Labor Day Indeed!

I'm a little late to post this, but it's so cool I just had to mention it on my blog. My twin cousins, Shane and Shawn, both were expecting their wives to deliver babies roughly around the same time. To add to the excitement, Shane and Shawn's big sister Kristen was also expecting a baby. So my Aunt Donna Jeanne had 3 of her 4 kids expecting babies within a very short time period (must be something in the water at the Yarnall household!). You may remember that Kristen had her baby girl a few weeks ago.

Well Shane's wife Tina had a few trips to the hospital that were false alarms, and all the while, her sister-in-law, Shawn's wife Tiffany, was progressing too. Well fast forward to Labor Day where Shane and Shawn are having breakfast together in Chester County Hospital (where I was born too!) waiting for the babies to progress. Later that morning, both of their wives give birth to gorgeous healthy babies -- on the same day! Shane and Shawn were born on February 1st, and both have babies born on September 1st - Labor Day! How wild is that?!

Welcome to the world:

It's a Boy!
Brady Joseph

Born September 1, 2008
proud parents Shawn and Tiffany
(and big brothers Brett and Brian)
11:30 a.m.
7 pounds 9 ounces
20 1/2 inches long


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It's a Girl!
Alaina Michelle

Born September 1, 2008
proud parents Shane and Tina
9:27 a.m.
7 pounds 3 ounces
20 inches long

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It's a Girl!
Presley Marie

Born August 19th, 2008
proud parents Kristen and Chris
(and big sister Madison)
2:52 AM
8 pounds 1 ounce
20 3/4 inches long

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*I can't take credit for the gorgeous pictures - they have all been "borrowed" from my cousin's blogs...

We are still waiting on hearing good news from Cousin Stephanie, who is awaiting the birth of her second baby in the next month.... We're also waiting on Tina to get a blog. I am sure with all of her "free time", she will throw one together any day now ;)

The Massive Ocean City Vacation post you've been bugging me about waiting for!

In my defense, I took over 500 pictures on my vacation, so I had quite a bit to sort through, in addition to catching up after taking a week off in the middle of wedding season... See, even a photographer ends up working on her vacation! ;)

Without further ado, and in no order whatsoever because I refuse to spend any more of my Labor Day sorting through images...

Heading to the beach with Geedah and Peepa.


Eating his first (and last) Rita's of the summer...


"I so happy!"


Stopping at Wawa in Dover on the way down to OCMD, we decided to rock out. Here Jake does his "rock horns."


Geedah and Jake having fun, and luckily for me and my camera, it was in the perfect late afternoon light!


My two favorite pictures of Jake for the vacation:


Someone stole my fresh-squeezed lemonade:


On the boardwalk


Bludgeoning a crab


Our little guard dog, who managed to bark at every other dog she saw from our porch (and she is not normally a barking kind of dog)


Playing MTV Drumscape with Daddy


We try to take this shot every year, I should try to find last years's shot of him...


jake, Dada, Geedah, Peepa. (No, we didn't think to get one of all five of us. Duh.)


The Boyds (Caley, Uncle Bob, Aunt Marianne, Brad)


Cosuin Bec, Rollin, Aunt Nancy


The moms and daughters: Caley and Aunt Marianne, Beccah and Aunt Nancy (Jess had to go back to school), me and mom.


Jake and Geedah onthe beach, eating leftover Dolle's caramel corn.


Balloon hat, made by non-enthusiastic somewhat scary Russian teenage clown....um..yeah....


Peepa, Jake and Daddy on our last night on the boardwalk, catching the train back to where our car was parked.


We had to get rid of the leftover Carvel ice cream Birthday cake in the freezer before we left, so Jake volunteered to take one for the team and had, gasp, ice cream cake for breakfast. There goes my mother of the year award....


Playing skeeball on the boardwalk. Jake throws it overhand - ha!


Jake and Dad in the gorgeous afternoon sunlight.


My dad spotted this from the Boardwalk, and I just had to go back for the photo.


I took as many pictures as possible when the sunlight settled over the bay. GORGEOUS light!


The one and only picture you will ever see of me in my bathing suit on this blog. Ever. Jake fell asleep and took his nap on my chest while we were on the beach. You can see the bathing suit marks on his little cheeks!!


There is some kind of fellowship who builds these amazing sand sculptures each year. They are so amazing. We went to take a closer look, and I looked down at Jake in his stroller and he has his hands clasped in prayer! I was so proud and full of joy to see that! :)


My favorite cute boys :)


The amazing sunset over the bay that I was mentioning


More Boardwalk fun...


