Thanksgiving

We had 2 nice Thanksgivings. Wednesday night Britton's family had their Thanksgiving dinner. There was a ton of people. Then on Thanksgiving Day we got to have dinner with my family...it was a lot of fun and I got to see some cousins that I haven't seen in like 7 years. But...hip hip hooray for Christmas time! I am dreading going back to school next week...it's going to be pure madness until December 18th...and then I have no school until January 11th!

Here's some fun pictures of Jake for you to enjoy...

He had a wagon wheel in his mouth and thought it would be funny to let it hang out, apparently. He left it there for a couple of minutes.

Reading his very favorite book with Nana. This book works like a charm to cheer him up. Everytime he gets fussy all you have to do is get out this book and he's thrilled. I love it.

Jake figured out how to open up the cupboard to the movies...he enjoys throwing them about.

Oh and finally, just a few days after he turned 10 months...JAKE STARTED CRAWLING!!! It's about time and I'm so glad he finally figured it out. I'll get a video of him on here crawling soon.

Ok people.

I know there are several people reading my blog.

I can feel it.

Now is the time to take action.

Over a month ago we submitted a photo of Jake to a silly contest in our newspaper for the "Ultimate Husky Fan"

Here's the photo:

For weeks, Jake was the only photo in the contest. Then a couple of people submitted photos of dogs. Then a few couples and a random "button" lady (you'll know who I'm talking about if you check out the link) submit their photos. We were feeling pretty secure that there was no way any of the other photos could beat our Jake. Then, out of nowhere, on the very last night entries could be submitted, another baby and a little toddler had their photos submitted. And the voting began. And it has become a die hard race.

We don't really care about the prize. (it's a lawnmower.) But for some reason...we have gotten caught up in the spirit of fierce competition.

Jake has to win.

It's a close race. We need your vote, your husband's vote, and your best friend's vote. All you need is an email address. It will take only a few minutes of your day.

All you have to do is click HERE

It will take you to the registration page, after which you will log in, find Jake's picture, and click 'Save Vote.'
The deadline is this Wednesday by 11:59 PM.

In the name of all that is cute and chubby,

VOTE FOR JAKE!

My Little Man

Dear Jakey:

I fall more in love with you every single day. I can't believe how lucky I am to be your Mommy. Every day you are learning new things and making me laugh over something different. I love to watch your face as you figure out how something works...the smile that spreads across those chubby cheeks is absolutely priceless. I even love your naughty-grin...like when you grab the spoon full of food on the way to your mouth and make a big mess...you look up at me and grin and I know you know just what you're doing! I love being your Mommy Jakey, and I wouldn't trade this job for anything. I hope you know how much you're loved. You are my greatest gift, I am grateful you are my son.

Love,

Mommy

Birfday Time

Jake was really excited for my birthday!!

Not really, but this is a super cute picture that I took of him on my birthday.

We started the birthday celebrations a day early by going to see The Box Friday night at the movie theater. It was super creepy and made me jump a couple of times. It's a little bit weird but there's no bad scenes or swearing in it, so I recommend it from that point of view. But it will creep you out.

On my birthday I spent the morning studying for an upcoming test this week, that was a blast. Then my sister Stacy watched Jake so Britton and I could go to the temple! It was the first time we had done a session in over a year. I was really excited for it and then once we got to the temple we found out...the session was in Spanish!!! I was a little bummed at first but reading subtitles worked out fine. And Britton was able to use headphones. It was funny because only the men used headphones...not one woman asked for them. I thought it went to show that men are too lazy to read all the words! Anyways...after the temple session we picked up Jake and then Britton went and got take-out from the Olive Garden...that was delicious. After Jake went to bed we watched Law and Order while waiting for my parents to get home from their shift at the temple and then we opened presents and had chocolate cream pie with oreo crust, which is my favorite pie. It was a great birthday!

My super cute baby's super adorable eyes.

All Hallow's Eve

On Friday night we went to our ward Halloween party. It was fun, except for the fact that I hate chili and it was a chili cook off. Jake was a super cute bumblebee! This is a picture with his friend Justin, a wise little owl.



I love Halloween. It comes in 2nd place on my list of favorite holidays, second only to Christmas. I just think it's a blast, and I can't wait to have kids old enough to go trick-or-treating! There's nothing like running around the streets in the cool night air and smelling the scents of autumn...the smell of a burning woodstove always brings me right back to my childhood Halloweens on Pheasant Drive in good old California. And I just think there's something neat about the fact that you can knock on a complete stranger's door and they'll smile and ooh and ahh and give you a piece of candy. Anyways...I hope you all had a great Halloween!