Fathers Day..

Fathers Day we woke up in Massachusetts after celebrating our good friend Julie's wedding and met Papa to get Jake back from him..he spent his first sleep over at his house the weekend of his birthday and fathers day.. after lunch with Papa and family we spent time with Grampy & fam as well.. all around it was a great weekend...

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.