Happy 22 months, Jake!

Jake is now 22 months old. Amazing. I say that every month as he adds to his experiences and skills. As we are well entrenched in our routine of work, home, and weekend activites here in Atlanta, the weeks just fly by! He has really added to his vocabulary this month. He has been caught saying phrases now: "Where is Daddy?"and "Please, more". He says random things that we've never taught or reinforced with him like: "MARTA" (the mass transit system here in Atlanta) or "Choo-Choo" in reference to trains. He says "Daddy", "Mama", "Jakie","doggy", "kitty" pretty accurately and appropriately. He's begun keeping an entourage of friends, which grows every day, but currently includes: 3 plastic bathtub frogs, 2 hot wheel Lightening McQueens, 1 beenie baby praying teddy bear, and 1 talking Junior Asparagus of Veggie Tales fame. This is all, in addition to his 2 blankies and 1 binky ("bee-bee" in his vocabulary). He keeps this entourage only for naps, bedtime, and car trips. The frogs he lines up around him in perfect order. Scott blames me for this OCD seeming trait. I just call it attention to detail! We are doing well and have enjoyed visits from Uncle Adam (x2 already) and Grammy Kris and Grandpa Tom-Tom this month. We are looking forward to a visit from Grammy Barb soon, as well. We're settled into a church, which is our only outside of home and work activity right now, but it's ok. Life is fairly simple right now. Sort of. Especially now that the last few boxes have been unpacked! I've been taking a few pictures with my new Blackberry and posting them on Facebook and Flickr. Take a look for more frequent picture updates!