Lake of Egypt

Jake and I went to Illinois last weekend to see my family. All of my cousins have babies now so we thought we should get all the kiddies together. Sean, Mary and Alexsis came down from Chicago and we all stayed at my Aunt Carlene and Uncle Paul's house. We had the best time! We fished and played monopoly (which I lost because I gave Seth my railroads and I am still mad about it!!! Oh and Uncle Larry and I cheated once!) We ate a lot and laughed a ton! It was a great trip and I am so glad that Jake got to meet everyone! I miss you guys so much!

Uncle Paul and Jake

All the cousins
Hanging out on the boat with Uncle Sean
Grandpa Bruce

Mary, Lex, Sean, Jake and I My Grandpa with Jake. Jake LOVED Grandpa and would squeal every time he saw him! Now we really know where Jake gets his eye color. Grandpa wasn't feeling well, but had a good time anyway.

Alexsis caught a fish.
Jake is crying because it is cold, not because he is scared of Larry! I think!
Grandma Dee and I with Jake
Grandma Wendy (until she comes up with her name)

4 Months

I wanted to show some cute pictures of Jake from over the summer. He is growing so big and changing everyday!

I love this one of Jake. He has just found his nose and this is a common pose.

And I love him in Mike's hat!
We finally felt that Jake was ready for his jumpy seat. He likes to sit sideways and pivot on one toe!
The doctor told me to start giving Jake cereal at night to help him sleep longer, I wanted to wait until as close to 6 months as I could, but Jake wakes up every two hours to eat, so I gave in...he liked it at first and I started to give him cereal every night. Now Jake sleeps two and a half hours before he wakes up to eat!! Lucky me!!!
Mike thinks it's funny to put Jake in Molly's bed. Molly is very patient with Jake and Daddy!

Our crazy weekend

The weekend of the 2oth was so busy for us. Our 4 year anniversary was Friday, we had tickets to the Phillies Saturday and our friend's christening Sunday. Here are some pictures.

My mom bought Mike Phillies tickets for his birthday and we were so excited to take Jake to his first baseball game. Most of the games were sold out so my mom got what she could and we were near the top of the stadium. We hiked to our seats only to find out that we were directly in the sun, so we trekked down to wait for it to set. But of course, it was the solstice, so we ended up hanging out in right field. We had a blast. Jake loved it! Mike's dad got him a "My first Phillies tee" and his cousin got him a hat so he was ready to go. MANY people stopped us to ooh and ahh about his first game. We even got a certificate.
Mike and I have friends that had twin boys 2 weeks before Jake was born. This was their christening day. I swear, Mike is going to have to start taking pictures of Jake and I!One of Mike's favorite things to do with Jake is put him on his head. Jake is teething and never stops drooling. I warn Mike about this all the time!