Blessed

Adam gave a beautiful blessing today. I really admire his public speaking abilities. He gave a wonderful blessing and then jumped right up afterward to bear his testimony. I got up to give my testimony too, but it was an internal battle for about 25 minutes before I finally talked myself into it. Then once I was up there my feet were literally shaking in my boots. I'm glad I did it though.

It was a wonderful day filled with lots of family, great friends, good food, and fun. 

 Dad and Lisa

 Love this one

 Grandpa with cute little Parker

 Great friends!

 The guys were checking out the grill

 The family

 A very candid picture snapped by Christie. She kept saying, "Do it again. Hold it. Hold it."

 Grandma and Grandpa Drake

 The Proud Grandmas

 Uncle Andrew

 Jones group minus three

 Jones girls

Grandmama, Papa, and Jack

Rule Breaker

Is it breaking my one-a-day rule to do two blog posts in a day? I forgot to post this super cute picture of Jack that I took yesterday.

 Doesn't he look OLD?

Ok, that's it for the day. Tomorrow there will be blessing pictures.

Here Comes The Family!

 Meeting Uncle Andrew

 Gawking

Grandmama and Papa

2 Months

Little Baby Jack is two months old today! I just think he's so fun and sweet. I woke up for my class this morning at 7:00 and found Jack is his bassinet just looking around. When I said "Good morning, Jack!" He just lit up. I really didn't want to go to class. I just wanted to snuggle with him in bed. But when I got home, he was still just looking around content as can be. When I greeted him, he started beaming at me again. I just love him!

At the ripe old age of two months:

-Jack loves to smile and coo in the morning time.
-Sometimes he giggles in his sleep and it just makes my entire day.
-He usually sleeps for at least five or six hours, but sometimes he goes eight whole hours.
-He doesn't usually spit up, but last night he did a number on our couch.
-Jack loves to be tickled on his face, especially when silly noises accompany it.
-I play a game where I pinch his cheeks and say "A cheeky week. A cheeky week. A cheeky weeky weeky." Then I do his toes, ears, nose, and chin. He thinks it's super funny.
-In the afternoon he likes to hang out on his boppy and say "Oh, oh, oh" when he thinks no one is listening.
-He's REALLY cute!!!

Auntie Courtney's Here!

Now Jack just needs to meet Uncle Andrew on Saturday and Uncle Jake in 18 months. The family is going to start pouring in this weekend for the blessing and we're SO excited! Family is the best.

Lessons Learned

1. Don't keep spaghetti on the top shelf.

2. If you do keep spaghetti on the top shelf, then cut the hole at the top of the bag instead of the bottom so that next time you pull it down you don't think the bag is unopened.

3. Babies grow really fast. Before you know it, your two-month old will be wearing 3-6 month clothes.

4. If you don't know anything about either of the candidates you're voting for, pick the one with the best name, like Donna Jones.

5. Jack is the cutest baby in the world.

6. Maybe I can do the blog a day thing.

Bath Time and a Noncommittal Goal

I had 24 blog posts last month. That's a lot! So that's got me thinking... I'm going to try doing a blog a day. It shouldn't be hard because pictures of Jack make a sufficient blog post. But still, I'm not ready to commit because some days I just don't have time. So don't quote me on it or call me out when I mess up one day. But one a day is what I'm going for. So check back tomorrow. And until then here are some post-bath pictures of Jack.

Halloween

We drove down to Utah for a family Halloween party this weekend. We had a lot of fun playing Ghost, Ghost, Goblin and Monster, May I. Adam and I both love Halloween and we love dressing up. Adam, in particular, puts a lot of thought into every detail of the costumes. What a fun Halloween!

Aren't they the coolest grandparents for dressing up? My dad was in character the whole afternoon.

Count Drake-ula, the witch, and all the grandkids.

Cute little Punkin'

Han Solo, Leia, and Yoda

Mom Mom Videos

I couldn't get these videos to load when I put up the pictures from this weekend. So hopefully it works now. There's a good chance that only a handful of people will find these interesting. So if you don't know who Mom Mom or Matt are, then you might want to just skip over these...

Okay, so I've tried about 15 times to get these to post. I have one of when Matt and Mom Mom first got here, but it won't post. I finally got the one of Matt holding Jack to post and I'm giving up on the other until we get to Utah this weekend. Maybe it will work at my parents' house with their faster internet.

Oh Oh Oh

Jack's favorite noise to make is, "Oh, oh, oh." He'll just be hanging out on his own on the boppy or on our bed saying "Oh, oh, oh" over and over again. He's so advanced to already be saying words. What a smarty.

Hard to Wait it is...

We finished Jack's costume last night and it's just too cute to wait until Halloween to blog about it. He's a cute little Jedi. Pictures of Princess Leia and Han Solo will be posted next week, so stay tuned. Though, I'm sure we won't be nearly as cute as Baby Yoda.

Jack's Popular

Baby Jack has so many people to love him and dote on him. In his seven weeks of life, he's only had two maybe three weekends that he hasn't been kissed and squeezed and loved by grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins. This weekend he got to spend lots of time with Adam's grandma, or GG as Jack knows her. She flew in from Daytona this weekend and just loved all the time she got to spend with little Jack. They say grandchildren are way more fun than your own kids. So if that's true, then great grandkids must rock.

 Love at first sight. 

Uncle Matt got to come visit too. Jack smiled at him A LOT when they first met.

Matt was too funny for Jack. It wore him out.

Group shot.