Towers! Towers! Towers! Oh My!

Jacob Isaiah loves blocks!  He has always loved to knock down towers from an early age with the discovery toys cups that Mimi got him.  Renea bought Jacob some Mega Blocks when she came in November and he has loved them so much since then.  Jacob and Daddy especially love to play with them.  Brett builds the most awesome towers for him to knock down.  As you can see, they were both really excited :)

Just about to knock it down. . .

Wow!!! Daddy put a cup on top!

Boom!  It crashes to the floor!

Sweet boy :)

Sitting on the blocks box checking out the keys that Papa Stan gave him earlier in the day.  When we were at the dealership, Jacob wanted to play with all the keys that were on Papa Stan's desk.  Since they all belonged to cars on the lot, he found Jacob some keys he could play with.  It even came with a clicker!

He loves them!

This is my favorite pic. .. he looks like such a big boy!

Crash on Jacob's head :)

Wowwwww!  Look how tall it is!

Daddy's letting Jacob put the last flag on the tower.

What a sweet stage this is!  It is funny that it will sometimes take Brett 5 minutes to build the towers and take Jacob 2 seconds to knock it down.

New Friends & Favorite Books

What a huge blessing it is that our dear friends Jay, Sara, & Bailey Mosser live in Toccoa with us!  They moved to Toccoa and took a youth pastor job here in early October.  We have been super great friends for our entire married lives.  Other than their 2 years overseas, we lived in Dahlonega, Wake Forest, and now Toccoa together.  Bailey and Jacob were born 4 days apart, but you wouldn't know it from just looking at them!  Jacob out weighs her by about 12 pounds.  In the picture below, Bailey is trying to sit in Jacob's lap b/c she thinks he is a "big kid".  Hilarious!  

As you can see, Jacob didn't like it at all that she was in his "space".

Perusing through some favorite books.  I read with sweet boy all day long and he has gotten into the habit of "reading" some himself :)

Playing with daddy when he got home.  How can you not love those sweet brown eyes!

We love you happy boy and thank God for what a blessing you are!

My Favorite Things

Here are a few of Jacob's favorite things this fall:  

Leap Frog Letter Train at Nana & Papa's:  Jacob loves to push it inside and outside.  When he is outside, he insists on pushing it down the really steep hill on the side of their house.  He gets a look of glee on his face when someone lets him do it.

Coming to find mommy :)  Not that I hardly leave him alone anyway, but Jacob doesn't let me get out of his sight for ONE second!  In fact, we already play "hide and seek" together.  I give him a super fun look like "come and get me!" and then I run into some room in the house and duck behind a bed, in a closet, or behind a door.  He comes in with the biggest grin on his face and looks for me until he finds me.  I yell "boo" and he dies laughing!  The funny part is that he will walk away like 5 feet and then turn around to "find" me again so I'll yell "boo!"

Taking the toilet paper off the roll.  He has pulled it through the entire house before.  Now, we just keep them empty and keep the roll out of reach :)

This kiddo loves walking around with golf balls.  He was really excited that he found this one in the yard.

He here is checking out Chloe's new dog house.  It was brand new, so no doggie germs yet.

Jacob loves dogs sooooo much!  Chloe and Tiger (mom and dad's dog) let him crawl all over them.  It is truly unbelievable what they will let him do to them.  Sometimes, I think he is going to pull Tiger's eyes out!

My most favorite of all is . . . .. .. DADDY!!!!

Hanging Out at the Park

Toccoa has an awesome new playground for little ones and Jacob just loves to go!  We only get to go when daddy can come too, since I can't lift him up on any of the fun stuff.  He really loves slides now and will pump his little body forward to go down.

We thought we would let him try the big slide so that he could go further. . .

Then daddy had to get in on the action!

Jacob loved having his daddy there to help him do everything :)

What a sweet time at the park!  Side note:  this was actually our second time arriving to the park on that day.    30 minutes before, we got there, got Jacob out of the car, and then realized that he had just pooped through his clothes.  So we immediately put him back in the car to change him.  It was suffocating to be sitting in the back seat with that terrible poopy!  Brett and I were both gagging.  Jacob was crying like a crazy man that we had put him back in the car to change his diaper.  He LOVES being outside like you wouldn't believe.  I then realized that I had no extra pants and it was definitely a little cold outside.  So. . . we had to walk him back around the car and put him in his car seat.  He was literally devastated.  He cried for an extra long time on the way back home (5 mins away).  He was so disappointed that I ended up running in to get him some sweat pants and we headed back to the park.  As you can see, he was happy as a lark when we arrived back to have fun!

Golfing with Daddy

Three Fridays in a row, Jacob, Brett, and I went to play nine holes at the local golf course.  The people there were really nice and allowed us to ride along while Brett played.  Jacob thought it was super fun!  He would get a huge grin on his face while he rode the golf cart and would pick up all Brett's putts when we got to the green.  Finally, Brett gave him two balls to hold in his hand so that he would leave his putts alone :)  Watch out Uncle Stan!  Jacob is going to be a good golfer !

Getting ready to play with Daddy!

So proud of my golf balls!

Rice Box Sensory Play

I really love looking up fun and creative things for Jacob to do.  I saw a post about a sensory bucket for one year olds and decided to make one.  He had a blast!  At first, he wanted to just put his hands in the rice.  Shortly after, he realized that it would be really fun to throw the rice out of the bucket.  I am pretty convinced that he was trying to empty the bucket one handful at a time!

Rice all over the floor!

Sitting in rice :)

We got rice all over the jeans, in our socks, and in our shoes!  However, it kept him very enthralled for like 15 mins, which is an eternity for his age!  When it was over, I just swept up the rice, threw it away and put the bucket with the remaining rice out of reach.  My kitchen floor was cleaner than when we started!

Youth Fall Retreat--Dahlonega, GA

During out students' fall break, we took a small group of them up to Dahlonega for a fall retreat.  Little man stayed with my parents and I came home one night early since they had to work on Tuesday.  It was a great group and a super fun way to get to know lots of them better.

Pic after our hike :)