Julia & Sean

Today we had lunch with Julia, Emily & Chris. It was really nice to see them - it's been way too long!

Brag on Pop-Pop

I can't help but post this to brag on my Dad for a few minutes (after all it was father's day this past weekend, right?). Congratulations, Dad!! :)

L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corp., which creates anti-submarine warfare systems and other submarine devices, opened its doors to federal, state and town officials Monday at its new home at Hopkinton Industrial Park, a 220,000-squarefoot, multi-business facility near Interstate 95's Exit 1.

The company, headquartered in Millersville, Md., moved its Stonington division across the border to Rhode Island in February, inching it closer to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport while maintaining proximity to the submarine base in Groton.

L-3 CSC now employs 34 full-time people - mostly existing employees with a couple of new hires - but it hopes to increase its Ashaway workforce to 120 within three years, said L- 3 CSC President John C. McDaris.

"There are a number of opportunities within the Navy that demand some expansion and some acceleration," he said. "There's some work that we're currently outsourcing to other places that we plan to bring here into the Ashaway facility."

Future jobs would include engineering, manufacturing and testing, he said.

L-3 CSC is expected to be under a $3.8 million defense contract to install TB-33 Thin Line Towed Array systems on all classes of U.S. submarines. Simply put, the device acts as the "eyes and ears" for submarines to detect threats, McDaris said.

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More Pool Pics

We're getting our money's worth out of our inflatable pool from CVS this year!

Dad, where are you?


Ah, the lazy dog days of summer

He'll be mad at me for this pic when he's older :)

Polly wasn't too thrilled about being left inside...

Birthday Party

Saturday we went to Madelyn's house to celebrate her 2nd birthday. Sean was excited to see all of his friends!

All dressed and ready to go


You can see Sean's little hat in the pool. He thought it was awesome.


Sean (10 mo), Lillian (10 mo), Emma (9 mo) and Cole (1 yr)

It's a little like herding cats....

Trip to Richmond

Sean is becoming a real jet-setter! Last weekend we took a trip up to Richmond to celebrate his Grandaddy's birthday and to visit with his Grandma Leigh, Aunt Michelle, Aunt Megan and Uncle Marshall. It was a really fun weekend, some of us went to watch the horse races on Saturday (Mike, Gale and Katie came all the way from Chesapeake!) while Sean relaxed with his Great-Grandma and Great-Grandaddy Bryant. You realize just how fast he's growing when you don't get to see family all the time. It's so special for Sean to be able to spend time with everyone. He loved it and I'm pretty sure the rest of the family did, too :)

Sean was fascinated with Uncle Marshall's guitar playing :)

I Can Crawl!

It seems Sean has mastered the art of the commando-crawl. He's so excited to be on the move that he smiles and giggles the whole time he's sliding across the room. He's learned that he can move faster on the wood floors and in the bathroom on the tiles. Lookout world!

10 Months

There's something about moving into double digit months that has me a bit sentimental. In just two months my baby will be a full year old. In just two months he won't need formula anymore. In just two months he'll be even taller and moving around the house like crazy. I know that people try to prepare you when you're about to become a parent that time flies, but I really don't think I was prepared for how fast it actually feels. Seeing your baby have so many firsts is exciting and makes you proud, but each first means another check on the list, another accomplishment. All we can do it try to be fully present every day with Sean and remember to remember because it's gone in a heartbeat.

Still Dancing!

I'm happy to report that Sean hasn't lost his groove. Now he likes to play with two music toys at a time. Maybe my idea of him being a boater isn't quite right.... maybe he'll be a boating DJ! :)

9 1/2 Months

I'm on an absolute roll tonight with the blog so I wanted to post Sean's 9 month pictures (technically about 9 1/2 months.... mom was slacking). I just adore this t-shirt. I tell Sean every morning that he's going to turn into a Cheerio if he doesn't stop eating so many for breakfast. His new favorite trick is to throw them on the floor for Polly (who waits diligently every morning) then look over the side and say 'OOOOO' (his version of 'uh-oh'). How can you get mad at something so cute?

First Plane Ride

Well we survived our first round trip plane ride. It really wasn't so bad but it sure takes a lot of planning and organization. Thankfully Sean did really well on the way to Annapolis (he fell asleep before we took off and didn't wake up until we landed) but was a little more "energetic" on the way home. An hour delay didn't make it any easier - you know it's never good when you taxi to the runway and then the pilot announces they're turning off the engines to conserve fuel. Normally that would be fine with me, I'd either take a nap or read but now we're "those people" with a crying baby. But, I'd take that over an 8 hour drive any day!!

Sean's Omi and Great-Grandma & Grandpa Jacobs

We were fortunate to have my Omi, Grandma and Grandpa visit over Memorial Day weekend. Sean was able to spend some nice time with all of them, including Button (Grandma and Grandpa's dog). He thought Button was awesome!

New Toys

We had a lot of fun playing on mom and dad's new toys. I think John must have logged at least 8 hours in 2 days on the wave runners!

Pinch Me!

Sean really seemed to like my dad's new boat, Pinch Me. He did so well and even took a nice nap Sunday afternoon. I think we may have a future boater on our hands. John and I are so excited!

Sean traveled in style up and down the pier is this exquisite wagon. I think it's safe to say by looking at the last picture that it is a cushy ride!

Our Mailbox Guardian

A few weeks ago we noticed some birds building a next in our mailbox. We didn't think a whole lot of it- usually they decide it's too small and way to hot to stay. Well wouldn't you know it, I walked by not too long after that and this little guy was standing like a bouncer in the opening. I thought that they must have decided to stay so he was guarding the eggs. I didn't want to scar him so I took some pictures from the other side of the street and zoomed in as much as my camera would let me. Well wouldn't you know that there were actually babies in the back! It was so sunny I couldn't see them until I came inside and looked back through the pictures. How cool!