First Birthday part 2: I'm One!

Jacob has had quite a busy day so far, and it's only half over. He's sleeping off his busy morning right now. Here are some pictures of what he's done so far today:

12 months old

Big smile!

Playing with VCR tapes

Playing with some of his birthday toys

Lunch at Chuck E. Cheese, playing in the toddler area

Eating his birthday pizza (he also took a sip of Daddy's pop, but didn't seem to like it)

Riding way up high on a ride

JACOB IS ONE!

Happy first birthday Jacob!
More later, I just wanted to get this up. We're off to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch with Daddy, and then Jacob will get a couple of gifts tonight. Other than that, he's going to just play, play, play (and hopefully nap).

First Birthday part 1: The Party

Jacob has experienced his first birthday party. We think he had a great time. Lots of people came to celebrate with him, and he was in a pretty good mood all day--even without a nap. Here are some pictures from the party, and I will have to get a couple of video clips up too. We have some good ones. Thanks to everyone for coming! Jacob loved seeing you all, and he is enjoying his new toys. We played with them all day today.

The Birthday Cake

He doesn't like hats, so it's no surprise that he didn't like his party hat

"If you try to put this hat on me again, I'll snap the elastic at you!"

Posing with his cake

Enjoying his first taste of birthday cake

The Aftermath

Back to the Future

We're finally back in the year 2007. We just spent 3 1/2 days without electricity, and although many people have gone much longer without it before, I have to say I'm relieved to have things back to normal. There were some strong thunderstorms on Saturday morning, Saturday night, and Monday night. Lots of wind, thunder, and lightning. In total, we got 4 1/2 inchesof rain. Thankfully, no real damage was done in our neighborhood. We lost some good size tree branches and Jacob's pool was partially deflated after it flew across the yard and landed on the driveway. He considers this a major loss. Hopefully we can have it patched up for him soon.

Right now I'm beginning to get the house ready for Jacob's birthday party on Sunday. We're having it a week early due to other obligations on his birthday weekend, but who can believe he's going to be ONE? Oh my.

I don't have very many pictures right now, but definitely after his birthday party. Here is one of him last week playing on our air mattress.

Another First

I know, I need to get some more pictures up. But tonight, just a quick news note. Jacob stood up without assistance tonight! He seemed to be trying all day today, and just couldn't quite get up. Maybe he was waiting for Daddy to be home. He stood up in the middle of the room a couple of times tonight. The "firsts" are coming fast and furiously these days!

"Uh oh!"

That's what Jacob has started to say! We don't think he knows quite what it means yet, but he says it a lot, so sometimes he gets the context right. For instance, tonight he was throwing Cheerios off his tray, and he said "Uh oh." Close enough. Later, he was chewing on a toy and said "Uh oh." It's very cute to hear words (or in this case, an expression) coming out in his little voice. We would prefer to hear Mama or Dada, but "uh oh" it is!

In walking news, he is very good at it now! Yesterday, he just started taking off. We aren't even counting the steps anymore, but he will walk across a room. Actually, he'll walk from one room to another, and even turn corners! We got a new video tonight, so be sure to check that out. We're very proud of him!