The Wedding

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Mdfrisco

After the two fun days exploring and learning more about the area of Sonoma County we came to the reason for our trip, the wedding! The morning of the wedding we visited some of the vineyards close to the house. The first one had some of my dad and Jacob’s favorite things, dogs and tractors. So they spent most of the time playing outside.

Then we went to Martin Ray vineyards where they had a pretty garden area so we could do our tasting outside.

Then it was time for Jake’s nap and time for us to get ready for the wedding.

The wedding was a beautiful ceremony in a church in Occidental and the reception was at the Vine Hill House which was a gorgeous venue.

The lighting coming through the trees was so pretty and I was wishing I had my camera with me, but I think this is a pretty good shot for an iPhone!

The day after the wedding, we went on an adventure that none of us had ever done before…Zip Lining! The Sonoma Canopy Tours zip lining adventure through the Redwoods is one of the top ten in the nation and we had so much fun!

Afterwards we celebrated with a drink!

That evening we went over to our friends house for a relaxing BBQ dinner. The house they rented is on a golf course and had a huge deck where we sat around and visited and chased Jacob around,

We had a delicious dinner!

And then just like that, our vacation was over. The next day we all went our separate ways to make the journey home. It was really a nice getaway and to spend it with friends and family made it even better!

While unloading Jake’s car seat and all our luggage at the airport, Justin thought it would be easier to leave Jake strapped in so we didn’t have the chase after him while getting all our things. Wonder what the other people thought when they saw this on the side of the street 🙂

Wine Country

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Mdfrisco

July was a pretty busy, but fun, month for us. I’ve been taking pictures along the way, but haven’t had time to go through them and post them. Partly because Jake is now down to one nap a day so my “free time” during the day is even less, and partly because we have been so busy I am exhausted at night and working on the computer is the last thing I want to do, and to be honest… a big reason is because Justin and I are now on Season 3 of Game of Thrones and it is safe to say we are addicted and can’t wait to watch an episode (or usually two) every night after Jake goes to bed. So, little by little I will get them all done.

For now, I am going to start with our recent trip to Sonoma County. The main purpose of the trip was to go to a wedding for a good family friend, but of course we made a vacation out of it! So Justin, Jake and I packed up and flew to Santa Rosa to meet up with both my parents and Justin’s parents for a little vacation in the wine country.

We spent our first day at DeLoach vineyards. One of the guys Justin works with has a friend who works there so we got a wonderful private tour and tasting.

The grounds and gardens were beautiful! But I think my favorite part was when we got to the barn where they keep the sheep and the chickens.

Jake was absolutely captivated by these animals and did not want to leave

We had already moved onto another part of the grounds and Jake was still watching those animals.

My parents got Jake a Radio Flyer wagon, it was the perfect way to tote him (and all of our stuff) around when he was getting tired and even when he wasn’t tired he loved riding in it, eating his lunch in it, playing with his toys in it and getting out and pulling it around himself.

It was a fun day!

That evening we drove to Bodega Bay in search of some good seafood for dinner. First we wandered around and looked out over the bay.

Then after a few stops and some driving around we finally found a place to eat. Jake doesn’t sit still for long at all these days, so Justin and I traded off and once I finished my dinner I took him outside where he kept busy organizing the oars outside the surf shop next to the restaurant.

After Jake went to bed that night, my parents went to visit with my mom’s friend (the parents of the bride) who were staying in a house just a couple of miles away from us. So the rest of us took advantage of the game room! Now before I share these pictures…I feel that I need to do a bit of explaining about the place we stayed at. It was called “The Castle”. I intended to take a picture of the house, but never did…the outside was all stone and there were little towers which made it look like a castle. The story goes that the original owner was a big Harley Davidson biker guy who was also a big party animal. Picture the 1970’s with 200+ Harley Davidson’s parked outside, a disco ball with a dance floor, the back yard was carpeted, the inside was all black lacquered walls and red carpet, etc…Well the current owners remodeled the place and turned it into a nice little retreat in the redwoods. They did leave a few of the original touches, like the secret tunnel that goes from the house to another building, which was the game room. And the game room still had some of the black and red theme as well as the original bar and jail and a burned Harley Davidson mounted on the wall.

It was wild, fun and kind of creepy at the same time! We played pool and the winners of each game had their pictures taken by the Harley with some crowns that we found in the bar.

It was definitely a place to remember!

