Pics for Jake's 3rd birthday..

Here are some pics from Jake and his Grampy Jack's birthday party...















Grampy getting ready to blow out his candles...







It took a lot out of him, apparently....




Jake...loving his cake!

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Before I forget..

..add "Peeing on the potty" to Jake's new favorite pass times. He had been rejecting our efforts to get him trained and if you asked him if he was going to be a big boy and pee on the potty he would answer "NO". This week things changed..he started to pee on the potty a couple of times a day at school and this weekend it's ALL he wants to do. If anyone mentions the word "potty, have to pee or bathroom" jake wants to join. We have kept a diaper on him in public b/c we know there wil still be accidents..but today at the mall he did tell me he had to pee and also after the beach yesterday. Let's hope this sticks and its not just a phase! I'd love to stop buying diapers at the rate we are at. The m&m's, lollipops and stickers sure do help!

Gooo Jake Go!

Hair today..gone tomorrow.

We had a conversation tonight about similarities in looks.. I say Jake is starting to really look more like me, Alex seems to think he looks more like him and less like me.


Jake piped in with "Daddy doesn't have hair. Mommy has hair and I have hair....Daddy, why dont you have hair?" Observant.

Jake is three~

Our little man turned 3 on Sunday! We woke up in Ogunquit Maine and spoiled him with a few presents and some donuts. He was more than excited and proclaimed "These are the best birthday presents ever !" We got up quickly and headed to the beach to walk Christians Lifeguard Dash..it was a great morning on the beach!!
Here are a few pics of the day.
Cheeseeee I'm three!

Wow!So excited her ripped the bag open...

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Corey Jane joined the race...
Jake and Daddy ready to walk!




Laura and Zander starting off the race and holding a moment of silence for Christian..at which time Alex and I both teared up..He got soaked..butttt it was his birthday...how could we stop the fun?

Cuddle Bug

Jake was watching TV this am..and this is how close he gets to watch tv and cuddle..I love it! So, I went through the photobooth on my computer and found some good ones..












Three years later...still my cuddlebug.

J-A-K-E spells...

Jake! He can now spell his name..not that I have drilled it into him, over and over or anything. Now, if we could get him to pee on the potty - watch our world!

Summer is here and we are loving hanging in the back yard and running through the sprinkler. Jake thought it was hilarious last night to chase me with it! Not so funny. He also loves the playground, kicking the soccer ball around and riding his new bike..although i think his favorite part is the helmet!

He is also starting to love to play on his own and making up stories with different voices as he plays. At night or just in the car he will say "tell me a story" and he seems to be getting his imagination going more and more lately. If we start telling a random story he will ask for a story with mommy, daddy, jake and kitty in it..or Mia. He loves his big cousin and gets so excited to see her! If we go somewhere he will sometimes ask "Is Mia coming?"..if only Mia didn't live so far away!

June will be a busy month for us..and it's the month our little bug was born! It's really hard to believe that he will be 3. I look at him lately and he looks so tall and grown up. We look forward to lots of family and friends celebrating his birthday this month.
Whats better than spending your birthday at the beach? Jake will be walking/running Ogunquit beach for his birthday this year..we cannot wait! We will be walking/running that day in memory of one of my other favorite boys..Christian. It's always great to go back to O, I just wish it wasn't for these reasons. But again, I cannot think of a better way to celebrate our little guy and a not so little boy who used to amaze me just as much as Jake does. I literally don't stop thinking about Christian lately with all the milestones Jake is hitting.. it doesn't seem like 13 years ago I was experiencing Christian and his brothers feats! Time does fly..

Have a happy June..enjoy the beauty (or beauties) that surround you!

May flour.

Tonight we were making homemade pizzas and Alex turned to Jake and told him he needed more flour..Jake said "Oh, there's flowers outside!" Cuteness.

Its been a month since I have blogged - it was quite the month! School took over my life and without my amazing husband to take care of Jake on the weekends when the last thing I wanted to do was write papers and my awesome mother in law who picked Jake up at least twice a week from school while I went to class..I never would have been able to do it! I am so very thankful it is over and I am already dreading next year - my final year!!

Easter came and went and we spent it in NH with lots of family..Jake was spoiled by the easter bunny at YaYa's house, MiMi;s and ours.

Mothers day was great..we spent it with Mimi for breakfast and YaYa, Mia and Auntie Courtney in the afternoon. I even got to join Court's soccer team and we played together indoor..it was so great to play together again..its been about 15 years? Wow!

Rain has been a part of the forecast for many days now...but we are making the most of our vaca together. We hit up Mystic aquarium this week and Jake had a blast seeing all the "animals". We spent the night at Foxwoods in a suite, thanks to Papa..and had a blast playing in the arcade!

We are looking forward to the summer and the fun things ahead..a couple trips to Maine hopefully and our vaca in August.

From the mouth of..JtG

"Daddy needs a new belly button, his has a hole in it."

Dear Jake

Two posts in one day. Wow..

Today as Jake, Alex and I were going about our day I thought there are just so many things (cute, and not sometimes not so cute) that he does, and I try so hard to remember them to write them down, but we dont. I thought this may help in the future.

Dear Jake,

You are 2 years and 10 months old and each and every day you make us laugh. You're favorite activity at any meal is to "do favorites". You will ask Mommy and Daddy what our favorite parts of the day were and then say without fail "Do you want to ask me what my favorite part of today was?" Of course, we do! Another favorite game of yours right now is "I spy". You say in your cute voice "I spy with my little eyes.." and pick whatever is closest to you at the moment. You are pretty good at the game and love to play in the house or usually in the car to and from school. You love "us cream" and will eat it for any meal if we let you!

