HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Thought I'd mainly let the pictures do the talking for this one.

I love you Jakey... just the way you are. 

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

Oh What Fun...

 Jake got handed two free go-to-bed-late cards this week.

Tuesday and Wednesday evening we met Dave at his work to spend time on a special project.

We edited a little video to show at his party this weekend.

Jake was a hoot crawling around Dave's office.

 
He had the run of the place.

Jake was actually very good.

We contained him in Dave's edit bay.

And since all he wants to do now is pull-up....I just showed him my chair and he was a happy camper.

  I'm not some ultra-creative person. But it I enjoyed being back in a bay looking at video and coming up with a plan.  I don't want to do it 40 hours a week anymore but it was a nice blast from the past.  And guess what... it's my favorite project I've worked on so far.

 

WHAT???

Hold on to your knickers... my little boy is turning ONE!!! 

Saturday is the big day. 

Sunday is the big party.

 On Monday we had some pictures made and they turned out adorable.

Our photographer has posted some on her blog. 

Check it out.  Mandy Johnson Photography » Online journal for Mandy Johnson Photography

Ok so here's another shocker. 

I made Jake's party invitation.  Of course I had help from my craft sensei. (you know like Mr Miyagi but creative)

Now I am not a crafter. I try but bless my little heart all my craft sensei does is snicker.

So, here they are. Simple but cute.

Happily Every After

DAAH-Dat-dee-DAHH...Daahh-dat-dee-Daah.

OK at first it may not make much sense...but go back over it with the wedding march in mind.

Dave and I spent this past weekend on the Ocoee River.

 No, I didn't go white water rafting... I'm not that brave.

Instead we attended a wedding.

 Dave's younger brother is now a married man.

The wedding was held at a place called Welcome Valley Village.  You can rent the entire property ...which includes five cabins and a pavillion right on the river. It was absolutely beautiful.

Here's my favorite picture from the weekend.

Dosen't it just make you cry.

 My mother-in-law loves her boys with a passion and it shows.

Welcome to the family ML!!

Here's the new gang.

Scrub A Dub Dub...

  Look at my cutie in the tub.

Shop or Fish?

Hmmm...wonder which one I did this weekend.

While Dave-o was out camping and fishing with "the boys" I left Jacob with my parents and Meg and I headed to Atlanta for a marathon shopping day.

We hit an outlet mall...IKEA and Atlantic Station all in one day.

That was Saturday. Sunday was church, lunch with Dave's parents and then...a little fall fun.

Since we were in good' ole Rhea county we headed up the mountain to Wooden's Apple Farm.

Pops  wanted to buy Jake his first pumpkin.

 I've got better pictures but due to another missing cable...I can't get to them just yet. I'll post them as soon as I can.

  I do have pictures from Dave's camping trip. My fly fisherman was on cloud nine Sunday. He had such a good time that he was still smiling Monday night.

Oh look...here's my cute fisherman now.

Here's one of the many trout he caught...

And this is what he did with them.

So real quick....let me tell you about this week for Jake.

 Monday he had a feeding assessment at Vanderbilt. He's eleven months and still can not eat a puff, a cheerio or cracker. 

 The feeding specialist believes he just hasn't figured out how to chew.

 Did you know chewing is not instinctual? She gave us homework and we go back in a month.

Today he has a visit by his early intervention teacher, therapy and a consult with a oral surgeon to fix his tongue. (since he's tongue tied.. something the feeding specialist says is affecting his eating)

Wednesday and Thursday he has therapy and then we're getting ready to go out of town for a while.

 This little boy keeps a full calendar. 

 

Are you sure it's not Friday yet?

On The Move

My little man has decided to crawl.

He's my little turtle..moving ever so carefully and slowly.

He's been on the move for a week now. Jake actually started crawling on his 11 month birthday. (which was last Thursday..I'm a little turtle-ish myself ((is turtle-ish a word?)) )
Does this kid look determined or what?

 I promise I'll post some video as soon as remember how to do it.

By the way...the one year old party planning has begun. Bring on the carnival...we are gonna celebrate.