My life

2007-12-25T14:18:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! We had our first Christmas as a family of 4 this year. Jacob and Emma got way too many gifts from family and friends so we might need to add a new room onto the house. Jacob absolutely loves trains so we got him his own trainset this year. He also has enough Diego, Dora, and Thomas the Train stuff to last for quite some time. Emma got a lot of cute clothes, blankets, and toys to help fill her room as she is getting ready to move into her own room and start sleeping in a crib. Sarah is home from the hospital after surgery and is recovering nicely. Jason is getting ready to go to Memphis to hopefully watch UCF win the Liberty Bowl against Mississippi State.

2007-11-15T14:55:00.000-05:00

It's official.....I am a big brother now! Let me introduce my new little sister, Emma Rose Collette!

2007-03-26T17:11:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone, long time no chat. Daddy hasn't been around much to help me out because he has been very busy traveling for work. Since we last talked, he has been to Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Portland, Indianapolis, and Hershey. Mommy and I are very proud of him and all the good he is doing at work but we sure do miss him around the house sometimes. As for me, I am doing lots of neat stuff now. I really enjoy my Music Together class and Miss Stephanie has taught me a bunch of neat songs. My favorite one is a song about five kids in the bed and the little one said "Roll Over, Roll Over." I know all of the hand actions and really enjoy that song. I am also in a new class at my school where they are teaching me my colors and letters. My vocabulary is really expanding! My favorite words seem to be the ones that start with the letter B as I can now say: book, blue, and my favorite word, basketball. I love to play with my basketballs! March was a good month here because we found out that Grandma and Grandpa Collette are moving to Florida so now I'll have all 3 sets of grandparents here in the state - how lucky am I! That was some great news, but even more exciting is the fact that mommy and daddy told me that I'll get to be a big brother later this year because mommy is having a baby! Well, I have to go practice on how to be the best older brother ever so in the meantime, check out my latest photos. See ya later!

2007-01-27T08:58:00.000-05:00

Hey everybody, just a quick note to say hi. I had my 18 month checkup on Thursday and Doc says I'm good to go. I'm already 35" tall and I weigh 27 pounds. I'm starting to become much more vocal. I know all of the hand motions to "If you're happy and you know it..." and my favorite saying for now is, "What's that?"

I've added a link to my Flickr picture account over to the right so you can always stay updated on photos mommy and daddy take of me.

2006-12-25T21:15:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas everybody! We just got back from Grandma and Grandpa Linn's place after a long fun day. I got so much stuff today from everyone. Aunt Julia got me a bunch of Sandra Boynton books, Grandma and Grandpa Linn bought me a funny Elmo chair and Grandpa made me a neat table with my very own chair. Uncle Steve bought me some clothes from schools that have actually won a national championship to wear around to annoy daddy. In the picture above, I'm wearing the cool cap Grandma Collette made for me. It is supposed to cool off here soon so I should get to put it to good use. I got so much stuff I can't even keep track of it all so a big thank you out to everyone. If you want to see a few pictures of my day today, you can check out my Flickr account.

Anyhow, I'm off to bed now. I woke up at 7:30 today and was so excited about Christmas I never even took a nap today!

2006-12-13T20:32:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everybody!

Remember my picture with Santa last year?

Well, here I am this year! Look at how much I've grown! I still am not too fond of guys with beards so mommy and daddy had to be in the picture with me so I would calm down.

2006-11-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

My first school pictures are in everybody! Check me out!

2006-11-18T18:02:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a good fall season so far. Mommy, daddy, and I have had a great time. We went up to Virginia to see daddy's cousin get married. The picture above was taken when I was tearing up the dance floor. It was great meeting her as well as all of the other family members that live up in Virginia. It was also cool seeing Uncle Aaron, Aunt Meghan, and cousin Owen again. Owen and I had a great time dancing at the wedding and hanging out together. We found out that I have another cousin coming sometime in February.

UCF basketball season is underway, and thank goodness since football has been a disaster. I went to my first game of the season this year to watch UCF beat Rollins 83-80 in overtime. It was a great game!

I've also had some fun with Aunt Julia who has moved down here from Chicago. She's been down to babysit me a couple of times already. She'll be coming again for Thanksgiving when we go over to Grandma and Grandpa Lagatta's.

Oh, Halloween was a great time too. Here's a picture of me in my costume.

2006-10-07T20:40:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody. I just wanted to drop a quick note. Daddy had to have another shoulder surgery yesterday so he hashis right hand in a big black thing he hasto wear. I am going to ask mommy to help me type later this week.

Here is a picture of the inside of daddy's shoulder...ouch!