The next day we had a wonderful day with Karen & Charlie (Joyce’s niece and her husband) and family on their vineyard. Charlie’s family has been on their land for over 100 years! He gave us the VIP tour of the grounds in his 1946 Jeep.

After the tour, Karen had made a delicious lunch. We really enjoyed a relaxing afternoon at their house and Jake loved running around with their kids and checking out all the different toys they had.

That evening Justin and I went with my parents to Starks in Santa Rosa for the “after party” after the rehearsal dinner to see our friends before the big day. Sorry, didn’t take any pictures that night. We got there a little early so we sat at the bar and ordered some appetizers and wine. The food was amazing and I highly recommend this place if you are ever in the area!

I think this post is getting long enough and my eyes are getting blurry, so I’ll stop here and post the rest of our trip soon. Good night!

The Fab Fair

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Summer is in full swing and we have really been taking advantage of all the fun things San Diego has to offer. And one of those things is the county fair! I’ll never forget during my senior year of college, Justin and I played hooky one day and decided to go to the fair on a Monday hoping to avoid the crazy weekend crowds. We drove all the way to Del Mar and kept commenting on how the traffic was not bad at all and how it seemed we were going to have the place to ourselves. Well, we kind of did since the fair is closed on Mondays…oops! It wasn’t until about 4 years ago that we finally did go, on a day that they were actually open. We didn’t play hooky that time, but we had tickets to one of the concerts so we went a few hours early and enjoyed the fair before the concert. Now with a toddler in tow we thought it would make for a fun family day. So we packed up Jake and gave him his first county fair experience!

First up, we looked at the animals. The baby goats were so cute and a favorite for Jacob.

Then we got to the cows.

This was Jacob’s face when I told him that is where his milk comes from 🙂

Every year the fair has a theme and this years theme is the Fab Fair to celebrate the 50 year anniversary that the The Beatles (the Fab Four) first visited the United States. They had a large area that had tons of pictures, posters, headphones to listen to their music, videos playing, records and pretty much everything involving the history of The Beatles. We gave Jacob a break from the stroller and let him explore a bit.

We even got to walk Abbey Road!

By then we had an appetite and started exploring the countless food vendors until we found just what we wanted. Yum!

Then it was off for more exploring which included Jacob’s first carousel ride, which he loved and kept signing more, more, more when it was over.

Then daddy played some games to win some stuffed animals for Jacob.

When I saw this guy it made me think of the movie Mary Poppins, and I’ve been wanting to watch it ever since.

Then we went to the family adventure part of the park, where they had more areas to let Jacob out of the stroller to play and explore.

We went into the butterfly emporium and had a very up close experience with thousands of butterflies, which was really cool! I think Jacob’s favorite part was this wrought iron musical contraption thing. He spent quite some time banging around on it.

I’d say it was a very successful trip to the fair and Jacob is enjoying his loot!

Father’s Day Weekend

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Mdfrisco

On the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend, we went to a farmers market at Old Poway Park. This is such a great park and we have spent lots of time here. They have a large grassy area where you can picnic or just let your kids run around, they have old trains to climb on and they have working trains that take kids for a ride around the park. There are so many great photo opportunities and I’ve done a few photo shoots there. Their farmers market is great as well! When we finished our shopping Jake wandered around the barn area for a while.

And he watched the trains go by

Next time we go I have a feeling we will be buying a ticket to ride the train instead of watching it…

On Sunday after church Papa J, Nonnie and GiGi came for Father’s Day. We went out to eat at a great restaurant and enjoyed our time celebrating the wonderful dads!

Hope you had a great Father’s Day!

Fun with Uncle Terry

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Every year around the end of May, Justin’s Uncle Terry comes to California to visit from Kentucky. So we spend a few days at Justin’s parents house so we can visit with him. The guys always have a great time golfing for a few days, and then we pretty much spend the rest of our time in the pool.

Lots of family came over, including Justin’s cousin Lisa (Terry’s daughter) and her family.

Lisa’s boys were great with Jacob and played with him all day long

Papa J and Nonnie got Jacob a cute little chair and table for outside. It was perfect for dining poolside!

I love this picture of Apollo who looks like he has had a few…and is about to fall into the pool!

Not to worry though, he is saved by the raft

Told ya the boys were great with Jacob!

Jacob had fun playing in the misting fans

The Frisco men, BBQing ribs for dinner! Not sure why Jacob doesn’t look too happy…maybe because he had to stop playing in the misting fan to take the picture?

