My Sweet Boy is One!

My sweet Jacob is one tomorrow! It's hard to believe that he has only been with us for a year...he is the perfect addition to our family. We could not have asked for a sweeter, happier boy. He is so easy going and always has a smile on his face. It is so cute to see him learning and exploring his surroundings, and really starting to talk! He is saying so many "words" and signs now. My favorite is when he wants milk he squeezes his hand (the sign for milk) and screams, "mi, mi, mi!" Until we get it. It makes me smile when this is what I wake up to in the morning.

We are celebrating Saturday with our friends and family and will post pictures then! Happy Birthday Sweet Jacob!

Hmmm...

I don't really have much to post about...so this is going to be random.

We have been loving our boys, they are so funny and easy right now! Noah is obeying so well, and it's so fun to see him going to the next developmental level...I love it! Jacob is choosing to walk everywhere, forget about crawling:) He is starting to make so many animal sounds and does a few baby signs. He pushes around trains and says choo-choo, just like Noah. They are so fun to watch explore and learn!

Tomorrow is the first day of my jr. volleyball leauge, which is a big day every season. There is always so many things that can go wrong, and this year I have 22 teams, so that's a lot of work! After the first week it's smooth sailing, so that's nice.

Andrew is almost done with school and we can't wait! Only 3 more weeks! What a relief that will be, although we will miss all the freedom of summer and spring breaks next year. Finding a job in this economy will be hard, but he will do great. It will be fun seeing what this next year brings us!

Have a great week!

Here is one of the promised videos from the past few months. I'm not sure why, but when we imported them, they came in really choppy...so sorry!

Here is Noah doing cross-fit...Andrew makes him exercise every day:) He has really good form as you can tell...

Family Pictures

Well, we got a few pictures in today, though I'm not sure we've gotten the one yet...what do you think? 

Aquarium

Noah is still obsessed with fish, after beginning this obsession in Hawaii a full year ago! So we journeyed yesterday to the aquarium. Noah lost his mind most of the trip, but here are some fun pictures of the day. Here's our whole family in the shark's mouth...I love Noah's face! Jacob was clueless:) 

We made Andrew climb in to the old scuba head to take his picture, we got Jacob and Noah too, but their pictures are on the other camera. 

They are just as

 funny:) 

Noah loved looking into all the different tanks, though his favorites were the Nemo and Dory ones...I wonder why? 

Here's another good picture of Andrew and Jacob right outside our condo. 

We're hoping to get some family pictures today, but it's raining right now so we'll have to see. I also have a bunch of video I've been meaning to upload, so watch for those...there are some funny ones...or atleast I think so! 

Nice Day

We had an unexpected beautiful day here at the beach! Some friends drove down for the day and we spent the day swimming, eating, scrapbooking, and shopping at the outlets. Found some good deals at the outlets in Lincoln City, but nothing super cute. I got 6 shirts for $33, but they didn't have any SUPER cute things. Noah and Jacob found a playmate in Betsy and wouldn't leave her alone all day. Noah kept inviting her to do things...so cute!

A happy boy and a happy Papa

Two of my favorite boys

The day ended with wine and a sunset walk on the beach with my husband...perfect.

*sorry the pictures are small, the connection was really slow...

Road Trip

We made it through our first road trip with just our family yesterday. The four of us took off yesterday for Depoe Bay to meet my parents at their time share for the week. Somewhere along the road, the boys talking in the back, the music blasting, holding Andrew's hand, and eating Taco Bell (the second time eating fast food in four months), we realized that we've got a great life. Our little family is complete (atleast with our own kids...we'll see about adopting:) and growing up, and I love it.
Andrew and the boys this morning on our porch.