Spring, spring, spring said the frog!

I'm overdue, so want to at least post some photos for the Fans of Jake club.  He's doing well, as are we.  Since the last post, my parents came to visit, Jake and I did a road trip to Tennessee to see old friends, and we took a very short jaunt down to Destin, FL to see the beach.  Oh, and we found out we're moving to Stuttgart, Germany!  (sorry, I've been slow to get the word out).  We think it's great news, but more on that later!  With that, on to the photos:

The arrival of molars was heralded by very rosy cheeks!

We've placed these all over the house
and neighborhood.   Keep a few in the
car, too.

Sir Buckethead,
ready for the day's battles

A foolish duck taunted this tiger.  As did Jacob,
but he had the advantage of tiger-proof glass.

The air is rare up there.  Luckily, Jake
gets happy when he's hypoxic.

 The photo of the tiger is courtesy of Lindsay, Jake's nanny.  She and Jake got to watch the tigers chase the ducks in the pond along the fence, and snack on this one.  Jake thought it was great fun!  I'm not sure in this picture if the tiger is eyeing Jake as dessert, or just making sure no one gets near his duck.

Good times were had during his Grandparents' visit, too.  They watched him for a couple days, and saw much of Montgomery, to include the zoo.  No life lessons from the carnivores this time, though.

Enraptured while riding the zoo train with Grandma.

Jake also took advantage of his Grandpa's height to practice some basketball.  He favors the dunk these days.  This is probably his favorite spot in the neighborhood lately.  It's a little harder for me to get him to the hoop, but he waits patiently under the net for one of us to get him up there.

He's also fond of waiting for elevators, as my parents found out.  It doesn't matter much if it's out of order, or even if the maintenance man stops by to tell Grandpa that it's broken.  Some things are just worth the wait.

Road tripping to Tennessee

Keeping up with Mark on the
Shortsprings trail.

Mark slowed him up momentarily to teach
him about smelling the flowers.

In Tennessee we stopped by Arnold to see some of my old co-workers and friends.  We also got a first rate tour of a farm, a great hike just outside of Tullahoma, and a couple fun nights with Bart and Leslie and fam.  Their daughters introduced Jake to gymnastics, trampolines, ATMs, and I don't know what all else.  Despite it being a short trip, we both had a great time!  Thanks to everyone in beautiful TN!

Then, one day to rest back at home, and off to the coast with Mom. Nice beach, weather, and water!

Don't leave without checking out the tiger video!  You can skip to about 30 seconds in, but turn up the volume.