Random January Pictures

Here are a few pictures of Jake in the back yard today enjoying the nice Phoenix weather. Can't beat 70 degrees in January!

Jake finally figured out how to make this toy work. It makes a creepy laughing noise and the lights inside spin around. Pretty funny to watch him play with it!

Doesn't every parent take pictures of their kid climbing into the toy box after they have dumped all their toys out?

Jake's 1st Birthday

We had a birthday party for Jake with friends from our play group. Jake was very very serious that day. Not sure why .. perhaps he was coming to terms with his old age. He tasted his first chocolate cake, and made a delightful mess. We weren't sure how much he liked it, but it wasn't for lack of effort on my part. He had chocolate cupcakes with chocolate malt frosting. They were delicious! A new recipe I found in a library book.

I tried and tried to get some cute pictures of him on his big day, but he wasn't feeling very photogenic for some reason.

He really likes his new steering wheel - don't judge his opinion of the toy by the look on his face! He has been playing with it non-stop since it arrived :-)

Here he is, doing some work on the new work bench.

Shower

Washing Machine Repair Man

Out for a stroll

We took Jake downtown to the farmers market - his favorite part was pushing his stroller down the sidewalk.

Here he is - walking around in his moose shoes :-)

... And last but not leave, a video

Playing at the park

Jake's First Christmas

Brian and Jake and I celebrated Christmas on the 27th when we were all back home together. Thank you to everyone for your generosity. We got lots of fun toys and books and clothes for Jake. We appreciate them all! I didn't get pictures of very much - it was too much fun to be behind a camera for long!

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Jake loves his new dump truck from Aunt Sara & Uncle Tyler! It is so much fun.

Paper is fun to rip!

A new doggy from Aunt Sheila .. Woof woof!

Reading is so much fun. Jake got a lot of new books for Christmas and loves looking at all of them.