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Showing posts with label Jake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jake. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Pictures of Jake
Ring Bearer at Chase and Ashley Gibson's Wedding, May 18th, 2007 Derby Tournament, May 5th, 2007
June 2007 Update
Hi everyone. We hope you are all doing well wherever you may be. The summer has been going so fast.
Jake has already finished with Art and Foreign Language summer school. He really enjoyed the enrichment time. Tonight we went to his art fair to view and pick up all of his hard work. Baseball season is drawing to a close, that is if it stops raining. We are 4 games from finishing the league season despite having our 9th game rained out, one of them 3 times. Over the last week Jake has ended games at 12:15 am and 1:15 am. I know it is crazy. We are not thrilled about it either. The league does what is best for it first and the boys second. Sad. The team is doing well and has equaled its win total of all last year with 4 games still to go. Jake loves to pitch and has had some success and persevered through the tough times of walking a few men and some 8 year old fielding. We can finally say that his hitting has come around. He has gained some real confidence and is excited about hitting. He is hitting the ball consistently and at times with authority. We are proud of him for sticking with it. All he talks about is when is the next game and how come we can't play today. Daddy is proud of his little ball player as is Mom and little sister.
Emma is so happy. She is care free and just loves to roam around the house doing this and doing that. She is quite the walker now. After Daddy being gone for a couple of weeks, she has become quite the Daddy's girl. We love her so much. She is just the point of attention wherever she goes. It is funny to see her 2 foot something body meandering through crowds and down halls. Everyone stops to admire her determination and smile. She seems unaffected by it all. As you can imagine we are all quite proud of our little girl.
Jill, blah, blah blah, la di da, same shit next day.
Scott, time warp, lost two weeks of his life in New Jersey(for training) in the middle of the summer. Everyone is glad he is back. New job going well after one day.
We hope to post some pix in the near future ,2008!!!
Scott, Jill, Jake and Emma
Jake has already finished with Art and Foreign Language summer school. He really enjoyed the enrichment time. Tonight we went to his art fair to view and pick up all of his hard work. Baseball season is drawing to a close, that is if it stops raining. We are 4 games from finishing the league season despite having our 9th game rained out, one of them 3 times. Over the last week Jake has ended games at 12:15 am and 1:15 am. I know it is crazy. We are not thrilled about it either. The league does what is best for it first and the boys second. Sad. The team is doing well and has equaled its win total of all last year with 4 games still to go. Jake loves to pitch and has had some success and persevered through the tough times of walking a few men and some 8 year old fielding. We can finally say that his hitting has come around. He has gained some real confidence and is excited about hitting. He is hitting the ball consistently and at times with authority. We are proud of him for sticking with it. All he talks about is when is the next game and how come we can't play today. Daddy is proud of his little ball player as is Mom and little sister.
Emma is so happy. She is care free and just loves to roam around the house doing this and doing that. She is quite the walker now. After Daddy being gone for a couple of weeks, she has become quite the Daddy's girl. We love her so much. She is just the point of attention wherever she goes. It is funny to see her 2 foot something body meandering through crowds and down halls. Everyone stops to admire her determination and smile. She seems unaffected by it all. As you can imagine we are all quite proud of our little girl.
Jill, blah, blah blah, la di da, same shit next day.
Scott, time warp, lost two weeks of his life in New Jersey(for training) in the middle of the summer. Everyone is glad he is back. New job going well after one day.
We hope to post some pix in the near future ,2008!!!
Scott, Jill, Jake and Emma
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Still Here, Update for May 2007
I apologize for all of you who have faithfully checked on the blog and how we are doing. We are doing great. Emma has started walking in the last 3 weeks. She is now doing laps around the house.
Since you last heard from us many things have changed, most notably Jill is back to work and has spent less time blogging, obviously. She has spent most of her free time, when she gets it chasing Emma around, and attending Jake's baseball games and practices which are about 2-4 nights a week and some weekends. Now that all of the reality shows are over she may have more time to blog.
