Jakey's 1st Christmas!

Haley and Jakey (he's making a weird face!)

Our cousin Luke making a gingerbread house



Matt and Jake opening presents

Jeremy opening our new dvd player for the car ( the condition was that Jake didn't watch it daily...like going to the grocery store) LOL...don't worry mom it's safely waiting for our next trip in the hall closet!

Dad reading his present from Jake... a photobook of Jake's first year filled with lots of pictures of Jake and one of his most favorite people...Papaw!

The Egger kids...

I love this pic of Jakey sitting on his pile of presents from Papaw and Gammie!

"My First Christmas"

I LOVE that face!

Jake and Sadie on Christmas morning (Aunt Starr was keeping Cassie)

The cutest curls ever!! Luuuvv them!

Me with my handsome blue-eyed boys!! I am so blessed to have them both.

Jake opening his stocking with Granny

Me and my honey

Kaleb and Jake with their Granny

Jake on his new ride on toy from Aunt Starr...he's clapping so obviously he likes it!

The Worley sistas! Just plain weird. A sister who's soon to be my sister-in-law!

Court and Starr

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We celebrated at our house, at Jeremy's parents house, at my parent's house, and finally in San Antonio with my mom's family (Gran, Lissa, Jon and the boys). We had a wonderful time with Jeremy being off of work and getting to hang out with our family. We opened presents, ate delicious food, played tons of games, shopped, went to church, watched home movies and went and visited Daddy Joe's grave. It truly would have been the perfect Christmas had he been here.

I love this time of year. Our world and country are so lost and it is so comforting to know that Christ was sent to save us. By grace, through faith we are His and will spend forever in a place far more amazing then we can ever imagine!

We hope you all were able to enjoy this Christmas with those you love the most. I pray that the New Year brings health and happiness for you and yours.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Smarty Pants!

See how intently he's reading his book!

Lately we've figured out what a sponge our lil man is. He's soaking up everything and has been displaying what a smart boy he is!

Some funny things he's been up to the past couple of weeks:

1.) He loves reaching up to the doorknob, standing on his toes and playing with the lock. Once or twice he's actually locked/unlocked the door. Kinda scary...but totally smart... ;))
2.) Every morning when I get Jake out of bed, I take his nightlight out of the outlet and toss it in his toy basket over in the corner. Well a couple of days ago I was cleaning his closet and letting him play in his room. I heard some weird noise scraping the wall and went to peek around the corner to see that he'd gotten his night light out of the basket and was rubbing it on the exact outlet where it's plugged in every night. Love it!!
3.) Lately when we tell him "no" he shakes his head repeatedly and sometimes adds a "nanana". It's super cute when he does the exagerrated head shake!
4.) Yesterday I was on the phone in the living room and Jake was crawling all over me. I really wanted to distract him but didn't want to get up. I saw the basket of Christmas books across the room with his Mouse stuffed animal from "If you give a mouse a cookie". I then pointed to it and said, "Where's mousey?" (Thinking that he might just stare at my finger I was using to point) He then followed my point across the room with his eyes and took off for the mouse, picked it up and started laughing and squeezing it. Awwww!!

I know that there are more things but this is all I've got from off the top of my head. :) If I think of anything else I'll update this post or post about them later...

What can I say, atleast he doesn't just sit and look cute all day long! ;)

oNe month til OnE year!!

my BiG boy with BiG blues sippin' outta a BiG boy cup... :(

super nosey and curious little fella!



wheeww...deep breath...he IS still a baby, afterall. Look at that sleeping cuteness

Daddy and Jakey - Fri, Dec 4th, 2009 Jakey's first snow!

Mama and Jakey that same day. Soooo glad Daddy was home to hang out and experience the awesome weather that day!

So sweet! He loved Santa and was not hesitant to sit on his lap at all! :)

Oh, man. Has time ever flown by? It is so bittersweet to just write the title of this blog. I just love this little boy so stinkin' much that it hurts. He is the happiest, sweetest, most perfect, innocent little bundle of joy! I have always just wanted to be a mom. I've always thought that it would be rewarding and challenging to take on the role of parent. I guess I just didn't expect it to be this life-changing, awesome, exciting, and FUN! It has been a privilege and honor to begin raising this little man. Oh, how I could go on and on. I'm just an emotional mess when it comes thinking about all that I feel for our Jakey. So, now that I've gotten that out of the way, sweet Jakey, here's what you've been up to this past month:

-You are consistently and independently eating most meals and most foods. You've had chicken nuggets, hamburgers, soups, casseroles, mexican food, and a whole Thanksgiving dinner this month. You pretty much eat a normal serving of some foods and don't require me making or ordering anything different than what Daddy and I are eating.

