Mud!

Last weekend we went to the pumpkin patch. Every year (and sometimes more than once in a year) we go to Iron's Fruit farm. When Matthew was a baby we tried to find a good pumpkin patch. Boy did we get luck to find Iron's Fruit Farm as the first place we tried. We love it. They are open year round and have various fruits you can pick throughout the year. We went a couple months ago and picked raspberries. So fun! We have also picked apples. This is the latest in the year we have ever gone, so the pumpkins were pretty picked over. But, apparently the main reason we went was the play in the mud, or so thought Matthew!! It was SO MUDDY. I think we may have brought home more pounds of mud than pounds of pumpkin!! Here are some pictures of our adventure. We took close to 100 pictures...thank goodness for digital!











I know it does look like it by that last picture,but we did have a good time :)

How to Choose!!

A couple weeks ago we had the privilige of having our dear friend, Sarah Sharp, take our family's pictures. When Matthew turned one, we tried to do something special for his pictures. So now it's Jacob's turn! For Matthew's 3-year and Jacob's one-year pictures we went out to Sharon Woods with Sarah and her husband Mike. They live in Chicago, but were in town for a wedding (a very special one, at that). We were so, so fortunate that they took them time to squeeze us into their very busy weekend. Sarah is amazingly talented. How will we ever choose what to buy!! Here is the slideshow she put together for us. We'd love input!! Which do you like?

If you want to view all the proofs, look here.

Oh, Jacob

Sometimes I feel like Jacob has a little bit of Jekyl and Hyde in him...one minute he is this sweet, innocent, happy baby. And then the next, this:

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Cute, huh?

This was about 10 minutes after David left for work. When David walked out the door, it was obvious that Jacob wanted to go outside (which he always loves to do). However it was early in the morning, cold, raining, and we were all in our pajamas. So he was told no. When told "no", Jacob usually reacts by either laughing, and then doing it anyway, or throwing a tantrum. We might have our work cut out for us as he gets older...

If You're Happy And You Know It

Jacob can perform! This is a little clip of his happy feet - he had been doing it for awhile before I taped it, so his timing wasn't as accurate as it was at the begining of the performance :)

Boys Will Be Boys

Here is a little sign of our future...they're both laughing, so I guess it's okay!

Birthday Boy

We recently celebrated Jacob's first birthday. It's amazing that it has already been a year. I have all kinds of little sentimental thoughts about his first year, but I'm just not the kind of person to write them down :) He's turning into such a fun little guy. He likes to laugh. He loves adventure and to be crazy. He has little fear. Some of his recent accomplishments are learning how to climb down the stairs safely by himself (and off of furniture), he loves to point to where he wants to go, LOVES to be outside (and throws rediculous tantrums when told no), and he has started taking several steps by himself!! He can do about 4. Something that worries me a little about him is that he'll laugh at me when I tell him no, not to do something. And then he does it again....oh brother. Here are a couple pictures from his birthday. We had a "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" party.

Honey Bunches of Oats

While I was preparing for Jacob's birthday party, we had a little mini disaster. In the time it took me to pull the cake out of the oven, this is what Jacob managed to accomplish.


And here is his famous "concentration tongue".