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This past week we celebrated Henry’s fifth birthday. Elise delivered on his request for a ninja turtle birthday cake and we enjoyed a grand outing to a Twins game with all of our family members. Prior to the game, the boys received some autographs which was followed by a post game running of the bases. It was pretty awesome to walk right onto the field and get a while new view of the stadium. Most importantly, Henry absolutely loved it!
On Saturday morning, we headed to the local bowling alley for two games of fun. Both sets of grandparents and aunts met us there, and we had lots of fun rolling balls down the lane. Afterward, we headed home to enjoy some delicious pizza and Henry’s choice birthday cake: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!
It’s been an exciting month! The holidays have come and gone, giving us the chance to visit with family. I’m now a month in to my new position at MnSCU and am enjoying the colleagues and new challenges. On the weekends, we’ve had the opportunity to spend time with the boys, enjoy the outdoors, watch some curling (go TT!), and test out my new cross-country skis. In addition, we had the chance to catch a show at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater (Fiddler on the Roof) with Mary, Larry, Fred and Cathy, as well as celebrate Jacob’s third birthday!
Needless to say, it’s been an exciting month.
In the middle of September, Henry celebrated his first birthday. It was an exciting Saturday morning filled with family, gifts, and plenty of messy cake eating. Jacob enjoyed helping Henry open his gifts and Elise tested her culinary art by crafting a delicious lion cake.
Video #2: Jacob’s Birthday (taken 1/29/12)
I’ve decided to make your week exceptional by releasing one new video every day for 8 days. The videos start from January and go up to present day (May 15th), so enjoy seeing the growth – I know I did!
Video #1: Jacob’s Birthday (taken 1/29/12)
So…we have been slacking on the photo (and post) output on the blog as of late. There has been a number of changes recently that have made our lives pretty exciting. Some of these include Jon’s new position, Jacob’s first birthday, and buying a house. This is a post of photos taken in the month of January. I will be posting others soon, so feel free to check back in a few days.
As always, enjoy!
Times they are a changin’…
The past few weeks have been quite the exciting time for the Werth family. Jacob celebrated his first birthday and had numerous celebrations: one at daycare, one with Fred, Cathy, & Teresa Werth, and one with the Larry and Mary Degen. He has moved entirely to big boy food (real milk and table food).
In the midst of all this celebrating, another exciting development has occurred: we have bought a house! After looking for a few months, we finally got the jump on a nice house with great potential (which has been quite the challenge)! As an estate sale, it has a bit of work to be done to bring it up to modern times, but we are looking forward to having a project and a little extra space. Jon’s favorite fea
ture: a two car attached garage! The house is on the southeast side of Iowa City and fits the bill perfectly. We are now considered “sale pending” and are closing on March 2nd, with a move date tentatively scheduled for March 18th.
I’m sure we’ll have plenty of pictures in the coming weeks and months (including some photos still from Jacob’s birthday), but for now here is a picture of the outside.
This post is in honor of Jacob’s first birthday. One year ago, I started this blog with the hope of keeping our friends and family updated with our growth as a family and parents. Today we are celebrating not only how much Jacob has grown, but how much Elise and I have changed over the past year as well.
One year ago, Elise and I were living in our house in Coralville. Elise was on her second year of teaching and Jon was working through grad school. Since then we have sold the house, moved to Kalona, Elise studied PLTW, Jon graduated, we bought a car, Jon got a full-time position, and last but not least, have enjoyed our wild adventures with the little man. Indeed a lot has changed!
In conclusion…Happy Birthday to Jacob and make sure to check out this post: Jacob Arrives. (I particularly enjoyed re-viewing the video of Jacob in the NICU.)
On Friday, October 14th, Elise treated me out to a hockey game night for my birthday. Unknown to me, she had purchased two tickets for the Cedar Rapids hockey team’s home game against Souix City. Having never been to a Rough Rider game before, we enjoyed checking out the ice arena and soaking in the experience. The game turned out to be quite the blowout going in to the 3rd period at 3-1, but ending the game with the Rough Riders winning 10-2! It was a fun game to watch and I particularly enjoyed my souvenir cup filled with malted beverage and sitting in the 3rd row. The seats allowed us to be up close to the action which was pretty exciting. Attempts to capture the players skating past with my phone’s camera usually ended in a blur, but here are a couple shots that turned out alright:
