Abby Mae Lee

On Monday morning the 5th of January, Abby Mae was born in to our family.  She came in at a good 8 lbs 8 oz and was 20.5 in long.  She was just under Hannah's size.  She is such a cute little kid.  She has the funny high pitched squeal that sounds like a little mouse.  I can't help but laugh when she cries.  Her little chin quivers as well.  I am sure in the middle of the night when there has been little sleep that little squeel and quiver won't be as funny.  Mom is doing well and recovering well.  I added a few pictures to our website if you want to see them.  I will continue to add more as they come.  The website is gallery.me.com/jacoblee.  Wish us luck with 2 kids now.

1 Year Photos

So we had Shannon Weight (Dietz) take some 1 year photos of Hannah a couple weeks ago.  She did awesome.  Her website is weightphotography.blogspot.com.  She added them to her blog and I downloaded them and put them in to a collage for everyone to see.  If there is a photo that you would like to have just let us know and we will get one to you when we get them developed.

We thought the day would never come.  We anticipated the day, hoped for the day and as with everything else, Hannah decided to do things when she was ready.  Well the day finally came, and she was off like a rocket.  All it takes is a little confidence and a step in the right direction.  I look at this and see so much symbolism.  If we walk, as a little child, towards our Heavenly Father and trust he will be there, we can one day fall in to His arms and he will catch us and we will all laugh, cry, and clap knowing we just made it.  I love being a Dad.

Growing Up In Mom's Footsteps

This video was taken by Sabrina.  Hannah had gotten in to the cupboards and was mixing up a nice batch of nothing.  She was having fun playing and, according to mom, practicing her baking skills.  If she is anything like her mom, which she definitely is, she will be an awesome cook.  Here's the video.

Spoiled

I have the best husband in the world, and here is why.  I had plans to meet a friend in Woods Cross yesterday, so Hannah and I got up and got ready to leave.  I wanted to get the house picked up before we left, but I didn't have time.  We ran our errands on the way out of town, and then made the 45 minute drive to Becca's house.  We had lunch and Hannah played with Carter and Will and did really well.  She liked climbing the stairs, and helping put the toys away.  I had planned on stopping at IKEA on our way home, but we left later than I planned.  Hannah fell asleep as soon as we got in the car, and I didn't want to disrupt her nap, and Jacob had a Hunter Education class that would last most of the evening, so we wanted to get home to spend some time with him before he left.  I called him to let him know we were on our way, and he said to call when we were passing the University Parkway exit and he would pack up and come home.  When we got home I got Hannah out of the car and was going to put her in her crib to see if she would sleep any longer, but as I walked in the door and looked around I was completely shocked.  Someone had cleaned my house while we were gone.  The dishes were all washed and put away, the table was cleared off, the living room was clean and I was shocked.  I walked back to the living room to get Hannah's binkie and Jacob walked in, so Hannah's nap was finished because she was so excited to see Dad.  I told Jacob about the house being cleaned by a mysterious someone and he said I probably just did it in my sleep or something.  He said maybe it was my mom or someone else in my family, but we both knew they were not in town.  I told him he must have paid someone, and he said we didn't have money to pay someone, so then I suggested that he came home early from work and did it himself.  He tried to play it off like he had just come home after I did, but he had a little grin that gives him away when he is trying to keep a secret.  He was sure it wasn't him, but two little things gave him away.  I had been chatting with him earlier that morning before Hannah and I left, so I looked at the chat box and it showed him as offline at 2:30, which is unusually early, and his lunch dishes were at the sink (unwashed so it would look like he just got home) but he forgot to take them with him when he left, so he wasn't carrying them when he came in.  He gave a couple other little hints that it was he who cleaned the house, but he always tried to cover them up when I caught him.  I am totally and absolutely spoiled, and though I don't deserve it, I am desperately grateful.

Hannah is now 1!!

On October 2, 2008 Hannah turned 1 year old.  That is nuts!!  We had a birthday party for her the day before so that family members could make it.  It was a lot of fun to watch her look at that cake and touch it ever so softly, then after realizing that she could eat it she went crazy.  You could see the times when she got a sugar rush.  She is just so adorable.  Here are a few pictures that we took.  If you want to see them all you can go to http://gallery.me.com/jacoblee.  

Washington Trip

So this last weekend we went to WA for a little trip.  It was so fun.  We really didn't want to come back home.  We did so many things and went to many different places.  Thursday we went to Bonnies new place and spent the night with them.  I went golfing that morning as well.  Bonnie and Rick have a great place there in Port Orchard.  They were really encouraging us to move up there.  They did a good job trying to convince us.  Friday we had a picnic and hung out for a while with them.  We then went to Red Robin to meet up with Aaron and Courtney and their family.  It is always nice to see friends.  That night I had the pleasure of going on a ride-a-long with Officer Joe Brown.  That had its exciting times and slow times.  He dropped me off around 3 AM.  And then just as we thought, after he dropped me off he had a couple more exciting events happen.  Oh well it was fun.  We also went to the UW vs BYU football game on Saturday.  What a game!!  That was fun.  After all that we basically hung out and spent time with family.  Monday morning we went to Snoqualmie falls and then to Kami Teriyaki and then made our way to the airport.  It was a great trip and we had lots of fun.  I took many pictures but only posted 5 here.  If you want to see them all go to gallery.me.com/jacoblee then click on the link to Washington Trip.