The next morning I had to take pictures of Jacob with his balloon. We had celebrated Lisa’s husbands birthday the night before and Jacob attached himself to one of his birthday balloons. He just loved dragging it with him everywhere he went.

He also loves his popping walker that he got for Christmas from some cousins

But rather than walking with it, he prefers to spend his time trying to figure out how to get the balls out of it.

And even though Apollo didn’t fall into the pool, he did fall into the fountain which resulted in giving him a bath in the middle of all the craziness.

It was a fun time with family and we always enjoy seeing Uncle Terry!

Jacob’s Angels

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Every single night before I put Jacob down in his crib we pray. It is my time to be still (Psalm 46:10). We thank God for our blessings, we pray for those who are struggling, we praise him for all the good that we see, we ask him for guidance and I always, always ask him to wrap his arms around Jacob and protect him through the night and always.

A week and a half ago was a true testament that God hears our prayers. Jacob and I were driving south on the 15 freeway on a Saturday afternoon and a car swerved into my lane and hit us. The actual impact happened so fast, I remember seeing the car, hearing the screech of our tires and then we spun…across 3 lanes of a busy freeway. That is the part that is so vivid in my mind, it seemed to happen in slow motion and that is the part that haunts me. I remember seeing faces of people in other cars as we went by. And I remember feeling so helpless that I couldn’t do anything to stop it from happening. I remember thinking, is this it? Is this how it all ends? I remember thinking please don’t let anything happen to Jake, if someone has to be hurt, let it be me. It is true what they say how your life can flash before your eyes. We landed facing oncoming traffic in the fast lane unharmed. When we stopped, I braced myself because I was sure someone was going to hit us, no one did. Then I dove into the backseat to check and make sure Jacob was okay, he was fine. Two guys pulled over to check on us and told me that 911 had been called. I called Justin and he came right away. Minutes later the CHP, a firetruck and ambulance were there. The paramedics and fireman checked us out I gave my statement to the police and then we loaded up Jake’s carseat into the car Justin drove to the scene and we followed the tow truck towing my Jeep off the freeway. When driving away we saw the car that hit me on the side of the freeway a little further down and it was pretty banged up and the airbags had deployed. The damage to my car was minor, the front left side and bumper is banged up. There was liquid leaking (not gas) so it may be the radiator…? It is still at our mechanic and we don’t really know the full extent of the damage yet. So we were hit, spun across 3 lanes of freeway without hitting anyone else, landed unharmed and with minor damage to my car. Wow!

When we got home it was time for Jacob’s nap. But I didn’t want to put him down, I just couldn’t leave him and I wanted to watch him play. Seeing him laugh and kick his ball around, dance to music and bring me all his books, toys and stuffed animals was reassuring me that he was okay. When it was obvious that he really needed that nap, I got him to fall asleep on me in the rocking chair. I knew he was fine from what I could see, but I kept thinking of all those stories of people who go to sleep after hitting their heads and never waking up. Even though Jake didn’t really hit his head, we were still in a scary accident and I just couldn’t put him down, I needed to hold him close. I needed to feel his weight on me, and feel his heart beating and his steady breathing and I needed to stare at him through my tears as I was thanking God that he was okay. Later that day, when it came time to put him down for the night, I was glued to the baby monitor to make sure he would move every once in a while, I kept going in his room and putting my hand on him to make sure he was still breathing. I seriously wondered if the crib would hold my weight or if there would be enough room for both of us if I crawled in there with him. It was a long night.

The next few days were hard. Really hard. I have never been in an accident before and for it to happen on a busy freeway was really unnerving. I couldn’t get the “what if’s” out of my head. If it was just me it would have been one thing, but the fact that Jacob was with me made it so.much.more.traumatizing. I was not eating, I didn’t sleep and I felt like I couldn’t stop crying. I was shaky and all the stress was making me physically sick to my stomach. I didn’t want to drive anywhere, I was planning to call Jacob’s swim school and put his classes on hold for a week and all I wanted to do was climb into bed and hide under the covers (and bring Jake under there with me). All I wanted to do was forget about it. I wanted to erase the whole day from my memory and pretend that it didn’t happen, but I couldn’t. Justin was my rock through all of this, and when I told him I was going to put Jake’s swimming lessons on hold, he gave me a little pep talk and told me I needed to be strong for Jake. He said I needed to be healthy so I can continue to take care of him. I needed to provide stability for him and keep doing the things we enjoy doing, like his swimming lessons. So that day, I took him to his lessons. Throughout the week, we went somewhere every day, like we usually do. Some days were fine, some days I found myself having a little anxiety attack on the freeway so I ended up taking the back roads home. Every day is a little better. One day at a time.

