! He is 23 pounds, and 31 inches long. That puts him in 55th percentile for weight, and 75th percentile for height. Even Dr.Moss asked where he's getting that height from! :)

I am planning on taking Jake for his 1-year pictures this week, so I will post those later this week. The only thing left to say about him, is that he is such a joy! I am treasuring every moment with him and trying to enjoy every little thing he does, because I know how fast the time goes. It seems like just yesterday that Mitch was turning 1!

I'm Batman!

Halloween was great fun for the Roberts' household! We had Jack for the first time ever, so he got to help Mitch with Trick or Treating, and he racked up a bag full of candy, too. I bought Mitch his costume Thursday (nothing like a little procrastination), and he put it on as soon as he got home from school, and didn't take it off until bedtime. As soon as he woke up on Halloween, he wanted to put it back on. He wore his costume all day on Friday...he even wore it when we went to pick Jack up from school!

After much debate, Jake was a bat....to go with Batman, of course! He was the cutest little bat I have ever seen! (I tried Mitch's old Elephant costume on him, but he wouldn't leave the hat on.) He was a real trooper while I strolled him all over the neighborhood while Mitch and Jack Trick or Treated.

My friend, Amy, had a little pre-Trick or Treating Halloween party, so we went to that before we hit the streets. The boys had a good time checking out all of their friends' costumes, but they were really just ready to get candy! Go figure...

Here's Jake before he pulled the elephant head off...had to snap fast to get this shot!

I tried to get a cute picture of Batman and the Bat, but I can't get them both to cooperate for a picture anymore. I guess I can expect that for a few more years, huh?

Here's my little bat in the stroller while Mitch and Jack were Trick or Treating
This is what every picture we tried to get of Jack looked like. He wanted the candy, but no proof that he was Trick or Treating!

Mitch and Tre...Hmm...What do you they are plotting?

I'm Batman!