Happy Birthday Magdalene!

Dearest Magdalene,

I admire you.  I don't know many people who literally wake up with a smile planted on their face.  But you do.  You are always happy when you wake up.  Your smile is contagious, and it helps me get out of my sleep deprived state.  You teach me what it means to be happy to wake up another day to know, love, and serve Our Lord.  Thank you, sweet child.  

You also love birthdays.....and you love all the special details behind parties.  This year you were torn between a Charlotte's Web theme or Frozen Fever.  For your sixth birthday, you decided on Frozen Fever.  I think seeing the Frozen cake at Walmart made you want a Frozen party so much.  Precious child, Frozen Fever it is!  It was a lot of fun to put together!  

You wanted a tiered cake like the Walmart one.  So we were busy for a couple of days making different flavors.

I have to admit....I was a little nervous it wouldn't meet your dream of a tier cake.  I wanted to make you feel so special.  The look on your face told me you loved it!

Tia Brenda and Bear were so kind to send some extra fun stuff for the party.  Thank you, tias!

We invited family over for your big birthday party, because we know how much you love having family members over.

Daddy and I love spending quiet time with you on your birthday.  We had the big party after your birthday, because we know how much you love big parties.   The morning of your birthday you smiled even a little bigger!  You were born on the feast of St. Michael....well barely.  You were born nearly 11 that night!  You were so alert when we held you for the first time.  Daddy changed his very first diaper EVER with you.  You think it's funny when we tell you about that.

You wanted to do extra art from your art DVD on your birthday.  You are becoming such a good artist!  You definitely get that from Daddy!

On your birthday, you requested blueberry cupcakes.  It was fun using the new characters on the cupcakes!

You even made beautiful artwork for the party!  I love the family picture!

You wanted corn on the cob for your birthday!  Good choice, Magdalene.  I definitely had a corn craving when baby Francis was in my tummy.

Daddy got the Sven cupcake.

Time for presents!  You were serenaded with a song from Frozen Fever with a trail to find your presents.  It was so much fun.

Theodore seemed to really love touching your new dress.

Six years ago Mommy and Daddy were blessed with YOU!  We love you!

Theodore and His Screwdriver

Our Baby Boy's Name

His name is Francis Joseph Jacobs!


In a future post, we will explain the reason for the name.

Boy Names

I think we are ready to make the official announcement on baby boy Jacob's name.  Knowing the gender still did not make it any easier to come up with a name.  The past two weeks we have been saying his name, and we think it will be the name we stay with when we finally meet him!

But just for fun, I will post a list of names that did not make it this time around.

Xavier.

It was a serious contender for a name.  The name means "new house" and this whole year has been all about the new house!  Also, Jordan and I went to a shrine dedicated to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in Colorado during our first time meeting.  Tobias also was baptized on her feast day.  We seriously considered this name....and I even had a former student that didn't ruin the name for me.  However, it didn't make the cut.


Vincent.

I have a baby cousin with this name.  It's such a nice, strong name.  Jordan really liked it, and my sister Brenda was born on St. Vincent Ferrer's feast day......however, something didn't ring with us about this name.


John.

It was Magdalene who came up with this name.  She had very good reasons to mention this name as well.  John was Jesus' beloved apostle.  However, John Joseph Jacobs....just too much.

Jordan Jr.

Well that name was never considered, but I thought I would just type that to be funny.


Expect a post this week revealing the chosen name!

Celebrating Catholic Feast Days!

Celebrating Feast of Christ the King

Does that crown look familiar, Brenda?

Sure, let's have a special "tea" party.

We were so proud of our little saint.  She posed so well for a present for Fr. Iscara, the priest who baptized her.

 We visited our neighbor to show her their costumes.

 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

(By the way, she has memorized and recited Betty Ann's favorite psalm.  We are very impressed.  The Lord is my shepherd....I will keep her special recitation in my mind next month when I need to hear those words the most.)

St. Martin de Porres

Seriously, he loved being St. Martin.  This is one of the reasons why I love Glory Stories from Holy Heroes.  He really fell into his character, because of the audio drama.

Philomena was asked which saint she wanted to be.  "St. Philomena," was her response.  What a cutie!

Grandma started a guessing game after we prayed Litany of the Saints.

By the way, we look forward to seeing all the children dress up.  It's so much fun!

We played games, ate food, and just had a good time.  Hopefully tias can join us one year!