Les cousins

Last weekend, two of Jacob's cousins, Colby (center, 14 months) and Samuel (right, 2 1/2) were in town for a wedding- along with their parents, of course! Jacob adored having more family and fellow mischief makers living with him for a couple of days.

They had so much fun banging on pots...

Yelling at squirrels eating the birdseed...

And chatting it up.

(I'm uploading the video)

Sadly, the only shot of these adorable boys jazzed-up for the wedding. I had the camera with me the whole time...but failed to get more photos.

Here's the wedding aftermath: it was about 9:30 pm on Saturday night. What can I say, we like to party hardy.

There are more to come- and now we're in NJ with the whole Chell family. Craziness is already ensuing and I'll prove it with pictures soon!

On the Road of Life

They say that on the road of life...

...there are passengers and there are drivers.

Jacob wants to be a driver. But how can you say 'no' to that face?




Jacob is a very busy guy.



But he still takes time for his family.



Here he is celebrating his Aunt Grayson's 21st birthday.

Shortly afterward, Jacob's career took him back on the road. Here he is after a concert.

The camera loves Jacob. So does the person behind the camera- which is often mom!)

Yep, whether he dresses up...

Or dresses down...

or even when he's hard at work...

Jacob always looks his best!

We love you all immensely and we regret that blog posts have been minimal. I hope this makes up for the hiatus.

Happy Father's day to all the daddies out there!

jacob extravaganza

A whole slew of jacob pictures ranging from the drive to Phoenix back in May to just a few days ago here in the East!
Jacob still loves his Yertle...even after 11 1/2 hours in the car!

Swimming apparently means floating around while holding a ball- or eyeing the one he wants to be holding.

The fun of the swiffer was comparable to fun had bugging Izzy the dog- for Jacob that is.

Daniel had a great idea to visit Benihanna's (where food is made in front of you), but we couldn't get our sleepyhead to wake-up. It wasn't even his "naptime", but he didn't care. He finally opened his eyes when our chef made a loud train sound and had steam flowing from our vegetables.

Jacob has seen little television and aside from a seminarian friend's adorable music DVD, he's never cared to actually focus on it. Then, he saw Kung Fu Panda. He sat laughing and gesticulating wildly on Daniel's lap for 10 solid minutes....it was hilarious for all involved.

The Chell deck has been transformed by the addition the sandbox, an inflatable pool, a little basketball goal, and a baby-gate.

Every once in awhile the tent makes it to the deck, but Jacob loves playing in the tent indoors, too.

Jacob and Daniel after a long-day of CPE (chaplaincy internship for Daniel).

JDP helping his Aunt Grayson celebrate her 21st birthday by serenading her a bit (but really attempting to distract her so that he can beat on her mac).

Last but not least, Jacob was a patient kiddo and let me trim his hair! His little curls still exist, but he lost the Einstein look.

Until next time, I hope that suffices. Love to all!

I can't believe it's been nearly a month since our last post...yikes. A quick synopsis of our life for the past month:
-Daniel finished his first year of seminary, so then we said goodbye to some amazing friends in Berkeley and drove to Phoenix
-We stayed for several days with daniel's parents and Jacob got to do lots of 'swimming' (and I made no progress on my thesis- but that's a whole other story)
-We packed ourselves up again and traveled to the East coast where Daniel is interning as a hospital chaplain until mid-August
Phew!

There will be pictures to follow when I locate the cord to the camera and simultaneously have my laptop charged-up! Jacob is now 14 months old and it is truly amazing how much he changes everyday. And how hilarious he is...and I think he knows it. His new trick is to blow-kisses, say "bye", and shut the bathroom door on daniel as he brushes his teeth in the morning before work.
Spunky munchkin.