Our newest addition

 
 
 
A neighbor was trying to find a home for their Chinchilla, so of course I offered to take him in. Originally I thought he would be a great pet for my preschool class, since our class frog died last school year. Now, I really want to keep him at our home! He is adorable! Jacob and I LOVE him and even Ryan enjoys holding him and petting him! Jacob wanted to name him a color, but he ended up decided to just name him Chinchilla! How creative, right? We call him Chiny, Chili and Chin Chin. He is the softest thing I have ever felt. Our pups are his biggest fan!

Jacob and Taylor

 

 

At first it was a love/hate relationship. With Jacob loving Taylor and Taylor hating Jacob, but now Taylor actually seems to enjoy sitting with Jacob (SOMETIMES!).

Swimmers Take Your Marks

 

 

 

Those have been Jacob's favorite words for the past couple of months! Here are a couple of pictures of our little swimmer. He was on our neighborhood swim team (Memorial Parkway Swim Team) this May and June. He did such a great job! Jacob swam freestyle in the individual heat and relay, and he swam in the backstroke heat. He was in all four swim meets and even placed 1st in the freestyle at one of the meets. He made it to the Meet of Champs and swam in four different heats. He swam with the 7-8 year olds in the medly relay, they placed 3rd, so he got a medal! At his swim party, he got a huge trophy and the MVP award in his age group!