Scott has changed jobs. He was laid off from Pfizer, after 6 years, on March 20, 2007 after they went through some downsizing. It looks as if it was a blessing in disguise. He is now working for Bristol-Myers Squibb, another large pharmaceutical company. He still sells cardiovascular medicine. Also, he recently completed the coursework to be a licensed real estate agent in the state of Kansas. So anyone needing some help buying or selling their house let him know.
Jake had a great school year and really misses his teacher Ms. Cannady. He had such a good time and is very proud of his reading progress. He will read just about anything. He even read a few chapters of Harry Potter before realizing he wouldn't probably finish it before the end of school and thus not get any points toward his reading goal. Points-wise he read three times the books that he did last year. We are so proud of him and glad he enjoys reading all kinds of things. He finished the school year last Thursday, May 24 and already misses his friends and the routine of school. He will be attending summer school in the mornings in June. The focus is on art and foreign language development and then will go to the Maize Rec summer program where his summer school teachers from last year are counselors.
Baseball season is going very nicely for Jake, when we aren't getting rained out. He has pitched a few times and has had some success. He continues to throw strikes and stay positive. He really likes pitching. We probably play catch at least 8 days a week, but he loves it and is getting stronger and stronger everyday. He is just starting to come into his own with his hitting. It seems to be a confidence thing and he is much more confident lately. We are very proud of how he is doing in everything except his ability to pick up after himself. I just hope it is that age.
Emma has adjusted well to Treehouse Learning Center where she attends daily. She has some great teachers and she is learning some sign language to go with all the other words she is using. She does have her moments and still holds her breathe when she is not happy. For the first time, she passed out while doing it. She was fine and no worse for the wear.
Lastly, after trying to get Emma to sit on the handle bars of the jet ski with no luck, we decided it was time to get a boat. We purchased a 19 foot Rinker bowrider over the Memorial Day weekend. We hope to hit the lake this weekend.
I hope this gets everyone up to speed on our amazing race through life, full speed ahead. We will gets some pictures posted in the near future.
Don't forget you are all welcome to drop by for a cold drink anytime. Have a great summer.
Scott, Jill, Jake and Emma
Since you last heard from us many things have changed, most notably Jill is back to work and has spent less time blogging, obviously. She has spent most of her free time, when she gets it chasing Emma around, and attending Jake's baseball games and practices which are about 2-4 nights a week and some weekends. Now that all of the reality shows are over she may have more time to blog.
Scott has changed jobs. He was laid off from Pfizer, after 6 years, on March 20, 2007 after they went through some downsizing. It looks as if it was a blessing in disguise. He is now working for Bristol-Myers Squibb, another large pharmaceutical company. He still sells cardiovascular medicine. Also, he recently completed the coursework to be a licensed real estate agent in the state of Kansas. So anyone needing some help buying or selling their house let him know.
Jake had a great school year and really misses his teacher Ms. Cannady. He had such a good time and is very proud of his reading progress. He will read just about anything. He even read a few chapters of Harry Potter before realizing he wouldn't probably finish it before the end of school and thus not get any points toward his reading goal. Points-wise he read three times the books that he did last year. We are so proud of him and glad he enjoys reading all kinds of things. He finished the school year last Thursday, May 24 and already misses his friends and the routine of school. He will be attending summer school in the mornings in June. The focus is on art and foreign language development and then will go to the Maize Rec summer program where his summer school teachers from last year are counselors.
Baseball season is going very nicely for Jake, when we aren't getting rained out. He has pitched a few times and has had some success. He continues to throw strikes and stay positive. He really likes pitching. We probably play catch at least 8 days a week, but he loves it and is getting stronger and stronger everyday. He is just starting to come into his own with his hitting. It seems to be a confidence thing and he is much more confident lately. We are very proud of how he is doing in everything except his ability to pick up after himself. I just hope it is that age.
Emma has adjusted well to Treehouse Learning Center where she attends daily. She has some great teachers and she is learning some sign language to go with all the other words she is using. She does have her moments and still holds her breathe when she is not happy. For the first time, she passed out while doing it. She was fine and no worse for the wear.
