A Day of Play

I was trying to capture one of Jake's smiles on camera since he's been smiling so much lately, but every time I took the camera out, he would just stare at it & wouldn't look at me trying to make him smile. So I tried a bunch of different things and I got a couple of pretty cute half-smiles...

Playing with Mom

He likes the mobile in his crib

Playing with Mom some more...

Playing with Lily in his bouncer

Lily & Stevie playing on the computer

The dogs resting after a day of play - they're crazy

Day at the Lake

We decided to take the dogs back to the lake this weekend for a little swim. Zoey jumped right in and swam around almost the whole time we were there - she would just jump in & swim around even when the ball wasn't in the water! Vader jumped in to get the ball every time I threw it, but he kept swallowing too much water & Zoey would try to swim on top of him whenever he had the ball, so he spent most of his time there out of the water.

Daddy sitting with Jake

Jake likes the lake! (smiling in his sleep...)




Lily showing off her rock...

Throwing the ball for Zoey

Time to go home

Stony Point

Lily playing in the fountains at Stony Point:

Brian's C10

Brian has been working hard to get the new engine in the truck & running...and it's finally running!!! It still has a long way to go, but getting the engine running was a huge accomplishment. Here's a couple pics of the progress:

Lily's New Slide Pool

Lily having fun in her new pool:

"YAHOO!!!" - LOL

Jake's 6 weeks!

Well Jake is officially 6 weeks old today! He is getting so big already! He's finally starting to outgrow his newborn clothes & is just starting to fit in his 0 - 3 month clothes. He has started sleeping a little longer at night - now instead of waking up every 4 hours, he will sleep 5-6 - sometimes even 7 hours!! Which is greatly appreciated by Mom, and probably everyone else in the house too :o) He can follow objects (and people) with his eyes now if we move things in front of him and he seems to be enjoying some of his toys too. He has some wrist rattles that he seems to like when I put them on his wrists & shake his arms & if we dangle some toys in front of him, he watches them pretty intently. When we put him in his bouncer & put the music on, he moves his arms & legs - it almost looks like he is dancing! He also likes his swing - he either sits in it & just looks around or he falls asleep. He finally smiled at me yesterday! (I was starting to think he didn't like me since he had smiled at everyone else & no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make him smile. He was even starting to get fussy every time I would pick him up or try to entertain him - but when Brian would talk to him or pick him up he would smile away) I sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider to him & then clapped his hands & said "YAY!!!" and he smiled! finally! He can also lift his head for short periods of time - so those little neck muscles are getting stronger! He has a check up in 2 weeks, so I will let everyone know how that goes then.

Slip n' Slide

Lily's friends brought over their 3 person slip n' slide the other day and it made quite a splash around here (har, har - bad joke, I know...) However, Lily has learned to use the slip n' slide the correct way this year - every year before now, she would just run down the whole slide, or she would sit down & scoot herself to the bottom - but this year, she is actually running & sliding down all the way on her tummy! Here's some pics of her fun:

Of course no day is complete without jumping on the trampoline:
Jake's idea of fun...

Father's Day

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! We went to Virginia Beach to celebrate Father's Day this year. We all had a great, relaxing day & wished we could have stayed longer.
our beach beauty

playing in the sun




Little man sleeping at the beach with his little tie shirt - so cute!
Daddy checking out the water
Mommy & Jake
Daddy & Jake

Daddy & his princess...
The fam at Joe's Crab Shack

New Orders!

Brian called me from work earlier this week to tell me that he has new orders! It looks like we will be moving to Texas in February!! YIPPEE!!

Lily's Last Day of Pre-School!

Here is Lily ready for her very last day of pre-school! Kindergarten here she comes! :o)

(See Mom, the flowers are still alive!! haha)

First Smile!

Jake smiled for the first time on Wednesday! He was sitting in his bouncer and Lily went over to him & put her face right up to his and said "Jakey, Jakey Jakey, Jakey!" and he smiled! She said "Look, Mom! He's smiling!" and she did it again - and he smiled again!!! It was pretty adorable. I rushed to get my camera, but of course he wouldn't smile again. Then I tried to make him smile, but was unsuccessful - of course. He seems to be fascinated with Lily. Every time she is around he just stares at her & she can almost always calm him down if he is being fussy or is upset. I guess it's just that special sibling bond...