a photo edit

So I was just messing with some settings in a photo editing program and thought this turned out kinda cool.

Nothing too new happening around here. Jacob cut his 4th tooth - did you know that? I can't remember if I posted that or not. It looks like two more teeth up top will be coming soon as well. We have taken several trips to the pool this week in the 90+ degree heat. He is liking the pool a lot more than he did when we first tried in April. We have got him in the floatie and take him out to where the big kids play. He also likes to sit at the zero-depth entry and let the water splash up on him.

Maybe I'll try a couple editing tricks with some of the swimming pictures - that is if Jacob doesn't wake up from his nap first!

We got a sitter for tonight and Nate and I look forward to an evening together. We don't know what we're doing - it will probably involve golf and dinner, but where...who knows! We were going to do a movie, but nothing really seems to hit the spot with what our interests are for movies.

Enjoy your weekend

It's been awhile

Since the last update, Jacob has done a lot! He started crawling the day after that post and his 3rd tooth cut the following day. He is now standing and pulling himself up. He is crawling about 20 times faster than when he began. It's fun to watch him explore and learn new tricks. Why does it always seem to be that babies go for the things you don't want them to? Jacob has had his first baseball game experience, went to the beach,and pool (which so far has not been his favorite), is waving hi and bye, gives kisses, snuggles his stuffed animals and kitties, tasted ice cream for the first time and liked it, got his first haircut, does 'so big' and will walk with an adult holding his arms up and guiding him.

He likes things that move, like caterpillars.

He also really enjoyed watching the butterflies at the butterfly house in Sioux Falls while Nate was in meetings earlier this month.

Summer is here, two of our three trips are complete. We returned from the WI Dells yesterday evening. We had a good time with family while doing some of the tourist attractions. It was fun to take vacation as a family of three. Although packing for such a thing is a lot different now. We make do with a lot less and make Jacob too. A few toys made the trip, but the bigger items stayed back at home, like the kitties and his dump truck. He really likes this toy. He missed it on vacation. When we returned he was very excited to play with it again.

In WI we rented a house. Here are several pictures outside that house. Nate's immediate family all gathered here for several days. I'm so glad the mosquitoes are not out yet in Iowa! Those things must really get bird sized by the end of the summer. Thankfully, they stayed away from Jacob, and I only received a few nibbles.

When we returned home we checked out the strawberry patch and sure enough there were red berries! (That had not been snatched by birds! Last year when we returned home from vacation all that remained were the stems of the berries hanging from the plants. It was sad.) It was so great to eat some straight from the garden! Delicious! Jacob however wasn't a great fan.

So far this summer has been very eventful. There are lots more pictures that are so cute but this gives you a glimpse.

We are also rejoicing with some friends who received word of a baby that had been born that they hope to bring home soon. Yeah!

We are looking forward to spending Father's Day together. I love watching Nate interact with Jacob. He's such a good daddy. He adores his son. I'll try to make him post on Sunday - we'll see if he has anything insightful to say. It's shaping up to be a HOT weekend here, I'm ready for some hot, sunny weather! WooHoo!