lagging behind (Part 3)

June:


Michael and I celebrated 6 years of Marriage on Fathers Day. Knowing that our actual anniversary would be difficult to celebrate as we celebrated Father's day, Michael had planned a little weekend Get-A-Way for us to Chicago to celebrate.


Well before I go any further I should explain that Michael and I gave our parents another special gift. The gift of expecting another grandchild. We were hoping once I found out I was pregnant that this pregnancy would be different from the last one, but in June showed since that it wouldn't be much different. So our weekend away from Chicago, was fun, even with the puking in public bathrooms, cars, our hotel room, resturants,etc. Michael had business on the way out there, and with me not feeling too well, I didn't mind I just slept in the car. Besides not feeling well, we did enjoy a nice movie together (we haven't been to the movies in a long time), walked the magnificant mile, ate at the bottom of the john hancock building, ate cheesecake from the cheesecake factory on Navy pier while watching fireworks, and slept in each morning (one morning not even leaving the bed till noon). My husband even brought me Breakfast in bed. It was so nice to get away, even despite the illness. We just wish we didn't have to travel. I am sorry I don't have any pictures to share from our little adventure, but they probably wouldn't be posted anyways, since I was very green.



Fathers day was great. Jacob and I gave Michael Breakfast in bed, with a little help from my brother Brian, since cooking food is a little nauseating to me. We spent the afternoon, with family, just chilling. My Dad is a great dad, and has been helping me out tremendously this summer with Jacob, since I don't feel up to running after a 2 year old and feel like I am letting him down. It is nice to have him home for the summer too. Michael is an awesome dad. Jacob loves playing with him. It is so cool to see them interact. I know Michael will be great with this new little one on the way too.


In June is also Brian's (my brother) birthday. Since he is home from college for the summer we decided to celebrate. Chris, Rachel, Malachi and Ruth came up to enjoy the party. Jacob had so much fun playing with his cousins. He gets so excited when he knows they are coming up.

Feeding time at Grandmas when all the grandkids are present

Chris, Rachel, and Brian took the kids outside to swim in the kiddy pool. Jacob thought "Hmm, I could use this float from the slip-n-slide to relax"

But Ruth fit much better

"Now what are you goind to do with my slide, Ruthie?"

Malachi decided to stay out of the pool drama and relax swinging

We also found out what happens when Jacob's aunt and Uncle come to town and spoil him with Icecream, before supper, then about an hour later let him have icecream cake. Jacob was crazy, and wanted to "March the Porch" for hours missing his bedtime a little. He litterally said " I march the porch" and would march in a circle around the front porch. It was kinda cute, because Ruthie would sing, I'm in the Lord's Army. But Jacob continued even after Ruthie was done singing and had left for Muncie.

lagging behind ( part 2: Matt's Wedding)

Here are some more pictures of Matt's wedding. I know I went a little overboard showing you all the pictures, but really this isn't very many in comparison of how many we took. What can I say, we were excited Matt was finally Married! And very proud that Lindsey is part of our family.Their first dance as a married couple

taste testing their cake

Jacob's reward for going down the isle was a ring pop sucker,

and well he wanted it immediately, but was in no mood to have it after throwing his little fit, so he enjoyed it outside after he was dismissed

During the ceremony

taking off

Jakers and Daddy- Can you sense the frustration in Michael's face

The Bride and Bridesmaids

me and my brothers

Grandpa helping Jacob with his tie

the Groom and Groomsmen

My brother waiting nervously with our parents

Last minute touches for the bride

For the Wedding we told Jacob that we could go swimming at the pool in the hotel. So anytime before the wedding Matt's name was mentioned or anything was said about the wedding, Jacob would say, "Yeah, Matts wedding, pool, swimming." He was so excited that the wedding was actually here. And we got plenty of swimming in with our little fish.

lagging behind

So I apologize for all my blog friends that keep up to date with me by following our blog, I have failed you. I know I have no excuse, everyone is busy and some are still able to keep up with theirs, or keep in touch in other ways. I haven't been good at any contacts lately, but I will do my best to try and update you over the next several blogs. And hope you will accept my sincere apologies and my commitment to trying better to stay in touch across the many miles that connect us.

