Thanksgiving weekend

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We had a good time with friends on Thanksgiving. I was on call but fortunately it was a quiet holiday. We spent some of it on the beach. Jake is getting a new tooth and has been particularly crabby the past 36 hours but I was still able to use him.....


Matt is here visiting and he ate the last piece of pumpkin Pie. Well the first thing I did was bury him in the sand.......

As you can see above he has no idea that he is about to become a victim of the old Hawaiin "Keiki torture"

Don't worry none of the marks are permament and should fade with time.

Jake practicing his MMA on Scott

Sometime wrestling with Kili just isnt enough of a challenge for Jake so he decides to go after me when Im on the ground

Hi mommy!! This one is for Mandy, Jake is like a little monkey now. You can see that he has figured out how to get on top of the coffee table.

jake and the birthday balloon

Mom got Jake an Elmo balloon that sings whenever you hit it. So far jake seems to like it.

Jake got to eat a cupcake for the first time on his birthday. He seemed to like the frosting more than actual cupcake though, Im not sure how much actually went into his mouth.

Jakie the one-year Keiki

Today Jake turned one year old. Because today is a workday for me we didn't celebrate with a party or cake, all that will have to wait until this weekend when I have some time off. Instead we did the next best thing......Mom brought Jake to me at work and Jake got 3 shots to the legs. Jake did well and only cried for a couple minutes before he was back to his normal rambunctious self and immediately went back to working on dismantling the FP clinic. By the way jake is still big for his age, he weighed 25.6 lbs (80th Percentile), was 30.2 (60th percentile) inches long and his head circumference was intially off the charts until we re-measured him but he definitely inherited the McGrail noggin and is still 95%. Happy birthday Jake!!!!

Jake and the wading pool

Recent movies

A visit from Friends

I'm sorry it's been a whole week since I updated the blog Mandy. The in-service exam is over now and I wont be spending every night studying any more. As soon as Jake starts to have regular sleeping habits some thing changes whether it's a bottle at 8pm or skipping the morning nap. One thing still is pretty regular though. Jake usually wakes up relatively happy. He no longer sleeps in just his diaper becuase he learned to take it off when it was "poopy". Kate and I learned the hard way 3 times before the rule became hard and fast. I put a couple pics of Jake waking up in the morning you can see how long his hair is getting.

The other two pics are from church today. Jake is really likes the playroom now that he can walk around and get into every possible object without getting into trouble.