jeremiah's 1st birthday

So yesterday was Jeremiah's birthday,
I can't believe it's been a whole year...
Holy moly cow! (as Jacob would say)
We wish you all could have been here.

(Truly, that did not start out as a poem, but alas, rhyming happens.)

This is the boys drumming on one of Jeremiah's presents... They've got some serious rhythm.

And Jeremiah holding up the elephant from his new "Where's My Tail?" game... So far he mostly only knows how to pull out the fur/hair from the tails (woops!), but he's close to being able to attach a tail to the velcro spot on a block.





And here's Jeremiah talking with "Dusty the Vacuum" (and himself) in the hallway mirror... I wish I knew what he thought about the scene he sees in the mirror! I think maybe he's thinking "Man, that's one cute baby! I wonder where he got that cool vacuum and where can I get me one?!?"

We didn't really do the whole "let's see what the baby does with the cake" deal, but we did enjoy a lovely gourmet lemon cake on his behalf. :)

wagon surprise

Grammy and Grampy are visiting for the weekend,

and much to Jacob's delight, they did indeed bring a surprise!

A BIG surprise:

Amid squeels of delight and shouts of "Oh I love wagons!" from Jacob, we successfully unwrapped, assembled and took the boys out in their first ride in the new wagon. Quite fun!



Jacob is convinced that this particular wagon was made specifically with him in mind. Why? Because it has cupholders! Two for each rider, in fact! What could be better than that?!?

Jeremiah looked a little concerned, and held on for dear life for about the first 1/2 a block, but then he eased into it.