The kids growing up

Just being a good boy, minding his own business.
Jacob has regressed.
I love this chair.
Look what the 'rents let me do!
I wanna see! Let me see!

Josh went to the doctor today

Here he is before.......
And here he is after.
He weighs 14 lbs, 9 oz, which is in the 90th percentile. He is 25 inches long,which is in the 90th percentile. And his head circumference is 41.3 cm, which is in the 70th percentile. Jacob went with, and was glad that he wasn't the one being picked for a change.

Looks like Ben ran out of energy before Jacob did.

Another day in the life of the Herstads

When Josh is sleeping, Mom and Jacob spend some quality time together.
Jacob eating his PB & J sandwich.
Ahh, a nice full belly. (Isn't he a cutie?!)

There's my little brother

Where's Josh?

Is he here?
How about over here?

Jacob helps clean house

09/13/07 He is such a big help!!

09/03/07 Father and Son bonding
09/04/07 Josh working hard at growing. Being a baby is so tough!

08/12/07 Jacob and Grandma pose for a picture.
Jacob shows off his Gator to Grandma and Grandpa.

Momma holding a sleeping Josh.

Family life

07/17/07 Ben holds a sleeping Joshua.

08/08/07 Josh's first bath at home. He is holding on for dear life. (Oh, and we also did a bit of censorship:)


09/03/07 Jacob comes to see Josh having a bath, he wants one too! He is filling out nicely. Dr. appt is Sept 27th. Will update with stats then.

The baseball game, Duluth Huskies

We took the kids to their first ballgame. Jacob got a baseball to take home for a souvenier. Joshua wasn't too impressed.

NEW ARRIVAL!! Joshua joins the tribe.

Joshua Herstad, 7 pounds 5 ounces, 21.5 In. long. Healthy, happy, good looking baby!


Jacob's sharing his toy, and wearing his "I'm the Big Brother" shirt. Waited a long time to wear that one. Today's the big day!

Showing us "how big" a big brother he is.

Jacob beats the heat

Jacob chews on his rubber duckie in his swimming pool at grandma and grandpa's house.

At home, Jacob chills out with his nine month pregnant mama, who decided to squeeze into his pool as well.

But Jacob doesn't mind. He is glad to have the company.

Leah and Luke's wedding 5-26-07

Luke and Leah got married on 5-26-07. So Seth, Holly, Grace, and Megan came up all the way from Texas for the weekend. Jacob got to meet his cousins Grace and Meg. First Jacob and Grace "hung out" together.....

then grandma and grandpa ganged up on them in a tickling match.

For the wedding day, Jacob got all dressed up in his tux...

just like daddy.

A nice family picture of Uncle Seth, Aunt Holly, and cousins Grace and Meg

And here is a picture of Uncle Luke and Aunt Leah. They look very happy together.

Mother's Day 5-13-2007

Jacob's first time in a swing. He thought it was great!

Going down the slide with mom...

Going down the slide with dad. He didn't know what to think about it.

We had lunch on the rocks by the creek.

Later, Uncle Luke let Jacob ride on his shoulders. Weeeeee.

James and Jacob's co-birthday party 4-15-2007

James and Jacob enjoyed their cake....

And later retired to the couch for an engaging discussion on the ides of April.

First Ride

Jacob's Inaugural atv ride. We both had big smiles.