The Journey

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Jacob,

 So after we packed the house, the movers came and loaded it all into a truck and hauled it away. We weren't to see our massive collection of furniture, toys and (predominately) junk for two weeks.

 Left with an empty house, we attached a uhaul trailer to the pickup truck, and loaded your mom's car onto it. That sentence makes it sound as though it was easy to accomplish the trailer hookup and loading. It was not. Our family will be forever indebted to the Kohls for Matt's help in getting loaded safely.

 So car hooked up, and dogs in back, we said our tearful goodbyes to our friends in San Antonio and began the 2000+ mile journey from San Antonio, TX to Hartford, CT.
We decided to give ourselves an extra day (for a total of four days) so that we could enjoy the drive, and have plenty of time to stop and play with you and the dogs at rest stops along our route. It is a good thing we decided to do so, because we ended up arriving in West Hartford within 30 seconds of our scheduled appointment time, and that was with us pushing hard the whole way.
(I'm not kidding about that 30 second thing, either - it was kind of awesome).

 You did extremely well on the trip, but by the end of it you were finding increasingly creative ways to avoid being put back into your car seat at the start of each leg of the journey. 

 Our slow progress was partly due to the fact that we were limited to a top speed of 60 mph with the trailer. We also managed to sqeeze in a few fun stops along the way. Notably, we stopped in DC to see your aunties Sandy and Cathy, and to see your cousin Emmy.

 But that is a story for another post.

-Dad

Graduation Pics

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Hey Jake,
I forgot to mention, you can see more photos of your Mom's graduation here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benvolio/sets/72157618750278808/
-Dad

Graduation!

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Jacob -
Long time, no blog! Sorry for the lull in the chronicles of Jake. Your mom and I hereby pledge to you (and more importantly, to your loyal readers) to resume henceforth. Well, it has been a while since my last update to you. A lot has happened in the intervening time. My plan is to bring you up to speed on the broad strokes by posting a few notes about the major events of the last few months here. So the first of these big events was your mother's graduation from Medical School! We had a great time celebrating together. We went to the Tower of the Americas for dinner the night before with your Nana, Cathy, Steve, Sandy, Samantha, your mom and me. The next day was graduation - you were great during the ceremony, and you were excited that your Magah came to join in the festivites too! It was such an incredible culmination of hardwork, determination, and craziness and we are all so proud of your mom, the new Doctor. Afterward we all went to Port Aransas for a few days to soak up some rays, sit by the pool, and wade in the ocean. The water was just warm enough for your first dip - you really loved the floaty that Shifi got for you, and loved floating around in the pool with your mom and dad. When our fun at the beach came to an end, we rushed back to San Antonio, while at the same time your Magah flew back to Denver to go under the knife for knee surgury (and to officially begin retirement. WooHoo!). While your Magah was braving the Dr., we furiously packed what was left in our house in San Antonio, had several fantastic goodbye dinners (and lunches) with our friends there, and then got in the car to begin our trek to the East Coast. But that, my friend, is a story for another post. Love,
Dad

Giggles

Jake,
 

I just love to hear you laugh so I am constantly tickling you and I just had to capture it on video.  You still aren't crawling but you are getting closer everyday!  Your new favorite game is to stack blocks with your Daddy (or should I say knock over the blocks after he stacks them).  Yesterday he came home for lunch to play with you and you started crying when he left.

Love you,

Mom

Sleeping in

Jacob,

One Saturday you and I woke up early and decided to let your dad sleep in.  After a couple of hours of playing I got hungry so I asked your dad to wake up and watch you so that I could go grab some breakfast. He woke up (or so I thought) and said that he would, so I left to get food.  I returned less than 15 min later to this sight...

Your dad claims that he doesn't even remember me asking him to watch you and had been asleep the whole time!  I'm just glad you didn't roll off the bed.

Love you silly boy,

Mom

Getting close....

Hey Jake!

As you know we are moving to Hartford, CT in just a few months!  We are really excited about it and we will blog with more details  soon! In the meantime I just had to post a couple of pictures of you getting ready to crawl, I bet it won't be much longer now!

Family Photos

Jacob -
Two weeks ago we went to Austin to take some family portraits.  We're still waiting to get all of the photos back from the photographer, but today she posted some of her favorites on her blog. She did a great job and we're looking forward to more photo sessions with her as you grow!  Click the image below to see the early picks:



-Dad