Big Thanks!

Big thanks go out to our friends Dave and Nicole, who were Jake's first non-family babysitters on Friday night. They were gracious enough to let us have a last-minute night out at the movies. Jake had a great time playing with you guys and Madelyn! Thanks again. :)

Jake and the Giant Pumpkin

Here are our pictures from over the weekend. The weather was so nice and we had a great time spending the day with our favorite little guy in the rolling hills of, yes, Delaware. We went up to the very edges of our tiny state (thisclose Pennsylvania) to Ramsey's Farm in Wilmington. It was our first time there and we had a great time going through the pumpkin patch, picking out pumpkins, and then going on a hayride through the corn maze. We took lots of pictures - even got one of the elusive NEW TOOTH!

Yes, the pumpkin is actually bigger than the baby...







Jake reconsiders his ban on eating real food.



Beautiful scenery - I hardly knew we were in Delaware! (kidding)



Farmer Jake-a-boops.



Cool pic of Jake (in Ralph's sunglasses).





A great picture of my handsome hubby. Identical mouths!



More beautiful scenery, this time from the hayride.



More for the 'hands and feet' series.



The TOOTH!!!



My brother Danny?



Jake waves buh-bye!

Breaking News!

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We have exclusive coverage of a breaking story here at Jake's Baby Blog. Unconfirmed reports that indicate a tooth is beginning to emerge from Jake's lower gums. We have spoken to Jake's representatives and they confirm that the suspect has broken thru the surface of the gum, but has not fully emerged yet. Witnesses on the scene describe the suspect as "some small white ridges". We will continue to update this story as new evidence emerges. Stay tuned.

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Baby eats sock, amuses mother

The picture says it all. This was us on the way to work this morning. (Yes, the car is stopped.) He took off both socks and alternated snacking on them (he prefers the right one).

Baby food makes him gag. But socks? DELICIOUS!!!!

More photos from the looooong weekend in NY

My mother-in-law sent me these yesterday. Looks like Jake had a great time! I missed my little guy so much! I think this was the longest I have spent without them - Jake and Ralph went up early (thursday) and came home late (monday). Ruthie was probably happy for the attention, but I was so glad to see Da-da and Jakey come home.

Pretty sure this is Jake chillin up at UConn, in Laura's dorm.



Jake just hangin out at Mema Mary & Papa Ralph's house - he is sitting up REALLY well by himself now!



Jake takes a break from looking in the mirror



Mema Mary was very careful to make sure that Jake's pajamas matched the new bedding and the wall color perfectly. :)



Jake and Ralphie at Papa Joe's house - looks like they will wear the same hat size soon....



Jake and Uncle Greg (speaking of hats - ???) at Papa Joe's house (click to read my silly comments)

Photos from the weekend

Jake is up in NY with Ralph, since Uncle Greg and Uncle Chris were home for Fall Break. Jake also went up to visit Aunt Laura at UConn with Mema Mary and Papa Ralph. They have been sending me cell phone pictures the whole time. Looks like they are having fun!

Here is Jake sleeping on great-uncle Ralph at Papa Joe's house on friday night.



Jake wearing Chris' HUUUUGE Championship Ring from Elon's winning season last Spring. He is wearing it on two fingers - I think the ring weighs more than Jake does. Now that is some BLING!



Jake all bundled up for a stroller ride around Shore Acres, wearing his new UConn duds.



I stayed home to run the big yard sale this weekend. My mom came down to help me - thank god! We did a pretty good business on Saturday. There was some lunatic banging on the door and ringing the doorbell at 7:40 am - obviously this person has not met 'morning Kelly'. The sale started at 8 and there was NO WAY I was gonna deal with an early bird. They are always the cheap pain-in-the-butt people anyway. Goodbye!

We didn't sell everything, so I decided to extend it until sunday, but decided to start it at 9am - because 8 am, to me at least, is obscene. The sunday yard sale is a bad idea. We didn't make a single sale. No traffic through the neighborhood, no people walking by, nothing. We had one woman who stopped by (knocked on the door at 9 am since we weren't out there yet - argh!) to look at the coffee tables, but she didn't buy either one. We packed it all in by 11 and I went back to bed! Anyone in the market for two coffee tables, a bookshelf, or an armoire? Free to a good home!

Bad to the bone

So Jake went a little wild and insisted on a mohawk...or...maybe that was me being funny after a bath (in the big-boy tub!) the other day...