A different perspective

All of these are pictures that Anna has taken. I have some others from a while back but I don't have time to hunt through my millions of pictures! :) She actually does a pretty good job. She has a thing with feet--I have tons of pictures she's taken of her feet/shoes. That's my girl--shoes! ;)

Tricks to cleaning hard water stains

I just tried using lemonade flavored KoolAid to get rid of the hard water/lime gunk in my dishwasher--it worked! I've also heard you can use Tang. CRL also works on really tough build up. Also, I put some vinegar in with every load I wash and that keeps the hard water residue off my dishes! It works amazingly well. And if your dishes are covered with hard water residue, soak them in vinegar and then wash and they'll shine like new!

The results are in...

First off, I had my numbers wrong...he was 25 1/2 lbs. at 9 months. Jicks, I was with you--30lbs. We were very wrong! He only gained a little over a pound! 26.8lbs. (91st percentile) BUT he grew over 2 inches!!!!!!! He's in the 95th percentile for his height and 99th for his head! He's always had a kind of big head, but he's evening out on it now :) I think that means he's going to be really smart! I have some really cute pictures of him and Hudson, and some interesting ones that Anna decided to take (she actually does a really good job!), but I'm too tired to post any tonight. Maybe tomorrow...
And Jicks--it HAS to be the from our husbands' side! Nobody on my side had such big babies!!! I think Toby is going to out-do Jacob though! Gracious, he's a big boy!

Any Guesses?

Any guesses on how much Jacob weighs now?? His checkup is tomorrow. He was 26 1/2 lbs. at 9 months and he's in 24mo/2T clothes............. :)

Happy 1st Birthday Jacob!

Jacob-Jake-Jakey-Bubba---Jacob Scott! I cannot believe you are already ONE! The year has flown by so quickly. You made a grand entrance on August 31st, 2007. Bigger than anyone ever imagined (8lbs. 15oz.!) and with curly RED hair!!! No one expected either of those things. You were a very content baby as long as you got fed! You don't like to sleep as much as your sister, but you're still a good sleeper--unless you're teething:( It has been so much fun watching your spunky (did I mention spunky?) personality develop. Aunt (Grandma) Cara has claimed you as her grandson for now since you seem to have inherited her red hair! It used to be an exact match, but then it all fell out and came back in a little blonder and with no curl :(. But someone once said your hair is like gold, so it's still beautiful (I'm allowed to say that b/c you're still little). You took your sweet time crawling and you're taking your sweet time deciding to walk. I have a feeling that once you do decide you'd rather walk than crawl, you're going to run! You are so full of energy, but you're also content to sit quietly and play with some toys or look at books. You LOVE books! Just like big sister and Mama. You really love Dora, even say her name! You know how to do several baby signs, but you're too stubborn to do them on your own--you'd rather use someone else's hands to make the sign!!
You are completely fascinated with wheels--doesn't matter what they're on, you latch on and will sit forever playing with them! You absolutely love your sister. Except when she gets in your way, then you scream and get mad at her :) But you always have a smile for her, especially when you wake up and she runs in to greet you. She can usually make you stop crying with a soothing voice or a silly dance. I think she thinks you're her very own baby! You LOVE to eat. Always have and I think always will! And you positively enjoy Veggie Tales!!! You get very excited when I turn the movie on in the van and you'll stay glued to that movie the whole time!
You have that ornery glint in your eye...yet you're very sweet and love to give kisses. You were surprisingly gently with your baby cousin Hudson when they came to visit. Right now you don't like milk, but you'll get used to it! Sometimes you don't like to go to bed...I think you'd rather just play until you drop. You don't like to cuddle, unless you're really tired.
Daddy & I are blessed to have such a special little boy and we're excited to see the boy and man you grow into! We pray that one day you come to know Jesus as your Savior.
We love you more than you know Bubba! :)

RED hair?!? Mama didn't believe them when they told me, so the nurse was proving it to me!

The first time Mama got to hold you


The first time Anna got to hold you!


Sister was always so gentle and loving with you. She LOVED to cuddle and hold you!
(you're 3 weeks old in this picture)

Cousin Seth playing with you. You barely woke up:)

Your first Christmas--so handsome! (4 months)

Anna had fun (and it seemed that you did too!) reading a book to you:)

What a big boy! Already in 12 month onesies at 4 1/2 months!

Special times with Great Grandpa

Always a big smile for the camera...you're a ham!!

What did I tell ya? You're a HAM!

Big boy wheelin' around in the walker

Happy boy (maybe dreaming of Hawaii like Daddy??)

Only 8 months old and already tackling big sister!

FINALLY! You decided to crawl at almost 9 months! Whew!!! Mama's back was in bad shape from carrying those 26 lbs. around!

Like I said...you like to eat!:) Like I said...Anna just thinks you're her own baby! :)

Almost....at almost one, you started to walk behind this toy, but now you won't do it! :(

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The BIG Party!!!!

We had your party in Mama's hometown at the park. You weren't feeling the best, but you had fun and all the family had fun celebrating with you!

Mama, Daddy, & Anna got you a Tonka truck and that's what I used to put your "dirt" cake in. You were more interested in the wheels (surprise!) than the cake. And even though you got covered in chocolate, you didn't eat hardly any of it!

Look at you! So cute and covered in chocolate!

I was NOT fast enough in getting that toy out of the box!! You got very excited when you saw the toys (all with wheels, of course!) and weren't really too interested in opening the next one...until you saw it had wheels too! :) (You did also get some books and you liked those just as much as the wheels!)

You got right on this John Deere and started going! You especially love to honk the "horn" and push the motor button. Anna really likes this toy too, and I have a feeling that is going to cause some fights when you realize that it's actually YOUR toy! ha

I can't wait to see what the next year brings--I have a feeling I'll be needing a lot more energy!! :) Love you love you Jacob!

I ironed my couch.

Really, I did. I ironed my couch the other day. Betcha can't say you've ever done that before... This is the reason. I got a new slipcover!!!!! Yahooo! In case you forgot what it looked like...

(This was obviously last year, a day or two after we brought Jacob home)

I ordered the slipcover from SmartBargains. What a deal!! It was over 60% off! I only paid $30 for it! It's kind of a pain to have to re-tuck it so often, but that's okay! Anyway--it was, of course, wrinkled from the packaging when it arrived. I threw it in the dryer with a wet rag for a while, but it was still kinda wrinkly. So I ironed it on the couch! HA! I really like it with my chocolate brown walls :)

Anna helped me make Jacob's birthday cake this afternoon. She thoroughly enjoyed licking the beaters!! :)

She insisted I put this picture in here. She is the boss around here ya know. ;)

She also decided that she would be a princess this afternoon, so she got out all her dress up stuff. She actually wore her Cinderella slippers to the grocery store today :) Oh yes, and they're not shoes...they're glass slippers. Or so I was informed. She had a lot of fun and used her "wand" (she has an actual wand, but didn't want to look for it, so she just used her furry Piglet pen!) to turn Jacob into a king and me into a princess. I remember playing dress up all the time as a girl. It's so much fun to pretend!!!

Tomorrow is Jacob's party. I hope it's not super hot (yeah right), but we'll have a lot of fun!

It won't be long now (I HOPE!)

Look at me Mama! I'm such a big boy!!!

Uh-oh...here comes the wood floor...

Ahhhhh! It's too fast!!!

I also LOVE to ride big sister's trike...Mommy says it's too bad I can't peddle myself (especially since I don't really like it when she stops pushing me!!! Except, of course, if there's a camera around...then I'm happy to stop and pose!).