Jacob is 3!

We celebrated Jacob's birthday with a Mickey Mouse party and some of his favorite foods. Cinnamon rolls and Chili!! Jacob was even involved in making the Cinnamon rolls for the party such a fun thing to do with him and the help of a dear friend and grandma B. Jacob got lots of fun toys as well as a big boy bike and scooter to use this spring and summer!!!

Exciting things about Jacob at age 3: ~Jacob still adores reading and loves to hear stories people make up for him even better. His favorite is to think of a subject and have us tell him a story about it. Sometimes this is difficult. (tell me a story about grass, clouds, dirt, etc...)
~Jacob also loves to make believe he is always and animal or building a house, cave, nest. His favorite is probably to play Simba and build pride rock from the lion king.
~Jacob still loves Oatmeal for breakfast and prefers to eat it with his dad.
~Jacob's favorite place to eat is Taco Bell. He really loves going to restaurants. We will be in the car and it's only 10 a.m. and he will say "Mom I might get hungry soon so can we go to a restaurant?" Maybe that means I'm a bad cook.
~Jacob is a baker and a craft er for sure not a day goes by that we can get away with skipping these kinds of activities. He will even turn down a cartoon to do these activities.
~Jacob favorite people to play with are still his cousins.
~Lastly Jacob has decided he is a country boy and would like to be at the barn with his buddy Lucas. At the gym they pretend they are mud running and hunting together. Sooooo FUNNNY!!
Jacob brings Jason and I so much joy and we are thankful for the Blesssing God has given us in him. We continue to be amazed by how much he as grown and what he learns everyday. We look forward to many more birthdays with him.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Joel/ Deacon 17 months

Today is my Dad's birthday and we are excited to go out and celebrate with Dad/Grandpa tonight. This year the boys have gotten so much closer to my dad and it has been so fun to see how they interact with him as they are getting out of the baby stage. Deacon has always adored both of his grandpas. I often call him my "grandpa boy" because he loves his grandpa's SO much. We are so thankful that they boys are able to live close to and spend time with their grandparents it is truly such a blessing.

Deacon is 17 months today!! Yikes. When Jacob was this age I was 2 weeks away from having a baby! Yikes again! It's truly bittersweet to see my precious baby turning into such a big boy. I can't believe how much I honestly miss having my little baby. He has always been our little cuddle bug and still loves to put his head on your shoulder and just snuggle right in. I know this is one of Jason's favorite things to do with little Deke when he gets home from work!!

At 17 months Deacon wants to be just like his big brother. The boys always have to have the same thing. If one has oatmeal for breakfast the other does, if one is drinking milk out of a nalgeen bottle the other is. It is very cute most of the times however on the rare occasion we don't have two of something there is trouble. Jacob's birthday next month will be very interest!!!

Deacon has a special way of getting exactly what he wants but honestly uses no words. He follows directions like a champ but will not let us know what he is thinking with his words yet. Most people have told me that its because his big brother doesn't give him a chance but I still am very eager to hear what my little guy truly has to say. Deacon does some signing now which is really cute because he has such chubby little hands!!

It has been a very fast 17 months little Deacon Bear. Momma loves you more than I could ever explain. It's so hard to believe what a big boy you are becoming. Everyone told me the second one grows up so much quicker and sadly you have. I'm trying to cherish every minute I have with you sweet baby boy. Love ya!

Christmas 2009 (Review)

Build-a-Bear and visiting Santa

Deacon hanging out in my rocking chair from when I was a kid.

Jacob and his Crafts: Santa Buddies sleigh, foam ornaments, gingerbread house

Critter Barn Nativity with Ashley, Ryan and Gisele.

Christmas has obviously come and gone but I still wanted to post some pics of the fun we had with family. Jacob loved the holidays!! He was very excited that is was Jesus' birthday and even asked Santa for a cupcake for Christmas to help celebrate the birth. If only we could once again see through the eyes of a child. Deacon also enjoyed the holidays, especially the gift wrap and the goodies he was able to enjoy.

Christmas Parade(s)

They look so little standing there together! :)

(Addison, Jacob & Deacon)

Yup we went to both the Holland and the Zeeland Christmas parade's this year! They were both fun and we enjoyed some free entertainment with the boys. Sadly we are already sick of the cold/dark weather of winter and are looking for ways get out and do things with the boys at night. The boys loved all the lights and candy as well as spending time with their cousin and friends at the parades. I can't find the camera with the pics of the Zeeland parade but here are a few from tonight's parade.

Once this little guy got out of the stroller he wanted to be right by his Daddy!

Found the camera! Jacob and Gisele giving hugs!!

Stitches

Deacon took a little tumble yesterday and now has a few little stitches. Poor little guy was trying to climb on the chair of his new craft table he got as and early Christmas present and the chair landed just right on his middle finger splitting it open. I really didn't know one little finger could bleed so much. Thankful our doctors office got us in quickly and stitched him up. Hopefully he will keep his bandage on and the gaping hole closes up nicely. Praying this is the worst injury my little buddy ever has.

Turkey Time

The boys and I have been gearing up for Thanksgiving by doing lots of Turkey activities. Jacob loves themes, crafts, baking, sweets, etc. We made a few different turkey crafts but Jacob's favorite was definitely his turkey crown. His favorite part was the dangly feet. We also made turkey cookies and had a special Turkey treat from grandpa B. These cute little turkeys were from De Boer baker and were super yummy!! When I asked Jacob what he was thankful for today he was sweet enough to say "You Mommy and spider man underwear and mickey underwear." Yup you guessed it we are attempting potty training with very low expectations!! Hope to really work on it after the holidays. Anyone who has trained a boy and has advice I would love some. Not loving potty training!

Deacon 15 months

My sweet baby is turning into a toddler way to fast! In the last month Deacon all of a sudden seems BIG. He is doing more and more of what Jacob does. He wont have being left out of anything that Jacob is doing. He is running around the house like he has been doing it forever.

Deacon is starting to talk a little bit more when he doesn't have his paci. Mommy and daddy need to keep working on taking his pacifier away from him!! IT amazes us what he can say if we take the paci out! He has such an expressive face sometimes the little guy doesn't really even need words though. Lately he has been starting the tantrums and has been putting up a little bit of a fight against his brother. He has the saddest little pouty face when things don't go his way. It melts mommy's heart!

We had his 15month appointment and we were a little surprised at just how little he was. We really do think he is BIG. His stats: weight: 22lbs. <20%>75%. I guess Frank the Tank isn't coming back, even his little legs are getting pretty thin.

Deacon also got a haircut this week and now he looks even older. No more baby with the shaggy hair. :(