4th of July Picnic

Jacob's first fourth as noted on the sleeve of his onesie began with the start of his 9-month shoot. It wasn't long before he needed to get some grub and a snack as we didn't start early enough. Then it was time for a nap and then get ready to go.

The first stop was Grandma G's house. It wasn't long before Jacob found a large drawer and figured out how to open it. He totally thought he had won the lottery because no one was telling him no and he was able to play with all of the plastic containers that were in it. After destroying his grandma's drawer and showing off his new moves on the patio door, we ventured off to a picnic.

We attended Jacob's first 4th of July picnic in style at Vicki and Phil's house. Jacob's fans from North Carolina were in town for their annual trip and we were able to catch up with them and see how much Spencer and Maddy had grown since Christmas. It didn't take long for Jacob to disappear off into the sunset to meet and see everyone there without his parent's. It's funny how we become "chopped liver" now that Jacob has come into our lives... LOL!!! I guess we have understood our new role in being 2nd and 3rd fiddle because it didn't even phase us when Joy said hi after speaking to Jacob for 5 minutes. (just kidding, we had fun with it...)

It was a great day for a picnic with the sun beaming down and the temperature wasn't overly steamy. Emma ate lunch with us as Jacob stuffed in his puffs and a few bits of pasta that he wasn't overly thrilled with. We did try some Jello later which I think he might have liked if we had a different flavor first, but we won't know now. Jill and Amy both admitted that they didn't like Jello, so they gave Jacob a reprieve on that one...

Joy was kind enough to get Jacob out for a few cart rides around the hood. Okay, so living in the middle of nowhere isn't the hood, but let's just pretend for now... No gangstas here!! Jacob needed a nap and Emma goes to sleep without much work (she went to sleep after a few rides) so off he went. I think this was more of something new for Jacob and he was taking in everything and even had to take a taste of the steering wheel. After taking a couple of rides, Amy was holding Jacob while the kids rearranged for the next ride so that they could see them off, but Jacob still was yearning for another ride. My guess is that Joy was taking it slow, but knowing Jacob, he wanted another ride like a big kid and going a lot faster. He'll just have to wait for another time when he is a little bigger to do that. Thanks Joy for trying to put him to sleep.

Jacob had some play time with Maddy as he was climbing all over her. Of course, due to some "positions", there were some "comments" made in friendly banter. After playing around for a while and trying to knock off the "edge" with a power nap, it was a dipsy of his feet in the pool, a ride on Emma's swing and testing out of a slide. More photos posted in 4th of July Photos.
The power nap wasn't enough to recover as much as we would have liked and the timing of a nap in the car, etc. made it time to go after a long day. So, we said our see ya' laters, packed off and made the trek home.