Chillin pool side

2006-08-21T21:46:00.000-04:00

Chillin pool side, originally uploaded by jacobcollette.

Hey everyone, long time no chat. I've been having a blast since Daddy and I last sat down to post on here two month ago. Where do I start? Oh yeah, I CAN WALK NOW!!! I surprised Mommy and Daddy last week when I started walking on August 17th at daycare. Now it is so much easier to get around the house and to play with my new friends at my new daycare. I'm at a great new place called Starchild Academy that is a lot of fun. Miss Monica and everyone is very nice to me and they even have a webcam in my classroom so Mommy and Daddy can watch me from work. If you want to peek in, email Daddy and he'll tell you how to do it.

This picture of me is from my trip to San Diego. Daddy had a conference the first week of July so he took me and Mommy with him. We got to visit my cousin Andrew and my Aunt Carley out there and we even went to a Padres game to boo Barry Bonds. The fans sure do hate that guy there. While Daddy was working, Mommy and I spent time at the pool or walking along the waterfront.

I also had my very first birthday party. All of my friends came over such as Nicholas, Bella, Mia, Finn, Alex, Armando, John, Kevin, Diana, Rachel, and Dylan. I got so many cool presents that my whole bedroom is filled up.

If you go over to Flickr you can see some great pictures of me over the last month.

As soon as Daddy buys something called a firewire cable he'll put the video up of me walking.

That's all for now. I'll get on Daddy to do this more frequently now that he won't be traveling as much the next few months. The next time he travels is when all of us go up to Virginia to see Daddy's cousin Liane get married. I'll get to meet a bunch of people up there for the first time like my Great Grandma Marucci! I can't wait!

2006-06-19T17:32:00.000-04:00

Lots going on in the Collette household!!!

Granny and Grandpop came to Ft. Myers to sell their condo so we took a long car ride down there to visit them. At least it was long for me because I had to sit in the back seat and watch the world go by backwards. I slept a little bit and chatted up a storm. We stopped at this country store restaurant that daddy just loves. Lots of rocking chairs on the porch but I was not in the mood to eat nor do anything else. Mom was a little frustrated with me. We went to Granny and Grandpop's place and we just played and played until I fell asleep in Grandpop's arms!!!
Then on Saturday I met my great grandparents...granny's parents. They were amazed at how big I am and how well I get around. We got a picture of four generations!!! Can you believe it...four generations of family. Grandpop Bickett, Grandpop Collette, Daddy and myself!! WOOOOWWWW!!
We swam in the pool. Grandpop found this raft thingy that I can sit in. I wasn't sure about it at first but then when Mommy or Daddy would drag me around the pool I had fun!!! I started to kick my feet and with everyone's encouragement I actually went somewhere!!!

We had a great weekend. In a week or so, we are getting ready to go to San Diego!!!! That will be sooooo much fun!!!

2006-06-11T11:54:00.000-04:00

Hi everybody! As you can see, I have some teeth! I have my bottom two front teeth all of the way in and now some of the ones on the top are starting to come in. Let's just say that it hasn't been a fun time around the house since I'm teething. We had a good time on Mother's Day. Grandpa Bob and daddy cooked dinner for grandma Toni, mommy, and me. We also went over to see Grandma and Grandpa Linn over at the beach. Grandma was so nice to blow bubbles for me!

Daddy has been gone a lot. Mommy said he had to go to North Carolina, up where my Uncle Aaron, Aunt Meghan, and cousin Owen live, two times for work. Then, he just got back from San Diego where mommy and I are going to go with him when he has to go back there later this month. This will be my first time flying across the country in an airplane - a lot further than my trip to Dallas. Mommy and daddy are going to take me to the San Diego Zoo and go to the beach. Maybe by that time I'll be walking all over the place. I'm pretty close to doing that now. I can pull myself up on things and stand while holding onto a table or something, but that's as far as I'll go now.

That's me in my bedroom. Mommy has done a lot of work in my room and it looks great! Check it out.

Yep, those are pictures of Nolan Ryan on the wall above my crib. Daddy is crazy.

2006-04-26T21:36:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone,

I'm sorry I haven't been around much to write. I've been all over the place with mommy and daddy. Not to mention, daddy helps me type and he has been gone a lot traveling for work. We should be able to get together this weekend to type up another story but in the mean time, here are some new pictures!

Peek a boo!

My first time in a pool!

Me and my cousin Owen!

2006-03-06T17:34:00.000-05:00

Hello, everyone!! It has been a great beginning of 2006. I am eight months old now and I am ready to go. Mom and dad placed me in this wonderful daycare that is close to Mommy's work and I absolutely love it. Mommy takes me when she works her three days a week. I even have a girlfriend, Chloe. She is three weeks older than me. Just like daddy, pick someone who is older then him.

