Jake is not a good hotel guest!

It is almost 8am, and we are hagning out in the reception area to give Dad and Andrew time to sleep in a little.
It took Jake almost two hours to fall asleep last night. Then he woke up at 439am. I brought him in bed with me and he did sleep anouther couple hours .Thank God!
He was a little monster at breakfast. He did not eat much, then spit out his food. It was charming.

I hope he will sleep better in Austria.

Oh, and even with fingers crossed, Rachel flight was cancelled.

Oh, and it is really weird to type on a German keyboard, the letters are not all at the same place. The y and z are switched.
Weird.

First Day on the road!

Hi!

Just a quick update from the road. We are in Nuremburg right now at a hotel. We drove about 5 hours today. We did get stuck for an hour in bumper to bumper traffic which set us back a little.

Jake was really good, he slept a lot in the morning, then played with his teddy bears for the rest of the trip, we only had to stop once for lunch.

Hopefully tonight goes well, we are all sharing a hotel room, I hope Jake sleeps. we are picking up Rachel in Munich tomorrow afternoon, right now Heathrow in London is closed, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that her flight doesn't get cancelled or delayed!

Jacob's daycare Christmas Party

Jake had his last party of the season (he's had three in the past week!) This one was at daycare, it was a pajama party. (At first, I thought the parents had to wear pajamas too, but at the last minute, I decided not to..and that's a good thing because none of the other parents were in pjs!)

He actually had a pretty busy day. He went to daycare this morning like usual, I skipped the gym today since I had too much to do around the house. It's a lot easier to get things done without Jake under my feet! (I had to clean, get my room ready for my aunt and uncle, and pack).

I went to pick him up, we spent a few hours at home, then we went back for the party. It was fun, Jake did much better with Santa. (Third time is the charm!)


Messing around with Dad and Andrew before the party.
His snowman pj's.
Shaking a homemade raddle while signing jingle bells. (It was rice, and it took Jake less than two minutes to unwrap and break it and get rice all over the place. LOL)
Santa is here! And Jake couldn't care less.
On the rocking horse!
He sure likes the rocking horse.
Santa came to see Jake while he was playing with his bus.
"Ummm...mommy...Santa took my bus."
Thanks Santa for the new toy!

We are leaving for Austria tomorrow. I'm not too sure about the internet situation. I might be blogging, but I might not. I'll definitely take a lot of pictures!

18 month appointment

Jake had his 18 month appointment today. He did pretty well, he doesn't particularly like being examined, but he didn't scream. So that's a bonus.
Jake is 24lbs!! (Can you believe it! To think that he used to be small.) He probably gained a pound in blueberries since living here.
He's 78.5cm. Roughly, he didn't like being measured against the wall.
His head circumference is 47cm..that's also a rough guesstimate, my mom did that during supper and he didn't appreciate being interrupted while eating his blueberries.

He loved running around the clinic with his grandma while I was getting my checkup. Good thing he's a cutie because he broke a Xmas ornament.





Playing peek-a-boo!

Cardboard boxes

Sometimes, I wonder why we buy toys for Jake. He played with a cardboard box for hours this morning. Then I remembered why we buy the toys...so he can put them in the box of course!

We spent the morning playing, he had a great nap, then my mom picked us up to get our haircut. (Jake didn't get his haircut). My dad and Andrew picked him up after their haircuts and brought him home. My dad put Jake to bed tonight, he was really good.

Here's Jake playing with his "toy box".

Jacob meets Santa again!

Today was Jake's second Christmas party of the holiday season. We went to the TAPS (our playgroup) Christmas Party. Jake had a great time!
Then he went to daycare for the afternoon since I had an appointment, he did great even though he didn't have a nap.


Jake getting his coat ready to go out! But wait, we haven't gotten dressed yet.
Playing with the toy kitchen and toy food.
Let's have some tea!
Eating his first sugar cookie and he also walked around with a teddy bear ornament for awhile. He kept bringing it up to his neck and giving it a hug.
Mommy, you are taking too many pictures!
I love this outfit! His shirt is flannel too, I think he looks like such a big boy!
Ringing Santa's bells!
Giving them back to Santa!
NO! MOMMY! NO! I don't want to sit on Santa!
Playing with Nikola.
Jake kept trying to take the barrette out of her hair.
Getting a present from Santa.
Opening his present. Jake got a book about a snowman, he was really happy!

All in all, a really fun party!

Monday

It was a regular Monday in our house today. We left early for daycare today since my mom is back and we left at the same time she leaves for work. Then I went to the gym for my workout. The daycare and the gym are close, and from the gym, I can see Jake playing through the windows. It's so cute to see him toddle everywhere and in everything.

He was an angel and just played with his toys after nap time since I made some Christmas cookies for a party tomorrow morning and then supper. He was playing with his stuffed animals on the couch and with his train set.