Happy Birthday Jacob!

I cannot believe that Jacob is 5 years old. It seems like just yesterday he was a cuddly little baby! We had a great birthday part for him at Monkey Joe's and a bunch of his friends from school came. After his party he said "Am I 5 now Mom?" I told him not yet. So, on his actual birthday he looked up at me and said "I am 5 now, aren't I?" Of course all day long everything was better for Jacob because he was 5! He really is growing and changing. He is doing really well with his "target" words at school and identifying which words begin with which letters. He has also become more inquisitive (catching up to Abby and her million questions a day). Here are a few pics of Jacob's party and actual birthday. I think the highlight of his birthday was when we got home from dinner and he had several birthday messages on the machine. He kept trying to talk to everyone on the answering machine. It was very comical!

Jacob opening one of his gifts (He got lots of hot wheels and he was thrilled about that)!

Jacob and all of his friends!

Abby's face plant on one of the slides!

Jacob ON his 5th birthday... so EXCITED!

One of my favorite pictures of Jacob when he was 4 months old!!!

Christmas in Georgia

On our way back to Georgia we picked up Blake and Dylan from S.C. and then we had Christmas here. It was good to have all four kids together. Last night was New Year's Eve and we just stayed home and played video games, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and watched a movie. It was very relaxing and the perfect way to ring in the new year. Happy New Year!!!!

Christmas in New Hampshire

Steve, Abby, Jacob and I drove up to New Hampshire for Christmas. We wanted a white Christmas and boy did we get one. The kids loved the snow. Jacob really loved it and we had a hard time getting him inside. We had Christmas eve with an ornament exchange, then we had three Christmases on Christmas day. We opened gifts until 9 at night. It took us a long time driving up and back but we had a wonderful time!

Christmas morning opening presents from Santa!

Abby, Caitlin and Jacob playing with their new DS's.

Jacob playing Santa!

Abby & Caitlin after sledding (it was freezing).

Jacob getting ready to sled down the hill (he knocked me off my feet on his way down the hill).