I am sitting up on my own and getting up on all fours but not sure what to do when I get into that position so I just rock and laugh. Mommy and daddy clap and say, "Yea!!!!" I still love to blow raspberries and I have these funny sharp things. Mommy says that are teeth and they will help me to eat later in life. They feel funny on my tongue.

In January, Mommy and Daddy had a big celebration for me. Granny and Grandpop came from Texas and Grandma and Grandpa came over from the beach and Grandma Toni and Grandpa Bob were here too. It is called a baptism. I got all dressed up, nothing frilly, and Dr. Swanson splashed some water on me and I just looked at him like he was crazy. Mommy cooked a lot of food and had a lot of people over to the house and we had some more fun. Everyone took their turns trying to make me smile and blow bubbles. While Granny and Grandpop were here we went to this big place called Epcot and we did some crazy things that day.

In February. I got to ride in this big, big bird called an airplane. I don't remember much because I slept A LOT!!!! I got to meet my 18 month old cousin, Owen and Aunt Meghan, Uncle Aaron, Owen's mommy and daddy, Uncle Brian and his girlfriend Jessica. We had a blast playing! I wanted do everything that Owen did but I just couldn't walk and run like he can. One of these days I will be able to keep up with him.Until next time....keep playing and laughing!!!

2005-12-26T14:27:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone had a good day, I know I did! Grandma and Grandpa Linn came over as did Grandma and Grandpa La Gatta. I even had Great Grandma Davis over and my Great Uncle Glenn. Everyone spoiled me with presents. I got some neat clothes, some stuffed animals, a walker and a musical keyboard. Uncle Steve gave me an outfit from Eastern Kentucky University to wear when I get older. Daddy said something about using it the next time he cleans up my diaper. My cousin Andrew and my Aunt Carley sent me some cool stuff all the way from California. Hopefully I'll get to meet them someday soon.

2005-12-11T10:53:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone. Yesterday was a great day! I got to go see the Gaylor Palms Ice Show with mommy, daddy, Uncle George, Aunt Danielle, and Johnny. It was sooooo cold in there, but I was nice and bundled up. I didn't get to go sliding like everyone else but they sure did look like they were having fun!

2005-12-04T20:11:00.000-05:00

I got to meet Santa Claus today! Check it out!

2005-12-04T10:37:00.000-05:00

That face pretty much sums up yesterday for me and my parents. First off, UCF lost in the C-USA Championship game to Tulsa, while at the same time the Knights basketball team got stomped by the Gators. Then, mommy's Wildcats were upset by the Tarheels so both mommy and daddy were sad. To make it worse, mommy and I have to find a new Christmas present for daddy. We were going to send him to one of the two bowl games UCF was supposed to go but the nimwits at the GMAC bowl decided they didn't want 15,000 Knight fans there so instead UCF is going to Hawai'i. While I'm very happy for the players that they get to enjoy a great trip, I'm sad for my daddy because I know he really wanted to go see their first ever bowl game. He is not going to Hawai'i because he told me he would not even dream of taking away from my first Christmas day ever. We're heading out today to take pictures with some guy named Santa Claus so my next post will have those in them.

2005-11-20T14:36:00.000-05:00

What another great UCF weekend! On Friday night, we all went to watch my first UCF basketball game vs Rollins. I had a lot of fun in the first half cheering on the Knights but I wore out quickly and slept through the entire second half. Still, UCF won 68-58 so sorry Grandma Collette that your Tars lost. On Saturday, we went on campus to watch the football team play Rice. It was not much fun to watch for 3 quarters but the guys came through and won the game in the end to clinch the eastern division championship! Just when I thought daddy couldn't be any happier, the UAB Blazers upset the UTEP Miners so the C-USA championship game is going to be in Orlando on December 3rd! I went to sleep but thought I heard daddy sneaking out last night after bedtime. Turns out, he did and someone caught him on camera.

2005-11-20T14:25:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone...the halloween pictures are in a bit late but there here none the less. While everyone thought my costume was cute, my parents looked ridiculous. I can't wait to use this as blackmail material in the future.

2005-11-15T12:28:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,

I just got back from the doctor's office for my 4-month checkup and the doctor says I'm doing great! I'm now 25 inches tall and weigh 15 lbs 2 oz. The doctor told mommy that I'm going to be a tall kid at the rate I'm growing. In my head, I was thinking, "Ya think? After all, my daddy is a giant!"

