All Things Random

So....here is the most random post. I've got pictures from basketball to playtime - ALL the way back to Valentine's Day!!!

Belmont basketball is over for the year. But, we sure had fun going to the games. Jacob really got into it and as usual was super cute. Here a few pics we took from the last game of the season.

On our way to the game
Go Bruins!!!!!

Did you see that play?

#1

Getting Jared's hat

After the games we wait for Coach. Jacob thinks it's so fun to walk/try to run around on the court

As soon as he sees Coach he gets SO excited!!!!

Oh, and Coach gets excited too

Last Sunday we went to Gran and Pappy's for lunch. Jared's cousin Aaron and his girlfriend Jessica were there too. We had a good visit and Jacob enjoyed playing.

Jacob has started holding hands (it is one of the cutest things he's doing right now) and so I snapped a pic as Aaron and Jessica were leaving. I guess Jacob thought they were more fun than us! :)

Cupcakes for dessert. YUMMO!!!

playing with Aaron - not sure with what though. oh well.

4 generations of Vaughn men

don't worry....i got a good one. this one is just so classic Pappy that i had to post it

We were trying to do things to get Jacob to smile for the camera. Pap got confused and thought we were all supposed to be doing something funny. HILAR!!!!

hey Gran

The other night my mom came over for dinner while my dad was out of town. Jacob loves to play with his Mot-Mot. Here were are pushing him on his dump truck. He was lovin it.

Well, maybe a little too much. This was the meltdown he had after we stopped pushing him on the dump truck. He apparently wanted more. What a face!!!

reading his fave book right now - Raindrop Plop

playing with Papa Doc

Our neighbor, Emma turned 6 and we went to her party. They had one of those giant blow-up toys. Jacob LOVED it!!!!

doesn't he look so grown up here?

shooting some hoops

playing in the blow up

silly boy

We got to go over and play with our dear friends Jenny and Addy the other day. Such fun!!

sweet little friends

silly little friends

j liked her kitchen

Just a few pictures from Valentine's Day to finish things off.

Be Mine

Grammy made J a special heart cake.

It was delicious.

He loves to get in their pots and pans

not sure about this one

That's all folks.

Snow!!

SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! WE GOT SNOW! And I love snow. It started last Friday and kept coming. We ended up getting about 4 inches at our house. Plenty to have some awesome play time. Luckily, we have a great hill in our backyard which is perfect for sledding too. Jacob got sick over the weekend, but we still managed to find some time to enjoy this special treat from God.

Our house on Saturday afternoon

Samson LOVES snow. The dog would stay out in it all day if we would let him. As soon as it started coming down he sat by the back door whimpering to go out. This was taken at about 9 am on Friday morning - it was just getting started.

Saturday morning our neighbors came over for some sled time.

This is Chad attemping to "snowboard" down the hill.

And Daren made it all the way to the bottom

I am really thankful for our neighbors. It's so great to have friends that live right next to you. We always have such a good time together.

This was Jacob's first attempt at sledding. See the sheer terror on his face. Well, it didn't last long....after a few more times he was smiling and laughing. He loved it!!

Some of the kids making a snowSamson
My boys

Samson chases everyone down the hill

More sledding

Playing in the snow

Going for a ride

Ok - so funny story. Samson grabbed the rope from Jared's hands and started pulling Jacob around in the sled. It was so funny and oh so cute. We were able to capture it on video camera too. These boys are silly!!

Samson chasing his ball

Up please

Wheeeee

building a snowman

See...he loves it!!

My three favorite boys

Samson...you want some snow?

My little snowman

What a great way to spend the weekend!! We wouldn't mind getting another one of these before the winter is over. It's just oh so fun!!

15 Months of Pure Wonderful

Our Jacob turned 15 months old Sunday. I can't get over how fast he is growing. I have enjoyed every stage with him, but this age is SO FUN!!! I love playing with him and watching him learn new things every day. He is such a sweet, loving, tender, crazy, goofy, energetic, smiling, laughing, stubborn, strong-willed, handsome, silly, laidback, happy guy. Ooooh...I just love him like crazy.

He's into so much these days. Wanted to share some of my fave things though.

