Library Story Time with the Watts!

When Bert went to Nicaragua (way back in Feb), Steph and the girls came to spend the week at Mimi & Papa Stan's house.  We had the BEST week with them.  We seriously hung out with them like every day, sometimes multiple times a day.  Steph and I were in withdrawal the next week for sure!  The kids loved it too and Jacob gets a huge grin on his face if anyone says "Emily & Hannah" now!

Here are the sweet babies dancing and having fun at storytime.  Mrs. Chantelle is AMAZING!  We love her so much and hate that we have to miss sometimes now that I am working.  We will definitely get back in the swing of things during the summer.

Jacob likes to get really close to Mrs. Chantelle, but he's not sure about all the dancing :)

First Haircut. . . Scary times!

After two months away, I am back in the blogging world!  Just so you know, I do have a great excuse! Back in late February, I applied for 2 jobs thinking that I better apply for both just in case I didn't get one of them.  Well, when blessings rain they pour, and I did get both.  However, they both weren't certain that there would be funding for the next year, so I decided to work both of them just in case one couldn't hire me for next school year.  So, beginning in mid-March, I have been teaching Spanish 10 hours a week at one high school, teaching 20 hours a week at 2 middle schools and 2 high schools in another county, teaching a home school Spanish class once a week, helping Brett with the youth, and finishing up the 2 master's courses that I have been taking this semester!  It's been CRAZY!!!  

Thankfully, I have an amazing husband and grandparents for our sweet baby who have helped out so much to help us get through these two months.  We are so thankful for the extra income that has been provided, but I don't think I'll let my life get that crazy again any time in the near future :)  So, needless to say, blogging has been way down at like #10 on my "to do list".  I really miss it though and am super motivated to catch up on Jacob's "story".  Since I just turned in my final papers for my grad courses, I thought I would type a quick update on sweet boy!

Here we are getting his first haircut.  As you can see, he was a little nervous from the get-go.  We brought the ipad along since it has amazing soothing capabilities.  He was actually content and was letting her snip away at his hair (the pic below is "before").  Then, she brought out the clippers!  All craziness broke loose and we had to do some major holding just to let him finish the haircut!  I'm pretty sure we'll let her just use scissors next time!

Jacob's Antics

Jacob's new favorite thing to do is turn the TV on and off again.  It is especially funny when he does it if Brett is watching something he's recorded.  Jacob will press the button and then look back at Brett and smile.  He'll turn it right back on again in 2 seconds. . . and then back off.  Since I could care less if the TV is on or not, it is funny to me :)

Jacob likes for Brett to push him around the yard in his little car while he goes golfing.

Chillin in my wheels. . .

Every time we go into Clint's store, Jacob heads straight for the Snicker's bars.  He takes them out of the box one by one, and hands them to whatever adult is standing nearby.  Clint has about 10 in his hands here.  Then he puts them all back in a heap in the box.  Uncle Clint is super sweet to him and loves when he comes by to say hey!

Go Jump in a Lake!

Every year, the Stephens County Literacy Foundation hosts a "Leap for Literacy" event at Lake Louise.  Groups raise money to have one person (or more) jump into Lake Louise in February.  Brett was nominated to jump for First Baptist.  So, on Saturday, Feb 16th Brett jumped in Lake Louise even thought the outside temp was 42 degrees and windy!!!!  The water temp was 37 degrees!  Miserable!

They decided to go with the theme of Duck Dynasty and wore camo and beards.  Nathan Ivester even jumped in with Brett just to be nice!

Freezing while getting ready to jump.

Saying that they are "happy, happy, happy to support literacy!"

Walking the plank. . .  (with EMTs very close by)

Running for the cannonball!

Getting out super quickly. . .

to get to the hot tub!  I told Brett later that I would only start talking about jumping in the lake fo $1000, and that was if I got to keep all the money.  Brett said he would start thinking about throwing me in for $300!  I told him I would probably never forgive him. . . he smiled and said, "sure you would!"  I believe I'll watch my back in Febuary at Lake Louise :)

Hannah Beth turns 1!

