Jacob and Brooks

Here are a few pics of the boys for mom, dad and Deirdre and Grandma.  I also put a really cute picture of Jacob and Kennedy singing a song together.  (This was before the fall that took her to the ER for stitches!!!)  

A Whole New Toby

We got Toby groomed and I think he lost half his body weight!!! We can see that is is gaining weight but it will take time for him to fill in the way he should.  He is also more Cocker than anything else which would explain a lot about his personality.  He is so great with the kids and we all love him a lot.  He likes to be out back with the boys and I and will play fetch as much as I am willing to throw the frisbee or balls.  He loves to play on the trampoline and go down the slide which Jacob thinks is soooo funny.  I am posting pics of him before grooming and then some I took today.  Another funny thing-  he likes to find the pacifiers and will play, toss and roll around with it!  Gross, I know!  

A dog named Toby

We did it!!!  We added a dog to our home this weekend.  We named him Toby and he is 9 months old.  We are not sure of his exact breed but we think a Schnauzer/ Poodle mix and maybe a bit of Cocker in him too.  He is the sweetest guy and seems to be fitting in here very well.   When we asked Jacob what we should name him he mentioned Sadie, which is cute of him to think of her.  Then in our long list of names he picked out Toby so we chose that to be his name.  I will download the pics from our camera and put one of him after his bath he got last night.  

Painting Again!!

Yesterday, Jake and I must have been crazy because we decided to finish painting the living room and continue down the hallway.  But then around dinner we realized that we have a lot of paint left.  Why don't we just do Jacob's room too???  The thing is- we did not need to paint yet, we have a few other things to do.  I scraped off the caulk in the kitchen so we can redo it and we also have paint for the front door that we have been thinking of doing.  But in true Craven style, we choose the BIG job to prove to ourselves  that we still can still undertake these jobs with 2 kids!! I finished Jacob's room this morning.  I was going to make sure that we would finish today because Jacob was NOT going to sleep with us again.  Jacob thinks he lives on a farm and that he should wake up before the sun and then make sure we are up too.  His bed and all contents are back in order.  I can't wait until bedtime because I am wiped!!

Jacob's Birthday Song To Everybody...

So on the night of my birthday,  Jacob picked up the guitar and sang Happy Birthday.  Just in case you can't understand him, he started to sing then said no, louderFirst he said to Mama, the whole family, Brooks then to make sure he had us all he said, "for everybody"  ... and RaRa!!! How cute to watch him grow up!!  The video is too large to post but I will try to figure out a way to make it smaller and get it up there.