Once we got the police report we found out that it was a 17 year old boy who was on his way home from taking his SAT tests. He said he swerved to avoid another car and that is what brought him into my lane and hit me. Since I have never been in an accident before, I’ve never read any kind of police report. It is kind of interesting to see how they piece all the evidence and facts together. At the end of the report they state the conclusion and witness statements. The witnesses all said the same thing, after the collision and seeing the smoke from our tires they slowed down to avoid being involved and then they saw a grey SUV spinning across the freeway and landing facing the traffic in the fast lane. It gave me chills when I was reading their statements. I wonder if theirs were the faces I saw as we were going across the freeway? I wonder if there really was another car that made the 17 year old swerve into my lane? If so, does that driver have any idea what he caused? There are a few unanswered questions like that, but they really don’t matter in my book. What matters is we are safe. Jacob is unharmed. And I finally have a little sense of peace and closure on the whole thing. And I know the reason we are safe is because those guardian angels I pray for every night were in full force. God cleared a section of a busy freeway so that we would land unharmed. It blows my mind the fact that we didn’t hit a single car when we absolutely should have. God is good!

Several years ago Justin and I were traveling south on the 5 freeway and we saw a car cut across the freeway and when it hit the center divider it went up in the air and flipped. That was a pretty scary thing to witness and I remember it took a long time to shake the heaviness I was feeling from seeing it happen. To this day every single time I drive past that spot (which is at least 2 days a week) I think about it and I grip the steering wheel just a bit tighter. Now there is a spot on the 15 freeway that will always remind me of our accident.

I read somewhere a while ago this statement:

Christianity is more than simply a set of beliefs I hold so I can achieve salvation for my individual soul. It is also a distinct way of understanding and interpreting everything in the world.

I find this to be so true for so.many.things. People love to blame God for destruction, pain or anything bad. I am not going to get too deep into that subject, I don’t have a perfect answer to why bad things happen to good people. It reminds me of the Why Me? post I did a while ago. But what you can learn from those bad things and the way you handle them and how you live your life after coming out of the storm makes all the difference in the world. There IS a war going on, good vs evil, and God will always win. In this case, instead of feeling a tightness in my chest each time I approach that section of freeway (or at this point driving on any freeway) I want it to be a reminder of how good God is and how he protected us. Yes, it was scary and it could have been really, really bad, but it wasn’t. And for that I praise Him!

Justin’s Aunt made a comment to me after posting about the accident on Facebook about how Billy Graham picked names for his guardian angels. The thought of that made me smile. I know God has his warrior angels, but I’d like to think that all Jacob’s great grandparents are the ones fighting away all the bad and keeping my sweet boy safe. And I know he’s in good hands!

Here’s a picture of our happy little monkey at the library this afternoon

Mother’s Day

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Since Father’s Day is two days away I figured I better share about our Mother’s Day first! We drove to Temecula and met Justin’s parents and grandma for brunch. I didn’t take many pictures except for a few on our walk around Old Town after we ate.

Jake loves sitting on his daddy’s shoulders and he also loves all the attention and waves from strangers looking up at him. Such a little ham!

3 generations

Me and my baby boy

After wandering through some of the shops and Jake started giving me this look…

I put away my camera and we headed home. It was a fun afternoon celebrating three moms, and I feel especially blessed to be a mom to this little monkey.

The Mission

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Last September I did a post about our visit to the Mt Soledad Veterans Memorial, which we checked off on our How San Diegan Are You? list. Another thing on the list that we have not done yet was visit the Mission San Luis Rey De Francia in Oceanside. On the Saturday before Mother’s Day we didn’t have any plans and didn’t want to spend the beautiful day indoors, so we took a day trip to the mission.

When we arrived, the guide in the museum gave us the layout of the grounds and told us where we could go and the things we could see. We started out walking through the museum. Jake didn’t really seem impressed…

We ended up in a courtyard behind the museum and let Jake roam around. That was much more interesting to him!

Sometimes the simplicity of a bench or chair is my favorite kind of photo opportunity.

