Baby Jacob

Here is the first photo album of our new little baby boy.

Jacob David Jones

Born: 08/10/09

11:13 AM

7lbs 15oz 20in

First time in his Mother's arms

Sleeping with the little dog his sister and brother brought him.

Mackayla and Bradley in the waiting room. I heard they had a wonderful time while waiting for the good news.

Proud new parents in the delivery room.

Meet Baby Brother

Our family of five!

They were so excited he finally came out to be with us.

Bradley loved his baby brother!!

Meeting Grandpa Hatfield..

Grandma Hatfield...

and Aunt Heather.

Brothers and sister

This pictures makes him look big but he does have a round little face.

Another family picture

All dressed and ready to come home.

Mackayla remembered she had dressed up as Cinderella to welcome Bradley home so she decided Jacob would get snow white to welcome him to his new home.

The kids are so happy to have him home!

Little Jake asleep in his new bed with the blanket his mommy made him.

I'm sure I'll be putting another post on soon with more pictures and more details of the big event but I just wanted to get these pictures on quickly for grandparents that are waiting to see them!

Jared turns 30!

Jared is finally a grown-up. We celebrated his 30th birthday this last week. He received lots of great gifts and had some good cake- a perfect birthday!

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner before the party and had a great time. The kids had a blast and the food was wonderful.

Getting ready to open presents.

Mackayla picked out a present for her Dad by herself and was SO EXCITED to give it to him.

Our family at the big party.

Eating cake and icecream with the Henrys.

The kids have been wanting to put on their rain jackets and then go stand on the back patio while the sprinklers are on.

Jared was very excited to try out his new firepit that he received for his birthday.

So, we roasted marshmallows for Family Home Evening.

We've been spending a lot of time looking closely at the little shoots of grass that start coming up. This is a common position for Jared and the kids lately.

WE HAVE GRASS!! We still have a long ways to go but it is definitly coming in.

Finally!!

Jared planted the seed and in just a couple of weeks we will see the results of his hard work!

I, of course, am talking about his grass seed in the yard, pictured behind me. After another 8 hours in the heat yesterday, our yard is offically done! The sprinklers work great, the seed is all layed and we just have to wait for the grass to grow in! Jared has worked so hard getting this all done and I can promise we'll never take our yard for granted once it comes in. Jared is excited to be able to actually relax once in a while after work and we are SO EXCITED that he'll be able to spend more time with us rather than in the yard all the time.

This is a picture of the big event- spreading the grass seed!

We spent a lot of Pioneer Day working in the yard (actually Jared worked and we played in the sprinkler) but did take advantage of being able to do fireworks that night.



Mackayla on her "water slide"
Bradley helping Daddy

I always think about Derek and Danielle's blog about "inconvenient truths." One of theirs was the boys sleeping in their bed. That is one of our inconvenient truths right now. With the baby coming so soon, one of the things we wanted to get fixed was Bradley's sudden bad night habits. He's been waking up in the middle of the night screaming and since I'm SO tired I just lay him in the middle of our bed and he goes right to sleep for the rest of the night. Unfortunatley, we're having a bit of trouble breaking him of this habit.

Last week we had three big truck loads of top soil brought in and that night the kids had a BLAST climbing the mountain of dirt. They were DIRTY!!! They played out there forever though, and were in heaven the whole time.

Our baby is due in just over two weeks and we are still not ready. We are finally making progress though. Now that the yard isn't so dirty and dusty, I'm finally getting the house all cleaned up and in order. We were hoping to get the boys' room all fixed up but after a very unsuccessful yard sale adventure Saturday morning we still don't have a big bed for Bradley or a dresser to put their clothes in. I did dig out all of the baby clothes though and have them ready to throw in the wash. We still have to pick up a car seat and come up with a name.

We're also getting ready for Jared's big birthday on Friday. Mackayla is so excited to help me plan a party for him this week.

I guess this concludes my weekly update!

Our trip to Yakima

We went on our one big summer vacation trip to Yakima last week to see my family. We had a great time and can't believe its over. We've got nothing to do now but prepare and wait for our baby to be born. The kids and I flew into Washington on Tuesday morning and Jared left Thursday afternoon to drive up and join us. We all drove home together the following Tuesday/Wednesday. We loved being able to spend time with family and Jared was so glad just to get away from work and our sprinkler system for a few days!

I took a ton of pictures so here's our great big photo albumn of the trip.

On our way to the airport- The kids loved having their own backpacks with them for the journey.

The kids got to spend a lot of time hanging out with their cousins.

(Mitchell, Jaden, Jackson, Logan, Mackayla, and Bradley)


Bradley and Logan in matching pajamas

Mackayla hugging Jackson

The kids loved swimming in Grandpa and Grandma's pool.

Mackayla and Grandpa soaking up some sun.

Bradley learning to drive.

G &G's new bounce house, a definite highlight.

My dad was using another dentist's office for an hour to check my mom's teeth so Mackayla and I tagged along and Mackayla got to have Grandpa look at her teeth.

The kids loved (especially Bradley) the bee at the Country Buffet, the place Grandma Davenport likes to take everyone.

Another day spent by the pool.

Aunt Heather always fills hundreds of water balloons for the kids.

We had a little Michael Jackson dance contest and the kids all loved dancing to the music.

We got to spend the 4th of July at the Tree's house which is always a fun treat!

The kids couldn't get enough of the pool.

Bradley

They also had this big water slide that Bradley was a huge fan of!

A little nap with Aunt Heather after lunch.

Aunt Sharon showing the kids her baby lambs and goats.

My family sang Happy Birthday to Jared and gave him some spontaneous gifts since it was his birthday month.

They really were great gifts!

The cousins coloring on the kitchen floor.

Waving goodbye to Grandpa and Grandma Hatfield. Thanks so much for letting us visit and showing us such a good time! We can't wait to come again next year!!