Sunday Afternoon

Nothing like a relaxing Sunday afternoon after church....

Daily Dose of Jake

Here is Jake trying to soothe his 3 incoming teeth!
Upclose and Personal

Jake obviously heard something that caught his attention.

And yes....you are reading that shirt correctly. This is how that dialogue in the store went down when Jake and I were at Wal-Mart:

To set the scene, we were in the baby section getting some Gerber Lil' Crunchies (which Jake loves). We happened to pass the children's clothing and ....

Jake (pointing): "Eh eh eh eh"

Me: "What's up Jake? What are you pointing at?"

Jake (still pointing): "Eh eh eh ahio aahhh aeha"

Me: "Is it that shirt? Let me unfold it and see what it says?"

Jake: "eh eh eh ehe ah ah"

Me: "You're right Jake - that shirt IS perfect. We'll buy it!"

Start Your Engines...

Today is the day....the Daytona 500. We won't be watching it, but in honor of Poppy (who we are sure will be watching), we had a little race with OUR racecars :-) AND...unlike the weather in Daytona right now.....the weather in the foyer was quite nice for a Sunday late morning race! The winner was decided by Jake, of course. In fact, to be completely honest, I'm not sure if any of these cars actually made it to the finish line without "Jake interference". On a different note, in case anyone is wondering why Jake is so mismatched this morning....well, he had khakis on for church, but as soon as we got home - those things were gone....and we put back on the comfortable pajama pants!!

Happy Valentine's Day

This is a two-part post. The first part is explaining that I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day. I never really have been. I fall into the category of feeling that it is way too commercialized! Plus, it's just one of those holidays that not everyone enjoys (besides the fact that it falls right after Christmas)....and many of you who know me have heard me say that I don't need 1 day to tell Chris (and now Jake) and my family and friends how much I love them! I try to do that most days.... With that being said, the "second part" to this post is I do have a sentimental side, so I can embrace the holiday, too. I like to send out Valentine's Day cards....and Chris and I usually exchange a card - go out to dinner when he is around (have never really been big on the "gifts"), but as I was going through boxes in the garage, I came across my first Valentine's "gift" from Chris. I decided to post the pictures - for fun. I believe Chris and his family moved to Stafford, VA the summer of 1991. On Valentine's Day 1992, Chris gave me a card and a heart shaped box of chocolates. That was 17 years ago! I was 10 and Chris was 9. I'm glad I saved this card...and cardboard heart shaped box.

Chillin' Out, Maxin', and Relaxin' all cool....

Enough said.

(and yes...that is Chris taking a picture on his camera phone in that last picture....what can we say?!)

HELP!

This is the mound of clothes sitting on my couch that I have to put away (granted I'm killing time blogging instead of putting them away, but that's besides the point). I HATE putting clothes away. I don't mind washing them....and I don't mind folding them - but putting them away.....that's about as bad as having to put the groceries away AFTER you've been to the grocery story. SO....if anyone wants to volunteer to put these clothes away for me, let me know (the unfortunate thing, of course, is that everyone reading this blog lives at least 4+ hours away) :-) Maybe I'm not as "type A" as people think, b/c I probably could leave these clothes sitting on this couch for days (sorry Mom...I know you taught me better than that)!!

Porch Picnic

The weather has been GREAT this week, so Jake and I decided to have a porch picnic....in our pajamas (which is the best part)! I haven't yet "fixed up" the screened in porch yet - but I have some good ideas that are going to make for lots of fun times out on that porch. BUT for now - Jake and I have enjoyed some time out there...just hanging out.

This is Jake trying to figure out if he is going to crawl off the pink blanket (sorry Chris - I just grabbed the top one in the closet). He was testing out the ground to see if it was cold.....

This is Jake just being plain cocky as he has moved off the blanket and is walking around the maze of furniture ...."what's up now Mom?!"