Jake's Photos

Jake has become quite interested in taking photos of his own lately. Whenever I am taking pictures of him, he insists on me handing the camera over so he can take some pictures too. Here are some of the photos he has taken recently:




And here is a picture of me at 5 1/2 months pregnant:



So, Jason actually took the picture of my baby bump. But, Jake got his turn with the camera next and he snapped this photo of Jason:


Our little camera man!

4th of July

Jake had fun celebrating the 4th of July weekend with Nanny at the beach this year. It was a busy weekend, full of fun activities! Above are some pictures of us at the Arts & Craft Fair on Sunday. Below are some pictures of us enjoying the 4th of July festival on Monday. We had so much fun riding our bikes through the crowds of people and down the sides of the parade. Jake was so cute sitting on the back of Daddy's bike waving his flag the whole time:


And here are some pictures of us enjoying the beach later that day. We went at about 5 o'clock, which was nice b/c it wasn't so hot anymore! It was such a great trip, we had so much fun spending time with you Nanny, and can't wait for our next visit :)

Settling In

We have really been enjoying being back in NC. We are settling into our new routine and everything has been going great. We are staying at the house Jason remodeled when we first moved here, which is right down the street from Pops! I have been busy trying to get everything in its place and will soon start to put the nursery room together for the baby :)

Jake has been attending the Mother's Day Out program at First Presbyterian, which has been fantastic! He will start in the 2 yr. old preschool class in the fall. It has been a little hard for him when I drop him off, but by the time I go to pick him up he is so sad he has to leave! The 3 yr. old preschool teacher helps out with the MDO program in the summer and she couldn't believe that Jake wasn't 3 yet. She said he speaks clearer than alot of the 3 yr. olds in her class! Everyone is always remarking on his big vocabulary and how well he talks. So, with how smart he is coupled with how big he is- I can see why people are always thinking that he is older than he is!

Speaking of age, Jake is going to turn 2 1/2 on the 4th of July. And, he is really growing up! Above is a picture of him in his new big boy race car bed, which he started sleeping in when we moved back to NC. He loves this bed! Another big event for Jake, is that he is now completely potty-trained. And, he absolutely loves wearing his big boy undies! It is amazing how much he has grown up just in the past 2 months that we have been back. He is such a big boy now and we are so proud of him!

I'm going to have a...

Baby Sister!!!

As most of you know, we found out earlier this month that we are going to be having a little girl ! Before we went to our doctor's appointment to find out, we asked Jake what he wanted...and he replied (several times) that he wanted a baby sister :) Well, he got his wish- and we are all very excited!

Summer Time

Here are some pictures of Jake having fun in the "pool" yesterday! I never thought we would enjoy the heat so much, but after how cold/rainy it was where we lived in California- this has been so nice! Jake has really been enjoying the summer time so far:






Here he is playing with some of his trucks, which is one of his absolute favorite things to do. And the neat thing is, these are the same trucks Jason used to play with when he was little!

Back in NC

Now that we're back in NC, I couldn't resist taking Jake to the zoo again! And the great thing is, I found out that our membership hasn't expired yet. Jake is such a great age for this now- he really enjoyed watching all the animals. I didn't actually get any pictures of him with the animals though b/c I figured his back would be turned in all of them. Here are some cute ones that I did take:

Driving back to NC

We have made it back to NC and are starting to get settled in! Here are some pictures from our trip back home (we didn't take many), but I thought I would put up some for you to enjoy:




Our last stop was for a weekend visit with Nanny (who we hadn't seen in 7 months)! Jake loved going down to the barn lot and getting to feed the goats and the hog while we were there. And, he absolutely loved getting to spend time with his Nanny again.