My New Ride

Honk Honk Beep Beep! Check out my new ride everyone. I am leasing it from my friend, Owin. It's in great shape - the horn, blinkers, and radio work great. It starts on a dime. The only tricky thing is that it is manual transmission...that takes a little getting used to.

Free Tickets to the Gun Show

I know what some of you are thinking...that kid is juicing for sure. I mean, who has ever seen a 6 month old with pipes like these, right? I understand your sketpicism, but for the record these pythons are 100% natural, the product of a rigid diet of momma's milk and a strict exercise regiment of rattle curls and push ups along with barrel rolls to work my core. I know I know, it sounds too simple, but it works. I've got the pictures to prove it!

Hope you're all enjoying this fine summer weather. Well, it's nice in Rochester at least. Dad and I just ran to Menard's. He says he is going to rewire a lamp, whatever that means. It sounds pretty complicated to me so hopefully he knows what he's doing. He's going to fix his lamp while I take a nap and then we're going on a mission to find a new pillow for Mom. Hopefully we'll be shopping at the mall so I can stop in to see momma at work.

It's nap time so I'm off to the land of nod. Ciao for now, jacob

Don't Worry, Be Happy

OMG, is that singing cow funny or what? Grandma and Grandpa Sinclair gave him to me. He hangs out in my pack 'n play and keeps me entertained while Mom & Dad are changing my diaper. Man he cracks me up. Hopefully one of these days I'll be able to sing along with him.

As the wise cow sings...don't worry, be happy! ~jacob

Shout out to my homies!

Here's wishing everyone a belated happy 4th 'o July! I'm back in Rochester at my house now, but I thought I'd post some pics from my week in Bemidji. I got to spend the week before the 4th at G&G Jacobson's which was really fun. I sure do like sitting on the deck and watching the boats on the lake and listening to the birds chirping and watching Ernie chasing chipmunks all over the yard. I also got to see Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mike when they came to visit for the weekend which was great. Actually there were a LOT of people at Grandma and Grandpa's and I got to chat with all of them.

Can you believe how big I'm getting? Mom says it's not that big of a surprise considering how much I eat. What can I say? I like milk and Mom's got the best milk around so I like to indulge.

Well my eyes are getting heavy and dad says we've got a big day ahead of us I better go take a nap. Hope to see you all soon! Holla! ~Little Jake

MOM!

Jacob has been quite the peanut lately. His bottom front two teeth are just showing through and although he is still squealing and laughing he has his moments of obvious discomfort. For cutting teeth, he is doing great but the days are starting to feel like weeks. He's been up every couple of hours for the past three nights. Not to mention he's eating like a horse. How does a horse eat, anyway? I am guessing he is going through his six month growth spurt as well. I am patiently (or not so patiently?) waiting for him to resume to a somewhat normal sleep pattern. What can I say? It's tough being a baby and sometimes it's a lot of work being a mom, too. :)

Taking a dip

Jake enjoyed cooling off yesterday in his swimming pool. First he wanted to splash. Then he had to try the front float, the back float, and finish off with his signature move...the backfloat while sucking on his toes. He calls it the toe float.

robin family relocated!

Scott came home last week after work and said "Honey, do you want to hear some bad news?" Obviously I didn't say "Of course, dear...I love hearing bad news!" Anyway, he proceeded to tell me about this robin that had built a nest in the building that they are renovating. They were scheduled to put the windows in and close up the building today so he had a bit of a dilemma as to what to do with the nest and the newly hatched babies. I was a bit concerned as to what he would end up doing come today. He just sent an e-mail update - it looks like the robin family was successfully relocated!

There was a bit of drama with the robin relocation operation, but long story short it worked and the robins have a new home outside of our building. That's the short version. The long version goes like this.

I bought a bottle of gorilla glue and scrounged some scrap lumber and cobbled together a box for the nest this morning. I then took it into the room where the nest was made, thinking the parents would be locked out. Well, they were trapped in the room as well (one window was left out but they couldn't figure that out). They left me alone while I pulled the nest out of the ceiling joists and slipped it into the box. I then set it on the sill of the open window hoping they would hear the babies, but that didn't work. I tried prodding the parents out with a 2x4 which forced one of them to swoop down and crash into the window and fall to the floor. I felt pretty bad at that point thinking it was a gonner but after watching it for a few minutes and seeing it breathe I thought maybe it was just in shock. So I put that one in the box with the babies and covered it with a shirt. Then I went outside and climbed up on some scaffolding and slipped the box between the outside wall and some gas pipe and wired it all together with some scrap electrical wire. After getting it secured, I took the shirt off the box and lo and behold the parent was sitting on the nest, apparently fully recovered from his collision with the window! I left it at that...hopefully the other parent will find its way out of the building tonight while we're gone and reunite with the family. Pic of the relocated nest in its box is attached. Hopefully they will like their new home!