Lastly, after trying to get Emma to sit on the handle bars of the jet ski with no luck, we decided it was time to get a boat. We purchased a 19 foot Rinker bowrider over the Memorial Day weekend. We hope to hit the lake this weekend.
I hope this gets everyone up to speed on our amazing race through life, full speed ahead. We will gets some pictures posted in the near future.
Don't forget you are all welcome to drop by for a cold drink anytime. Have a great summer.
Scott, Jill, Jake and Emma
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Jake turns 8 years old.
Can you imagine Scott, Grandpa and Grandma and 7 boys at a WSU Shocker game? It really was a party, nachos, pretzels with cheese, soda and Twizzlers and a win for the Shockers 3-0! Now according to mom, they really did not watch much of the game, just being "8".
Emma and I stayed home. Emma napped and I got everything ready for make your own pizza and ice cream sundaes. When the boys arrived they played basketball and then baseball. The thicks vs. the thins. Jake was a thin, you can look at the pictures and see where everyone else fell.
Looks like pizza eating, but it was really comedy central.
Layton, Carson, Harrison, Jake, Kaden, Jordan and Hunter
Watching "Like Mike" (Jake's favorite movie) while enjoying ice cream.
Best buddies.
Their favorite past time, playing GameBoy, PSP, and Nintindo DS.
Emma and I stayed home. Emma napped and I got everything ready for make your own pizza and ice cream sundaes. When the boys arrived they played basketball and then baseball. The thicks vs. the thins. Jake was a thin, you can look at the pictures and see where everyone else fell.
Looks like pizza eating, but it was really comedy central.
Layton, Carson, Harrison, Jake, Kaden, Jordan and Hunter
Watching "Like Mike" (Jake's favorite movie) while enjoying ice cream.
Best buddies.
Their favorite past time, playing GameBoy, PSP, and Nintindo DS. Sunday, March 04, 2007
Shower Photos
Emma and friends, Layton, Haley & Emily 
Emma getting loves from Corina.
Elliott, Emma, Sarah (feeding Emma) & Emily
Elliott and Emma
Shannon and Emma
Hannah with Emma, Linsday & Carson
Theresa reading Emma's new book, Lovebug.
The morning after the big day, trying out her new ride.
She loved the bow!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
The 36 Hour Day, Home At Last!!
We made it!! After a 90 minute delay in Chicago we touched down in Wichita at about 6:30 pm our time after leaving at 4:30 am China time, which made our travel time almost exactly 24 hours to the minute. With the time change and the 14 hour flight the "day" for us turned out to be about 36 hours long by the time we went to bed.
Sleeping was another story last night. We are mostly tired and ready for sleep but our stomachs and other parts seem to be on a different schedules right now.
Emma, the first night in her new home, slept for about 4 1/2 hours and was up and fussy from about 2 am on until we got around this morning at about 6:45. Long night to say the least. Come to find out she has a pretty good cold and was beginning to run a fever. It didn't break until around noon today and when it was gone the Emma we know was back and smiling.
Jake had a fun time last night; we took him to his last basketball game and he had a great time seeing his teammates for the game. It was a surprise to most of the team and parents that we were there, but Jake wanted to go and he had been talking about playing for the entire trip. It was hard to ignore basketball because Yao Ming was on every advertisement in China. He did great and had the best time just being with his friends and being a kid having fun. When he did go to bed he was up at about 2:30 with Emma but only because he couldn't sleep anymore. 2:30 am to him was really 4:30 pm in the afternoon in China so he was really supposed to be up. He was really good, just reading his new book for an hour or so and still trying to rest a little but at around 6:00 got up for good and watched some cartoons that he could understand. We tried watching cartoons over there but it was hard. Later in the morning we got him some pancakes like he had been asking for for almost 2 weeks, since Beijing. Today he also had baseball practice and did very well. Once again great to see his friends and teammates and have some fun.
We had a few visitors today to welcome us home and help us get some things we needed for Emma. It was great to see our friends and family and for those of you we have not seen or heard from we can't wait for you to meet Emma. Give us a call and come on over. We would love to hear from all of you.
