If you're Meredith, you might not want to read this

That's right Meredith. For you I say, "I have a lovely, organized, critter-free houshold. Rainbows and sunshine." Now please, stop reading.

Yesterday Jacob and I played with our friend Olivia for a while in Jacob's room. During our playtime I noticed an undeniable fact: Jacob's room really needed to be vacuumed. After Olivia went home I decided to do the deed. I put Jacob in his crib with lotsa toys and commenced picking up all of the blocks and wooden train pieces that littered the floor. Once that was done I wandered over to the vacuum. Meredith, I really mean it, stop reading! I grabbed the handle and pulled it backwards and saw, to my horror, a lizard! Dun dun dun... I yelled out in shock and promptly clapped my hand over my mouth. I knew a lizard in my house was one thing, but I knew that a lost lizard in my house would only lead to me going slowly insane (within about a day or so). Soooo, I tip toed over to a handy dandy tupperware and tip toed back and caught it. Phew. I then weighted the tupperware down with two big Costco sized cans o' formula to wait for my big strong Machoo to take him back to our woodsy back yard. I had visions in the meantime of coming back to find the tupperware overturned and the formula cans strewn about the floor. This would have been a miracle, as the lizard was no more than 4 inches long, but it also would have been a great story. A mythic story.

Mr. Lizard is now safely in our overgrown back yard



and Mr. Jacob's unbelievably busy room is now vacuumed.



Note: to any possoms, snakes or birds that live in my backyard that may check this blog: please, please, please do not come into my house. I will instantly go insane if you do and Jacob and I will be forced to go screaming wildly out of the house without the cell phone, keys or diaper bag. Don't leave us homeless.

Also, Meredith doesn't want to read this because she's visiting us in two weeks! Don't nobody tell her 'bout the lizard, okay?

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He's a Swingin' Mo'sheen

Jacob and I went to the park last week with a bunch of friends. Jacob found his favorite friend at the park, Mr. Swing!



He even got some pushes from one of his other favorite friends, Miss Olivia!



Here's our group of moms and kids. Note Jacob's intent stare at me as I take this picture.



Am I alone in this, or does Jacob look terribly cute swinging from behind? Look at his little elephant ankles. Shayleen looks cute too!



Hey, Olivia looks cute too!



It's possible that the park makes everyone look cute. But do you know what makes Jacob look crazy cute?

Sunglasses!

Baby and Broccoli: Together at Last

Tough guy, huh?

Jacob has started doing this...















and this...



and this...



and this.



Okay, so they're all basically the same action, but each one's so cute! I think he looks like a pretty tough little dude. We have a feeling he'd like to get the spoon from us and attack his food (and anyone within a ten foot radius).

Watch as Maddie does this very thing. From a tidy, innocent little pudding treat to...



Dun dun dunnnnn ...this!



No, no Jacob. No spoons for you yet. Just bide your time, play nice and plan your evil food slinging.



Broah ha ha ha ha! (Do you think Jacob could already have his very own maniacal laugh?)

By the power of Grayskull...

...I am He-Man.

¡Qué niño más bello!

Guapo, cute, precioso, maravilloso, beautiful, bonito, studley, crazy delicious...call him what you will, but Jacob is one good lookin' baby. Our ward has recently acquired (yay!) a lot of Spanish speaking members, which has led us to believe that Jacob is bilingually, multiculturally and universally adorable.

Feast your eyes on how cute he really is.













































What is the difference between the following two pictures? Hmm?






That's right, Penny* not only takes amazing pictures, but she also edits out unsightly wings!









* These pictures were taken by our wonderful friend (and professional photographer) Penny. Scroll through her website and see if you can find Jacob among her gorgeous pictures. We are so happy with what an amazing job she did capturing the Jacob-ness of Jacob. Thanks again Penny!

Ghetto Jacob

After walking around on streets like these for a couple of months on my mission...









...the Jersey winter got colder and colder and my sense of style began to really change. (As evidenced above and below.) I began wearing two pairs of leggings under my skirt, thank you very much, a winter coat I found in the closet in our apartment, and various other warmifying items. I ended up looking like this (but my scarf was usually tied much better than that...this pic was just to show of the "cool" New Jersey Morristown Mission logo).



ANYWAY, on those windy nights my ears (or earsies to Jacob) got very cold and I started to get really jealous of the gansta guys around town who wore hats with ear flaps and tassles that looked like this:



I mentioned this in passing to a sister in the ward, and for Christmas she got me one of my very own! Oh yeah, and she got my companion Sister Love one too. We wore them everywhere. Including on the way to church on the day my mission president saw Sister Love and me outside of the church building. He said we were so dedicated to the work (read: bundled up and devoid of style) that he couldn't tell if we were women or men. He also chose to share that story in mission conference. Thanks?

Where is this going you ask? Where are the pictures of Jacob? Well, it's because of these pictures that I took the other day. When we bought this hat I pronounced it one of the cutest things Jacob owned (and I still think so). But when I saw these pictures I saw a very real resemblance between Jacob and the ghetto dudes on my mission. I guess those mission styles will always be near and dear to my heart.

So, without further pictures of Robyn, I give you Ghetto Jacob!

Also

If you want to see something UNBELIEVABLY cute click here. What a pretty little maid.

I love Lance, he loves me...

...we love Rachel, yes-siree;
she loves us and so you see;
we are a happy fa-mi-lyyyyy.

This past weekend we were definitely a happy (and busy) family. We went to Tuscaloosa to hear Rachel give her farewell talk (kickin' job Rach) and to go to (Aunt) Pat & Rick's wedding reception. We, of course, took some pictures. We were looking very springy in 50 degree weather. Enjoy our cute family perched a-top some rocks in the Bama mountains.



Top Row: Grandpa LeGrand
Middle Row: Garrett, Brent, Matt, Grandma Jan
Bottom Row: Lance, Rachel, Natalie, Robyn, Jacob

You're on your own for the rest of the pics as to who's who. By the way, can anyone see Jacob? Where's Jacob? Oh, daddy's holding him. Yellow on yellow. What a good idea.












And yes Rachel, we will miss you terribly.