So for May....

Mother's day was great. We didn't do a whole lot, but sometimes that is the best. I got to spend wonderful time with my mother and My awesome husband and adorable son. Here are a few pictures we captured...

My Jakers, He is so special to me. I am so blessed that God gave me the responsibility of being his mother. He amazes me each day in what a gift he is. He is always learning new things, and it melts my heart when he says " I love you mommy" ( even though it still sounds like I woah vu mommy). He does the cutest things- that just laughter to my face- even when I am not around him.

My Mother- I can't give enough admiration to this wonderful woman. She has molded me through prayer and wisdom into the woman I am. Her example is exemptemary enough, but she offers more encouragement and love than anyone I know. She is such wonderful God fearing person and I am so blessed I got to be her daughter. She has carried me through prayer through some of the toughest times in my life, and physically didn't have to do anything but yet offered hugs, a warm hand, or a gentle rub on the back. I hope I am at least half the mother she is.

And finally my Husband, My life long partner. He is such a wonderful support. He showers me with love and even kisses. He is an incredible man that I get to share the wonderful journey of parenthood with. He is such an encourager and a wonderful Man of God. You must know he would be an incredible man by willing to put up with me for a lifetime, and empty my puke buckets often when I am pregnant.

Mothers day was great. At the end of May we got to enjoy my brother Matt and Lindsey's Wedding, as well as concluded my first year as a school nurse.

Jacob was in the wedding and we practiced beforehand and thought we had it down. Little did we know that the sound man would cue the wedding march a little early and everyone would stand up and Jacob would get scared and throw a temper tantrum in the middle of the isle. Well what do you say, He is two. Not to mention because of pictures he didn't get his usual nap. We were doomed from the start.

It was a beautiful wedding anyways, and My Brother Chris did an excellent job as the officiant. Congrats Matt and Lindsey.. Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure

The bride and her mom

Practicing while we wait for the photographer- we should have probably let him take a nap instead if we knew how long it would take for the photographer to get there

See, He didn't do too bad for the rehearsal

(okay I am finding I should probably have devoted an entire blog to the wedding so I will add more pictures in the next segment of lagging behind- don't worry it won't be all 100 and some that we took)

Easter Fun: Part 2

So With Michael not feeling well we decided to limit how many places we visited on Easter, and only went to the place that was only 15 minutes away from Home. It was a nice afternoon visiting with the Lehman side of the family at Aunt Julies house. Aunt Julie was a wonderful host and there was plenty of yummy food.All the Sisters with their parents


They Even had an Easter Egg hunt for the little ones (even though there were only 2)
There was enough candy and eggs though for about 50. Needless to say Jacob made out well and was even able to share his findings to make 2 bucketfulls for Ruth and Malachi who were unable to join us.
Mommy was busy taking pictures and Daddy wasn't feeling well, so Uncle Brian was great help with the hunt for Jacob. Not to mention, Jacob loves his uncle Brian.

Making sure he didn't miss any

after Jacobs 3 buckets were full- He even helped to make Remmy's Full

Don't let Jacob fool you, Remmy made out well for himself too!

It was a little difficutl to have to scan the candy, making sure no peanut butter substances made it into the batch. Poor Remmy probably has a bucket full of Peanut Butter candy. Hopefully he likes it!

It was a nice day, with wonderful weather and great company!

Easter Fun: Part 1

Easter was so much fun this year with Jacob. He enjoyed all the little activities. The unfortunate part was Michael was sick. I had big plans to take him to the local Easter egg hunt, to visit lots of family, etc, etc. But was a little distracted with taking care of Michael on the side that and Michael not wanting to be out much, that we didn't do all that I had planned. Probably better though. WE still had a wonderful Easter.

Here is Jacob coloring Easter Eggs Saturday Morning. I have to say it was nice to kinda spend the morning in our PJ's and relax, instead of running around like Crazy which I had planned to do.

Jacob had so much fun dipping the eggs. He didn't so much use the dipper that I had encouraged, but none the less, he got the job accomplished. He was actually a multi-task'er, He redecorated Grandma's Kitchen. He pretty much made a rainbow of about every object in Grandma's Kitchen (Sorry Grandma) Good thing was we were able to get most of it up after trying multiple cleaners. If you notice closely you can even see them in the background.