Lastly, thanks again for all of you checking out our adventures. We may not be posting quite as often for a little while as we get back to normal. Thanks again and give us a call or drop a note on e-mail, we would love to hear from all of you.
Just a note, I know some of you are having trouble posting comments. We are working on an answer. Fellow bloggers if you have any suggestions let us know. Thanks again. See you all soon.
Sleeping was another story last night. We are mostly tired and ready for sleep but our stomachs and other parts seem to be on a different schedules right now.
Emma, the first night in her new home, slept for about 4 1/2 hours and was up and fussy from about 2 am on until we got around this morning at about 6:45. Long night to say the least. Come to find out she has a pretty good cold and was beginning to run a fever. It didn't break until around noon today and when it was gone the Emma we know was back and smiling.
Jake had a fun time last night; we took him to his last basketball game and he had a great time seeing his teammates for the game. It was a surprise to most of the team and parents that we were there, but Jake wanted to go and he had been talking about playing for the entire trip. It was hard to ignore basketball because Yao Ming was on every advertisement in China. He did great and had the best time just being with his friends and being a kid having fun. When he did go to bed he was up at about 2:30 with Emma but only because he couldn't sleep anymore. 2:30 am to him was really 4:30 pm in the afternoon in China so he was really supposed to be up. He was really good, just reading his new book for an hour or so and still trying to rest a little but at around 6:00 got up for good and watched some cartoons that he could understand. We tried watching cartoons over there but it was hard. Later in the morning we got him some pancakes like he had been asking for for almost 2 weeks, since Beijing. Today he also had baseball practice and did very well. Once again great to see his friends and teammates and have some fun.
We had a few visitors today to welcome us home and help us get some things we needed for Emma. It was great to see our friends and family and for those of you we have not seen or heard from we can't wait for you to meet Emma. Give us a call and come on over. We would love to hear from all of you.
Lastly, thanks again for all of you checking out our adventures. We may not be posting quite as often for a little while as we get back to normal. Thanks again and give us a call or drop a note on e-mail, we would love to hear from all of you.
Just a note, I know some of you are having trouble posting comments. We are working on an answer. Fellow bloggers if you have any suggestions let us know. Thanks again. See you all soon.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Red Couch Day, February 12th
Our mornings are quite busy. We get started at 6:30am when Emma wakes up. She is so happy. By the time we all shower and Emma eats it is already 8:30 and time for breakfast. This photo is taken where we eat very morning.
This morning was group photo time. Looking at this picture you could only imagine the chaos. From left to right, Katie Classe, Emma, Tessa Burkle(they were in the same orphanage together), Waverly Au, Jolene Hernandez and Violet Ramsey.
All the mommies.
Two peas in a pod.
In the park, Emma meets her first dog and he was just her size.
After the group photos we went shopping. We picked up a few souvenirs and had Starbucks. Emma and Scott were all shopped out. We stopped at Lucy's Grill for lunch.
The last bit of energy for the day.
We are all ready to come home! Tomorrow is a free day for us until dinner. We are going on a River Boat Cruise. Emma is getting pretty spoiled and Jake has been such a grown-up boy. We have been doing homework about every other day if we are lucky. The last few days we have been working on math flash cards. It is now a timed game for both Scott and Jake. Jake wrapped up two books today! Hooray!! We get to start a new one tomorrow, "The Mouse and the Motorcycle".
Good night everyone!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
All about Jake!!!
Climbing the Great Wall of China 
Hanging out at his Summer Palace
Nothing is Forbidden in this City
Watching out for Emma at the hotel play room.Furnished by Matel.
Eskimo kisses.Saturday, February 10th
Visa photo, coming to America. 
Having coffee, chocolate milk and a bottle.
Starbucks opens on Monday, a block away from the hotel!!!
Medical Exam.
Physical exam, measurments, and ENT.
Big Brother getting it all on tape.
Eating lunch. One of her favorite foods, congee.Monday, February 05, 2007
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