Life With the Vaughn Family

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Monkey-in Around

Yesterday was such a fun day!! My bestie friend from childhood just moved back to the area with her adorable husband Mike. They are pregnant with their first child - a boy. We can't wait to meet our new friend in a few months. Anyway, they've been living in Washington so it's been a while since we've been together. I am so glad to have my friend close by again. Her family is my second family. When my family moved to Nashville I lived with them to finish out my freshman year in high school. So.....Jacob and I went and had a playdate with Katie and her mom Paula and sister Paige. Paige also brought her husband Jim and their two daughters Sarah Grace (yes, she was named after me) and Emma.

We went to this SUPER fun place in Nashville called The Monkey's Treehouse. Check them out at themonkeystreehouse.com. It was an indoor playground for kids ages 0-6 or 7 with lots of super fun things to do. Emma and Jacob are about a month apart and they played together quite well. Jacob had a blast. Of course, I had to document the occassion. Enjoy!!!!

J when we first got there - he had to take everything in

Giving KT her pre-baby baby present. A book "The Art of Nurturing Boys"

The baby play area -that's Paige smiling in the background

This is fun Mama

J crawling through the tunnel

Playing in the balls - doesn't this look like fun? They LOVED it!!!

I wanna taste that too

KT and baby Morris

This fun thing was on wheels and I pushed Jake around in it

Mommy and Son

Hi friend

Reaching for the camera

Hmmm...maybe these shoelaces are more interesting

On the slide - Wheeeeee!!!!!

In front of the treehouse - we didn't see any monkeys though :)

Chillin' on the front porch

Playing in the boat

Emma, SG, and Jake

After playing we all went and ate at Red Robin. Then the girls and Paige and Jim came back and spent the night with us. Jim flew out for China this morning. Please pray for safe travels.

Enjoy the day everyone!!!!!!

8 sweet wonderful months

Our sweet baby boy turned 8 months this week. Oh my!!! He is growing so fast. And each stage he goes through just gets better and better. He is so full of joy and fun at this time. He loves to smile and laugh....and, well he LOVES to be the center of attention. And does this boy ever have a lot of people that love to give him what he wants :)

Fun Things Right Now:
-Jacob loves to squeal. He has been making all kinds of strange and L-O-U-D noises lately. Funny baby!!!
-Jacob has learned to "click" his tongue. He now does this all the time....and it is quite cute.
-J's sounds are becoming more defined and advanced. He is now making "da", "pu", "ga", and "huh" sounds- the last one is his favorite sound.
-He started eating Gerber Puffs. At first we choked but we've mastered them now and they come in quite handy when we are at a restaurant. Fave flaves - peach, sweet potatoe, banana, and cherry.
-This boy loves water. We try to go swimming often. It's so fun to watch him splash and play.
-Jacob mastered the SLOW crawl last month, but now he is all over the place. I can barely turn my back and he is somewhere he's not supposed to be.
-Which brings me to my next point. Babyproofing the house. This is on the agenda for the weekend. I so can't believe this time has already come. My life has officially gone to a whole new level.
-J has learned object permanence. We play hid and seek all the time and he loves to anticipate when we will pop up to say boo. J has also started playing it with us. Sometimes he will take a shirt or a blanket and put it over his face. Then he'll pull it down and look at you and smile really big. So fun!!! Also, if we take something away that he is playing with he looks for it.
-Along with this we have really been noticing lately that Jacob recognizes different people. He gets soooooooo excited when his daddy comes home. And, he has different expressions when he sees a grandparent or an aunt than he does with just someone we meet randomly. It is so sweet!!!
-On the sadder note Jacob has also started crying the minute his daddy or I walk out of the room. We always come back, but I guess he just doesn't quite understand that. It's such a pitiful cry to....like out of complete desperation. His bottom lip quivers and everything. Sweet, sweet baby boy!
-J is becoming quite the inquisitive little fellow. He will look at a toy or well, really anything and just inspect it and try to figure it out. Jared and I have talked that it's like you can see the wheels in his brain turing trying to understand things. Example: the other night we were at my parent's house and Jacob sat in between my dad's legs for 45 minutes playing with the shoelace on my dad's shoe. He wanted so badly to figure out how to untie it.

We are so blessed to have such a sweet and fun child. I am so grateful to God for the privilege of allowing me to be his mommy. What an honor!!! I just hope I can love him and raise him well.
Happy 8 Months. I love you my sweet baby boy!!!!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Jacob's First Vacay!!

We're finally home. We've had a fantastic two weeks of fun, family, good food, and sunshine!!! Jacob did FANTASTIC on his first vacation and we thought we'd share some of our time with you....

The first part of our trip was in Orlando. My dad got an award for Athletic Director of the Year and we went down to support him. The drive was long, but J did so well. He slept and played. Not much crying at all. Thank the Lord. We have such a good baby!!!

The resort we stayed at was huge. J spent a lot of time in the stroller.

Coach lovin' on his boy

One of the days we were there my family took care of Jacob so Jared and I could play. We went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We had a blast. Jacob had fun hanging out with his grandparents and aunt. I don't think he missed us too much!!

LeeLee and Jacob. I think he might have a dirty diaper by the look on his face.

Jacob and Gama

Jacob and Coach hanging out on the balcony

Jacob getting ready to swim

He LOVED the water

We liked it too

My dad at the banquet. Way to go Coach!!! We are so proud of you.

Pic of the resort

Pool at the resort. So big it doesn't even all fit in the picture

View of waterfall and slide

Jacob in the crib - he didn't really like it all that much

After our time in Orlando we said goodbye to my family and drove to Destin, Fl to spend the week with Jared's family....

Our condo

View from our balcony

Waiting to eat at Pampano Joe's

The Siblings

It was really dark in the restaurant so this is not a good picture. Jacob was really tired from riding in the car all day and fell asleep sitting up in his highchair while we were eating. So presh!!!!

We ate our breakfast on the balcony

Jake playing in the sand for the first time. He loved it!!!!!

Then we took a nap

First time at the water was not a good experience. He cried a lot!

My son the Walrus

We filled this boat up with water from the ocean and J played in it. He didn't mind getting water in his eyes.

It's fun to dump water on myself

Chillin' in my boat

Playing with Pops

Standing up in my boat

Sleeping in my boat

Waiting for our table at the Crab Trap

I'm getting hungry guys

Our boy was a trooper. Every night he did so well at dinner....even though it was well past his bedtime. He would just sit and play and talk to himself. We were very proud of him.