Jake is in a phase where he wants to touch everything, and I mean everything! He is always sticking his finger out and reaching to touch something. On our walks he likes to touch the different plants and all the poles for the street signs or street lights. Even when driving in the car if he sees a stop sign, he will frantically point his finger like he expects me to pull over so he can touch the pole. And the big bell hanging in the courtyard is no exception.

I always take my camera with us when we go on these adventures, but don’t always take pictures. Sometimes, I just want to just relax and enjoy the moment. But sometimes, like this day, there are just too many good photo opportunities to pass up it ends up becoming a mini photo session! Especially when Jake is having such a great time exploring the area.

When I was completing an online profile a while back for a MOMs group I am a part of it required a photo of me and Jake. And I thought, pshhh no problem, I have plenty of pictures! After spending several minutes going though my photo archives, I realized that I do have plenty of pictures of Jake, and Jake with daddy, but I have very few of us and the ones I have are older pictures, nothing recent. It is hard when you are always behind the camera to force yourself to hand it to someone else so you can get in front of it. And I am working on that…So when we went down these old steps that led down to the pools where women used to wash clothes and bathe, I handed the camera to Justin and played with Jake on the steps for a few minutes.

And I had to crop that last one to get a closer version of me and my bat boy.

We wandered through the cemetery

And stopped by the church on our way out

It was a fun family day and I am looking forward to our next adventure to check off the list!

More Randomness

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Mdfrisco

One of the authors of a blog I love to read does a Ten on Tuesday post every Tuesday. And she lists 10 things: news to share, a funny story, a link to a cool video/recipe/story, an opinion on something, an idea, thoughts, anything really… I feel like I need to start something like that because sometimes I want to post things, but it’s not really enough for it’s own blog post and sometimes I feel like I have a bunch of unrelated things to say in one post, hence this title and my last post title of randomness. So I need a clever name, any ideas?

Now on to my random ramblings…

As I said in my last post, we had a busy week last week and I fully intended to post all about it last weekend or even last Monday. But somehow it became Thursday and Jacob, Justin and Apollo are snoring away, the dishwasher is running, the house is (mostly) picked up, I finally got my shower in and I am determined to get this done before I go to bed.

Last week we had an action packed week planned. Over the weekend we had a Frisco family fun day playing tourist at the Mission in Oceanside and we met Justin’s parents and grandma in Temecula for Mother’s Day brunch (I have stories to tell and pictures to share about those coming soon). On Monday, Jacob and I met up with our good friends at Torrey Pines State Beach for our weekly beach fix.

On Tuesday we started swimming lessons! Jacob loves water in all forms, the bath, ocean waves, pool, and washing his hands in the sink. We love the beach and the pool and go as often as we can so I really want Jacob to have some good swimming foundation down as early as possible. So now we go to swimming class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So far Jacob loves it!

On the way home from swimming lessons that day I noticed a big plume of black smoke when I got off our exit from the freeway.

I knew right away there was a fire and the area behind our neighborhood is full of canyons and wildlife preserves and lots of vegetation to burn. I was not sure if it was a wildfire or some kind of controlled fire. Just a few minutes after getting home I got a text from Justin checking up on us since he heard about the fire. Once I got Jake down for his nap I turned on the news and sure enough a few miles away a wildfire had started. We were not in any immediate danger, but it was a very unsettling feeling since we have had to evacuate before for the 2007 fires and I knew there was a chance we might need to leave again since the winds were blowing west, towards us. That afternoon we went to the library to meet up with a group of our friends for our weekly storytime gathering and playgroup afterwards.

On Wednesday, my Aunt took her second grade class on a field trip to the Safari Park in Escondido. So Jacob and I joined them. It was one of the hottest days of the week with temperatures reaching 102 degrees plus we had the hot Santa Ana winds blowing. The park was pretty empty and I kind of felt like we had the place to ourselves! Jacob had a great time in the petting zoo with my aunt and uncle.

He thinks anything that has hair and walks on 4 legs is a “Doggie!!!”

He was having a great time chasing them all over the place. And it looks like the goat is charging him in this picture, but I assure you it is not.

We stopped for lunch in the shade and then saw the elephants, gorillas, and all kinds of birds before heading home. On the way home I kept seeing more plumes of black smoke and knew something was going on. Several wildfires had broken out all over San Diego.

