Jacob just turned 2 on Monday - yep I have 2 boys nearly exactly 2 years apart to the day, I think it's fun! If I hadn't been induced, they may have been on the same day, but I like that they have separate days to celebrate now. Jake has been wanting a bike so bad so we got him a tricycle, seen below. He LOVES it!
We had a small celebration that with family and it was a great get together. Clint's family came over and my parents were here as well as my sister Felecia flew in. Here's Max helping Jake with a gift they gave him, golf clubs.
Jake and Ella sure had their fill of goodies. We had watermelon and corn on the cob, Jake's favorites! And we had hamburgers, spinach dip, stuffed mushrooms, macaroni salad and fruit salad - I'm full just thinking of our meal that night - it was soooo good!
Felecia with Cooper
We decided to keep the theme sports for Jake. My mom made cupcakes and I frosted them into basketballs - or attempted to. We also had a pinata, a tradition that will continue forever. I can't remember a single childhood birthday without a pinata!
Jake blowing out the candles - too cute.
After a cupcake or two
I realized I haven't taken any belly shots this pregancy - I mean, who really wants to make memories of their bloated self? Not me. But I figured I'd just get one in.
My parents came in to help with the baby and Jake. Here's Grandaddy and Jake for a little snuggle before bedtime 
Hospital - Here's both Wesley and I before the contractions hit - look at those smiling faces! I don't have any pictures of the pictures when the contractions kicked in... probably better that way. This next part will be for journaling purposes so skip ahead if you could care less about the labor and delivery.
We had our induction set for the 8th of April, one week before the actual due date. I not only didn't want to go til the final day, but I was hoping to be home for Easter and not in the hospital. We went in at 6:30am and they started Pitocin (sp.) at 8am. I felt contractions, more uncomfortable than painful for the next 3 hours. I was able to get a nurse who is good friends with one of my good friends whom I've met before and was hoping to get her. She was great and gave us all sorts of goodies for when we left the hospital. Then right after her I had the best nurse, Dee who made me the best drink of apple juice, cranberry juice and sprite 0... I loved it. The next day she came in to tell me she wouldn't be able to be my nurse and she was sad about that but she'd check on me again - I loved her! This hospital was amazing. So anyway, after the pitocin started, we just hung out and took naps until they broke my water. I was waiting for my water to be broken - and she did that at 11:30am, and that's when everything moved right along. They came on fast and hard - I was already at a 4 so they said I could have my epidural at any time. I told them I would be fine for a bit and the nurse left. Not even 10 minutes later I made Wes go find our nurse and get me my epidural. I am a big fan of epidurals - why stick with the pain any longer than I need to? Within a 1/2 hour, the epidural man was there to ease my pain! Sadly, it didn't take the first time and I can't even tell you how much pain I was in because of that. And then he said he'd have to try again... what???? I was wondering if I really wanted the epidural - well of course I did, so thankfully it took the second time. Everything moved along quickly and I progressed fast. We took naps again and then my nurse came in to check me again. She forced Wesley to go get something to eat (I tried to get him to go eat but he kept saying he was fine.) Thanks to my nurse for telling him to go and eat. I told him to just bring his food up and eat it in the room, I didn't mind, but he said he was fine. My nurse then told him to go bring back his food to the room and he complied. Why didn't I just get the nurse in the first place to force him to eat? Anyway, she checked me while he was gone and I was at a 10 and ready to push. Downside? My husband was out getting food to eat and my nurse told me not to tell him I was at a 10 so that he'd eat something. So he gets back and I'm watching him eat this yummy food that I can't have while waiting to tell him I'm at a 10 so I can get the baby out of me. I had to sit patiently and wait for him to eat... or not! I kept telling him to hurry and eat. I'd look over and say 'Are you seriously still eating?' And he'd just smile thinking I was saying that b/c I couldn't eat it... Finally my dr came in to check me and I looked at Wes and said - 'By the way, I'm at a 10... the nurse wouldn't let me tell you so you could eat'. He thought it was funny. My dr. checked me and said I was ready and to just push a little which I did and she said, 'Stop!' and pressed the call button summoning the other nurses telling them 'Delivery, we are about to have a baby'. Apparently, had I pushed any harder, he would have popped out! So they set up and told me to push for the first contraction and I got the head out with that one. I started pushing harder and she told me to slow down and not push so hard, which was nice. She had me push once more and he was out! All 8 lbs, 7 oz of him! He's 21 inches long, has quite a bit of dark hair and is just a cutie! Here's Jake holding his new baby brother and then our little family.
Proud Daddy Cooper with Abuelita
Big Brother and Daddy
Jake loved to bowl! I think he did better than a few of us the first game
Jake loves to read and he can always count grandma when she comes to visit
Dinner at our house on Sunday. We moved a table into the living room so the kids could be close to us when we were in the dining room.
them!
We all know now that we got rid of cable. The other night we were trying to decide what to do and since tv is becoming less intriguing, we opted for a 500 piece sea turtle puzzle. It was really quite relaxing and fun and I had such a good time hanging with my man!
Jake loves having people to play with - I watched my friend Becky's kids one afternoon and here they are with Jake in his ball pit. They only got to play for about 20 minutes but Jacob enjoyed every minute of it.
Maddie (Jake's cousin) came to play one day and offered to read to Jake. They are reading one of his favorites - 'I love you Stinky Face'. 