Sunday Morning, He actually slept in. I couldn't believe it. I had to wake him up to get him ready for Church. We were even late to the sunrise service because we didn't have enough time to complete our traditional Easter morning routine so we ran through it really fast (good thing there was only one child at home or we would have been really late).
Here Jacob is trying to explore what the Easter Bunny brought him,

A quick little Easter Egg hunt before we head out to Church. Good thing we had plenty of time for him to explore his goodies after church before we headed to Aunt Julies for our Family Easter celebration.

Our family Easter picture after Church.

It is really funny, usually Jacob is the one not cooperating, but with Michael not feeling well. He was the one that was not cooperating with me. Sorry the picture is blurry. My photo session was cut a little short so I had to pick the best one and when I edited it I thought I was making it all cute, but it turned out a little more blurry than I like

Spring break fun!

It was nice to have a little spring break this year. We decided not to go anywhere this year since it was both Michael's and My first years on the job. Michael felt he couldn't take off this soon. So I got to enjoy spending time with my little Jacob. We had all sorts of fun, despite the undependable weather in Indiana.

On Wednesday, We visited one of my High school friends, (Ashley) and her little man (Evan). Jacob and Evan are about 6 months apart. It is fun to see them play together. There were only a few little disagreements over toys

It will be nice to have the summer off. I am sure Jacob and Evan will get to know each other even more this summer, as Ashley and I catch up.

You couldn't tell Jacob that we didn't go somewhere sunny over break. He woke up early one morning and thought he would catch some rays on the golf course.

A big accomplishment over spring break is that Jacob wore big boy pants almost all week. Even in public. He only had a couple accidents. I do have to say that one of them was after he had went all day in big boy pants and was less than 5 minutes in daddy's care and had an accident. A little side note, was he had a couple friends over and was a little distracted. The other was on a rainy day and I think he had no hope. At least it is a good start.

Okay I have to confess a little story. So Jacob's big boy underware have all kinds of little balls on them, Baseballs, Footballs, soccerballs, basketballs. He thinks they are really cool (and I have to admit they are pretty cute). Well I had told Jacob to remind him that he wasn't in his diaper not to get his little balls wet. Well it only occured to me in a public place when I told Jacob this trying to convince him to go to the bathroom and Michael looked at me in shock, that this little saying may not be appropriate since it could easily be mistaken. I am thankful for a Husband that keeps me in line. If it were not for his reaction I would still be telling Jacob not to get his little balls wet.

catching up

So I am a little behind. There has been so much going on, I don't know where to start. (which is probably why I haven't sat down to update you).

At the End of February, My family met up with my uncle Chris, Aunt Rachel, Malachi, and Ruth and went to Wana Waves. For Christmas in 2007, Grandma and Grandpa Sherck gave us gift certificates to stay at the hotel and go to the water park. We didn't get a chance to use them last year, but we made sure to use them this year. Uncle Chris, Aunt Rachel. Malachi, and Ruth also received the gift and used theirs the same time. Even though we weren't traveling from Indy to use this gift, and we were closer to home, it was nice to get away. And boy was it fun!!
Here is daddy helping me across the Lilly pads. I tried to reach the net, but I am just a little small still. I have to say I was pretty good.

Malachi and Uncle Chris, after they just got off the big water slide. I even rode the big water slide with Daddy and Mommy (at different times). I was a little scared at first, because most of it is in the dark, but then wanted to go over and over again. Mommy was very nervous letting me the first time.

This was part of the play area for kids, however this water was cold so I didn't enjoy playing on it as much.

Cheesing with Daddy

This was the kiddie slide in the younger kids area, and boy did I use it. I was timid at first, but it didn't take me long to ditch my parents hands and slide down it over and over again. Everyone was laughing at me because I kept saying, "1 more, 1 more"

We had a blast. I loved playing with my cousins Malachi and Ruth. Ruth and I jumped on the beds and the bunk beds. I didn't want to go anywhere without them. We celebrated Uncle Chris's Birthday and Uncle Brian even came and stayed with us.