Yummy... Crawfish!

The base had a crawfish boil last weekend and one of Jason's classmates was participating so we went too.  It was pretty boring at first, but once the crawfish were handed out, we had more fun. Jake loved picking them up and watching them crawl around. He watched with great interest while Jason's friend put the bucket in the boiling water and didn't even cry when it happened.

Jake with one of his new "friends"

Sheila thought she needed to touch them too!

After they cooked, Jason's friends dad was able to get Jake to try one.  He decided he liked it, but was sad because it was his friend!  They even got Jason to try some too.  I tried it, but we couldn't get Sheila on board with the eating of the crawfish.  Oh well, maybe next time!

YUM

This is Sheila's "I don't think so mom!" face.

I think that Jason was really trying to figure out a way to not try it here!

Jakob's favorite part of the day was when he finally got to play corn hole.  The boards were set up right in front of our cooking area, but we kept telling him they were for the adults. Finally, some of "our people" decided to play, so Jake jumped at the chance to join in on the fun!

Fire Station Museum

A couple of weekends ago we found a local fire station museum that was free to visit.  Jake had a blast and Sheila was excited to get a pink fire fighter hat :)  We all liked all of the old fire hats, but Jakob's favorite part was the small fire truck he could get in and pretend to drive!  Overall, it was a fun hour that only cost us a couple of dollars as a donation.

Sheila showing off her new hat!

Standing in front of the old FORD firetruck-see that Dad, it's a ford :)

The best picture I could get of the 3 of them by the kiddie fire truck.

Jakob did NOT want his picture taken by the fireman statue!

We didn't get many pictures of Sheila, because she won't stand still, but here is one of her almost smiling by the firetruck.

Jake to the rescue!!

Mississippi Fun

So...it's obviously been while, but we thought this would be the best way to share our Mississippi adventures with family and friends! I'll try to update weekly with pictures. Enjoy :)

Jake's First Birthday (41 photos), by Kelly Colclasure

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So Behind

OK...so having a one year old, working full time, and still trying to find time to see friends & family is kind of hard. I don't know if anyone out there knows that! Anyway, so much has changed since October. First of all, Jake is walking, well I guess I should say running everywhere. He wants nothing to do with a stroller, cart, or anything that resembles a restraint. Mr. Independence is what I call him, Jason tells him "you're just like your mother!" :) Jakob has 5 teeth and counting. The 6th & possibly 7th teeth are coming in. He looks so funny with two bottom teeth, one top tooth, & two upper molars. But none of this stops him from eating whatever he wants. He is really starting to talk now too. When you ask him what a dinosaur or cow says, he will "roar" & "moo" appropriately. Sometimes, he will "quack" for a duck and the rest of the animals 'roar' if they should or not. His favorite words are 'more & done' which he uses all of the time, unless it's more fun to throw the food on the floor and then he just does that!



We are finishing up plans for our first official family vacation. We weren't really planning on going anywhere, but we have a week to use at a resort or we will lose it and we have the vacation time so we thought why not!? We are going to Orlando with Uncle Neil, Aunt Michelle, Sistene, & of course Izaiah. Jason can get really cheap 4 day passes to Disney with the military so we have most of the week planned for us! The resort will have 4 pools so I know Jake will be entertained. He loves the water, but hasn't been in a "big pool" yet. We are all getting excited, but there is so much to do in the two months before we leave!



Speaking of Jake in the pool...I'm adding a picture of Jakob in his little pool that Aunt Michelle got for him. He didn't know what to think of the entire situation at first. He kept looking at us like he was thinking, "I'm outside, in clothes, and in the water. Somethings not right here!" By the third time of being in the pool though, he ran to it and jumped in before Jason could catch him, clothes, sandels, regular diaper and all! He was really wet when Mommy got home!!









Well that's enough of an update for now. I really will try to get better about updating more often. Especially as Jake is doing so many new things all of the time.

Drool, Drool, Drool

Well the old saying "When it rains it poors" has never been more true in our household! Jason & I have both been crazy at work and Jake has been doing everything. A few weeks ago, Jakob had a slight sinus infection but quickly recovered and was back to normal within a few days. Two weeks ago, he went for his 6 month shots and had an ear infection. In one short month he had two rounds of antibiotics! During all of the illnesses the only constant has been that Jakob is drooling like crazy. We actually thought that he was just teething when he ended up with the ear infection, but still didn't have any teeth. That was until this past Sunday. We were at the Covered Bridge Festival with Aunt Tammy, Tillie, & Mamaw when all of the sudden Jake opened his mouth and I saw two little buds!!!

Jump forward three days, add in a fever at 3:00 in the morning and we are in full fledged teething mode!! It's had to believe so much drool comes out of one small package! On top of teething, Jake is just starting to crawl. He hasn't actually moved forward yet, but will move his knees back and forth and can move one arm, but only one arm! It's so funny to see. He keeps growing and loves to sit up and play. He also LOVES his jumper-roo! He will just jump and jump and laugh and smile for the longest time.

Well he is getting fussy, so it's time to go. I'll try to update more later and not take so long next time!

A Little Behind!

Our happy family!




Hello All! So I am a little behind on the updates, but boy have we been busy. First of all, Jakob went for his official 4 month appointment last Friday and is up to 14 lbs 11 1/2 ounces and is 26 1/2 inches long (85 percentile!). He did great with his shots and we are slowly introducing more foods into his diet. He LOVES oatmeal and next week we are going to start rice & oatmeal with fruits in them. I'm sure he's as excited as mommy & daddy are. He has been hit or miss with his rolling over. We know he can do it, we just think that he doesn't want to. He still loves to stand and has started to try to sit up whenever he is in highchair, stroller, or sitting on our laps. For some reason, he just won't listen to me and SLOW DOWN!!!! :(

We also have added on to the Colclasure family. Yes, it's true we have a new kitten. He (at least we think he) has been with us since last Saturday, but we are really struggling coming up with a good name. As most of you know, both of the cats that we have had have had German names of friends of ours, so we want to stick to the German name theme, but can't think of a good one that fits yet. Any ideas are appreciated.



Jake & Daddy trying to pet a horse at the Fair!


Back to Jakob...we went to Evansville the end of July for a wedding and survived our first hotel trip as a family. Jake did great on the way down (almost 4 hours) but cried a lot on the way back. He was very cute in his little button down shirt and jeans and only needed to leave the church one time during the ceremony, which isn't bad for a Catholic wedding :) Last weekend we went to the State Fair since it was military day and we all got in for free. Leah & Brenden went with us and Jason & I adopted Izaiah & Sistene for the day so that they could go with us too. We all had a lot of fun, but it was really hot. Jake did great and only really fussed a couple of times in over 5 hours!!



Jake liked playing with Daddy's tie!!

We are looking forward to a visit to Fort Wayne next weekend to see Jakob's birthfamily, but we aren't so sure how he will do on the drive. Hopefully he'll do better than he did on the way home from Evansville, but we'll just have to wait and see. All right, enjoy the pictures and I really will try to be better with the updates!