Jake's First Christmas

Jake had a wonderful Christmas! I am not sure he really understood what all the presents were about, but he loved seeing all sorts of family and friends. We were able to celebrate a little bit early with Grandma and Grandpa Bien, Dan, and Amber. This was Jake's first taste at opening presents. I'll post a video when I get a chance. The camera is in Jake's room and he is sleeping right now =)

Jake received some toys, books, clothes, and a Radio Flyer wagon. I am so excited to be able to use it this spring and summer. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Bien!

On Christmas Eve, we went to Joe's grandparents (on his mom's side). We all scrunched into their new townhouse. It was quite cozy. Jake had a lot of fun playing with his second cousins (maybe first cousins once-removed...) Joseph and Jayden. He had a fun time opening presents, but it got to be a late night. I also forgot to put the formula in the diaper bag, so we could not give him a bottle. Poor guy =(

Here is a picture of Jake with his Great-Grandparents and Joseph and Jayden. Nobody looked at our camera!

We woke up at our house on Christmas morning and Jake was able to see what Santa put into his stocking. He also had a few presents to open up from Mommy and Daddy. We took a video of that, so I'll post that later. We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Knutson's house for breakfast and more presents! Jake had another stocking there and lots of gifts. Many of them make a lot of noise (Thanks!) It was fun to see Paige, Hailey, and Jake playing together. Again, most of this was on the video camera.

Later on in the day, we went over to Joe's aunt and uncle's house to celebrate with the Deters side of the family. Jake had a fun time showing off his walking with Daddy!

He got some really neat animal board books from Ben and Haley, and two stuffed animals from Uncle Dan. We learned that both Joe and his dad have been saying Snuffleupagus wrong for most of their lives. They thought it was Snuffleufagus. Somehow, Dad knew how to say it correctly!

Jake has had so much fun playing with all his new toys. We need a bigger house!

Jake is on the move!

Well, it has been a long time since I added a post. We have been busy around here. We had an exciting Thanksgiving, as Jake crawled for the first time Thanksgiving morning! We knew he would be able to do it by Christmas. Life is way different with a mobile child. I spent the Sunday after Thanksgiving baby-proofing the house. On Thanksgiving, we went to Grandma and Papa Knutson's house. Jake had a fun time with Paige.

Auntie Jamie even tried to color with Jake. He did not really do a good job. Paige was much better! We'll have to work on things before Kindergarten!

We took Jake to his first Wild game at the beginning of December. Joe's mom and step-dad let us use their tickets. We played Vancouver. Unfortunately, it was not a good game for Minnesota. Jake had a fun time. He was tired from a busy day at Cheryl's, so he did end up sleeping through most of the third period. He is a good sport, though!

We put the tree up in the basement this year. Last year, it was in Jake's room, so we had to find a new spot. The ceiling is too low for us to put a star on top. I am on a mission to get it up there! So far, Jake has not seemed too interested in the tree. At daycare, he did rip a little bit of paper off a present. We hope to get to see Santa next weekend!