fRiDaY fUnDaY!

i knew we were gonna have a great day when i woke up to this happy little guy!

nikki and sweet lily! (jake's lil friend that's 2 days younger than him)

a teenage kinley (check out the attitude look in her face) with sweet little hayes- it was his first playdate!

hayes w/his mama


me with my tired lil man

my lil shark!

steph w/the youngest playdater! lil clint!

Andrea was able to come! We miss her! (and I shoulda got a pic w/her looking at me ;)

some of the mama's and babies hangin' out in the pool! rachel is having Jacob next week-so exciting!

These pics were a little out of order, but I don't feel like messin' with 'em! :) We've had a great day today. Jake and I are both so lucky to have such WONDERFUL friends. They keep us busy and bring so much fun to our week! Now Jake's asleep and we're anxiously waiting for Daddy to get home.

We hope everyone has a great weekend!

6 Month Pics!!!!

Do I really need to say anything? Obviously he's the cutest, sweetest, most adorably chubby 6 month old that has ever existed!! Am I right? ;-)

(I know I've already got these pics posted on facebook but a few of you still don't have it and I wanted for everyone to see how cute these turned out! And I wanted record of them in our "family journal" too, of course!)

6 Years...(well actually 12)!!!

one of our first pics together...1997- Mission Trip to the Bahamas

1999 -Dating 2 years, Jeremy was at A&M, I was in HS!

My Sr Prom- I loved that pink dress! :) 2000

A&M football game!

In front of Kyle Field w/our first child, Sadie!

Ring Dance!

Our Wedding Day-July 12, 2003 -Perfect!

Honeymoon!

First Christmas as a married couple!

Port Aransas '05

Kemah Boardwalk '06

Cozumel '07

Thanksgiving '07!

January '08

So blessed to have known my sweet husband for almost half of my life! He is my best friend and I wouldn't choose any other to spend this life with. Can't believe it's been a year exactly since we were in Hawaii celebrating five years. Time has especially flown this past year! Now we have Jakey and we have never been happier! Happy Anniversary, Jeremy. I love you with all my heart!

6 Month Dr Visit!

(top pic- legs after shots)

(bottom pic- how he was sleeping after we got home- love it!!)

Yesterday Jake had a check-up with Dr Edralin. I loved hearing that everything that he should be doing, he is. He said that he's wonderful and that I should know that I'm lucky because he's such an easy baby. He had him sit, pull up from sitting to a standing position, held him, talked to him, measured him (nurse), asked what he ate, when he went to bed, when he takes naps, etc. He's 82% and 87% for height and weight (music to my ears after our weight checks after he was born). He also commented on how strong he is and what a talker he is. We're proud he's doing so well with both his motor and social skills. Even in the past couple of days he's started mimicking adult sounds beyond just cooing...dadadadada baaaaaa mmmmaaaa. It sounded so weird coming out of his mouth because he's making all new sounds! He also cut his first tooth yesterday (7/9/09) at 6 months 6 days old. I've also gotten the courage to leave him sitting on the floor while I'm doing things around the house and he's proven to be pretty trustworthy to sit and play w/his toys. He's also now putting himself to sleep. No bottle, no rocking, nothing- just lay him in his bed and he's out! Wow! Easier than I thought, I guess. I've just always loved rocking him!

Things are moving right along and we feel so blessed to have a perfect, healthy baby boy! It's such a weird feeling being relieved and free that he's becoming so independent, but a little sad, too. He's still a baby, but yet depending on me less and less each day! I didn't think about that process starting so early in his life!!!

Port Aransas and July 4th!!

Seagulls!!

Our lil fam in front of the beach house

cousins!

silly boy sittin up on the bed. he's so big!

fireworks!

rooftop wind!

me and my boys in our july 4th shirts Gran got us!

the whole fam on July 4th!

jakey and his aunt

first time at the beach! 6-3-09

southern living idea house in port a!

luke and haley in the elevator at our beach house

view from one of our balconies!

on the ferry!

on the way to port a!

We had a blast and love SUMMERTIME with our family!!! It was too short but is one of my fav places on earth. We look forward to returning next summer!!

6 months!

While we were in Port Aransas for the July 4th holiday our boy turned 6 months old! We just cannot believe that half a year has passed already. Never in my life has six months flown bye so fast. I love, love, love this stage! Here's what Jake's been up to at six months:

-happiest, easiest baby I've ever seen- most people tell us this about him. easy to distract, easy to entertain, easy to care for. just easy going! love it!

-big! he doesn't have his six month appt until friday, but everyone says he's just huge! he's heavy and chubby and long and i love it!

-busy! he loves to be busy. whether it's talking to people, playing, scooting, rolling around the living room, etc he loves to be on the move!

-i can't turn my head for a second! the boy rolls over while i change his diaper, scoots literally across the living room, rolls way off of his playmat, pulls up on the bumper on his crib, climbs whoever is holding him like a rock wall, gets up on all fours while on the ground, etc. I think he's more ready to crawl than he is to sit up b/c to sit up you have to be still- and still he is not!

-what he is not yet is a master sitter. the boy has been sitting up on his own since May at around 4 months. in his 5 month pics he's sitting on his own. technically he sits on his own. he chooses not b/c he's going after everything and never sits still!

-he loves attention! he gets compliments and comments everywhere he goes! he smiles at people and usually talks back to them. they are always telling me (or him) how cute he is, how pretty his eyes are, how big and tall he is for his age, how cute his outifits are, etc. He loves it!

-he went to the beach and sat in the sand for the first time on July 3. His 6 month bday!

-he still loves his oatmeal, fruits, veggies, swinging, excersaucer, being held, being rocked, and his bottles!

-something he's started lately is reaching. reaching for people, not just me. i wanted a friendly baby who'd be happy around anyone and everyone. i got it! he does reach for me daily and it is truly my favorite and the highlight of my day!

What did we ever do without him? If my other kids are going to be half as sweet as he is, I may want 5 more. He's the happiest, easiest, cutest little man and we could not be any prouder of our little Jakey!