Here is our sweet little guy

Jacob loves to wrestle with his dad. Every night before bedtime Jacob crawls on the couch with Jared and headbutts him, throws himself on him, and begs to be tickled and paid attention to. In a book I am reading called, "Wild Things - The Art of Raising and Nurturing Boys" it talks about how boys at this age will use aggression as a form of affection. It's their way of expressing closeness, the need for intimacy and attention, and to show you they love you. It may seem weird, but I promise you it is TRUTH. Our little guy LOVE, LOVE, LOVES to get aggressive with us - while smiling and laughing the whole time.

-Jacob can now say "mama", "dada", "nana", "vroom", "this", "hot", "hey", "bye", and we think he says "jacob"

-He loves to sit and read books. When he is finished with one he will walk over to his basket and get another one. It is so cute!!

-We have an organizer on our hands. He is obsessed with putting things away. We have plastic bins for his toys. Right now his favorite things to do is take everything out and then put it back in. It's so funny too b'c when his done playing with something he will put it up. He also puts things in the bins that don't belong such as his sippy cup, my shoes, Samson's ball, and anything else he finds lying around. Silly guy. He also has these magnetic letters and animals on the refrigerator. They keep disappearing and when I open a cabinet there are tons of them. He is putting them in with the pots and pans.

-Jacob loves to be chased around house. It's by far his favorite game to play. And we love playing it with him. When we catch him (which we always do) we tickle him and he laughs like crazy.

-Another one of his favorite games to play, but NOT one of mine is to throw his toys down the stairs. We have a gate at the top. Anything he can get through the slits finds its way to the bottom. After he throws something he will smile really big and giggle to himself.

-He has discovered burping and thinks it's hysterical. We find it hard not to laugh along. :)

-He stills loves to be rocked and sung to sleep. I love it too.

-We go to all the Belmont basketball games. Jacob is really starting to have fun. The first few games he didn't know what to do and was a little overwhelmed. Now he watches everything and points to the ball. And, he claps when the audience claps. It's priceless!!!!

-Speaking of ball....that is Jacob's favorite word. He loves to say ball and to play with balls.

-Jacob now gives hugs and kisses on command. Along with the kisses comes a big "Mmmmm"....so presh!!
The other day he was sitting in front of one of his toys that has a big mirror on it. He kept looking at himself and the next thing I knew he was giving himself kisses. Oh my goodness I wish I had the video camera at that moment.
-He is terrfied of the vacuum cleaner.
-He loves his daddy like crazy. Below is a picture of them reading a story before bedtime. I'm a lucky girl.

That's all for now!

14 Things I Love About My 14 Month Old...

1. His big, beautiful blue eyes.
2. His curiosity.
3. How he says "mama", but it sounds like "mema".
4. The way he makes a monkey and dog noise and how he says "choo-choo" for a train.
5. His energetic personality.
6. How he puts the phone up to his ear, smiles, and says, "HEY"!!
7. How he walks towards me with his arms outstretched for a hug.
8. His kisses and how he says "Mmmmm" when he gives me one.
9. Watching his entire face light up when he sees his aunts or grandparents.
10. How he walks around the house with a toy in each hand.
11. How he dances and moves his head back and forth anytime he hears music.
12. His contagious laughter. And how he has many different laughs - all are so great!!
13. How he cracks himself up when he burps. He is definitely ALL boy!! :)
14. How he is becoming a good sharer.

Jacob continually finds new ways every day to make me love him more and more. I am quite a lucky mama to have such a sweet, funny, gentle, smart, handsome, tender-hearted, and carefree little boy as my very own. I am so very thankful that he continues to grow healthy and strong. The Lord truly does give good gifts.

Here's a few more pictures of my little monkey....

Just can't quite decide which book he would like to read

Mama can you help me choose

Talk about curiosity in action. He sat and inspected this vacuum cleaner for about 20 minutes the other day.

Having a snack and reading a book before getting ready for bed

Run, Run as fast as I can....you can't catch me Pops

Samson decided he wanted to play too.

They kept taking the milk jug away from each other. Too cute!!!

Baby it's cold outside

Playing in the "snow" for the first time

He didn't know what to think, but sure did have fun!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!