Time Flies!

Jake is 8 months today!! Our sweet boy is growing way too fast. I know I say that all the time but its the truth. Just the other day we brought him home from the hospital!! I took some cute 8 month pictures of Jake in his camo outfit and his birthday suit!




The past few weeks Jake has become very mobile. He still army crawls everywhere. No crawling on his knees. I guess he figures he can get there faster on his belly, lol. Jake has also started pulling up on everything. At first it was just on dada but now its on everything. The couch, his toys and as of this week his crib and pack n play. Jeff got some great pics of Jake's discovery of standing up in his crib! Jake is saying "dada" all the time now. I have been working with Jake and trying to get him to say momma. No luck yet, oh well. His new food has been carrots. He loves them of course. We also have some stage 2 foods to start him on soon. He loves to eat and I know he is ready for some protein!

Jeff has worked hard on getting the basement-"man room" ready for Jake. It is baby proofed and full of Jake's toys. Jake loves using his walker in that room. There is also lots of room for him to crawl around. Jeff also built a shelf that now holds all of Jake's ride on toys. This boy is so lucky!! On nights I work the boys hang out in the "man room" and play.
We were able to meet up with Grandpa and Grandma Cash to eat at IHOP. It was great seeing them and they were amazed at how fast Jake is growing. Jake wore his new beret that night and got lots of compliments. He also sat in a Restaurant high chair for the first time. He did a great job eating his dinner.

Aunt Rhonda has been in town and we were able to visit with her again. This past Saturday we all went to Stef's house for a visit. Aunt Dana, Grandma, Jessica, Trent and Trevor were all there too. Jake loved the attention and had a fun time playing with his cousins. He even ate some pizza crust and got really mad when I took it away from him. It was starting to break off and I am so scared of him choking. Jake enjoyed it for a few minutes.

We are looking forward to Halloween and I will for sure post pics from that! We can't wait to dress him up!

Pumpkin Patch

Yay I am blogging and it hasn't been a month yet!! LOL! I think we finally have done most of the baby proofing around the house. Jake is into everything!! He tries hard to crawl but at the moment prefers to just pull himself around on his belly. Believe me it doesn't slow him down. He has also pulled himself up a few times. It won't be long before he realizes his own strength. We have a musical elmo play mat that we put out for Jake to play on. He had never been on the mat before and he knew that he had to move around in order for it to make music. He is so smart! How did he know to do that? We did get some video! Jake has a second tooth trying to make its way through. He has been fussy! His new foods have been prunes, ritz crackers and vanilla wafers! As usual he loves them all. Jake got his first flu shot dose on Friday. He screamed for a few seconds and that was is it. Our brave boy! On Monday we got to visit Grandma and Aunt Rhonda. We hope to see them again soon so we can get some pics! We had a nice visit and Jake gave them a glimpse of him trying to crawl and trying to pull himself up. He showed them what a great eater he is! Thank you grandma for sewing the emblem on my leather coat for Halloween!!

On Sunday we went to Carter's Mountain. I had no idea it would be so busy. I have never seen so much traffic and we had to park miles away from the orchard. Thank goodness they had a tractor wagon to shuttle us over to the orchard. Needless to say daddy was a little upset that he was missing the Dallas Cowboy game. We had no idea the pumpkin patch adventure would take so long. We still had a great time! Jeff took awesome pics and Jake loved being outside. We also were lucky enough to grab some hot apple donuts, mmmmm!

It's suppose to be in the 40's the rest of the week. BBRRRR.....the leaves are really changing fast so we hope to go up on skyline drive on Sunday! Hopefully there won't be any traffic, lol. I have lots of projects I am working on for Jake. I am trying to get caught up on his scrapbook and I got a few pages done this week. Its fun looking back on all the baby pictures. It brings back lots of memories from the early days! I also have material to make Jake a car seat poncho and his first Christmas stocking...aacckkk...I gotta get to work!!

Happy 7 Months

I can't wait to drive daddy!!

Such a big boy!!

Wow, look at that daddy!

Once again I have fallen behind in my blogging, aacckkk! Our boy was 7 months on September 27! He is growing like crazy!! We discovered a tooth on September 14th. He has been a fussy boy! We hope to get some pics soon. His new food has been banana, peaches and sweet potato puffs. We were surprised at how well he was able to gum them and knew exactly what to do. I think they have helped some with his teething. He is drinking water from his sippy cup and doing pretty good with that. Jake loves to eat! This past month we went to Trent's 3rd birthday party, the Harley Biker Show, Bass Pro Shop and to the Knife and Gun Show. Jake is such a good boy when we go out. He enjoys riding in his stroller checking everything out!

Jake is sitting up well on his own and he is trying so hard to crawl. He gets up on his knees but hasn't figured out how to move yet. That doesn't stop him because he can scoot all over the place on his belly. He also rolls where ever he needs to get! He has been doing a good job sleeping all night in his crib!! His new favorite toys are his talking laptop. He loves closing it more than pushing the buttons. He likes his Leap Frog fridge magnets too. He plays with those while he is in his walker in the kitchen. The biggest milestone is that a few times now Jake has said dada. It was so exciting to hear him say that. He is growing up so fast!

My first night I went to work I cried like a baby when I had to leave my sweet boy. It was hard but I knew daddy and Jake would be just fine. It has gotten a little easier to leave but I miss my guys. I have enjoyed meeting new co workers and being able to get out some on my own. The hard part is all the cute clothes and the great discount I get, lol. Daddy and Jake are doing awesome together and they surprise me by sending me pics and video while I am at work.

Fall is for sure here now. The temps are dropping and the leaves are starting to fall. We hope to get Jake to the Apple/Pumpkin Patch soon. We already decorated for Halloween and have Jake's costume picked out! Fun times a head and I hope to blog again soon!