February 2011

We saw this sign on the way out of town after the Space Shuttle launch in Titusville. Since my maiden name is pretty uncommon, I had to take a picture of "Bobb's Fire Equipment Store".

Seeing the Space Shuttle Discovery shoot up into the air was pretty cool. We decided to drive to the coast at the very last minute. Our spontaneity resulted in a two hour drive turning into a 3 1/2 hour drive in heavy traffic, because everyone else in the state had the same idea as us. We rolled into town at 4:45, stopped in the CVS parking lot and watched the shuttle take off at 4:50! We would like to get tickets to view one of the last two shuttles take off from the Space Center for a better view in April or June.

Our house is coming along quickly. Here is a picture from February 25th (the back). In a span of 5 days The house went from block walls on the first floor to framed interior walls on the first floor, a second floor, and a roof. By the end of the day on February 26th, the second floor interior walls will be framed. The builders are trying to complete it in 9 weeks for a May 1st closing date.

The front of the house on February 25th.

The block walls on February 22.

Addison helped make my birthday cake for my 32nd birthday. She added and mixed all the ingredients, I frosted it, and she put on all the candles and the candy decorations. She also made the birthday card in the background.

She bought me a candle for Christmas from her school store, and she was devastated when it was all used up, so she bought me a new one for my birthday. She was so excited for me to open it.

Jake is 4 months!

Jake is now 4 months old and weighs 14 lbs 15oz! He is a pretty relaxed little baby, and he is still smiling a lot. He loves his big sister, and she is still a great helper whenever we need her. I'm pretty sure that Jake will be sporting a tooth or two in the next couple of weeks. He is showing all the standard teething signs, including not sleeping very well at night. I don't remember it being so hard to wake up in the middle of the night with Addison. I think she might have been a better sleeper, or at least she was more consistent. We aso went to Disney's Animal Kingdom on Valentine's day. Addison loved seeing all of the animals.

Meeting Pocahontas at Animal Kingdom.

Jake loved hanging out in the Baby Bjorn and wearing his Mickey Mouse baseball hat.

Addison loved the pink flamingos.





Addison couldn't get enough of the safari ride through the animal habitats, but Jake must have found it a tad bit boring. He was passed out within 5 minutes.

Addison said, "I can't believe I'm seeing an elephant for the first time!"

The gators were a bit scary! Especially since we drove over a bridge that they rigged to move the vehicle in a jerky motion up and down, and back and forth making you think you were going to fall into the gator pit.

We thought this half zebra half something else animal was interesting. We figured it must be related to the zebra, but it isn't....I guess you learn something new everyday!

One of the few pictures of the 4 of us!

Nate and Addison on a dinosaur ride.

Addison finally got a "big girl" bike. She asks to ride it everyday!

She is very proud of herself.

Decorating Valentine's cookies at her preschool Vday party.

Bathtime..

Jake isn't rolling over quite yet. He makes it about half way and then he can't seem to pull his head off the floor to make it the rest of the way. He doesn't mind tummy time, though.

They finally started working on the house. The lot was scraped a couple weeks ago and the cement was poured on February 15th. Hopefully, it will start taking off. The builders are telling us it will be done on or before May 1st. We'll see how that goes!

Baby Jake fast asleep.