Jacob's 1st Birthday

Our beautiful baby boy has turned 1!! Jacob is such an amazing addition to our family and love having him in our home. He is crawling and standing himself up whilst holding on. He has also proved us right with Andrew. Andrew picks on Jacob sometimes and can be a bossy big brother, however, Andrew takes after Stuart's side of the family which means he doesn't have much chance of being more that 5 1/2 feet tall, and Jacob takes after my side of the family which means he doesn't have much chance of being under 6 feet tall. So we warn Andrew not to pick on Jacob, and tell him one day he will be bigger than you, without much success. Until the other day when Andrew was doing something to annoy Jacob, so he biffed Andrew with a mean right hook!! We rather enjoyed the I told you so moment it provided!!

Being only 1, he had no clue that it was his birthday and that the presents were for him and needed to be opened. Fortunately, Andrew was on hand to help him out. He had a brilliant time opening Jacob's presents and cards. We had to tell him that they were Jacob's numerous times so that Jacob would be allowed to play with his toys.(We have possession issues with Andrew!! Everything is his.) This morning he has taken notice of his toys and seems to like the Airplane that Grandpa got him the best.

Christopher's 16th Birthday

Yesterday was Christopher's 16th!! Can't believe we have hit that milestone already. It does comfort me somewhat to know that he won't be driving yet. We had a nice evening, a family meal, with Grandpa and Chris's girlfriend Marrissa. We got him a new amplifier, one that should produce enough sound to bring the house down! He is delighted with the money that he got from Grandma and Grandad, and Auntie Michele and Uncle Colin and the Amazon gift card from Grannie and Grandpa. I am sure he will love me for posting this picture, but it is such a nice on of him.

Atlanta History Center

Dad Dad is in town this week!! We love to have him come stay. He has come to celebrate Christopher's 16th and Jacob's 1st birthdays. On Saturday we went to the Atlanta History Center. What a wonderful place. We started in the Olympics exhibition. They had the participation medals and torches from all of the games. Upstairs the kids got to try out some of the sports from the games. We then walked through the Battle of Atlanta exhibit. The museum is built in the grounds of Swan House, which belonged to one of Atlanta's foremost families. We toured the house and had a wander through the beautiful gardens, we had the perfect spring day.