Anyhow, we're getting ready for the seasonal holidays. Uncle Steve says he might be coming down for Thanksgiving which would be really cool since I haven't met him yet. I'm also hoping Uncle Aaron, Aunt Meghan, and my cousin Owen get to come down at some point soon too.

Mommy is done with all of her big choir gigs now - she's been quite busy lately. The ladies at church have enjoyed playing with me while mommy sings. Daddy is extremely happy because all of his teams are doing good. The Redskins are 5-4, and best of all, the UCF Golden Knights are one game away from going to the conference championship! I heard they were 0-11 last year so possibly going 8-3 this year would be great! Daddy says all he wants for Christmas is a trip to a bowl game - whatever that is. He's also very excited to take me to my first college basketball game on Friday night as UCF is playing Rollins for the season opener.

2005-10-27T21:17:00.000-04:00

Well, we got through Hurricane Wilma pretty good. It was very windy and rainy here all day Monday but we kept power the whole time. Daddy got a day off of work due to the storm so it was great to spend an extra day hanging out with him. He wasn't too happy with all of the leaves all over the yard because he just cleaned the yard up on Saturday. I have a new playmate now because Mr. Dale and Mrs. Courtney had a baby girl this past week so I'm excited about that. I also went to my first party as Uncle Dusty and Uncle Billy had a BBQ over at their house. I had a great time flirting with all of the girls who couldn't get enough of me. This weekend, Grandpa and Grandma Linn are coming to stay the weekend and they're bringing me a new rocking chair and Grandpa has daddy's hot sauce cabinet done so he can display his hot sauce collection in the kitchen.

2005-10-17T18:33:00.000-04:00

Well, it looks like I might get to experience my first hurricane next weekend. Wilma is predicted to come somewhere along the west coast of Florida. This probably means we won't get to go watch UCF beat Tulsa next weekend :( Hopefully this weekend is better than this last one. Mommy went out of town to hang out with her old friends in St. Louis leaving me and daddy home alone to suffer. I wasn't feeling to well so it wasn't a fun weekend for either of us. The only good thing is that the Astros are one game away from the World Series where they'll get to play the Chicago White Sox.

I'm now over 3 months old and I'm already trying to talk! Today, daddy and I were in the kitchen singing Tiny Dancer together. Daddy can't carry a tune in a bucket but I smile at him anyhow because it is the effort that counts :)

2005-10-10T22:48:00.000-04:00

Wow what a weekend! On Saturday, mommy, daddy and I went to the UCF again and watched them destroy the Memphis Tigers 38-17. I cheered a lot and had a lot of big smiles for the fans around me. Word is getting around I'm the good luck charm at games so I'll be there again on the 22nd when we play Tulane. After all, it is UCF family day. Then yesterday, Chris Burke hit a home run in the 18th inning for daddy's Astros to beat the Braves - again. Sorry Uncle George :( The game was so long I took 2 naps. Daddy was so happy about the Knights and Astros he didn't mind the Redskins losing their first game.

2005-10-07T22:01:00.000-04:00

I had a pretty cool week this week. On Tuesday, I got to meet one of mommy's best friends as Aunt Julie came to town to visit. As you can see in the picture, we had a good time. On Thursday, daddy and I celebrated that the Devil Rays got rid of the owner and the general manager who did their best to ruin our favorite baseball team. Today, we watched the Red Sox get knocked out of the playoffs - sorry Uncle Aaron. Tomorrow UCF goes for their 3rd win in a row and I'm going to the game with mommy and daddy to cheer them on to victory! Go Knights!!!

2005-09-29T21:56:00.000-04:00

I forgot to tell everyone that just the other day, I went to my first college football game. Contrary to Uncle Steve's beliefs, UCF actually has a football team and they finally won a game to snap a 17 game losing streak. When the game was over, a bunch of people swarmed the field and tore the goalposts down. Daddy and I watched from the stands since Mommy wouldn't let us go down on the field. I am apparently the team's good luck charm so I'm coming to the next home game vs Memphis.

2005-09-26T20:29:00.000-04:00

Hi everybody. Thanks for dropping by my blog. I wanted to have a place to keep all of my family and friends updated about everything happening in my life. It's been a blast so far - I could really get used to all of this grand treatment. Mommy and daddy hug me, kiss me, change me, and feed me whenever I want. I love them so much!

2005-09-26T20:14:00.000-04:00

I love posing for my mommy

2005-09-26T20:13:00.000-04:00

Daddy and I taking a nap

2005-09-26T20:12:00.001-04:00

I'm so happy watching my first Devil Rays game

2005-09-26T20:12:00.000-04:00

Look at me!

2005-09-26T20:05:00.000-04:00

Holy cow I'm up high!
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