First Camping Trip of the year!

The Madsen clan and the Suker clan decided to go camping for the first time this summer! We went to Granite Flats camp ground up in American Fork Canyon. It was fun and freezing! It was a little bit colder than we had expected! But over all we had a great time, if you can ignore the fact that we didn't have flushing toilets or any soap! We forgot any type of soap! It was lovely to come home and shower!! Jacob enjoying camping!

Alayna found a "little door" in Uncle Toddy's tent. She thought she was so funny.Jacob attempting to eat treats!
Roasting marshmallows. This is everyone's favorite part of camping.
Jared and Conner doing what all the boys love...roasting hot dogs! Here we are setting up camp.

Little Jacob was walking all over the camp ground. Ignore the purple hoodie! I under packed warm clothes, so Alayna got to share her hoodie with him! I tried to hide it under his manly flannel shirt!

The Suker tent....the Madsen tent!

Olivia and Alayna loving their camp chairs and the fire!

Jared was throwing Jacob up in the air. He loved it. He was giggling so much.

Oh...and sweet baby Kennady. Krista, Kennady and my dad came up for the day. Krista dressed her in her camo overalls, so we had to prop her up to take some darling outdoors pictures! She is such a sweet smily baby!

Happy Be-lated Birthday...Jacob!

This is a late post simply because my little Jakey is my second child. Unfortunately, he gets things a little behind schedule. But I must admit as a mother of two, my love for him is no less just because it comes a few days later. (Really, it's because my computer has been out of commission for the past few weeks!)

Our little Jake has turned ONE! I really can’t believe that my little cuddly guy has grown up and actually as of tonight started walking! He turned one on May 11th, 2008. So yes, I am giving him his first belated birthday, many more to come I'm sure.

(He really didn't get into the present thing...he just cried and cried...it was funny!)

Jacob has grown into such a chubby little guy. He started out a miniature baby. He was 17 1/2” long and 6 lbs 2 oz. Yes, he was a tiny peanut baby. I think I just “cook” tiny little babies. Whenever it is time for me to have a third I’m going to wait till it tells me its time to come! Anyways, Jacob has been called our “little Dinosaur” all year. He squawks and squeaks just like a dinosaur. So early in the year, we knew we would do a dinosaur cake for his birthday.
Funny things about our Jake. He is the poopiest baby I have ever met, very noisy; he shakes his head, “no, no, no” for many things, and has ever since he was tiny! He has been so fast and speed at moving, crawling, twirling in my arms, no matter what he’s doing he is doing it quickly. He has had the most adorable giggle. He smiles and giggles so quickly and easily. It is impossible to resist his chubby little arms. He has been our “squishy” baby, because once he started gaining weight, he hasn’t stopped. He is chubby and adorable. It reminds us of marshmallows stacked on top of each other. He adores his sister. So often he leaps out of my arms to be closer to her. She gets the award for getting him to giggle, smile and be silly first. He loves his sister. He holds the record for the saddest baby cry. He has a whiny face that makes you want to bend over backwards to please him. But then it is so cute, that you tease him to just see him whine again! (it’s hard to be a cute kid!)

Jacob has been my crush since the day he was born. I have adored him and smothered him with so many kisses. He truly is a delight and we love having him in our family. When I had another surprise delivery just one year ago with Jacob, I was shocked. It was hard for me to think about having a little and loving him the same as a little girl, but today I can’t see my life with out him. He is so pleasant, happy and easy going that it is impossible to not adore him! I love you, our little buddy.
Jacob really enjoyed his birthday cake, so much that he drooled all over!
(Isaac Madsen...Jake's cousin who was born just 4 days before him! They will always be celebrating their birthdays together! Isaac makes sounds like a piggy, so yes, he gets a piggy cupcake..they were so cute! Isaac is my sister Shandra's little baby. Jake and Isaac live together right now, and they really are aware of each other. Several times Jake will crawl to the bottom of the stairs and scream up, "Eeh" and you will hear Isaac upstairs also trying to talk with Jake. It is so cute. They will be good buddies! Shandra and I shared the same exact due date! Crazy huh.)

Jacob says, "Yeah, finally I have some boy toys to play with...No more princess stuff!!"

The two mommies with our two darling one year olds!