November Round Up

We had a great month of November here in STL. Life is so fun with a walking boy. He is all over the place and I love every second of it. Jacob loves to pull the boxes of Rice a roni off the baker's rack and haul them around the house. He learned how to open the sliding door to mommy and daddy's room (and consequently thinks that all doors are sliding doors. It's awesome to read his thoughts as he tries to slide open the front door, the bathroom door, etc.) He also likes to unload the silverware from the dishwasher while I'm loading it. Such small and simple things... but they bring a smile to my face every time. I LOVE being a mom.

A lady at church gave me the sweetest compliment the other day. She said that she loves to watch me when I'm watching Jacob - that I'm just in love with him. She's right. I love having this little man in my life. He has been the perfect addition to our home. And sweet Steve is such a cute dad. He just can't get enough of our little man. He takes videos of J all the time, which I'm sure we'll be so grateful for those as time goes on. I love to watch daddy and Jacob interact and I LOVE to watch Jacob give daddy hugs. It warms my heart. I am so blessed.

Here are some pictures from this month:

 At the zoo with our friends. Oliver, Lauren, Brittney, Rex, Jacob and Mommy.

Mostly I like this pic because it shows all of our pictures of J behind him.

 The zombie walk

Ready for bath time

Jacob Is Walking

We have heard that when little ones learn to walk that one day it's like a light switch turns on and they are off and running. Tuesday November 6th was that day! Jacob is now walking every where on his own. Granted he walks around like a zombie, but he's confident enough to go wherever he wants now.
I know everyone says that life gets harder when babies learn to walk, but I can't help loving that I have my hands back. We've spent months and months (since the summer) walking up and down our apartment hand-in-hand. I feel like we both have a new found freedom.

Videos to come soon.

Grant's Farm

We are part of a play group here our ward in St. Louis and for our activity we went to Grant's Farm. I have been wanting to go there for a long time so I'm glad we finally made it. We twisted Steve's arm to get him to come with us, too. :)

We rode a tram through some wild life terrain and saw some deer and buffalo.

But my favorite part was the animals that we saw when we got off the tram. There was a place to feed the goats and boy were they hungry! They would start nibbling on your clothes if you didn't feed them! Jacob was really curious about the goats. It was fun to watch him.

And last but not least, we saw some elephants and camels. Loved them!

Such fun at Grant's Farm!