I can't believe it's been a year since little Hannah Beth came into the world!  On Feb 9th, we headed over to Steph and Bert's in Greenville to celebrate Hannah's b-day.  Steph did such a great job decorating the house with adorable decorations.  Jacob didn't appreciate all that, but he sure remembered the toy room!

While Emily was helping Hannah open her presents, Jacob was camping out in the play room with other party guests :)

It's in the wrong order, but here is a great picture of the family outside.

Precious lady bug cake for sweet girl!

Hannah got a swing from Bert and Steph and just HAD to try it out.  As you can see, she loved it!

Jacob was insistent that he wanted a turn too!  He camped out right beside it until Hannah got out.

Happy to be me!

Here he is when we arrived to the party.  He was actually getting a little bit sick that day and ended up with a bad stomach virus by Monday.  We were really hoping that we didn't pass it along to Em & Hannah.

Emily was REALLY helpful for the opening presents time.

Jacob got Hannah some books for her birthday this year.

Toy room fun!

As you can see, Hannah was ready to get outside and try it out.

So, Paw Paw and Bert went to hang it on the tree.  It was such a super fun party to celebrate sweet baby girl's b-day!  We love you Hannah Beth!

Daddy Snuggles

Just wanted to do a quick post about how much Jacob loves his daddy!  Here they are playing with the ipad.  Jacob is apparently paying attention because he "accidently" called Mimi on face time at 6:45 am.  We didn't realize he had done it until we heard Mimi say, "Well hey!  What time did you wake up, Jacob?!"  He woke her up and we were like "oh my gosh!" He clicked on the icon and then picked an email to call.  Unbelievable!

Putting PJs on after bath time.  We are still wearing the Christmas pajamas because they are 2T and still fit!  I don't care if they do have Santas on them, we don't waste clothes that fit around here!

Camp Pinnacle with BCM

Brett was asked by his former college ministers to preach their winter retreat for North GA BCM.  He was so glad to do it and Jacob and I came along for part of the trip.  The retreat was at Camp Pinnacle in Clayton, GA and it was super cold that weekend (1st weekend in Feb).  It actually snowed on Saturday afternoon and evening.

Jacob likes to go to bed around 7:30 each night and the first night's lesson didn't start until 9pm.  So. . . before we got there I just thought I was going to be on lock down in the one bedroom hotel room with Jacob.  I knew he wouldn't fall asleep if he could see me, so I was just going to be super quiet and hide under the covers with our ipad!  However, they hooked us up with this awesome little suite, so I got to read in the den after Jacob went to sleep in the bedroom at 7:30!  Super awesome chill night!

Jacob had so much fun playing with James and Beth's daughter Emma.  She was so sweet to him!

Jacob and I cam back to Toccoa on Saturday afternoon before the snow came in.  We decided to camp at Mimi and Papa Stan's for the night while Brett finished the retreat.  It was a great time with dear friends!

Bubble Man

Jacob Man loooooves bubbles!  It was one of his first words along with "pop" for when he popped the bubbles :)  Here he is playing bubbles with his daddy.  Bubbles are the magic key to getting sweet boy happy if he is upset.

His favorite thing to do now is to try to run into them and pop them with his nose!

Look at that face!  I'm super happy that this fun is so cheap!  Bubbles are definitely on the birthday/Christmas lists now :)

Swinging in the Park

We have this super fun park that we go to with Jacob that is very close to our house.  Brett usually comes with us and pushes Jacob in the stroller while we walk.  Physical Therapy wants me to walk or ride a bike 5-6 days a week, but I can't go walking by myself as I can't push Jacob in the stroller yet.  So, we only get to go to the park if daddy comes!

Jacob LOVES to swing when we get there and is actually a little impatient about going to the playground.  As soon as we pull in the parking lot, he starts yelling like, "I BETTER GET TO SWING, PEOPLE!"

As you can see he is happy happy happy! (yes I love Duck Dynasty!)

Daddy and Jacob get a little high for my liking, but Brett promises that he can't fall out.  :)

Sometimes I make a little scene and yell "Oh my gosh!" if it looks like he is getting too high.  Brett will shoot me a look like, "Let him be a little boy!!!!"  Guess he might not be a daredevil if it were up to me :)