March

Well, the weather is warming up here! I think we are officially out of the 50-70 degree weather and have moved into the 85+ degree weather! I wish we could send some of this sunshine to our family in North Dakota where they are still having blizzards and cold temps and to our friends in WA who are still getting rain showers and gray skies. Hopefully, ND will warm up by next Wednesday for our trip back home.

Jake is now 5 months old, and he is wearing mostly 9 month clothing. I'm not sure what happened, but he pretty much skipped right over 6 month clothes! We can now see the white tips of a tooth right under the surface, and he has been more cranky than ever! Hopefully, it will pop through soon. He is rolling over like crazy, and he loves to sleep on his stomach. Unfortunately, I am still waking up in the middle of the night with him. But, the good news is, he only gets up once instead of three times! I'm not sure when I will ever get to sleep through the night again.....Oh, well.

Addison is so excited for her Alice in Wonderland 4th birthday party in April! She is busier than ever. She constantly wants to play with someone, go somewhere, or do something. She loves crafts, school and being outside. She really is a sweet girl, and loves to do things that she thinks will make someone happy. Nate and I hear often, "Daddy (or Mommy), I love you. You are my best friend." We are enjoying it. We know it is only a matter of time when she is embarrassed to be seen with us. In April, she will start swimming lessons with Infant Swimming Resource, a self rescue program. So many of Addison's friends have swimming pools in their backyard, that I freak out a little when she goes over to play. I'm looking forward to her knowing how to swim!

Addison's preshool took a field trip to the Lowry Park Zoo. It was the best zoo that we have been to. It was pretty impressive.

She loved brushing and petting the goats.

She was holding her hands in the air like she was riding a roller coaster.

Having fun on the Flying Banana Ride.

She is growing up so fast :(

The Zebras were playing in the dirt.

Posing on the tail of the Manatee statue.

Love those blue eyes...such a smiley boy!

Driving the Bumper Boats at the Florida Strawberry Festival.

Meeting June and Quincy at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

The house is now ready for drywall and stucco.

Getting tickled by daddy.

More smiles...

Fast asleep (and drooling) on Mom and Dad's bed.

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.

January 2011

Nathan took his aunt Rhoda to see the Gulfstream at MacDill. She came to visit from Arizona. We hadn't seen her for quite awhile, so it was very nice to have her visit.

Jake was baptized on January 23rd at Apostle's Lutheran Church.




He started trying to hold his own bottle a couple weeks ago.

Addison still loves preschool! Here, her class is performing a song about the weather for the monthly parent meeting. She will be going to the same preschool again next year.



We went to Magic Kingdom again to meet some friends that were in our old squadron in WA. Addison LOVED seeing the Christmas parade again. The nutcrackers were her favorite!






Jake is getting so big! He is starting to really fill out, and he is getting A LOT of baby rolls!

He is a very happy baby. He LOVES to smile and laugh. Unfortunately, he doesn't love to sleep through the night yet! :( He is also extremely ticklish and will laugh uncontrollably when you touch his belly or neck.

Pretty blue eyes...we think he is going to keep them. Addison started out with blue, but then they changed to brown.

We tried to feed him rice cereal around 12 weeks, because he was so hungry all the time. We also thought it would help him sleep longer at night, but it didn't work.