LOTS of Fun Pics

This is a continuation of what took place after Shyla and I played on the keyboard. Jake was still gone at class and I broke out the camera. *WARNING* There are a LOT of pictures. I couldn't decided which ones I liked best so I put in a bunch of them for my journaling pleasure! LOOK OUT KIDS... HERE COMES MAMA WITH A CAMERA!

Shyla really wanted to put the baby in her shopping cart, at first I was reluctant, but then I figured with my assistance... what's the harm? It started off ok, but then Jacob got a little crabby, so it ended after a couple minutes. Right as the "shopping cart" photos were ending Jake got home. I told him what we were doing and he got in on the action too. He started off by tossing Jacob in the air...which he LOVES! Shyla loved it too when she was a baby. She also loves to do whatever her mommy and daddy are doing. Since Jake was tossing up the baby, Shyla wanted to toss up her baby too!

Need I say more?

Jake couldn't end the evening without tossing Shyla in the air too. It looked a littler harder to do than it did when she was only a couple months old. She had tons of fun! After he tossed her in the air for a bit he started holding her on her tummy like she was flying and then tossing her onto the couch. OH BOY! She loved this even more! You can't tell in a still shot, she he was laughing/screeching at such a high pitch my ears hurt just typing this.

Which one do you think had the most fun? Don't forget there is someone (me) behind the camera included here. My vote is for Shyla. She enjoyed taking pictures, playing with Jacob, having daddy toss her around, and tons of laughing. What a night girlfriend... TIME FOR BED!

T, U, V, dou-vo-u...I guess it's the end?

Jake was gone at his weight training class tonight, so Shyla and I were having fun playing songs on my keyboard. We were singing all kinds of Primary songs, lullaby's, and Barney songs, just having a good time and making up stuff as we went along. As usual, by the time I went to get the camera Shyla wasn't singing as well as she was before. I did get to capture most of the alphabet though. Did you know that the alphabet stops at dou-vo-u? Haha!

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, K, nen, o, nen, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, dou-vo-u... that's all folks!

Tired

Our household hasn't been feeling well lately and I think the lack of sleep is starting to hit Jacob. He hasn't been taking naps too well, he's up during the night, and doesn't want to go to sleep at his regular time or wake up at his regular time.

Parent's Pictures

I have a "68 Things in 68 Days" blog that I'm working on and one of the items on the list was to take pictures of my parents. This is to accomplish 2 things. 1, I wanted my parents to have more pictures of themselves. They aren't the biggest picture takers so I thought this would help. And 2, so I could work on my photography skills. Jake bought me a WONDERFUL camera last year and it does more than I know how to do. Practice, practice, practice. I took other poses/areas but they didn't turn out as well as I wanted them to so they aren't included here.

The photo shoot was in my parents backyard. It was supposed to be just the 2 of them, but "somehow" the grandkids worked themselves into the shots.

Loving His Sister

Shyla wasn't as cooperative in the video as she was before we got the camera. Funny how it usually works that way, huh? Jacob was laughing only when he was facing Shyla. When he looked at us... nothing.

Jake Turns 30!

Friday was Jake's 30th birthday. Welcome to the 30 And Over Club! I asked Jake what he wanted to do for his birthday and he said he wanted to eat at Red Lobster, so that's what we did on Saturday. It's also a friend of ours birthday, so we went out to celebrate. Jake loves shrimp and wanted to get their all you can eat shrimp meal dealy. I got chicken. (Sorry, didn't take any pictures).

Before going out to dinner on Saturday, Friday, Jake's actual birthday, I started the day off making him breakfast. He LOVES breakfast. We had bacon, eggs (his new favorite way), and toast. I wanted the day to be special, so he helped me get the kids to bed a little early, and then his instruction was to stay in the bedroom. I made dinner (tacos, beans, and rice, mmm!) and dessert (Christina-made ice cream sandwiches). We ate dinner upstairs so we could watch a movie. I let him pick whatever movie he wanted... and I had to watch it. It was a scary movie, which I only like to watch during the day so it's not as scary, but I watched it for him. I bought him a new police scanner since the one he had was broken. I hope you liked your birthDAY celebration babe! During the week there are 4 birthdays. On the 3rd (Nate, Kent's son), 4th (Kent), 6th (Jake), and 7th (Phil). Sunday we all went to one house and we celebrated with cake and ice cream. Actually, we had an ice cream cake per Jake's request. It was so YUM! I haven't tried yet, but I wanted to try to make one. The directions sounded simple enough.

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY BABE, I LOVE YOU!

Reaching and Grabbing

Jacob just turned 5 months old a couple days ago. His new favorite thing to do is reach and grab for anything in his sight. He loves to play with toys that make noise. I can feel it beginning, the jealousy that is, with Shyla. She doesn’t like it when he’s playing with, well, any toys. For the past 2 1/2 years all the toys have been “hers” and now she has to share. We try to help her understand that sometimes it’s OK for Jacob to play with the toys too. Most of the time she’ll share, but on occasion she gets a little too "invested” in a toy and doesn’t want it taken. When he grabs at the toy she’ll snatch it and say, “No, Jacob, it’s mine, ok?!”

He’s also been starting to hold his own bottle. Once in a while we’ll see his hands come up real slow to hold the bottle. He likes to hold it right at the base near his mouth making it top heavy and he likes to keep his hands in a fist.

Bathtime

Jacob has outgrown his little bath that sits by the sink. By this age with Shyla she was sitting up by herself so we had more places to give her a bath. Jacob isn't sitting on his own quite yet so we have to be careful where he's bathed. Wet babies are s-l-i-p-p-e-r-y. In the background in the tub you can see Shyla's artwork. We found these great Crayola crayons for the bath that draw much better than I thought they would. And they wash off easily too!

HALLOWEEN!!!

While this wasn't Shyla's first official Halloween, it was her first official neighborhood trick or treating... and she loved it! She said "trick or treat" and "thank you" at every house. Shyla was Snow White and Jacob was a bee. It was fun getting them dressed up. I straightened Shy's hair. I think I enjoyed getting her ready with makeup and all way more than she did. There were LOTS of kids trick or treating this year so it helped to make the experience more fun for all of us and not boring at all. The weather was nice so that was a plus. I wore a short sleeved t-shirt and was comfortable.

The first house we went to was our neighbors right across the street. Shyla didn't want to walk all the way to the door because of the scary decorations they had on their porch... so instead their daughter came out to give her the candy. A few more houses of getting scared and she started to warm up.

A family picture taken by our "kitty corner" neighbors. That's our house in the background. We hung orange lights up. We were a little late this year decorating though. By the time we FINALLY got some decorations up Halloween was about 1 week away. Oh well, it's the thought that counts!

Shyla at the first house where she walked all the way up to ring the bell by herself.

She even got to get candy from some of the members of our ward, so she was happy about that too!

By the end of the night I'd say she made out fairly well for her first time.

Trunk or Treat

Tonight was our ward Trunk or Treat which was combined with 2 other wards. Lots of people, lots of food, lots of kids, and lots of candy! There were some games to play too! While most of them Shyla wouldn't participate in, she did a "fishing" game and got her face painted with a pumpkin. This year she got really into the "treating" part of the night when she got to go trunk to trunk and ask for candy. Last year she was really nervous... but this year... not so much. She needed a little help on the first few trunks but that's about it. After we had gone to all the cars she kept asking to go to more. We went to a few for a second time and then called it a night. She'll be getting plenty of candy on Saturday!