..and now you know the rest of the story.

After the fourth of July, Jacob and I stayed in Green Pond for about another week, then returned to NC and have since been playing (i.e. dressing in daddy's clothes), visiting the library, and having family visit.

As a picture recap: Jacob adored Green Pond and all the popularity with family, kids on the beach, and essentially anyone that would look in his direction in response to his gibberish or delighted calls.

Lucky for us all, Jacob was again a trooper for the 11 hour car ride back to NC. With teething thrown into the mix of traveling early and long, being patient, and playing so hard the whole week up in GP, Jacob crashed on the couch about an hour after arriving in Raleigh.

Jaocb picked up Daniel's shirt and somehow managed to get it on. Perhaps there was a bit of daddy assistance. Made for some pretty funny pictures of how small Jacob really is...

Jacob's other cousin, Parker came to visit this past weekend!

JDP loved having Parker and his Aunt Tally here (as did everyone else). They were pretty funny together- laughing at the mischevious antics of the other.

But, Jacob wore Parker out. He literally played until he dropped- and it was hilarious.


We had the chance to get some professionals shots yesterday of the boys together...but they were quite sub-par as both boys felt smiles were unnecessary...Jacob smirked and Parker stuck out his tongue.

But they are cute.

And we love them!

After the not-so0great photo shoot, they got some pool time. As you can see, Jacob was still reserving his smile. Go figure.

Though he's getting feeling blah what with getting his first molar and a cold, Jacob still wanted to break it down. So, as he's been doing for the past week, he turned on our clock radio and went to it. As a side-note, in this segment the country station is a result of it being the only station not on a commercial break; however, Jacob does tend to dance and sing most with country crooning.

Happy July 4th / JDP at 15 months

Jacob is officially 15 months old now. While he weighs the "textbook" amount, he is a bit shrimpy on the length...for us that means we have a bit longer before knobs and dials become a major issue- that is, only if he doesn't climb up somewhere!
Jacob at 15 months is still the rambuntious, curious, and hilarious kiddo he's been from the start (thank goodness!). He can now point out his or anyone's belly button, nose, eyes, mouth, and on occassion, point to his ears. He's able to understand most commands and chooses to follow most all of them except "come". "No" is also sometimes a game, but he just pushes boundaries rather than actually following through on the prohibited action.
He continues to eat like a champ and explore his taste buds as summer delivers delicious produce. Whenever in the presence of watermelon, Jacob feverishly begs for a taste using his signs for 'please', 'more', and 'eat'. And, of course, he tried hot dog on July 4th at the Green Pond parade and seemed to really dig in (not starting a habit there....yikes).
Green Pond has been good to him giving him the freedom to go swimming, play in the sand, chase squirrels, wave to everyone, go for wagon rides, run in the field, and spin in circles until he keels over. He's also getting spoiled with love from all of the Chell clan...fortunately, the love and giggles are mutually shared!

Here's some of the "wild life" in Green Pond encountered thus far:

Jacob playing air drums with uncle Josh

Devouring and washing down a hot dog with ketchup



A Pugh July 4th!

Taste of GP

SO, Uncle Josh has the "professional amateur" pictures of some of Jacob's adventures in Green Pond...but here are some to post until we upload those photos.