It is New Years Eve and mommy and daddy decided to stay home and relax tonight with Jacob.  We had a full weekend.  Friday, Jacob went to his music class.  His friends Drew and Christian are also in the class.  The class was not everything we expected it to be, but Jacob had a good time dancing and hanging out with his friends.  Later that afternoon his friend Christian came over to play.  Amazingly, Christian started officially walking at our house.  That was pretty cool.  In the evening, Christian's daddy met us at our house and we all went out to dinner.  The boys were good at dinner and had fun playing the maracas for us.

Saturday mommy and daddy went to a UCLA basketball game so Nani and Papa watched Jacob.  Jacob actually stayed the night with them.  That was his first time away from both mommy and daddy for the night.  He had a great time with them and I don't think he even realized we weren't there.  They even bought a new crib for Jacob to sleep in, which we are told he slept in almost the entire night.  Apparently he didn't go into their bed until 4:30 in the morning, but I guess we'll never really know the truth on that one.  Mommy and Daddy missed Jacob so much.  I kept waking up throughout the night thinking I heard him, but then realized he wasn't even there.  We woke up in the morning and didn't know what to do without Jacob waking us up and coming to play with us in bed.

Sunday morning we went to pick up Jacob and then Jacob and I went to South Coast Plaza to the Rainforest Cafe to meet up with Matt, Cooper and their mommies for lunch.  We had a book exchange adn Jacob got two really cool books.  Jacob had a good time seeing his friends.  He hadn't seen them in a long time.  Both of the boys mommy's are pregnant again and that was the last time we saw Jenn A. pregnant because later that night Baby Donovan Ahlswede was born.  We couldn't believe it when we got the text message this morning.  I had a dream that Jenn went into labor last night, but never in a million years thought she would have the baby last night.  She wasn't due for another two weeks! I guess babies don't want to be born in January anymore.

This morning we woke up and went to stroller strides.  Jacob and Christian played on the big boy jungle gym for a little bit.  This was the first time both boys were walking around having fun.  It is so cute to see them together.  Later in the afternoon we went to order Jacob's birthday cake.  When we got home we all went for a bike ride through the neighborhood.  Daddy wanted to take Jacob for a bike ride on his new mountain bike.  Jacob liked riding in the trailer, but didn't like wearing his helmet.  It's still a little too big for him and it falls in his eyes so he can't see where he's going.  So we were bad parents and took off the helmet.  He loved the bike ride after that.

So the next time Jacob wakes up it will be 2008!  Another New Years for Jacob.  This is his second one already!  I can't believe it.  tomorrow we will do a year in review and make our New Years resolutions!  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!