Happy Birthday!

What I refer to as Birthday Season is here!!

Sunday was Gracie's birthday. We had a big time celebrating 7 years of Gracie!!

Gracie and some of her friends...

Sarah Jane helped keep Jacob at his first birthday party.

There was a parachute drop race... and a pinata...

A driveway race...

and face painting...
It was a big day and lots of fun!

Today is Pappy's Birthday! We'll be celebrating at dinner tonight.

Thursday is cousin Gavin's 1st birthday, next Thursday (the 8th) is Mimi's birthday, the 11th is Uncle Dave's birthday, and the 15th is Uncle Bob's birthday. We get a two week break then it's Sissy's Sweet 16 - Aunt SJ to Jacob, but I still refer to her as Sissy all the time. He'll be nice and confused when he gets older...I refer to Aunt SJ as Sissy, Gracie calling him little brother...

Anyway - Happy Birthdays all around!! Look for cards in the mail!

Summerzcool

It's icky and raining out, and man I wish there was a beach in sight... Jacob's getting over being sick and being on antibiotics for 5 days, hopefully he can continue to kick the ick!
In the mean time, I've been trying to lift my spirits, mainly with some Buffett.
I came across this video from his summer tour... new song, not released yet, but makes me a little happier to hear some new tunes.

Jacob and Woody

Jacob's Baptism was this weekend. More pictures to come!

Looavul

I saw a funny commercial this weekend when the Cats were beating the Cards.



Couldn't help but share. Very creative.

Could It Be??

Jacob's drooling a LOT, he's chewing on his fist, pulling at his ears and hair above his ears, has a runny nose, has become a little cranky and is waking up earlier than normal...

We made a trip to the doctor last week at the request of day care - gotta love it - and the doctor's conversation with me went a little something like this:

Dr. W - He's not sick, but it could be early teething.

Me - No, Don't tell me that!

Dr. W - Okay, I won't. I'll just step outside and slip you a note under the door. He's probably teething!

He's 3 months old!! He'll be 16 weeks Sunday, so I guess he could fall into the 4-7 month age range that teething falls into. But, seriously? Already!?!

On another note - this weekend we had Jacob's 3 month pictures taken. Pat and I (well, me really) decided that since he has gotten a little personality we'd take family pictures and go ahead and get him in his Christening outfit. We used Cara Dee Photography, and WOW! She's amazing! The picture below is one of my favorites and the picture at the top of the blog is my absolute favorite! I don't have all the images yet. I've hijacked these two off her facebook page. There will be more to come! Don't worry, and I'll upload the higher quality images.

This weekend is Jacob's Baptism at church. Tom and Carolyn are coming into town for the occasion and to meet Jacob for the first time. We're also excited to have David (Jacob's Godfather and Pat's oldest brother) and Laura (Jacob's Godmother) coming in from Maryland and Indianapolis, respectively. Lots of grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends will be at our house this weekend! When the world stops spinning from all of this, I'll report on the events of the weekend.

Happy Friday!

Where were you...

I will never forget.

Simply put. How could anyone?

I awoke that morning, got dressed for my swim for fitness class and walked from PFT to Preston on WKU's campus, oblivious to what was going on in NYC. There was a big screen TV in the lobby outside the pool in Preston, and about 20 people were standing around just watching it. That's when I saw the black clouds and the flames. That's when I turned around and went back to my dorm and called my parents. My uncle, at the time, had been working on and off at the Pentagon and no one in my family had spoken to him. He finally got ahold of my grandfather to let us know he hadn't been at the Pentagon, but things were really bad and they might pack up and come to Kentucky for a while. I was to leave PFT immediately, as it was the tallest building in the area and we were close enough to Ft. Knox that it could become an issue if there were more planes out there.

It was a very scary morning. I high tailed my butt to Chestnut Street, and as Alice says, reamined glued the the TV for the remaineder of the day with my new sorority sisters. What a bonding experience we had. Just 4 weeks into school our freshman year. It's hard enough to do the college thing and learn to be out on your own, much less have such an event happen during the first month. I was VERY thankful that day for Lauren Millard and my pledge sisters. Without them I had no one. Lauren sat with all of us that day in the floor of the living room. She sat and cried with us, hugged us and talked with all of us. We could not have asked for a better pledge educator that day, what we got was a friend.

This is our time to remember. This is our time to take pride in a country that has risen from the ashes. I loudly play my patriotic mysic and sing at the top of my lungs with the windows down, and I will all day. I was more inclined today to get up and put on my red, white and blue than I was on the 4th of July. Jacob and I are dressed in honor of those who didn't come home 8 years ago, and those who boldly and bravely have fought and continue to fight for the principles of freedom. Thank you. And we will never forget.

...And the #1 way to tell if a child's parents are Republican or Democrat

So, this is not a story about Jacob or Pat or me, but somehow I couldn't resist a laugh, or at least the shock factor involved...

Today was a historical day in the schools across the United States. For the first time children were addressed directly by the President. During his speech, my youngest sister Gracie, age 6, apparently decided it was appropriate to ask her teacher (and the rest of her class) some questions. It went a little something like this...

"Why is President Obama trying to take all our money to give to the poor?
Won't that make us poor?
And will he give it back?"

Yes. Yes, she did. In the middle of class. In the middle of President Obama's speech.

Obviously someone has been listening to the political talk in her house. Listening a little closer than anyone probably ever gave her credit for.