happy birthday, Jacoby

I cant belive that we have a four-year-old.  We had a fun time together celebrating his birthday.  This year was really fun and he was excited about his birthday and really knew what was going on.  He got so many nice gifts that he loves.  Tyler was out of town for his birthday so before he left we did milkshakes and opened some presents early.  On his birthday we Skyped all day long with all of our family.  He loved that and loved getting presents on the mail and still asks for "packages."  Oh man.  I took him and a friend to McDonald's for kids' meals and we had cupcakes with lots of sprinkles. 

Jacoby is such a fun boy and we're so grateful to have him in our family.  He is all boy and can be really wild but he is a sweet boy who thinks about others and is very outgoing.  He is a great brother and loves Hallie so much. He's been such a good helper with her too.  Happy birthday, bud!

Visitors

I have been slacking on the blog posts, but here's a little update.
Just a cute picture of Jacoby yesterday after we cleaned the church. He was a good boy while we were cleaning and just followed Tyler around while he emptied all the garbages and me while I vacuumed. He brought his big train toy and pushed it all over the place. He was thirsty and so we got a drink for us to share. He wasn't very interested in sharing though. Tyler's family came to visit this past weekend and we had a great time. They are so good to us and do so many nice, thoughtful things for us and we really appreciate it. When they first got here, Savannah surprised me with a little box containing TWO Cocoa Bean cupcakes. I pretty much love her. We shopped a lot and found a really great mall, went swimming, ate a lot, and went to a Diamondbacks baseball game. We know it's a long drive from Idaho, but we're so glad they came to see us. It's so fun having visitors.
Savannah and Taylor stayed with us and took turns sleeping in the trundle next to Jacoby's bed. I thought they were pretty sweet and had to get a picture.

At the baseball game, Jacoby liked to climb up on this baseball and jump off. Sometimes he is too brave.

These next few pictures have some really scary red eyes I can't get rid of, but other than that, it's a great shot of the family.

On the way to the game we were driving on a road called Thomas, so I wanted a picture. I would've liked to get out and get in the picture, but we were at a stop light. By the way, Thomas is doing really well and working harder than ever. It makes the time go by so much faster knowing that he is so happy where he is. He is a great example to me and I love and miss him so much.

Thank you everyone for the kind birthday wishes on my birthday last week. It's nice to know that I haven't been forgotten about even if we moved so far away. My family made it a wonderful day even from afar. I was able to Skype with my mom and sisters, talk to my friends, grandmas, aunts, dad, sisters, and so many others. It really means a lot and I love ya all! Jacoby and I went shopping for a little while and got some ice cream. Later I went to Famous Dave's with Tyler while my wonderful friend Brooke watched Jacoby. (It's been great to have a friend down here in Arizona that I already know.) The food there was great!

I received so many nice gifts on my birthday: orange plates, clothes, jewelry, cake plate, sprinkles holder, frosting tips, money, gift cards, movie, decorations, and chairs for our table. Thank you everyone. :)

I love this holder that Steph gave me. She also gave me an awesome set of frosting tips I've had on my wish list for a long time. Now I can make pretty cupcakes, but definitely won't be as awesome as her cupcakes.

A cute necklace from Livi and Annie with a fun bracelet.

I'm in love with this cake plate. Becca knows me so well because this has my name written all over it. Can't wait to use it. It'll be fun to switch out the ribbon for different holidays or parties.

Spending my birthday with one of my favorite people. Love ya, bud!

TWO

Wow, Jacoby is two now! That is definitely crazy to me. He is such a fun boy and so full of energy. We are having such a fun time hanging out together all day while Tyler goes to school and studies all the time. Jacoby loves when Tyler gets home and pretty much wants nothing to do with me after that. Oh well, then I get to escape and blog for a little bit.

I wanted to document a little about what Jacoby is doing at two:

-Really into movies, but Cars and Toy Story are his favorites. He brings me movies all the time wanting to watch them, and throws a fit when I won't let him watch movies all day. Weird that I wouldn't allow that huh?

-Loves playing with cars now, finally. He was always so interested in basketball and baseball and never showed any interest in playing with cars. He especially loves playing with his cars from the movie Cars that we got him last Christmas. Finally they're getting used. :)

-Loves popsicles and would eat ten daily if he could, but I don't let him. I don't know why I'm surprised that he has such a sweet tooth; he gets that from me because I have a major addiction and didn't cut back when I was pregnant with him. I ate healthy besides that though. :)

-He is sleeping in a twin bed and doing okay. Hopefully it gets better soon, but right now he wakes up in the middle of the night and I usually end up sleeping in his tiny bed with him.

-Saying quite a few words and a few short sentences, here's the list: snack, drink, car, ball, basketball, book, bye bye, hi Mommy, Daddy, I want Annie, Mattie, bubbles, fish, stop it, duck, quack quack, bike, I want some more please, thank you mommy, Johnny, Eden, milk, dog, cat, cow, moo, rabbit, I don't want it, Janet, it's hot, monkey, blanket, no, yeah, please, thank you, love you, mitt, bat, bear, basketball hoop, and probably a few more.

On Saturday I wanted to do a few fun things with him for his birthday since we wouldn't be able to do as much on Sunday, so I took him to a splash pad. He loved it and ran around screaming. We had a little picnic after that.

Later we went to Toy Story 3 together; it was a great show. Jacoby liked it a lot. Go see it!

After church yesterday, we had calzones, which are his favorite.

This is a basketball hoop for the pool that Tyler and I gave him.

I made him Elmo cupcakes that he was pretty excited about. They're not professional looking at all, but they were fun for Jacoby. I have been teaching him to blow out candles so he would be ready on his birthday, and he blew it out quick. Love this face

Tyler's parents got him this fun trike.

Jacoby had a lot of fun and was sure spoiled by his grandparents, cousins, and aunts and uncles. A few more things he got were: beach toys, Cars Magnadoodle, clothes, Cars book, crayon roll, basketball and football, and lacing toy. Thanks everyone, you are all great.

Happy birthday, Jacoby. We love you and are so happy to have your in our family. You make us so happy bud!

I hope all you wonderful Idaho people I miss so much enjoyed all these pictures. We love you!