Wing night!

The first Friday of every month is wing night at the Canadian Legion. I went with my dad while Andrew and his friend Katrina babysat Jacob.

I had three glasses of wine. Delightful.

That's all.

Jake was good. Here are a few pictures.

Yawn! Yawn! Yawn!

It's going to be early to bed...for me!

Jake always wakes up just before 7am, but he normally babbles and stays in his crib happily until 8am. Not this morning!! We were up yelling at 630am, I tried to bring him to bed with me to get some extra sleep, I even gave him my ipod to entertain him, but it was a no go.

We had fun playing this morning. We spent the day inside, it's freezing inside, so imagine how cold it is outside! Brrr!!! Jake spent most of his morning spreading his toys all over the the living room.

Then on top of having an early wake up call, Jake barely napped for an hour! I didn't even have time to get supper ready! Good thing he's pretty good at playing by himself while I'm in the kitchen, he does hang around the gate asking for food a lot!

Jake has also been enjoying his baths lately...he likes to splash. A lot!

Anyhow, it's time for me to go to bed early tonight! We have a big day tomorrow, it's daycare day.

Here are some random pictures from today. Do you like his belly shirt? LOL! I guess he's really outgrowing the 12 month clothes!

Time flies!

We've been in Germany for one month. I can't believe how fast time flies. We've settled into a pretty good routine.

Jake has been getting into a drawer in the dining room, he knows he's not suppose to. He actually says "no! no! no!", then goes into it. I've started redirecting him away from it, and I sit him against the wall in the living room. Well, I think he gets the picture since he's starting going to the drawer, opening it, closing it, saying "no, no, no", then he goes and puts himself against the wall.

Then repeat, repeat, and repeat for at least half an hour. It actually got pretty amusing.

17 months

I cannot believe Jacob is 17 months! Time goes by so fast.



This is Jake a year ago. We actually left for Germany the day he was 5 months for the Christmas holidays.




This is Jake today! It was really hard to get him to stay still. I can't believe how much he's grown.

Jake's is 23.6lbs!!! and I would guess about 31 inches. He's wearing a size 4 diaper. He's still squeezes into some 12 month clothing, but for the most part is wearing 18 months.

Jake's new words are "more", "up", "dodo", "papa" (that's what he calls me dad), "bye-bye", and "yes".

Jake's loves all food. His favorite snacks are raisins and blueberries. He also loves just about any type of pasta. He has to have supper at 530pm, or else he gets cranky and starts asking for food.

He's sleeping great. He goes to bed at 7pm, gets up around 8am, and takes a two hour nap everyday.

Jake's favorite toys are his push truck and his mega blocks.

Happy 17 months Jake!



I let Jake climb the couch just so I could take a picture. I love the monkey on his butt!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Monday is daycare day! Jake walked from the car to the door at daycare, walked right in, then went straight to the playroom without a look back! He's doing great there, his teachers think he's very independent and are amazed at how much he eats!

It was snowing here in Germany today, which means the roads are bad and full of bad drivers doing 20km/h. I took advantage to bring Jake outside and play. We were originally going to visit the horses across the street from the house, but by the time I got us all organized to go out, the owners had brought them inside. We settled with playing in the backyard. Jake loves to eat snow, he's not too great at walking in his snowsuit, but it's pretty funny to see him try!

He lasted about half an hour outside, then he decided it was time to go in! He was very good at playing with his toys on his own while I was making supper. (Enchiladas night again!) He loves his truck and Andrew was pushing him around in it today, he found that really funny!

Here are some pictures from playing in the snow. Also a few from inside, he was wearing one of my favorite outfits today!

Turkey Dinner! Yummy!

I should know this by now. You'd think I would learn.
Last night, I went to check on Jake before I went to bed around 11pm. I do this every night. Well, last night, Jake woke up the second I opened the door. Oh crap! An hour and a half of crying, screaming, screeching, one bottle, some puffs, some water, some cuddles, and trying to play followed before he finally fell back asleep around 1230.
Never again!

Luckily, Jake slept in this morning, we got up around 845am. We had breakfast, then watched a lot of football with my dad! We also played with toys. We had grilled cheese for lunch, Jake had a long nap while I went shopping with my dad. Andrew had an easy time babysitting, Jake didn't even wake up from his nap!

I made a turkey dinner for supper..well, dad took care of the turkey, but I did the rest. It was yummy! We got a boneless butterball turkey and it turned out great. Jake ate everything and even had seconds of mashed potatoes.

All in all, a great Sunday. Football and turkey!

This is what Jacob does when I'm in the kitchen or he's hungry. He doesn't have access to the kitchen, so he begs at the gate. Normally he says "more" when he's hungry.

Dad and Jake watching football!

Eating a yummy turkey dinner! He ate everything, plus extra mashed potatoes.

I loved Harry Potter!

It was fabulous. But now, I can't wait for the second part, it'll be intense.

Jake was fabulous this morning. He let me sleep in until 830am. According to my dad, he was awake at 7am just babbling and talking to himself. But he must of fallen back asleep at one point, I am not complaining!

It was chilly this morning! There was frost on the ground, we still went for our walk, but it takes a lot longer to get ready! Jake wore his winter pants and winter jacket. Andrew calls them his fat pants. It is pretty funny to see him waddling around.

We spent the afternoon playing in the living room. Jake loves his push truck and he loves putting his toys on the couch to play with.

We had turkey burgers for supper, Jake liked his a little too much. He took huge bites, then got mad when we wouldn't let him take more bites until he swallowed. Then he pouted and tried to cry with a mouthful. Not a great combination.

I've tried twice to upload pictures, it's just not working. I'll try again later. :)