The many faces of Jake

People tell me Jake is so full of expression with all the faces he makes. I don't really know any different since he's my only child...but he sure does go through a wide range of expressions in any given day. Here's some of them:

This is his latest expression...he will just randomly look at you and scowl. He's not really upset, he'll laugh right after doing it. He just keeps working on perfecting the scowl for when he really needs it I guess.

Being silly

"Huh?" He says "huh?" to almost everything we say to him.

Jake when he's not happy

Jake happy and laughing This is the face he makes when you say, "Jake can you smile?"
Silly yelling and playing
Zoning when he's tired...or maybe just completely utterly bored
This his pucker up for a kiss faceThis is contentment...he's got his favorite things: his banky, something small to hold in his hands (in this case it's the lens cap to the camera...but it can be anything like chapstick or one of my rubber stamps), and he's sitting on his couch
"Deer caught in the headlights" look I get most times when I try to take a picture of him...but still cute
Very happy

My favorite look (I need to get a better picture capturing this look)...it's the "I don't understand what just happened/betrayal/I think that hurt" look. He does this look when he trips and falls, if I take something from him, if I accidentally bump him in any way, or if something sort of slightly hurt him. It's so funny to me.

Men!!!

Tonight I seriously thought I must be living in a sitcom with my husband. I can't even begin to understand what was going on in his head with this. Here is what happened:

I'd been cleaning the house in the evening. I had rented a chick flick, Nights in Rodanthe, and was looking forward to sitting down and watching it. It was about 9:00. Marc said he'd watch it with me and I wanted to start watching it before it got too late. I went in the kitchen looking for some dessert item to eat. Marc saw me open the freezer. Here are direct quotes from our conversation:

Marc: Are you looking for ice cream?
Me: Yeah, but we don't have any except for chocolate (which I don't care for).
Marc: Why don't you go to the store and get some?
Me: No, its ok. I'll eat something else. I don't want to go to the store right now.
Marc: (Trying to coax me) Babe, you know you want ice cream right now.
Me: No I really don't care. I'll eat something else. I just want to sit down and watch the movie.
Marc: (He got up and grabbed a coupon). Look, you can even use the rewards money from
Ralphs. You'll be getting it for free. You know you want to go get it.
Me: I really don't care about ice cream. I'm tired, I just want to sit down.
Marc: Cmon babe...just go. You know you want it.
Me: It sounds like you really want it. We have chocolate ice cream. Why don't you just have that?
Marc: You can't just have chocolate by itself...you have to have chocolate with another flavor. Cmon babe, just go to the store real fast and get some.
Me: I seriously don't feel like going. (about a 2 minute pause with him making pleading eyes at
me) Ok, I will go to the store for you. I wouldn't be going if it were just for me. But I'll go for
you.

So I went to the store since he made such a big deal about it and obviously was really wanting some ice cream and just trying to act like I really wanted it too. He really wanted Peanut Butter Madness and so I got that and another flavor. By the time I got back home it was an hour later (because of course you end up doing other shopping even though I was only going for ice cream). I dished myself some ice cream and went and sat down and put the movie in. Suddenly, I smelled toast being made and he comes in the room and sits down with 2 pieces of toast. Here is the dialogue continued:

Me: (Very confused) Why are you eating toast? You're going to have ice cream right?
Marc: (As if absolutely nothing weird is going on) No
Me: (Completely speechless with my jaw hanging open)
Marc: (Genuinely wondering what is wrong with me) What?
Me: (Still completely speechless with my jaw hanging open)
Marc: (nervous laughter cuz he's starting to catch on he might be doing something that is upsetting me)
Me: I'm in complete shock right now. You've got to be kidding me.
Marc: (Still looking genuinely confused) Are you upset?
Me: I don't even know what to say to you. How after all of that, is it that you aren't eating ice cream? I went to the store for you.
Marc: You did? I thought you wanted it.

Ok, seriously, were we even having the same conversation? Are we on completely different planets?? This went on for another 10 minutes before I finally said I didn't care how full he was from the toast...he is eating ice cream. I went and got him some and made him eat it. And then he looked at the clock and goes, "Isn't it a little late to be starting the movie?"

Rach and Lu

Rach and I met over 10 years ago (seriously??) as little college freshmen in the dorms. We immediately bonded over clothes, food, and LOTS of laughing...and not much has changed. Back then we knew one day we'd be married off with kids...

...and now we can hardly believe that we are fully in "momhood." (Of course back then we thought our children would be the offspring of Justin Timberlake and Nick Lachey...so not everything has gone according to plan)

Jake and I headed up to Vegas the other week to spend a few days with her and her cute girls Anna and Paige while Mike studied day and night for his first boards exam in dental school. We quickly saw that every day in Vegas is filled with water activities, being that it was 118 degrees...but who is really counting over 110? Here's our cute kids at a little water park one afternoon

Rach kept warning me that Paige was not your typical baby where peek-a-boo and tickling claim an easy laugh. I had to up the anty with my humor with this one. This girl wanted real humor, with wit. It worked...Paige and I totally bonded...so now I'm off to audition at the comedy club after working my material on her all week

Ok, we may have made it seem like this was just a trip for fun. But Rachel and I have a bigger plan. The true mission for our coming together in Vegas was to begin fostering a future marriage between either Jake and Anna (we are not opposed to older women...Rach and Mike are living proof of that)...pictured here enjoying a static-filled trampoline experience

...or between Jake and Paige, who clearly in this picture would be the aggressor in this relationship. You can see that Jake is deep in thought over the tough decision ahead of him with such cute girls.
Ok, if Jake and Paige are going to work out, I think they need to try a little harder on putting their best faces forward in front of each other
Me and the kiddos

On our last day there we headed to Cafe Rio for lunch, and couldn't pass up on a good picture opp...

Rach and I are always picture obsessed...trying to get just one where we think we both look good...one day that will happen

We gave up and went for silly faces

the whole gang

Here we are, two 29 year olds who still act like we are 18. I'll bet that will still be true when we are 40, 50, and even 90 years old! That's what I love about you Rach...things will never change. We will always have a blast being the girly girls that we are--make-up, clothes, tv shows, dances, car dancing, "what-if's," celebrity gossip, bleaching our hair, 7-11 stops, boys, pop and country, ...and someone who is there for me when I need her. I love you!! Thanks for letting Jake and I crash in on you guys for the week!

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I stopped by my friend Brittany's house too before I left Vegas. Brittany and I go way back to high school. When I think of Brittany, I think of sore cheek muscles (in my face) because I was constantly laughing with Britt. (If you haven't noticed from what I said about me and Rach, laughing is pretty much my favorite activity). I was so glad I got a chance to see her and her family and her house before we left.

Of course we are trying to get a picture of ourselves we actually like (another common denominator with me and my friends)...it's kind of ironic I'm ending up posting the "ugly laughing face" picture. (Although believe me, it could be worse...we've had some pretty good laughing faces in our day with red faces and flared nostrils)

We calmed down and tried again...