Jake hits Madtown!

Jake in the cutest pose (he chose this pose on his own, by the way) up against a very old tree just outside the Capitol building in Madison. Just after this was taken he spotted a squirrel, who allowed him to get mighty close I might add (Mom started to worry about rabies), and started to chase it. Sooo cute. He chased it right up this tree.
Outside the Capitol building.
Jake's first time in a BIG bed...a queen at that. We stayed in a hotel and he had a bed of his own in the room. We surrounded him with pillows but he sure didn't need them because I don't think he moved all night...exhausted from swimming for hours in the pool! He had a great time and sure loves his "Robby" and Omi!! Thanks for joining us LaCroix duo!!

Father's Day and more!

Daddy and the kids celebrating Father's Day. Every year Dave gets an updated page in a scrapbook with the kid's hand print, their "signature," and some themed pages which show what they are interested in that year. This year Jake's page had dinosaur, Nemo, and bug stickers. Sophie's just had some cutie baby girl stickers! Should be interesting to get the kids to do this when they are 16! I am hoping to do it every year until they are 18.
Our little girl happy to be in the high chair and happy to be eating some food! She does great with her rice cereal and has started on yellow veggies....so far so good with the squash and sweet potatoes. She LOVES to eat just like her Mommy.
Hamming it up for the camera as she shows off some of her newest skills. Sophie is rolling over like crazy now and holds herself up on her arms like a champ. She is working on sitting up now, too. She is very strong and seems to want to be going places already! We better watch out once she is on the move.
5 months old on Saturday, June 26th! Here she is taking a break from the Madison Farmer's Market on the Capitol lawn. Great place to celebrate your 5 month birthday....the best of people watching.

Memorial Day 2010

Daddy and Jake playing T-Ball. Great picnic game!
Nana and Jake showing off the nice "picnic" meal for Memorial Day. Nana did a great job on the meal and Boppa was nice to have us all at his place.

Awwww.....

Jake re-discovered blocks and "towers"....he spent such a long time building with the blocks at Boppa's house that day.





Other news...Jake has been doing GREAT with potty training this past week. He has had dry diapers at the sitter's house all week (last week) and she suggested transitioning to Pull-ups. He continued to do well at her house with Pull-ups. Friday (6/11) he had dry Pullups for me all day (we did try to hit the potty every couple of hours on schedule) then again on Saturday (6/12) even with a trip to a relative's house he had not been to in the past for a party. He went on a strange potty, traveled in the car, and still kept a dry Pull-up. He has been dry after naps and in the morning 3 days in a row! We are so proud of Jake. A couple of set backs today but overall, we are truly believers now when the experts say, "when they decide it's time, it will be time." We are realistic and expect set backs every now and then but he is doing very well!!!

It's been awhile..........part 2

The love of dinosaurs begins.....Jake is now obsessed! We visited the very realistic robotic dino display at the zoo on the 30th. Here are Jake and Dave riding an ankolosaurous (or something of the sort). Dave and I have become fast learners when it comes to dino names! A trip to the library for dinosaur books has led to a tongue-twisting bedtime routine.Just like a horror movie (that's how Dave described it)....Jake was enthralled by the dinos but scared at the same time. He would say, "Daddy, not this one" when we would pass scary dinos....the meat-eaters seemed to be the ones he passed by. Can't blame him!

A favorite everytime we come across a merry-go-round. The zoo has a great one!

The finished playset with Jake enjoying it! The landscaping company is coming tomorrow to finish the framing and pea gravel dump! We will stain next year. Jake loves it!

Sophie sitting in the chair in her room, looking out the window. June 1st.

It's been awhile..........

Sophie's first trip to the zoo-May 30th! She enjoyed checking out the animals and took a nice stroller nap half way through our trip.

Feeding the goats...a must on every trip to the zoo.

Taggie and Nuk twins! Lounging one morning. STILL working on breaking Jake's Nuk habit.

LOVE this photo. Caught Jake reading in his room one morning. A common occurance, I am proud to say.

Had to post this....the mother of a patient of mine knitted this sweater for Sophie before she was born. Such a nice gift...

4 Months Old Today!!

On the eve of her 4-Month birthday, Sophie is up at 10PM and happy as can be. She does very well up on her arms and has rolled over from tummy to back this week!! Yay!

4 Months Old today. Sophie had her 4-Month well-check with her doctor today and received her immunizations. Poor girl. She seems to be doing okay here, a couple of hours later, however. She weighed in at 14 pounds, 8 ounces (6 pounds, 1 ounce more than at birth) and measured 26 1/2 inches long (5 1/2 inches longer than at birth). She is in the 99th percentile for height (can you say basketball?) and 71st percentile for weight. To compare, Jake was 15 pounds, 1.5 ounces and 26.25 inches long at his 4 month appointment!

One more photo!!

Week of 5/15 Part Two (soon I will upload differently and get more photos on each post...sorry)

Jake with Daddy and Uncle Keith taking the first trip down the slide on his new playset. The playset is only partially done here....much more to come but Dave, Keith, and Boppa have been working very hard all weekend!!

Jake helping out today! Note the goggles (on the ground and not on his face...have to work on safety, I guess) and the toy drill in his hand. He was thrilled to be helping out Daddy and Boppa today!