Again we were not in any immediate danger, but man, it was so scary to see all this on the news. My heart went out to all our firefighters who were working around the clock for several days fighting these fires in the heat and with the winds working against them. They totally kicked ass (excuse my language) and put these fires out over the next several days and saved so many homes and buildings from being destroyed. A few homes/buildings were lost, but for the number and scale of these fires if it was not for our amazing firefighters it could have been a lot worse.

On Thursday, we had swimming lessons again, and it was a huge welcome since it was the hottest day of the week and even a 92 degree pool felt glorious! On Friday we didn’t have any big outing planned, so we went to the playground and spent the afternoon in our pool cooling off. Between the beach and the pool we are pretty much going to be living in our bathing suits this summer and Jacob is already rocking a pretty serious farmers tan!

This week has been a stark contrast as far as the weather goes. We went from 100+ degrees to 66 degrees. It has been pretty chilly getting out of the warm pool after lessons this week! But it feels so good, I really prefer the cool beach weather. On Wednesday we had a playgroup date at the park and tomorrow we are meeting some more friends for a picnic lunch and park date. Oh and one last thing, we turned Jacob’s car seat around so now he is a forward facing big boy now! Technically (according to the American Academy of Pediatrics), we are not supposed to do that until he is 2 years old, but I’m saying mom and dad know best in this scenario. He is a much happier boy now that he can see what is going on while we are driving!

It has been a really fun few weeks (except for the fires), I’ve barely had time to keep up with the laundry and grocery shopping and pretty much collapse every night which is why I haven’t been here. But as I said I was determined tonight and it is now 11:41 pm and I better hit the sack.

I’ll be back with more on our trip to the Mission and Mother’s Day and everything else inbetween, and don’t forget I am taking suggestions on a title for my randomness posts!

Randomness

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Mdfrisco

Two days after Easter, Jacob started coughing and sneezing and ended up with a full blown head cold. Other than a mild fever and a day or two of a runny nose (which I’m sure was teething related) Jacob has not been sick. So now he has had his first real cold. Of course a couple of days later when he started feeling better I got it and then I think I either gave it back to him or he relapsed. But man, I remember the days when I could call in sick to work and rest in bed when I was not feeling well. Not anymore! Thankfully, Jacob still had a pretty good temperament when he was sick so I was not dealing with any major mood swings. He was actually very cuddly and wanted to be held all the time, which I loved, except when I was trying to get something done. Being sick didn’t really disrupt Jacob’s nighttime sleep, except it was heartbreaking hearing him cough through the night. It was hard to try and play with him or keep him entertained while all I wanted to do was close my eyes or stand in the hot steaming shower to relieve my congestion. I did get a small break over the weekend when Justin took Jacob to meet his parents for lunch in Temecula. I spent the entire time they were gone dozing on the couch. Anyway, for people who don’t get sick often, it was a doozy! Now, other than the lingering dry cough, we are both much better. Not looking forward to Jacob bringing home all those germs when he starts school, ugh!

On a more exciting note, Jacob has been walking now for about a week and a half. Of course the first couple of days he was a clumsy klutz falling over after ever few steps. But now he is more and more sure footed and is picking up speed. I’ll get some pictures of him walking up here soon to share.

Also, sometime in the middle of being sick and learning how to walk, one of Jacob’s molars popped through. He won’t let me look in his mouth anymore so I’ve had a hard time looking for new teeth. But I have noticed him chewing on some of his hard plastic toys and a couple of days ago I had my finger in his mouth getting something out that he put in and surprised myself when I almost sliced my finger open on his molar. Sheesh, those teeth are sharp! I think he is working on the other side now because he is back to chewing and is really biting down hard on things.

Generally Jacob has always been such a fantastic eater. He recently went through a picky phase where all he wanted to eat was bananas, yogurt and cheese. He would eat a little bit of other things here and there, but not much. Looking back I think it was leading up to his cold and cutting his molar so he was probably just not feeling well. But now his appetite is back in full force and I feel like he is eating more than before. And he will eat pretty much anything I give him, or at least try a few bites before deciding he doesn’t want something. He eats more than I do and I sometimes wonder how I am going to keep him full when he is a teenager!

We have a really, really busy week next week, so I probably won’t post anything next week. But I’ll be back soon with more stories and pictures.

To end this post here are some pictures of our recent visit with Oma, to celebrate her 91st birthday!

Jacob loves to play with her wooden blocks

Or more specifically, he loves to knock them down!

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