Updates

Well, this has been a very busy week.  Jake’s 1st birthday party was last weekend!  I haven’t had time to upload many pictures yet, but Chris has some great pictures on her blog CMB photos.  Jake ate his chocolate cupcake without getting all that messy.  Julia and Norah on the other hand had cupcake everywhere!  That’s okay though, it was a very fun party.

I am taking Introductory Statistics at WCTC on Mon, Wed and Fri mornings from 8:30-9:30 before work.  I haven’t taken a math class in at least 11 years!  I had an issue with the first homework assignment, but I got through it. 

My bowling this half of the season has been much better.  I finished the last half at an average of 127 :(  But my last two Mondays I averaged 184 and 165 so my overall average will be going up.  I’m finally bowling more like I think I should. 

We had book club last night on “The Zookeeper’s Wife”.  I only made it halfway though before I gave up.  It was very dull and a very heavy topic of WWII Nazi Germans and their crazy ways.  Will I ever finish, maybe, but not likely.  Becky joined my book club and she seemed to enjoy it even though she also didn’t finish the book.  I have to pick the next book so hopefully I pick a good one.

Happy Birthday Jake!

Jake is one today! 

I took him today for his one year check up and he is 50% for weight (23 lbs) and 90-95% for height (31.5”).  He also has a cough which the doctor said was a respiratory virus from a cold.  He has been given the green light to eat all the foods they say to stay away from before he turned one, so he can now have whole milk, chocolate, strawberries, nuts, peanut butter, etc.  The only thing he can’t have is pure honey, but we never have that at home.  We just need to watch him with each new food to make sure he doesn’t have an allergic reaction, but since the family doesn’t have strong food allergies he should be fine.  We are also getting ready to turn his car seat around to forward facing.  I’m sure he will love that! 

Even though he wasn’t feeling the best with the cough he was in good spirits.  We celebrated his birthday with a cookie.  He will get a chocolate cupcake at his party on Saturday.  Here are some pictures of Jake from each month:

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009  

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009 

August 2009 

September 2009 

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

January 12, 2010

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

Last night was one of the more low-key New Year’s Eves that I have had, but it was not any less special.  Jamie, Jake and I met up with Jenny, James and the girls for dinner.  We went to Rosati’s in Oconomowoc where we endulged in pizza, noodles and I had a calzone.  It was mighty tasty!  Afterwards we went back to Jenny’s house where the kids played and I opened up a bottle of ice Reisling. The Reisling was very sweet and thick (almost like a syrup).  We only had about 1/2 the bottle as it was a little too sweet for our tastes.  I was told to try it over vanilla ice cream so I will have to get some and try it out.  After playing two rounds of Guess Who with Jadyn we were all tired and it was way past the kid’s bedtimes.  So we went home and we all went to bed by 10:30 pm. 

These are a few of my favorite things!

This year for Christmas I got quite a few things on my list.  These included a salad spinner, a laptop pad, the new Sting CD and Taylor Swift CD, and the Ace of Cakes book (one of my favorite shows on the Food Network).  But my most favorite gift was the Amazon Kindle! 

 

If you don’t read a lot then you wouldn’t understand the hype around the Kindle, Nook, E-Reader and other electronic reading devices.  But I do like to read and I have to read something before bed every night, so the Kindle will get a lot of use.

Jake also got a ton for Christmas.  Here are some pictures from Christmas morning when he got his Red Flyer Wagon and a 3’ tall Teddy Bear:

 

We hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas this year!

The arborvitae are here!

 

On my way into work on Monday morning I received a phone call from the owner of the landscaping company that we were using.  He said that since it is so nice out that they were coming to plant my 6 arborvitae.  Now as I remember it was about 20 degrees and at least 6” of snow on the ground.  So I was a bit surprised that they would be planting them. 

I asked if they were going to survive the winter and he assured me that they are guaranteed and will be great.  He asked if I marked where they are supposed to be planted.  I said I marked them back in November, but I wasn’t sure if they were visible with all the snow.

I saw them on Monday night after I got back from bowling and they look nice.  I can’t really tell for sure if they were planted in the right place since it is hard to see the beds.  I guess I’ll find out when the snow melts.  I haven’t had time to take pictures yet, but I will try soon.

Cookies for the Troops Dec 2009

This past Friday I sent another package of cookies and candy to the troops overseas.  This time the soldier is from Wisconsin, but I am not sure where exactly.  Jamie’s Mom, Aunts and Cousins helped bake cookies and I also got some help from my co-workers.  In all I think I sent between 25-30 dozen!

 

Happy St. Nick Day!

Jake hopes you all have a wonderful St. Nick day.  He loved everything that St. Nick gave him this year.