It goes so fast!

How is Jacob old enough to be standing in his crib? He is 9 months old and it seems like just yesterday he was 4 1/2 pounds and sleeping all day. Now is a wild little boy! I love his new smile that he gives when he knows he his being funny or doing something tricky.

All I want to do

This is a new favorite activity of Jacob's. He pulls himself up to standing on the ottoman storage cubes and digs around inside. He is not interested in the toys we throw in for him, he wants the books or magazines. He is very strong, pulling out our big books on best places in the northwest or my library books. You can see him in this video chewing up my Rachael Ray magazine.This video was taken last week. Now he likes to "walk" between the two ottomans and move the remotes and coasters back and forth.

So Proud

Jacob just discovered this wiggly giggler in his toy basket. It was left at our house a couple years ago by that cute Gracie Lochhead girl!! We never remembered to return it and now she is way too old for it :) But Jacob, he loves it!! He is so proud of himself when he shakes it. He has to hold it with a different side up in each hand, funny boy.

Sometimes we get messy

I don't remember what we were eating but I remember Marc and I laughing so hard because Jacob got food every where! Our favorite part was that he got it in his hair and swept his hair to the side and it stayed, just like using gel!

Morning Coffee

Every weekend morning we sit down and have breakfast together. Jacob gets oatmeal with some sort of fruit in it while I (Marc) always have at least a cup or two or three of coffee. Jacob loves my big boy mug and always wants to drink from it, so one day we filled up a cup with some water and let him drink "coffee" with dad.

Bavaria, Here We Come

On the way home from Spokane we stopped in Leavenworth, a cute Bavarian village nestled in the mountains. I couldn't believe Marc had never been there so we stayed overnight. It was Jacob's first time in a hotel and he did great. He loved playing on the big beds and really liked the stuffed bear they left on each bed (hoping you will buy it). After a much longer than needed drive from Spokane we went out to a nice dinner and then back to hotel for a bath and bed by 7:30. So much for seeing the night life :)
The next day was beautiful and sunny. We took a long walk in the river front park and then poked around in the shops. Marc was really excited to have lunch at the beer and braut place. Then it was time to get on the road in time for Jacob's second nap (he slept the whole way home, a miracle for such a short napper!!).

Picture Perfect

I KNEW that Ellie would take amazing pictures of Jacob while we were in Spokane. The pictures she takes of her own two beauties are always amazing so I was pretty excited when she started snapping pictures of Jake. She said it was great to take pictures of a baby who wasn't moving yet :)
Here are a few favorite favorites!!