Funny Comment

Today I took Jacob to the doctor (I thought he had an ear infection...he just has a cold...) I asked the doctor about having a hard time getting Jacob to nurse during the day. He's just too busy to bother. The doctor said he's probably just a good solid food eater. I asked if I should be worried about him getting enough milk. The doctor replied, "Well, he's obviously not wasting away." It made me chuckle that the doctor, of all people, was calling our baby fat in a roundabout way. :)

We Went Cloth!

I did it...I finally decided to use cloth diapers. I avoided it for a long time because I was never really convinced that it saved money. But now I am...enough people have talked to me about it. So now that we have a car payment, it's one of my efforts to trim spending. I got them on ebay for aboug $5/diaper. So far, in the first three days, I like it. But ask me again in a couple weeks when the novelty has worn off.... Here is Jacob in one of his stylin' new diapers. We have blue, yellow and green!

7 Months

Jacob is 7 months! I started out taking his picture every week...so now I'm aiming to do every month. Here's what he looks like!

And here is what he spends most of his time doing...

And I know this is blurry, but I like the expression on his face!

Backyard Transformation

Over break, we started the backyard transformation (I say "we", but I didn't do anything really!) David and Russ started cutting down trees to make way for a swing set. They started cutting, and cutting, and cutting. Take a look at the before shots.


Some action shots...


Some after shots...


And then the "leaf choppers" spent an hour in front of our house. I'm sure they love us :)

The Waterpark

Last week we got to go to the Coco Key Water Resort in Sharonville with my brother, my niece, and her friend. We had an absolute blast. Sometimes Matthew can be totally fearless, but if he gets scared, he lets you know. He immediately agreed to go down a waterslide. But at the bottom the first time he went down, he had a hard time getting his feet under him in the pool. After that, he stuck to the little slides! But he did great. It's so funny to watch the little skinny kid shiver, with blue lips, but not want to get out of the water! Jacob did okay at the begining, but quickly got tired and really wanted nothing to do with the water. He seems to get a little overwhelmed in crowded situations. But we had a great time!!

A Day at the Farm

On Sunday we had a family Easter gathering at a family member's farm. I was excited to take Matthew out there because he is so into tractors, trucks, animals, and, of course, dirt. Here are some pictures from our day.





And then just look at the pants...

Aunt Becca

Here you go, Aunt Becca. You made the blog!!!