No More Big Boy Bed

Jake has been a naughty boy the past two days. He has refused to take a nap and instead has emptied the contents of his dressers 4 times now. He also figured out that if he climbs into the middle drawer of this dresser, he can then climb onto the top of it. I've gone to check on him several times and found him sitting 3 1/2 feet in the air on the dresser. Up until this week he had been doing very well with the big boy bed, but we decided to put him back in the crib now for his safety. Now, how long until he figures out how to jump out of the crib?

Jake and Santa

Jake was not interested in seeing Santa this year at all. He recognizes him and says "Santa," but wants to stay at a distance. Today, he grabbed this Santa figurine and sat with him in the chair while watching cartoons. Looks like this is the only Santa and Jake picture we will get this year.
Jake and I made cookies today for Santa. Jake helped me decorate them.

He didn't understand the concept of shaking the sprinkles and instead jammed the container into the cookies causing many of them to be disfigured.

Thanksgiving

We visited the Cooper side on Thanksgiving day. It was such a nice day we were able to get a family picture in.

Jake had to have his own private photo shoot too!

Jake and Hope snuck away from the adults to go jump on the bed. They got along really well and were seeing who could jump the highest before taking a nose dive on the mattress.

After all the fun they enjoyed watching some cartoons together.

Christmas Tree

We put our Christmas Tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Here is a picture of Jake helping put the limbs in. We'll get some pictures of the finished tree and the outdoor lights posted soon.

Waffles...

Jake loves waffles...frozen waffles that is. He opens the freezer, grabs a waffle, and starts nibbling away. We always ask him if he wants it toasted and he says "No!" and runs away with his snack.