Proud Mama Monday 3/19/12

Yesterday Jacob sang in the church choir for the first time. His group is called The Cherubs and it is made up of 3-5 year olds (pre-k). They sang two songs: "God So Loved The World" (to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot") and "If You're Saved and You Know It" (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It") While it wasn't perfect, Jacob still did a great job singing. We just need to work on him staying where he's supposed to stay. I think putting him on the end was not a great idea -- he wanders. And he completely sat down during the second performance (they sang at both the 9.15 and the 10.45 services) But either way, I was proud of him! I look forward to the many more performances he'll have. 

{Jacob is in the front row all the way to the right -- green shirt}

The 9.15 service

The 10.45 service

{Sorry, the quality of these videos are TERRIBLE when I upload them to here!}

lining up practicing

in between services. all the little kids were loving on jordan, so cute

at least my kid wasn't the only one being goofy :-)

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Caching for a Cure

It's no secret that my mom was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. It's also no secret that she's been undergoing chemo and kicking cancer in the behind!!!! But what you may not be aware of is what my amazing husband has been up to because of this.

He had wanted to give back to the community for awhile and after the devastating diagnosis came last December, he knew what he wanted to do. So he worked hard to create Caching for a Cure. What this event will entail is a mixture of geocaching and Relay for Life, basically. It's going to be a fun time to raise money for cancer research. ALL proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to help find a cure for my mom and the millions of others affected by cancer.

The event will take place on Saturday, July 16th at Palmer Park (1275 52nd St SW, Wyoming, MI) Registration will begin at 10am (you may also pre-register on the Caching for a Cure website). So come on out for a good time and a chance to win some great prizes (including a brand new Magellan eXplorist 510 GPS!) We hope to see you there!!

We are still in need of the following:

- Donations for goods/services for the silent auction

- Donations for the event itself (especially lunch)

- And of course, monetary donations/sponsors for the American Cancer Society! (That's what it's all about, after all!)

If you can help, please email sticks1983@gmail.com with the subject "Caching for a Cure"

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New Videos

Here's a few new videos. Sorry the quality is sooo crappy when I post them on here!

Jordan smiling:


Jacob practicing counting:

Jake and the Jack-in-the-Box. I love his expression!

Baby Jesus:

Halloween Videos

Finally figured out how to get videos from our new camera on here. Here are some from Halloween.

Jacob's first sucker:

Carving pumpkins:

Trick or treating:

Lost in the Leaves

Jake's first experience playing in the leaves out back. Didn't quite go as expected.

Jacob - 21 months

Another month has passed. Jacob turned 21 months old on Sunday, September 5th. And as we quickly approach the age of 2 (just 3 months left, yikes!) he has been gearing up for the "terrible two's." His latest and greatest tricks include lots of whining and crying whenever he doesn't get his way. We're in for it!!

He continues to say more and more words -- more than I could even possibly list anymore. He also likes to tell stories. He has a few he tells constantly - such as the monster in our bedroom, the fish at the back of the store when we go shopping, and his favorite -- and longest -- going to visit the ducks with Papa. I was able to capture him telling that story on video a few nights ago. (Not the greatest because he was eating during the video but it's the only time he would cooperate, being that he was strapped in and all...)

Jacob likes to play lots of games. Some of his favorites are the spider game we've been playing since he was only a few months old -- he's even started doing the spider to us sometimes! One of his very favorite games though is the hot/cold game. He will start by saying something is either hot or cold and when we say it isn't, he'll say the other. For instance....

Jacob: "Hot!"

Us: "That's not hot"

Jacob: "brrrr"

Us: "That's not cold"

Jacob: "Hot!"

And on and on and on..... At least he recognizes an opposite though!

We're still working on learning colors and letters. This has been slow going but I suppose he's still a bit young to know those anyway.

He has learned how to pull his wagon behind him instead of always pushing it. He has also become brave enough to climb off of his changing table now. He used to just dangle there, chicken out, and climb back up. And of course, our biggest new development this past month, which I already wrote about, was the transition to his big boy bed. He's been doing really well with sleeping in there. A few times he still sleeps on the floor either by the door or behind his rocking chair (we even put his pillow back there for him lol) but usually he'll stay in bed all night/naptime.

In other, unrelated news, a month from today is my due date. There are big changes up ahead in the life of Jacob Michael!!

driving mom's car for the last time

at the park with daddy

Jakey loves his new bed

The spider's gonna get Daddy!

hiding out behind the chair after his nap - he took all the animals he could reach off his hanging thing

And just for fun - a silly picture of poor neglected Charlie, just to prove that we DO still love him :-)

Little Walker

Well, we are now walking!!

For awhile now he has been walking while holding our hand and even taking a few steps on his own when he didn't realize he was doing so. Finally our little chicken got over his fears and took off. And he's been walking EVERYWHERE since. It is sooooo cute!!

It started on Monday, January 11th. I set him down by the chair in the living room where I give him his morning bottle. I walked into the bathroom to heat up the bottle in the sink and the next thing I know Jacob comes toddling in. He now follows us all over the house on his two little legs and feet. ADORABLE!!!!

Below is a video from Monday night. He looks a little shaky in the video but we must have just caught him at an off moment. He's been doing much better than he looks in here. I'll try to get a better one soon.

Puppet

Yesterday I pulled out the puppet and Jacob thought it was just the funniest thing ever. Here is a video of Matt playing with Jacob. (Don't mind Charlie barking/whining in the background. We locked him out of the room because he was so annoying. And that didn't help matters any.)