Misc "pre-baby" pictures ...

 This was at the end of 38 weeks .. just 2 days before Max was born

 Jake has a haircut - thanks Gram!

Ooooh dear - another biker in the family 

Warming up the baby seat for brother Max

Jake's new "hat" .. the pool cleaner disk

Jake is safety man!

Sewing with Gram & Mama

Jake's First Bike

We got Jake his first bike today. It is a balance bike - it has no pedals. He thinks it is pretty cool to have a bike like Daddy!

Bike Race

We got to go to Brian's bike race on Saturday - it was at Estrella Mountain Park (which is only about 10 minutes from home). Brian did great! He took 3rd place. Jake had a nice day playing in the dirt and enjoying another great Phoenix "winter" day.

Baking

Jake and I making cinnamon rolls .. yum yum!

Soccer

We thought it might be fun for Jake to participate in a "multi-sport" class for a few weeks. It is at the new Avondale Sports Complex right down the street from us. The first two weeks were soccer, the second two weeks are baseball, then basketball and football. It's pretty fun to watch him "play."

Friends!

We had such a nice visit with our friends last weekend. Erin, Sareana and Alex Kelly came down from Portland to thaw out a little. We had a great time watching the boys play together. They hadn't seen each other since Jake was about 4 or 5 months old. They got along great! We wish they lived closer to us, but hopefully with airline daddy's we can keep seeing each other periodically. 

The boys at the "kid" table

Eating lettuce out of the garden - yummy! 

Playing with trucks 

Erin reading to the boys before bed (another great Daddy!)

Posing after the McDowell Mtn bike race

If there is anything better than bike shorts and helmets, it is our husbands dancing in their lovely outfits :-) Wish this was video!

Baby Murphy

Here is a picture of Baby Murphy at 35 weeks .. big fat cheeks for us to pinch in a few weeks!

He/she is smiling in the bottom picture :-)