Not much going on...

Ok, so maybe that's not entirely true - it's been pretty busy around our camp for the last several months. I turned 2 years old, had 2 separate parties (oh, yeah!) and celebrated Christmas with my Grandma Jan, Grandma Karen and Papa and my cousins. I'm a BIG guy, pretty soon I'll be old enough to get a job and start paying for my own things. That's at least what mom and dad say. I am adding pictures for you all to take a look at, but I am sure my family will be seeing more of me around... you'll have to read on. That's what they call a teaser in the business you know.

Below - My cousin Grace and I wait for my special cupcake on my birthday. Chow down!


For Christmas, I got some Buzz Slippers - I can fly like Buzz and even defeat Zurg.


When I am home in GB, I love to play with my cousins - they are a blast. We run outside, get special treats and play with toys. Rumor has it Grandma Karen fixed up the basement... all for me to go in and make a MESS. When will they ever learn?



After a hard day of play, a little cuddle time is perfect!



I'm going to get a lot more TLC and time with my family from now on. Wait for it... we're moving! (I know the suspense was killing you!) We found a special new house for me near Milwaukee, WI. Mom and Dad wanted us to be closer to our family and after a long talk - we made a tough choice to leave our family and friends in Minneapolis. We made a lot of good memories there... including mom and dad graduating college, making some money starting their careers, making friends and making me (no details please). We've been very blessed. Mom was able to transfer to another center where they had a director position open and dad went from Target to Kohls. I think it's funny he's in the handbag buying office. Hahaha... he was in the big apple this last week for work. I like apples.

Below is a quick pic of our send off from MN. Our house sold in 10 days. Amazing!

Drumroll please... we've bought a new special house (I think all my piggy bank money will cover it) that I get to move into in a few weeks. It sure beats this temporary housing nonsense that I've been cooped up in. It's got a nice big back yard, room for Duncan and I to run around and space for all of my toys. Rumor has it there is even extra rooms that I could get a little brother or sister. No plans yet, dad says chill. :) I am so excited. My big boy school is just down the road! So cool! I took a few pictures of the house for you.

It's called the cookie house, because when we went in for the showing - they had cookies waiting for us. Yahooo!

Special thanks to Grandma Karen and UMD for helping us house hunt, we saw 9 houses in 1 day. Also, a shout out to Grandma Jan - not only did is she taking care of my puppy, Duncan - but she also took care of me when I had the poops for a week... I will NOT explain, but it was nasties. Grandma Jan also sold her house too! Lots of exciting things going on!

I can't wait to settle in and explore all the city has to offer. Yes, still a Twins fan / Packer fan / Gopher fan. We can cheer for the Brewers too as long as they aren't playing my Twins - they are in different leagues you know.

Love you, miss you, see you soon

-Jacob

Pumpkins, Jumping Castle and Animals... oh my!

A few short weeks ago we ventured to one of our favorite places, Sun Country Farms pumpkin patch. I guess mom and dad have been coming here for years, since I was just a twinkle.

Now I'm a big 2 year old twinkle and I got to go do some fun stuff! Enjoy the pictures below and I'll add some silly commentary per usual.

Ahhh, the family photo. We sat on this big wagon filled with pumpkins. Mom and dad made me sit and smile, but all I wanted to do was run around on the wagon and navigate the pumpkin minefield. A nice lady took this picture of me and my buddies - only Duncan is "missing" from the picture.

I loved to jump in the bounce house, it was a haunted bounce house but I told the ghosts where to go! I had SUCH a fun time jumping around with friends that when it was time to go, I didn't want to. Mom came in to get me, but dad says mom just wanted to go in and jump too. She's a big kid!

The driver on the bus says "Move on back, move on back, move on back"... I'm in charge now! Next stop: feeding the animals.

This is my friend Billy, Billy goat. I fed him lots of corn! Well, really I grabbed some corn and Billy helped himself to it. I laughed and laughed because it tickled! Billy was a lot cooler than the sheep. One of them thought my pinky made for an excellent snack - I disagreed. It hurt and made me cry! We settled out of court... I didn't feed him or his sheep friends again, that showed him!

Grrrrrarrrr! Tiger on the loose with loot! This Halloween thing is apparently filled with candy! That's good for me, bad for my parental units. More to come from Halloween including... my cousins, my costumes and my Green Bay b-day party!

Love you all!

So many pictures to share...we have been bad!

Jake turned 2 at the end of September! Wow, time really does fly. We did a little mini celebration! He got to open some presents, but I don't think they topped the Buzz balloon! As you can see in all of the pictures, when you ask him to smile, he definitely likes to put all of his face into his smiles! Enjoy the pictures, we do have more to come. A visit to the pumpkin patch is coming....

He blew the candles out all by himself!

Hanging out with my cousins Ari and Ciara!

Here in Minnesota, they give out driver's licenses to anyone! I smiled as I drove thru the red light!

Love you all!