You have many friends at school who adore you and love to play with you. You love to turn the light switch on after nap and get a bit upset if its someone else's turn. You always want it to be YOUR turn.
You love to eat Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches and love to help us make them for you, without the crust of course. Other favorites are Chicken Nuggets, hot dogs, mac and cheese and perdue chicken.

It's been a struggle lately to get you to use the potty and Im starting to wonder if Ill be buying you diapers through college. I can't even imagine how expensive they will be at that point, so please just pee on the potty! We have tried every incentive: M&M's ice cream, money..you pass on it all and prefer diapers.

You love your Daddy. While I know you absolutely love your Mommy..you are indeed a Daddy's boy at heart. In the morning when you wake up, you yell for Daddy (you are ok if I go in to get you, but the first question out of your mouth is: "Where is my Daddy?". When you wake up from nap, you yell for Daddy. If Daddy is out of the house, you will ask where he is until he walks in the door. This is not to say that you are not a Mommy's Boy too...when you are sick or you get a boo-boo, you cry for Mommy. While it breaks my heart that you hurt, I love the idea that you need me at these times. I need you at those times too..I want to be the one who makes everything right for you. I promise to always do that for you, to the best of my ability.

Lately, you have been a trooper about going to sleep by yourself at night. Up until recently Daddy would rock you to sleep and then he would fall asleep on your bedroom floor. I wondered if this too would last through college. It has stopped and you are ok with it. No more tears at night, keep up the great work buddy!

Speaking of buddy..you have a slew of nicknames: Jake-Jake, Jakeman, Bubs, Bubba or Buddy..Jakeman being my favorite.
You are a sweet, affectionate little boy who loves to kiss and hug and say I love you. This makes your parents hearts melt, and we hope that you have this sweet side forever.

Daddy and I love you to the moon and back..again..and again..and again..and again...


XO,
Mommy

Spring is in the air!

Today we all got to get outside and play! Jake loves playing soccer, riding is Cozy Coup fire truck, riding his tricycle, collecting rocks and more. Lets hope that this weather continues and we get to get out and se "Mr Golden Sun" more and more...for now it's nap time..and nap time for Jake means school work time for Mommy.

Oh..and we are attempting to try to potty train again. I feel like every Saturday we start, get no where, so we quit. We are at it again and even offered to let Jake pee in the back yard. He didn't.

Tomorrow Jake has a date with Sidney to see Barney. While Jake is past the Barney stage (thankfully) his girlfriend Sidney loves him but does not love characters in costume. Jake graciously agreed to accompany Sidney to see the big guy in the purple suit. Lets hope Jake's presence helps her out! Let's also hope the show is short and sweet. :)


Happy Spring - get out and enjoy it!

Real world issues...

Jake and I were walking to my car after a trip to the YMCA and he commented that my car was broken - and I told him I'd like to buy a new car soon..he told me I should by a blue and he was going to buy a yellow one for himself..

Jake: I need to buy a car to go to work.
Me: Where do you work?
Jake: I work at school.
Me: What do you do at school for work?
Jake: At school I work...I test trucks

Well, couldn't argue with that!

Kangaroo

Jake told me lately that kangaroos and bunnies hop.. apparently so does Jake. I got a call on Monday that Jake had "taken a digger" and hit his head and was bleeding enough for them to believe he needed stitches or glue. I raced out of work and got to him ASAP...thinking I was going to walk into scoop up a screaming little boy who just wanted his Mommy. Nope. I walked very quickly into the school's office to find Jake sitting on the Asst. Director's lap reading a book. No tears. No crying. He simply told me "Mommy, I have to go to the Dr. and get a bandage". The cut looked like this:





The whole story is that Jake was jumping and fell off of a cot and hit his head on a table ( "a red table, Mommy").

And yes..he is smiling..and still reading his Cat in the Hat book. We grabbed a quick snack on the way and headed to the Dr's office. Our pedi is fabulous and told us to just come right down with him and if they thought he needed stitches they'd send him next door to the ER (ugh). Thankfully, they took Jake in right away (I mean, who wants a kid dripping blood in the waiting room!). Jake could not have been more well behaved..First off he walked into the Dr's room and said "I'm Jake, what's your name?" he sat on the table and let the Dr. Bob wipe down his cut.

When Dr. Bob explained he'd be gluing Jake's cut, he was very interested in that. Arts and Crafts at the Dr's!. Jake sat in my lap and patiently waited while the Dr. put a few coats of Dermabond on his cut. I was amazed at how quickly it dried and that was that. No worrying about baths or even him playing and running around. Today, about 6 days later it has finally washed away and the cut looks fine. I am so happy that he did not have to have stitches..I am not sure I could have handled watching them work on his face like that.

After the arts and crafts at the Dr's we headed to get ice cream because of how well behaved he was and ..well..it was a long day - we both deserved a treat!
















Just minutes after eating his "us cream" cone...he was out.





I've been a bad blogger lately because I have been writing paper after paper for school and just do not have the energy to write more. I will try to be better about it in the future!!

Sing me a song

Jake and I were playing "roll the ball" back and forth to each other tonight and he came up with the great idea of singing songs. His first one was "oh diaper, diaper diaper, there you are" and his next (and my favorite)...

"My favorite girls name is Mommmmyy......I love her"

Melted my heart..

Love you to Jake-Jake.