Jakob Marcus: Year One

Okay, so with this year's summer hit "The Dark Knight" going on, we thought we would borrow a title for the best baby in the world, from one of the greatest superheros ever to grace the pages of a comic series.

And we looked up and the little boy was one. Lots of reflection came with this startling revelation. We looked at one of the other many, many videos from his YouTube channel including the ones where he was smaller that our forearms and thought, "How did he get so big so fast?"

We felt like last weekend he was going to walk. He's been flirting with it for a while and cruises with the greatest of ease. His birthday weekend was as close to perfect as it gets. All the A-listers were there and he was surrounded by friends and family that love him. We tried the demolish the little cake idea again and it met with similar results. After a quick back and change of clothing Jakob began opening his presents. At one point he got bored and left the room long enough for his good friends Tegan and Bella to join in on the fun. He quickly returned and continued.

[Sarcastic tone] We'd like to specifically thank everyone who gave him something that makes noise. The silver lining in this is two fold. First, they have a volume toggle switch which is easy to keep low and second, it is continuing to develop Jakob's love of music. Marc couldn't be happier about that. [Compassionate tone] But seriously, thank you to everyone who came out and for the great gifts. We really appreciate you making time for us and this event wouldn't have been the same without you.

Last Friday, with Jakob's birthday under his belt, we got to head over to the doctor to get his booster shots. Now that Jakob has become more self aware, it's big fun to try to help him make sense of how something that hurts is going to help him in the long run. A few crocodile tears later, he was fine and spent the rest of the weekend doing what he does best. . . get pampered by mom and dad and slept on Marc most of Saturday afternoon. No complaints were made by Marc or Jakob.

Baseball has become unseated by a little thing called the NFL as the national pastime and Jakob loves spending time with daddy watching the games. And by that we mean that he enjoys being in the basement crawling, jumping and yelling on the leather couch. He does eventually lay on daddy and watch some of the game, but for the most part it's just good spending father/son time together. Baring a lack of enjoyment of football, we hope to make this a regular occurrence for years to come.

Tomorrow, Kim begins another year of teaching. With each year she continues to learn and grow. Perhaps one day she will actually realize that not only is she good at what she does, she's making a difference in the lives of kids others have decided won't make it in society.

Now that Michael Phelps has won his gold, the Olympics, like the election television ads, can't end fast enough. We're especially excited because Jakob's photo is going to be on the NBC Action News "Birthday's with Brett" once the games are over. We'll make sure we record it in case you miss it.

This week, we're going to be making a decision on what may turn out to be a new daycare for Jakob. We're not completely settled with the idea, and we're praying God will provide us with either another option or peace on making the decision to begin taking him there. We'll have more on that next week.

More soon.