Playing Catch-up with Jacob

Believe it or not, my winter has been pretty crazy with weddings so I'm just now posting some much needed cute photos of Jacob. Lucky for me, he's patient about having his time in the spotlight! It's a bit of a hodge-podge but here's some photos from the last couple of months...I'll explain the photos as they are posted. Here's our cutie!

Here's Jacob's Perfect Attendance Award pic...congrats!

Jacob with his new cousin, Beck...Beck finally fell asleep after crying...Jake was a natural with him (in practice for his baby sister!)




Here are some cute photos of Jacob that his daddy took...some of my favorites!




Jacob enjoying some hot chocolate after playing in the snow with me...look at those cute little red cheeks and nose!




Jacob recently competed in his first Kempo Karate Tournament and won a trophy, two 4th place finishes and one 2nd place finish! Great job Jake!

Here he is letting us know he placed 2nd in the Karate Combo segment...yay!


Jacob didn't fare so well in this battle...




Jacob with his Mimi and Poppy...

Jacob with Daddy Mickey...

...and Mommy...

Check out those ribbons and trophy!


The camera "hog" would like to smile while grappling lol...

Playing Catch-up

What a whirlwind December and January! I was deep in the throes of planning a gorgeous January 24th wedding and having a lot of fun doing it. More on that later, complete with photos! So, I've just now gotten to my Christmas photos...Mickey, Jacob and I had a great Christmas this year. It may not look like it, but we DID scale back on the gift giving. We have overdone it in years past. Here's some photos of our Christmas celebrations, both with our local family and at home on Christmas Day! I'm leaving out the photos of my niece, Ava in her birthday suit..lol...after all the celebrations on Christmas Eve, she decided she wanted to run into the Great Room with just her frilly socks and black patent shoes and say, "I'm NAAAKKEDDD!" But I have to say it was hilarious! Enjoy!

Jacob got his first set of REAL golf clubs!

Notice Ava's squinty eyes!

Here are the Reece's.. My mom's side of the family...we get together every year!

You can't see it in this photo, but Papaw Gil got him a Lite Brite...do you remember those!?? I loved mine when I was little!

From Granny Lanny!

From Auntie Tina, "Fireman Mike" and Jessica...

We're Having a Girl!

Imagine our surprise (for those of you who know us well!) when the ultrasound showed us on Monday that we were having a little girl!! We feel so blessed by this miracle! I think Mickey and I both were expecting a boy...and why, I'm not sure (thanks to Mickey's Dad!). But my favorite reaction was that of our son, Jacob. He had "requested" a little sister all along, and when we told him the news, he said "Alright! I win! Yes!" with all the joy a 5 year old big brother could muster! Well, congratulations Jacob...yes, you win. As we all do...thank you Lord!

Fall Family Portraits

Instead of sending photos out this year via Christmas cards, I decided to let technology do it for me. In October, Mickey, Jacob and I had family portraits made by McCardell Photography. If you follow this blog or my website, you know I am a big fan of Renee and Jonathan's work and we were really excited to have them do the honors this year! Also, my sister's family joined us for some shots as well. You'll see Kristi, VERY pregnant (who at this posting is currently in the hospital in LABOR!!) and her husband, Mark and their 2 1/2 year old, Ava. Jacob and Ava had a blast getting to be themselves and we love our photos! Special thanks to McCardell Photography for (ONCE AGAIN!) phenomenal photos and for braving the cold with us to get these special memories! Hopefully my next post will be of "Baby New Year Maier"!!