This was after playing miniature golf one day. This was about five minutes before we went into the arcade and Ralph spotted former Phillies player and current ESPN Baseball Tonight host, John Kruk!


A mean game of Pictionary broke out one night between Aunt Nancy,Bec, Caley, Aunt Marianne, my mom and I. Guess whose team won? I'll give you two hints: she was an art major and she writes this blog.


Jake got the chance to sit in an actual OCVFD firetruck! Very cool! I couldn't believe the firemen invited us in to do this! :)




The aforementioned miniature golf course.


And one more of my happy cute boy on our last night on the boardwalk.


Already counting down to go again next year! :)

What I love about summer vacation....

One whole week of sleeping in late • Bagels and Buns is open 24 hours • Geedah is ready, willing and able to babysit • getting a tan • Candy Kitchen dark chocolate covered pretzels • laying around by the pool • did I mention sleeping in late? • Boardwalk at night • Funnel cakes and fresh squeezed lemonade • Stopping by to see my friends in Delaware • All you can eat seafood at Hooper's and Phillip's • reading the new David Sedaris book • Rita's italian ice • gorgeous weather for 7 days straight • blue sky, bright sun, actually getting to feel the breeze on my face • no agenda, no schedule, no problem • Coconut Chocolate Chip ice cream at Dumser's • playing Pictionary with my mom, my aunts and my cousins • watching the Olympics • hearing my son say the following words: "I so happy!" • eating a surprisingly good waffle at a place called General's House of Chipped Beef • sand between my toes • Dolles Caramel Corn vs. Fisher's Caramel Corn • napping on the beach with a toddler on my chest • 'Out of Office' Auto Email Reply • Miniature golf and skeeball • Jake jumping on the beds • staying up late, sleeping in later...

Many more pictures coming soon!

Ocean City Vacation 2008

We are in Ocean City, MD with my parents for the week, as we do every summer. We are enjoying the sand, the sun, the sights and the seafood! I am taking lots of pictures and planning to update the blog when we get back home in a few days. About to head out to play miniature golf with the dinosaurs, and Jake just enjoyed a "ride" in a firetruck! (We walked by the 74th St OCVFD Station and they let Jake sit in the cab of one of the firetrucks!) Jake is enjoying jumping on the bed while I attempt to type this... maybe it's time to go!

Special shout-out to my cousin Kristen who just gave birth to her beautiful new baby girl, Presley. Congratulations to Kristen, Chris and big sister Madison! I will post a link next time I don't have a two-year old hanging from my neck.....

Gotta go...

Same Poop, Different Day

In case anyone was afraid I might have matured in the last few days, I will use this post to let them know: certainly not!

Dog Poop

In honor of my baby brother's 27th birthday today, I present the following video...



Yeah, uh.... thanks again for teaching him to say that Uncle Danny....

Reason #483 why I need a camera phone

We are at the park in Greenwich, CT right now (just across the state line, only about 10-15 mins away from home) after my Chiro appt and Jake is running around playing happily. Great photo opp, I think to myself and grab my trusty point-n-shoot from my purse and bring it along. Pull it out to set the ISO nice and low since its a bright sunny day and -- ugh! The batteries are dead. I soooo need a camera phone. I can BLOG from my BlackBerry, yet I can't take a picture. I'm a stinkin photographer by trade dagnabbit! I *need* a camera on me at all times. I don't drag my big camera around with me, but maybe I should! Or, just have the presence of mind to actually think to *charge* my point and shoot batteries now and again...

<sarcasm>So for anyone who complains that there are no pictures on "Jakes Baby Blog" I will direct you to my photography blog at kellyvasami.blogspot.com. And I will remind you that this blog is called Jake's *BABY* blog. He's a toddler now. I've more than fulfilled my baby blogging obligations ;) Lol.
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In all seriousness, I know the blog is pretty sparse and I wish I could post more. The photography business is going really well and I can't complain. I work 2-4 days a week (frequently 12 hour days) so when I do have 'down time' I *spend it* with Jake, rather than *posting* about Jake. And occaisionally I'll push around a vaccuum, do a load of laundry or throw a small birthday party for my now-30-year-old hubby. :)

But yes, it hasn't gone unnoticed that the blog has been neglected more than usual this summer. I hope you all are spending the four minutes a day you would normally spend reading my blog doing something fabulous with the ones you love. :)
I know I am...

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