Jacob's Very Own Room!

Finally got another room decorated (for the most part...are you noticing a theme??)

I'll give you three guesses whose room this is...and the first 2 don't count! ;) Once again, Mom and Dad made some awesome garage sale finds for me! (the decal, for one)

I didn't take any before pictures of Jacob's room...I should have. We painted it, with John Deere colors of course! I was wracking my brain trying to come up with a way to paint it those colors without doing the entire walls yellow/green. Thankfully I found this idea online (the stripes). I found the fabric for the curtains at Hobby Lobby. The toy box and stickers, a garage sale find (as well as the pictures...more on those later)!

 The top bunk has become the stuffed animals' bed :) I need to get some paper and re-do Jacob's name, but I wanted to get it hung up.

 Have to get the black & white collage up! Bookshelf-garage sale. Tool bench-given to Jacob by a neighbor. The roller cabinet thing is where his train stuff is kept. The little peg hanging thing is that picture of the two little farmer boys that says "Been farmin' long?" :)

 The birth announcement plate my aunt & uncle got for Jacob (it has his birth date, weight, time, etc "hidden" throughout the nursery room scene). Love it!

 Closet door to the right, with another decal Mom found.

 No truer words were ever spoken, as far as Jacob is concerned! ;)

 When I saw this at Kris's booth, I had to get it for Jacob's room. Talk about perfect!!

Another great garage sale find! I can't remember who the artist is, but Mom found these 2 prints. Perfect for my little farmer boy! :)

Next up, the kids' bathroom before pictures!

Nothing Better...

...than a trip to the hardward store with Papa!

You know he spotted these John Deere mowers from 50 yards away!

Helping Papa load up the trim.

He had to try out every. single. mower. Only the John Deere ones, of course.

He's a John Deere Man

The college's homecoming parade was a huge success this year! It was the biggest I've seen in the 10+ years I've been going. Jacob heard there were going to be tractors so he couldn't wait! Of course, he had to wear his John Deere hat...

Is dat a trater?!

Ohhh...wha dat?!

I tink a trater...

A better view from Daddy's shoulders!

The best view of all! Jacob was a huge hit with all the farmers as they rode by. They all loved his hat :)

Hmmmm...dat not John Deewe. But still...trater.

Jacob's 3rd Birthday!

The month has been busy enough, so we added Jacob's birthday party to the mix! :) The highlight of the year for the new 3 year old? This...!

When we asked what he wanted for his birthday cake, he said "uhhhh...bombine!...trater!...heemi!!!!" (combine, tractor and semi). Aunt Cara (we love her!) said she would make him a John Deere tractor cake. When Jacob saw their pickup pull up, he yelled "my trater hake!!!!!!" :)

The ONLY person he gave the perfect smile to for this pose? Aunt Cara!

Jacob giving Hudson (or is it the other way around??) a thank you hug for his Cars tin and Matchbox cars!

I really wish you could see Jacob's face (although Seth's is a pretty good indication!). He about flipped a lid when he saw that it was John Deere! :)

Time goes way too fast. It doesn't seem like it was three years ago when I was holding this boy for the first time! He is such a joy (most of the time! ha). I love him to bits!!!

Seriously, his family knows him so well...John Deere and Cars!

Wait a second...something's wrong here! Why do I have the doll and she has the tractor?!?!?

He can hardly wait to blow out the candles!!

Waiting for the song to be over so he can blow them out!

Wearing his new John Deere hat just like Great Grandpa Elmer! No doubt he's got Stinemetz blood in him! :)

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What a Boy!

The most recent netflix arrival was John Deere for Kids!! Grandpa & Grandma W were the first ones to show it to the kids. They love it. And of course Uncle Terry owns several of them!! :)

Seriously...boys are just born with this kind of behavior. It's mapped into their DNA! He's TWO!!! The only thing better would have been if he'd had the recliner laid back! :)

Is it just me, or does he look so much older in these pictures?? Maybe it is the short-sleeves, Cassie!

He loves John Deere.

Boys and their toys!

Jacob got a new toy in the mail today...another John Deere tractor! (He had a hard time keeping it from Anna), but he loves it! Thanks Joyce (if you read this)!! He also got a new John Deere book, but he hasn't had time to sit down and read it. :) Anna, on the other hand, has requested it more than 3 times today I think!