The boy's got personality, and personality goes a long way. . .

We updated our email signature this week with the following phrase "If our son was in a band, it would be called 'Squealy Dan'" as a parody of the band "Steely Dan." It's easily one of the funniest noises we've ever heard. (Explanation made for the younger crowd who might not understand the true musical genius of lyrics like:

We hear you're leaving, that's OK. I thought our little wild time had just begun. I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run. But if you have a change of heart, Rikki don't lose that number. You don't wanna call nobody else.

Last weekend, we put Jakob into the nursery at church and again got the kind of compliments we hope continue until he's out of our house and in college. One worker told Kim, "Jakob is so laid back. He doesn't cry or get fussy. He's just a good baby." While he does have his moments, you can imagine how proud we are of him.

Over the weekend we spent a little time with friends and just enjoyed more clues that Jakob is not going to crawl, but instead walk and jump. He's quite powerful in physical ability and temper. It's nice to see that he's taking after Marc in one way and Kim in another. . . you can decide which comes from which. And, he's crazy smart. He's already a problem solver. He adapts when we're playing games with him and knows to raise his arms when he wants up or out of something.

[We intented to have a cool video here, but YouTube is updating itself right now so it will have to wait until later this weekend. Whatever! Silly YouTube!]

Kim is in the middle of a much needed spring break and must be enjoying it as the smell of chocolate chip cookies was in the air yesterday. It's especially nice to have the house and our son smell like that.

Marc will be off with Kim and Jakob Thursday and Friday this week. This weekend we will celebrate our first Easter with the boy and hope to continue teaching him of the love sacrifice Jesus provided so we might have eternal life. We're going to have some quality time with Marc's parents, Uncle's Nic and Willey and Aunts Lindsey and Sandy and cousin Gina.

We'll have more photos next week of the family. If we don't see you this weekend, have a great Easter.

More soon.