We're ONE!!! Wahoo!!!

Mom and Dad survived a whole year!! Just kidding, we are the best babies ever! Our latest updates: we love chasing the vacuum, Andrew has almost 10 teeth! (3 of which are molars!), we can both walk like champs, and we can say: mama, dad, hi, all done, and other ramblings. We had soo much fun at our party and we thank everyone for coming and for our awesome presents! An extra thanks for coming to our dedication, it was very special and important to us!

Here are some pics thanks to Uncle Stevie (who shares Drew's birthday!!..no Steve, he does not share your name as well...)

Mom played with some black and white effects for this one...

We LOVE our Grammie Emma! Sh'e our only great Grandma!

Hey daddy! We love you!!

Mommy spend countless hours on this cake...She grumbled something about not doing this again until we turn ten...Hope not!

Our first cake!! Yum!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air."
Hawthorne said that, and we agree! This is the BEST time of year and we celebrated by taking the annual trip to Bates Nut Farm. Mommy grew up coming here and wanted to continue the tradition. We slept most of the way, thanks in part to our fabulous new car seats! Thank you all for the wonderful presents and amazingly generous gifts, mom and dad were able to afford these awesome car seats because of you!!

Here's what we think of them

And here are some great shots of us with our friends at Bates! (Thanks to Aunt Sarah for our super cute shirts..our rocker friend Matthew was quite interested in getting one for himself..)

We're on the far right...looking the wrong direction...

That was fun!!

Mom just had to share these...

Nana hand-picked wild blueberries for us on her vacation to Oregon over the summer...so mom decided to put them to good use in a blueberry/blackberry/peach pie! Besides the edge not turning out so great, it looked cute, and tasted soo yummy! Thanks Nana!

Mom let us play outside yesterday, thankfully we have a big grassy area to explore! This is just before I discovered that leaves are tasty!! ..and momma got really grabby and mad..

Drew hasn't been feeling so well these last few days..so while he took a nap I TP'd myself (with paper towels..so I guess it's more like PP'd..haha that's funny..) with a bit of help from mom. We had a blast!

Thanks for stopping by!! Jakers

Our Year In Review!

Happy Birthday to Us!! It has been one heck of a year, and
man has it gone by fast!! We're walking, talking, and
practicing our swooning techniques on anyone and
everyone who smiles at us! To celebrate our happy
day we thought we would share some un-posted pics for all
to enjoy! Come take a trip down memory lane with us!

This is at 'Auntie Chrissie's' baby shower the day before
mommy went into labor with us! Mom was stuffing her
face with yummy treats (that's her and her giant tummy in
the blue tank top) and we decided then that we just couldn't
wait any longer! Ughh! No sugar for us! (yeah right)

Daddy came home from work the next day to find mommy in
the bathtub. She was having some major back pain and it
wasn't going away! They sat around like dummies wondering
if this was it (duh!) and finally after 3 hours they called the
doctor! He said (I know because I was listening) "YES, if
you've had contractions 3 minutes apart for the last 3 hours
you should go to the hospital! and right away!" So when they
got there sure enough mommy was already 5 cm dilated!
holy crap! It all happened so fast: we were admitted, and then
they took mommy to another room and daddy had to stay
outside and pace the hallway like a nut, and then we got really nuuumbbbb...or maybe just mommy did..anyway first Jake
came out and was making all this noise and I was like,
"ok, let's get this show on the road!" and then..the audacity..
the Dr.'s all started talking about golfing and I'm just sitting
there (HELLO!) and so finally they took me out! geez! All I
remember is them holding me over mommy's face and I'm
freezing and they're like "say hi!" and I'm like "grauble bluah"
and some snot came out of my nose...and landed right in
momma's mouth. She's still mad at me for that...

So here are some shots after we had the morning to relax,
and get cleaned up

Our Year in Review!

Mommy had to separate the last post from this one
for some reason (I'll show her how to do it someday).
So here are some shots and our approximate ages so
that you can follow along on our year in review!

Daddy and us at 4 weeks


Jake (Kermit) at 8 weeks

Daddy and us on Christmas Day (almost 3 months old). Notice we're still
swimming in our super cute 0-3 month outfits (thanks again Auntie Sarah!)

New Years Day! ..so exactly 3 months old now!

I honestly don't know if this is me or my brother??? (14 weeks)

Jake at 16 weeks (4 months)

18 weeks...and yes, Jake is crying, not yawning

5 months

Don't tell daddy! I was waiting until he fell asleep so that I could whisper some
subliminal messages in his ear... (5 1/2 months)

6 months

Easter (6 months)


7 months old?


Mommy Day (8 months)

Daddy day (9 1/2 months)

We're bookworms, just like mommy! (10 1/2 months)

We do love our snuggle sesh's...11 months

Lowe's has twin race car shopping carts! (11 1/4 months)

"WAKA WAKA!!!!!!!!!!!"

Thanks to Fozzie Bear for our intro...
So we've taken a few spontaneous steps (which are usually singular in nature) and when given the opportunity to go from mom to dad (or vice versa) we gladly accept the challenge..and can take up to 8 steps!!

We're both clapping like champs and starting to understand this whole 'waving' nonsense...along with eating just about everything mom makes us (e.g. hummus, whole wheat BBQ chicken pizza, curried chicken). We are being weighed in on the 8th of October, so we wont know those details for a while. We say "mum," "ada" and attempt something to the effect of "ahhdu" which mum thinks means "all done." We're smart little cookies and get into tons of trouble!!

We hope to see you at our first birthday extravaganza! Remember, if you get us a present, we would like you to eco-wrap it! i.e. in a bag or not wrapped at all! OR ELSE!!

House Hunting!! ...(or haunting if we're referring to a specific house)

So we finally got to look at some houses the "normal" way...as in the lady with the secret codes drives around and shows us the insides of all the homes mommy and daddy peeked into the weekend before...They really narrowed their favorites down to one that refuses to take their loan and a short sale (though the house is really big so I don't know what the heck that means) which means mom and dad are thinking it's not God's timing just yet. Here are some of the pics:

The agent lady says this is a super great deal and cute house in a perfect neighborhood in downtown Yes-in-Deed-o?? (quiet, no traffic, plenty of nice houses for us to TP later) but mom and dad aren't sure if it's "the one"

The house right next door is for sale also! Okay...so look past the creepiness and peeling paint...It was built in 1918 and mom loves how it looks, but hates the smell from the 26 cats who were living there! ewww!

Dad really doesn't like this house but mama LOVES it! It's just a couple blocks away from the last houses, and also in a quiet neighborhood. It was built in 1914? and mom says is "soo cute," maybe she can convince dad...

This house is 2 down from the last "soo cute" house, but mom and dad really don't like it very much...

This 1909 Victorian is right next to the freeway in Oceanside...but oooh it's sooo awesome!! This is mom and dad's favorite, but the mean lender people just wont let us buy it! Poopers!

This cute cottage built in 1942 is in the Vista countryside..well it's more like the hills of Vista. Anyhoo it's suuuper adorable but mom says maybe it's not going to happen because it's a short sale (like I said before, doesn't it look tall to you?! dunno.)

Enough for now..we'll let you know if Ma and Pa find anything! Jakers and Drewski