SJ Children's museum with Daddy and Grandma

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. Grandma Mack and Larry flew in, and we went to Jeremy's Aunt and Uncle's house in the city. Jayden got to meet his cousin Lydia for the first time and see his cousin Jesse again. Jayden also had fun playing with Holly the dog and quickly learned how fun it can be to throw food on the ground and watch the dog pick it up. The food was AMAZING and it was so much fun to spend some time with the Nussbaum side of the fam.

Jayden was hungry before the food we ready, so he had a little pasta appetizer

Bob showing off the AMAZING 20lb turkey

Grandma Mack, Larry, Bob's coworker Lauren, Cousin Jessie, Aunt Jennifer, Cousin Lydia, Uncle Bob, Daddy, and the little man

And one with mommy

Feeding Jayden apple pie- he LOVED it!

Licking his fingers....yummmmmmmm

Passed out after a long day

And just for fun...our pathetic Thanksgiving last year when Jayden was 5 weeks old

Touchdown!!!!

Written by Daddy...

Tonight I took an evening shower with Jayden, since he hadn't had one since Thanksgiving dinner (he still had apple pie in his hair... i know, ew....). We were in the shower, touching each other's bellybuttons and sounding out words when I got a flash of inspiration. I raised my arms and said "Touchdown!" Jayden looked at me quizzically, and tried to figure out what his crazy papa was doing. The second time I did it, he smiled and laughed. The third time he raised his own arms! We continued playing in the shower for another 15 minutes, and then mama came to get her little man out. After we got back to the living room, Jayden proceeded to raise his arms above his head and smile every time we said Touchdown! Even while drinking his milk he would pause, and slowly lift one arm while holding his milk with the other. Needles to say, Mama was very impressed. Yeah, we boys have some skills :)

New skillz

It seems as though Jayden is learning an exciting new skill almost every day, and we both get so excited when Daddy gets home so we can show Daddy. His most recent new skills:

i. Eating with a fork...when Jayden actually decides to eat (which is rare these days), he now likes me to put his food on a fork, and he then picks up the fork and stuffs the food in his mouth...so cute!

ii. Stacking...Jayden got stacking donuts from Grandma Mack for his birthday and I took them out the other day and, much to my surprise, he totally figured it out after showing him how to do it twice. My favorite part about watching him do this is the expression on his face-- he has this intense look of concentration and breathes really loudly...the reason this makes me smile so much is because this is EXACTLY what Jer does when he is concentrating on something.

iii. Dumping and filling...Jayden now loves to empty his toys out of his toy bin and then fill them back up. At 1st I thought this was a fun skill since he could finally help me clean up, but usually after cleaning up, he likes to dump everything out again, and then moves on to something else...oh well =(

A duck says quack

Every night we read a book to Jayden before putting him to bed. Tonight we were reading Ten Little Ladybugs (one of his all time favorite books) and we got to the page with a duck on it. Both Jer and I said "a duck says quack quack" and Jayden pointed to the duck and said "quack quack, quack quack." I looked over at Jer and we both just stared at each other, smiling, completely in awe of our little man...so amazing to watch this little guy grow up right in front of us!

I love this face

Happy Monday!

Sunday = Jayden and Daddy time

Playing hide n seek with daddy

Jayden's new favorite game...he loves to open and close the door to the tennis courts...every time he would open it, Jer would pretend Jayden was hurting him and Jayden would laugh hysterically

Apparently it's funny to try and beat up daddy

Had to sneak one of J and mommy in here (don't know why he looks so serious here)

Foster City...so peaceful

Running around with Daddy

Hi mama

Team Mack

Absolutely love this pic of my 2 boys

Beach day

Oh how I love California...2nd week in a row that we've been to the beach and it's almost December! I'm pretty sure Jayden is a beach lover just like his mom and dad!

Walking to the beach

Papa and his lil beach bum

Team Mack headed to the beach

Half Moon Bay...I LOVE that this beautiful beach is just 15 minutes away

C'mon daddy, you're too slow

We love the beach!!!!!!!!!

J thought it would be fun to crawl on top of me and jump up and down

Best feeling in the world...I love that Jayden will still snuggle with his momma

Fun family adventures...we love the weekends!