- You've really taken to sippy cups and just start sippin' away as you please. I felt like this took forever for some reason. Maybe because our first try was at six months! But you've totally taken off and are on the "big boy" sippy cups now. I think you like the handles!!

-You still move about the entire house as you please. You will take a couple of steps, but certainly aren't walking yet. You still know that crawling will get you across the room the fastest, so I've not noticed any desire on your part to take very many steps in a row (ie-walk across the room). Maybe you will change your thinking soon and decide to walk instead of crawl. The cutest is when you take two or three steps on your own to move around the furniture and then you realize what you just did and clap for yourself!! :)

-You are so smart! You say mama and dada pretty correctly to identify us still. You have also been shaking your head "no" when you don't want any more bites or when we tell you no or when we shake our head at you. You know no. :) haha. You also clap, play peek-a-boo, wave, give high-fives, etc as in the previous months. You are becoming a little parrot...most things Daddy or I say or do you will try to copy. We've had tons of fun blowing bubbles with our gum and then watching you do silly things with your tongue... ;)

-You are still a great sleeper! You take 2-3 naps per day, are pretty flexible, and have been falling asleep on me weekly during church which is nice. I actually get to hear the lesson now instead of taking you out!

-You sat on Santa's lap last week. You weren't scared at all and were completely happy! You're still great to let people talk to you and hold you.

-You've been sooo great with the Christmas decorations! You've left the tree, presents, etc alone and nothing's broken or hurt you.

- I have no idea what you weigh, guess we'll find out in a month or so. You are still in a size 4 diaper in Luv's and Pampers (the only diapers you wear). Your shoe size right now is a 5 1/2 and your clothes size is right around 18 months in most brands.

ps---you still have HUGE hands and feet, too. :)

I can't believe we're preparing for your First Birthday and party! This has been the best year of my entire life. We're also very excited for Christmas this year! What a fun and special winter this will be. We love you with all of our hearts!

Thanksgiving 2009!!

boys playing football

finally consitently drank out of a sippy cup at 10.5 months

Wow, do we have some amazing blessings to be thankful for this year! Above are just a few snapshots of Jake's First Thanksgiving! He ate stuffing, sweet potatoes, potato casserole, squash, green beans, bread, macaroni and cheese, brocolli and rice casserole, and ham. Yes, all in one sitting!!! :) He's a lil piggy sometimes and it was so much fun watching him on his first Thanksgiving. Oh, and the Ags played great against tu which only added to our great day! :)

Hope that you all enjoyed an amazing Thanksgivng with your loved ones as well!

San Antonio Fun!

Jakey and I spent the beginning of Thanksgiving week in San Antonio with Gran and Lissa. We had lots of fun! We visited the zoo, I got a facial at facelogic, we ate some of the best mexican food I've ever had, went on walks, and I got to visit their church. What a fun but too quick trip! Thanks so much for having us, Gran and Lissa!! We love you!

Jakey on the way back to Houston!

He looked too cute in the play bunny ears

He LOVED the stairs in the living room and the mouse that Aunt Lissa got him (from the "If you give a mouse a cookie" series)

Gran and Jake at the San Antonio Zoo

Haha we were in the gift shop trying on hats because Jakey's face was in the bright sun all day and he hated it! (No, we didn't get his this fly hat, by the way)

The babies were chasing eachother (but they blend into their setting)

Mama kangaroo had a cute lil Joey! He poked his limbs out and stretched a couple times!

BIG ole hippos in the new Africa exhibit!

Baby Monkey hanging onto it's Mother

Jakey got to see his friend Riley at church

--How in the heck did I not get a picture of Jake and Lissa??? :(

A Fall Day at the Houston Zoo!

Courtney and I recently met my friend Tamara and her son Noah at the zoo. It was a BEAUTIFUL fall day and we had lots of fun. I guess that's one positive thing about Courtney not having found a job yet. :) And we don't get to spend very much time with Tamara and Noah, so meeting at the zoo was a perfect way to hang out. Some pics of our fun day are below!

Sleepy Lions

Noah loves his Mama!

My silly, curious boy. Check out that smile hiding behind that hand


Jakey gettin some lovin from T and Noah

Sweet boys in front of the giraffes

Mama and Jakey by the zoo entrance

Aunt Courtney and Jakey before going into the zoo