April 5th, 2008

This is my favorite picture of Mike and Jake. They were laying on the grass in the backyard and watching the sky for planes and birds. They lay there about 30 minutes. It was precious to watch This was taken at Mom and Sam's new house in Washington state. The two pups had quite a week full. On the left is Nina (border collie) and on the right is Jasper (australian shepherd). They were told beforehand that the tornado was coming. Poor things. They were so well behaved. Nina would get up and walk away or go and hide her face behind her people. Jasper would bark at the air.
Here's jake enjoying a ride on the turtle at the indoor play yard in the mall in Olympia, Washington. He really wore himself out the first time he played there. I take him to the indoor playground here in Texas when the weather isn't great, but I never saw him run around that way before. We took him to this one twice and to the Children's Museum. Yes, I forgot to bring my camera. There was a miniature dump truck that he just loved to pretend drive. He would flip the switches for the lights and play with dumping and hauling the fake rocks in the miniature wheelbarrow.

I threw this picture in because it's the most recent. Jake weighs 28 pounds and is 35 and 3/4 inch tall. He wears between a size 2t and 3t and his feet are almost outgrowing his size eight shoes.

Mom and Sam and Jake at the Toys'R'Us. This was after the shopping spree for his birthday. He got a bunch of cars and a case. Also a lawnmower bubble maker. He loves to drive. If its got a steering wheel he wants to drive it.

Can you tell how much he was enjoying the icing on his cupcake for his second birthday? He would work his way through the icing so that he could have another cupcake. And he ate the icing on that one too. Left the cake parts. This little one loves chocolate and oatmeal cookies and ice cream. But don't worry, he's the first one to eat his fruits and veggies. He really does eat very well. He'll eat almost anything we put in front of him.

***Just in case any of you were wondering where I got the inspiration for this blogs name.***