Week 46 - Jake wants you!

Week 46 - Jake wants you!

(6/29/08 - 7/5/08)


Well this week was pretty uneventful. We did pretty much the same old thing every day this week. There were lots of close calls on the crawling, lots and lots and lots of standing (it is his new favorite thing to do), we visited friends, swam in the pool and got some decent nights sleep.

The best and most important thing that happened this week was the Corcoran Family 4th of July Celebration. Paul's family is very big (he is one of 9 kids) and Jake is the 32nd grandchild. Some of the family is still out in California but Paul, his parents, 1 sister, and three brothers are out here on the east coast. The festivities started last night with a downpour around 3:30. Jake was sleeping so it didn't really matter. Paul and I got all packed up and headed on our way around 4:30. It pretty much rained until around 7:00. But in between we had some periods where it was nice enough to come out of hiding from inside or under the tents. There were about 100+ people there including family and friends, so I had A LOT of babysitters last night. And of course if you are under the age of 20 and a girl, Jacob just thinks you are the best thing since sliced bread and will let you wisk him away with absolutely no protests. Luckily I had many neices in attendance that allowed Paul and I to hang out and have conversations with all of the over 20 crowd that wasn't hanging all over Jake!

We also celebrated another cool event last night. My nephews' 16th birthday. YEP, he was born on the 4th of July. He had a blast and even though he won't admit it, really loved the attention!

We pushed the envelope and decided to see if Jake would like fireworks. We kept him up until 9:30 because fireworks were going to start at 9:15, as predicted he cried like crazy partially because of the noise and partially because he had been up since 4:00pm without a nap. We got into the car and watched two more fireworks from there because you couldn't hear anything. Jake did seem to enjoy that, so hopefully by next year we can stay and watch some more!

I also need to mention that the shorts that Jake is wearing in the picture up top were his God Father Jimmy's shorts when he was Jake's age. They have been passed down through his family and are now with me and Jake! Pretty cool!