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First Family Picture with Jake

The Countdown has Ended!

In the last couple weeks before Jake was born, Matt and Ben kept a countdown of how many more days until the baby gets here. Their teachers at school even made a countdown chart for the class which was really cute!

When they came to visit Jake for the first time, they liked getting to see and hold his little hands and toes.



They also gave Jake the lion they picked out for him that is just like their Giraffey and Monkey.

Nothing's Better than Grandma's and Grandpa's

Ahem

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This thing in my mouth does not appear to contain any milk.

Nice to Meet You Mommy

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Jacob James Wetzel

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Born December 8th at 2am. Seven pounds, 4 ounces and 20 inches long. Everyone in the delivery room remarked that he really had a set of lungs on him. Hearing this from people who deal with crying children for a living has me a bit worried.

The Good News is that the Name of the Blog Can Stay the Same

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It looks like it'll be another boy. He's due December 8th. We can't wait to meet him! While Jess is thrilled to be adding another boy to the household, she is taking applications for little shopping partners.

It Snowed Today

So after I explained that the snow was vanilla flavored. The boys each tried to catch snowflakes on their tongue. Ben lasted as long as it took one flake to hit him in the face and he went back in the garage. That's why you see him running away around the 40-second mark. Matt was a little more persistent.

Hiking with Daddy

Happy 3rd Birthday!

It seems like it wasn't so long ago we were saying "they aren't babies any more, they're toddlers". Now I feel like we're saying "they aren't toddlers any more, they're little boys". We had a great weekend of birthday celebrations for them - complete with a lazy day to recover at the end!

Not the Usual Suspects...

... but a great picture of two of our other favorite Wetzel Boys in the Cincinnati Reds dugout during our tour of Great American Ballpark.



A few other pictures from the tour...

Next Up - Millenium Force!

The boys rode their first roller coaster in September at P&G day at Kings Island. Ben was even brave enough to ride by himself!



The cars were also a big hit that day (perhaps practicing for that car their dad keeps promising them when they're 16?)

Caught!...at the Neighborhood Block Party

This had better be the only time we find them in the back of a cop car!



They also really loved the fire engine showing up this year!

Goal!

A few fun pictures from soccer...