The Picarelli Family Grows!: 2009

Jake is finally walking! He used his walker as support for the first week, then he was off on his own! He has been so good, and no trouble by getting into anything and everything despite having the new talent of walking....Dave and I feel so blessed! Jake is climbing all over the place, up the stairs (he loves to do that), and all over Daddy like a jungle gym! Jake is getting lots of use out of his playroom in the basement, and has entertained Grandma B and friend Isabella down in the playroom. Jake used his markers for the first time...seemed he got more on his hands than on the paper! Thank goodness for washable markers and crayons! He is learning so many things, like blowing his nose, making finger signs for "more", putting puzzle pieces back in the correct spots, etc. It is such a blessing and joy to watch him grow and learn!

11/4/09-some one on one sunggle time with Daddy

11/10/09-Playdate with Grandma B!

I love it when she reads to me....

11/11/09-let me just get this last screw in...

11/13/09-out of my way!

I've got a walker and I'm not afraid to use it!

11/14/09-me and Daddy

11/16/09-If I could only figure a way to climb this!

11/17/09- Playdate with Izzy!

Goodbye Kissy?

11/20/09-What a masterpiece!

wait a sec, what is on my hands?

uhhhhh.....

Yuck! Mom!

11/20/09-I love to help mom mow the carpet....

don't forget to get under the tables.....

Perect...Daddy will be proud!

12/2/09- Standing all on my own....

What is this wierd thing?

Catch you next month!

Jacob has changed so much this month, and now seems more like a big boy than ever! He has perfected his crawling skills, is saying more "words," and is climbing everything in sight! He appears to have gone through a growth spurt as well, as all of the clothes I just bought him he grew out of in a week! Poor me, had another excuse to go shopping! Jacob continues to work on eating with a fork, and can point to his toes when asked, "Jacob, where are your toes?" He loves to point and gesture towards what he wants, and goes into monologues of babble to describe things to you. We took Jacob to the pumpkin patch for the first time so he could pick out his pumpkin...he loved sliding down the hay slide and going on the hayride. He dressed up as a Dragon for Halloween and had his very first taste of candy...a strawberry sucker! He knew how to eat it instinctively...right down to the last lick. He hasn't been officially weighed, but I am guessing he weighs at least 26lbs, and is about 31.5 inches tall...he is growing so fast!