Taking Steps

Jake is just over the 10 month mark and he is still our little wild man. He has four teeth and I can feel one more starting to make the move to pushing through. As you will see from the video he is close to walking. He is getting pretty good at pushing his truck around and can stand hands free for a good amount of time now. Erik and I are a little scared to say the least because when he takes a spill it doesn’t seem to bother him much. In fact last night when we were playing and he took a fall that made Erik and me nervous Jake started to laugh. So I am very excited that he is close to walking but I think I may have to ask my doctor to put me on blood pressure medicine. To all my friends out there with fearless little ones I welcome advice as to how to stay as calm as possible because you all know that I am by no means calm on a regular basis. Jake and Hank continue to be BFFs. We installed a gate in the living room to keep the dogs out and give Jake his own space (well I really wanted to have one floor that was easier to keep semi dog hair free)……Well neither Hank nor Jake could handle being separated so Hank is always in playing with Jake. Jake would shake the gate and Hank would wine and paw at the gate until I let Hank in. Seeing these two together is really one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Hank just puts himself right in the middle of Jake’s toys and hangs out with his little buddy. Jake also continues to “house” his food. Yes I know, no big surprise considering his parents. The only thing we have found that he doesn’t like is peas and I don’t blame him there. Jake keeps us busy, but life gets more fun everyday with him as he gets more active and continues to develop his personality.

Visiting the Reulands

We were lucky that the Reuland family made a trip to Corning so we could see them. Jake and Francie were very happy to hang out together. However, Francie is a walking (really running) machine so Jake couldn’t keep up when she was on the move. This was ok with Jake because he was happy to just watch her. Henry kicked my butt at memory (No I did not let him win). What a really smart kid! It was GREAT to see the entire Reuland family. A big thanks to Kris and Joe for letting Jake and I stay there.

Uncle Dave completed the Lake Placid half marathon in 2:06. He cut 11 minutes off his time from last year. Next year he plans to run in under 2 hours at the young age of 50. You go Uncle Dave! Jake was so happy when Uncle Dave gave him his medal after the race.

Jimmy and Jessica's Wedding

We spent a great weekend with family in Lake Placid for Jimmy and Jessica’s wedding. There were 16 adults and five kids all under the age of 5 in one house. It was a blast and we are all still talking to each other. The kids played really well together.
Lucky for us Sara watched Jake when we were at the wedding and came back the next day to hang out. Jake also got his first exposure to a worm and loved it. I guess he gets that from his mother. I use to torment my babysitters by catching worms and chasing them around with them. I will apologize now to all of Jake future babysitters because it appears he loves to touch worms too.

Standing Up

The day after we got back from our trip I found Jake standing up in his crib. He scales the walls, couch, and anything else he can to stand up. He needs to work on his stability so someone has to be right behind him to catch him when he falls. He also has two teeth now.

We had a great trip to Switzerland and Germany. I will post pictures of the trip soon.

Busy Weekend

We had a busy but great weekend. I finally graduated! We also got to celebrate mother’s day with my mom, grandma, and Erik’s mom. Erik cooked us a great breakfast and then we all got to sit around the living room to watch Jake entertain us. Jake is now big enough to sit in a highchair at a restaurant, so he thought he was pretty hot stuff last night.

On the Move!

Jake is on the move. He figured out the crawling on 4/28. It was amazing because he just all of a sudden got it. His biggest incentive to crawl is to follow either Feduch or Hank around. He crawling was followed a few days later by his firth tooth making an appearance. This video is a week old so he moves much more efficiently now.

Jake also got introduced to the hiking backpack. We went on our first family hike in preparation for our trip to Switzerland. He just sat in the pack and looked around taking it all in. He really loves to be outside! Good thing for that since his parents are such outdoors nuts.