Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Jake's newest tricks


While Jake has not yet crawled forward, he spends a good deal of the day moving around in reverse. In the last day or two, he has added the hands-and-toes stance to his repertoire.


He has also loves standing (with support, or course). Here he is hanging on to the gate at the top of the stairs...

Happy Halloween!



Here are a couple shots of Dino Jake on his first Halloween!
Hopefully he'll stay awake long enough to see some trick-or-treaters tonight-

Monday, October 29, 2007

Just got back from Monterey Bay Aquarium trip





To celebrate being married for two years, Jacob's mom and dad took him to the famous aquarium and cannery row for the weekend!


He very much enjoyed the special Sea otter exhibit and the extensive jelly fish collection!




We brought him very close to the touch pools where one can see and touch star-fish and sea cucumbers - but decided to leave the touching for a future trip - when he doesn't immediately put his hands in his mouth. We saw many really cool sea life and listened to a live lecture about the "deep sea" which refers to all the life deeper than about 850 feet. (During the lecture, Jacob, much like a college student, caught up on his sleep!) Many strange and wonderful creatures can be found at these depths and very little is known about their life span and behaviors because of the difficulty of routine observation. However the critter at the left was much closer to the surface life!

Jacob enjoying a King sized bed!

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Here's Jake and Craig in the hotel pool...

Friday, October 26, 2007

Jake in our new favorite #8 Shirt

Finally Getting a Blog Setup For Jacob...

Jake's 8 months old now - and yes - finally demanding his own Blog! We'll try to add entries somewhat regularly and keep this up to date for friends and family.