Playground Pals

Jacob and I have a little routine where we go out every morning and start by playing at the park down the street from our house.  Then we jog a mile to the other playground and play there for a while.  Then sometimes we jog ANOTHER mile and play at ANOTHER playground in our neighborhood.  Sometimes he'll fall asleep in the stroller on the way home, but he's had a lot more energy since he started walking and wants to explore as much as possible.  We've been going to the playground two and three times a day these last few weeks!  Luckily the weather is finally cooling off so we'll be able to enjoy it even more.  Sometimes I think he likes just walking around and picking up rocks and sticks more than swinging or sliding.  Some mornings we'll meet up with our neighborhood friends and they'll have a playdate.  Ella is in these pictures and is 3 months older than Jacob, and we have another friend Helena that is almost 1.  They're all really cute together.

Sporty Superstar

We stayed in Steiner with Meems this weekend while Adam and PaPaw went on a hunting trip.  We had a good time at the park right up the street from their house.  We got to play some soccer, football, swing, climb on the playground, go swimming, and go for a jog --- a fun and busy weekend! 

Zhoos! (aka Shoes)

When Jacob started walking last month we got him a few pairs of shoes, but he didn't really like wearing any of them and preferred to go barefoot.  This was OK for inside, but we would have to force him to wear them to the park and playground, and he would always sit down and try to take them off.  Fast forward to this week, and he loves them!  He learned the word "shoe" but pronounces the "s" more like a "z" and also learned that when he wears them we're usually going outside or in the car to go somewhere fun.  Now he'll go and pick up our shoes and bring them to us like "OK, put these on and lets go out and play!"  Sometimes he'll also bring me his shoes and I'll put them on him, then he'll end up going to the front door and will bang on it and say "Out!".  He figures things out pretty quick!

Jacob definitely knows what he wants, but what he wants changes about every 5 minutes!!!  He is practically running now, and will zoom all around the house playing here and there with different toys, but not with anything for too long.  He is keeping us on our toes, for sure!

Red Wagon

One of the gifts that Jacob got for his birthday is a little red wagon.  He likes to get in it and have us pull him around the house in a loop, over and over.  A lot of the time he'll start out super-excited and then slowly get sleepy-eyed and then end up falling asleep! 

Jacob-Brody Tug-o-War

Here's a fun little video that Nancy took of Jacob playing with Allison's dog Brody.  He has so much fun at his Nana and BenPa's house!  Speaking of dogs, he calls all dogs Shishzzz Shishzzzz since we have Shiska in our house!  Too cute!

UT Football Game

We had a pretty fun and relaxing weekend.  Watched the UT game on Saturday and I had to pull out a picture from this time last year.  He was about 2 months old in this pic and is now 1 year and 2 weeks old.  Check out how much he has grown and changed!  He also cut a new tooth on the bottom left side for a total of 7, and I think # 8 on the bottom right is about to push through any minute.  He also now has a UT football and jersey to get even more into the Longhorn spirit!