Top Secret Teeth!

9/21/12

Dear Jake,

You have gone from toothless to having 3 teeth in 1 week! You are not quite sure of the whole situation and you are choosing to keep your teeth top secret for now. You might be worried that they will be taken away since you are in the habit of squirrelling illegal objects in your mouth!

This Friday we got to have a sleepover while your Mom and Dad went to a wedding. Poppa and I took you out to dinner at Stars where you loved sitting backwards in the highchair entertaining the crowd. We had a visit from Uncle Walter and Uncle Don. They had lots of fun stories about their visit to Italy to see the Heintzelman's.

It is always fun to have a sleepover with you because I get some snuggle time with you in the morning before you really wake up. It is also really fun to see how amazed you are each morning as you come downstairs and see that all your toys are still there! It's like Christmas everyday!!

Love, Grammy

Pumpkin Time!

6/14/12

Dear Jake,

Fall is here! After a summer filled with fun it's now on to pumpkins, Halloween and of course your first birthday! It is so hard to believe you are turning one! It seems like you were born yesterday but at the same time I don't remember life without you! I have no idea what used to occupy my thoughts!

So this Friday we went to pick out a pumpkin for you. Last year you were only a couple of weeks old and I picked a mini pumpkin for you. This Halloween you are a big boy and you got to pick the one just right for you. You didn't quite understand that it is a decoration and tried to eat it all the way home!

Love, Grammy

Making Memories on Cape Cod Bay!

9/1/12

Dear Jake,

There is a beautiful bay side beach in Brewster where your Mom spent many summer days with her cousins swimming, making sandcastles and eating samores. Little did she know that your Dad actually spent some of his vacations a bit further down on the same beach! We used to take long walks on the beach and I am sure at one point they probably passed each other but they didn't actually meet until their college days. It was just meant to be!

We all spent the weekend at that same beach for Labor Day. It was low tide when we arrived and you couldn't believe that you could crawl so far without anything stopping you. You tasted a bit of sand and decided it doesn't taste very good. You loved sitting in the small pools of water that gather on the beach and going out into that great salt water. The sounds of the waves made you a bit sleepy. We are considering buying a wave sound machine for nursery!
It was a wonderful weekend filled with memories of fun times in the past along with making new memories for you. I sure hope that when you are my age you still enjoy the salty air and beaches on Cape Cod Bay!

Love, Grammy

A visit to Uncle Mike and Aunt Jodey!

8/24/12                              

Dear Jake,

This Friday we went on a car ride to see some cows and your Uncle Mike and Aunt Jodey in Vermont! Poppa Crowley and Uncle Mike ran in a road race to the highest peak in Vermont and you were there to cheer them on. We all stayed at a condo on Stowe Mountain and right around the time that you were officially turning 10 months old, you rode a gondola right to the top of the mountain. Most babies that I know would have been a bit frightened but you looked out at the view and took it all in stride!
We all had lunch at a restaurant on the peak and you had cheese macaroni. Your Mom and Dad have discovered
 that yet another perk of having children is that you get to share cheese macaroni!
The weekend was filled with everything that Vermont has to offer and of course lots of ice cream. You are a great little traveler and you manage to keep yourself from napping so you don't miss a second!

Love, Grammy