California King

Finally I am starting to get some respect around here... after waiting to move into my new special house, I am moving up in the world to a new bed. It's my equivalent of a California King and let me tell you - life is good. Below you'll see exhibit A (or at least I'll call it that in court) a picture of me in that converted little person crib.

Exhibit B - my big boy bed. It's crazy cool. I'm chillin with an infinite number of dinosaurs and stuffed animals and the best news, Duncan cant even jump up and bother me. Now you tell me after you look at the pictures if you don't see a difference in my comfort. I'm suing my parental units for a lifetime supply of jelly beans, I hope the judge rules in my favor and agrees I've been caged like a wild animal. OK, maybe I need to work on my courtroom drama. I'm a happy man.

Everything is going really well in my new house, except the weather. I had to take my tee ball game inside the house the other day - we had a rain delay that I was getting impatient with.

Mommy had a birthday this last week, it was fun to sing to her! She's a few years older than me, but she's beautiful - I tell her that each day. This weekend I will be chasing bunnies to find their candy filled eggs. Maybe there will be some coins like last year, I'm building up my piggy bank to put a home theatre system in my room - you know, now that I have the space, have to make it my own.

Much love and chocolate bunnies,

- Jacob

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!