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After almost a year of blogging silence, I'm bringing back the blog this time with a new name...Diary of a Jacob. I know these years are going to fly by all too quickly and soon these Jacob girls may not be Jacob's anymore...sniff...sniff. So here's to hoping I can blog at least monthly to remember these good aaaaaaannnnnnnndd those times that are sometimes opposite of good!

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Back from the super long blog break to test out blogging from seth's phone. It's a short blog but here is a pic from wildlife praire park. We spent the day there with nana, papa and uncle josh

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December? I barely knew ya!

December blew in and blew out and the Jacob family barely knew what hit them! Now that the dust has settled from all the hustle and bustle we have a few pictures to remind us of the whirlwind month that was December. When you're running with a 2 and 3 yr old unfortunately not all moments get pictures!

Here's a few of my favorites!

Hangin with the Hoffman's

Santa PJ party at the Children's Discovery Museum. Ava loved all the exhibits, but didn't share that love for Santa!

Reese humored us and sat on Santa's lap



1st Christmas of the season, James Family! Ava and Reese singing Jingle Bells with Sandy and Lori

Everyone's favorite.....Rob your neighbor

Birky Christmas! Here's Reese opening up the present that would soon become the obstacle of the night. It's a jewelry box by the way.

Ava has never had any real interest in jewelry boxes or jewelry, but of course since she didn't get a jewelry box she was obsessed with it the entire night which caused fights, oh, I'd say every 2 minutes!!! Here she is holding it closely.

Brotherly love

Reese getting in on the brotherly love


What did Santa bring this year you ask? Vanities and Make-up!! Santa must have not wanted the gifts to be too girly because he surprised Ava, Reese and Mommy and brought a remote control dinosaur..hmmm...Santa just some info for next time, the girls are terrified of it and cry every time someone older wants to play with it! ;)

Reese showing Parker her gifts from Santa

Ava so proud of her make-up application

Samford Christmas! Bebe, Aunt Cole, Ava and Reese before the festivities begin!

Love this picture! Reese patiently waiting for her wings.

Love my girls!

Bebe and baby Jax...soon he won't be baby Jax anymore! He's almost 1!

I like to refer to this as New Year's baby. I don't even know how this picture came to be.

The original "kids" of the family, Wrigley and Parker

Samford family 2009

Jacob Christmas! Reese always a trendsetter!

I always love a good present madness shot!

Reese, Ava and Anabelle relaxing after a long day of play!
And that my friends is a glimpse at December!

Side note, for those of you that wonder why I can't get my act together and blog...it's because of moments like today. I get the girls breakfast and sit down to do the blog, all is good until Reese starts crying because Parker ate her waffle. Stop blogging - go and make Reese another waffle. Back to blogging, next up Reese needs to be changed. Stop blogging - change Reese. Back to blogging, Ava yells that she needs help in the bathroom. Stop blogging - help Ava in the bathroom. Back to blogging - Reese comes running downstairs bawling because Ava took her toy. Stop blogging - go and referee fight. Back to blogging, Reese back crying over same toy. Stop blogging - go and referee same fight. Back to blogging and I actually finished! Woohoo!

It looks like January is almost over, but I'll try to get back to blogging in February!

Jacob Home: Post-Christmas

One word best describes our home today as we wind down from our week long Christmas celebrations with all of our families......CHAOS!!!!!!


Presents are everywhere and the girls are still running 100mph since they have been on the go for the last few days. And even just now Ava is calling out "Let's get this Dora bowling party started right now" (one of her and Reese's new toys that they HAVE to play with right now!) Thanks, S,S,A and Z!


Despite the chaos today, we are truly lucky to have so much family to celebrate the holidays with!


Christmas posts to come! Lots of blog catching up to do!

Every room in our house is filled with Christmas after-math!

Jacob Girls+Super Heroes=Halloween 09

This year the girls followed the super heroes trend and dressed as Super Girl (Ava) and Wonder Woman (Reese). I had no idea super heroes would be so popular this year!!

Here they are starting off their fun filled night of trick or treating with Nana and PaPa Birky.

Shari Stuber was nice enough to provide us 2 big bags of candy! :-) The girls modeling their pumpkin bags.

Someone took their costume and their duties very serious!

This just makes me feel sick looking at it. Sucker in her mouth and bowl full of sugar in front of her.

Working those outfits!

Mid-November - Perfect time for a Tea Party!

This past week we got to be apart of one of Ava and Reese's favorite Aunt's vision...miss Lisa Kay of Happily Ever After Weddings and the wonderful Pam Cooley of Pam Cooley Photography.



For those who don't know, Lisa Ragan has been building her business, Happily Ever After Weddings for over a year, and now she's branching out to new things. Children's birthday parties, events, you name it.....she can plan it and style it!!!



The girls did a lovely job modeling in the outdoor tea party shoot photographed by Pam Cooley. I think you will agree its clearly adorable!!! Check out Pam's blogsite!!

Ava is 3!!!

The 3 straight weeks of celebrating birthdays is coming to an end. Yes, folks, Ava is officially 3! And with that we can close another chapter on the Jacob girls' birthday celebrations!

Instead of thinking of a word that describes Ava, I thought I would just use my new signature collages to portray the kind of girl she has been through the last 3 years! She's one goofy girl, with a head full of hair who knows how to turn on the charm! Yes, she's Aba Jacob! :-) She knows her name and she's not afraid to tell you who she is!



Ava got to have her birthday lunch today at her daddy's favorite hang out, Destihl! After that it was a stop at Target to pick out a game of Memory, and then daddy picked out something "the girls" just HAD to have! The picture below is somewhat disturbing, but he's just so darn proud!


Seth and Ava spent almost 2 hours shooting nerf darts all over the house! My girl Reese put on some bracelets and even shot a few rounds! The girl knows accessories are needed for whatever you are doing, too bad I didn't get any pics of that!! But I did manage to get one of her with my swim suit bottoms around her neck while she loads up her gun! Don't ask....I don't even know why....



The night ended with a healthy Hostess Cupcake as Ava's birthday cake.


Ava, just 3 short years have already compiled so many great moments and memories! You keep us on our toes and smiles on our faces and we wouldn't have it any other way. We love you so much "big girl" Ava!

2009 Jacob girls bday bash pics to come...