Jacob is discovering how great stuffed animals are. In his crib he has a turtle mini pillow pet, small blue dog and larger exact replica of my childhood puppy. It's crazy to think he has all that in his crib now when both Michael and I were not so long ago petrified to have anything even near his crib and would move Jacob at various times in the middle of the night because we didn't like him so close to the bumper - even though it was breathable.
When I get him in the morning to start the day or after nap time he moves all his animals around to their correct spots, and after that he's ready to get out.
He's also started to give all kisses. It's not part of his morning routine, but if I'm laying on one of his large dogs while we're playing he'll go to it's nose and give it a kiss, with a little peck sound and all. I can ask for a million kisses, but he just laughs and gives all his stuffed animals kisses instead. Even at the gift shop at the aquarium yesterday he kissed all the homeless stuffed animals there.
At least there's no sign saying, "You kiss, you buy."
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
What Can Your Kid Say?
You'd think he would learn how to say meaningful things, especially "want" since he points and grunts a million times a day.
However, these are the interesting tidbits Jacob cares to share:
- Nighty Night (but never when he's going to bed)
- Go Away (a fun one to explain to people after he yells it)
- E I E I O (yep, he's ready to go to the farm)
- Touch Down (sadly this makes sense since his daddy repeats it endlessly until he repeats)
- Yeah, yeah (makes it fun to have a conversation with him, at least it cracks me up)
However, these are the interesting tidbits Jacob cares to share:
- Nighty Night (but never when he's going to bed)
- Go Away (a fun one to explain to people after he yells it)
- E I E I O (yep, he's ready to go to the farm)
- Touch Down (sadly this makes sense since his daddy repeats it endlessly until he repeats)
- Yeah, yeah (makes it fun to have a conversation with him, at least it cracks me up)
Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
15 Months
Yesterday Jacob turned 15 months. He is three months away from being 1 1/2 years old. Crazy!
We do 3 month well baby check ups until 18 months and as Jacob gained more mobility the appointments got more and more difficult. Today was no different, he drops down to nothing but a diaper during his check in and as we wait for the doctor I normally hold him, but that was not on his agenda today. Instead he walked around the little room, explored every cabinet and drawer, tried to move the exam table by pulling levers, moved the trash can around, and yanked at the paper covering for the exam table. Who knew there was so much to explore in such a tiny room.
All is good and he's developing well except for seasonal allergies and eczema which he now has a prescription for. His weight is in the 25th percentile (which is what he's been trending at), height right above the 50th, and the head has taken a giant leap and is now in the 97th percentile. She's not worried about that because it is easy to get different readings on that when there are different nurses taking measurements. Still a shock on the paper.
At the beginning of the appointment she said how big he's gotten and started to say he looked different, but stopped short. Then at the end, after I said last question about 10 times, she realized his hair is lighter. We discussed for a bit and she said she hasn't had any patients that have changed their hair color at this point, but she did know friends that have gone from dark to blonde. Guess we'll just have to wait and see if it ever darkens up instead of continuing to get lighter and lighter.
Lastly, we're going to be getting rid of the paci. I brought it up for tips to start getting rid of it and she was ready for me to throw them all out now. I know for sure I want to wait til after we go on our trip this summer, but we're ready to start getting rid of it. There was a pediatrician on The Doctors about a month ago who said he was a strong advocate about getting rid of the pacifier until he had a kid and then realized there was some room for when to lose it.
Oh! I was worried that maybe he was behind in his words, but she said that he should only have a couple that he can say and with; uhoh, mama, dada, ball, (and the newest) hi, he is doing amazingly well. She was also impressed he knows where his nose and bellybutton are.
2 shots later we scheduled our next appointment for October.
We do 3 month well baby check ups until 18 months and as Jacob gained more mobility the appointments got more and more difficult. Today was no different, he drops down to nothing but a diaper during his check in and as we wait for the doctor I normally hold him, but that was not on his agenda today. Instead he walked around the little room, explored every cabinet and drawer, tried to move the exam table by pulling levers, moved the trash can around, and yanked at the paper covering for the exam table. Who knew there was so much to explore in such a tiny room.
All is good and he's developing well except for seasonal allergies and eczema which he now has a prescription for. His weight is in the 25th percentile (which is what he's been trending at), height right above the 50th, and the head has taken a giant leap and is now in the 97th percentile. She's not worried about that because it is easy to get different readings on that when there are different nurses taking measurements. Still a shock on the paper.
At the beginning of the appointment she said how big he's gotten and started to say he looked different, but stopped short. Then at the end, after I said last question about 10 times, she realized his hair is lighter. We discussed for a bit and she said she hasn't had any patients that have changed their hair color at this point, but she did know friends that have gone from dark to blonde. Guess we'll just have to wait and see if it ever darkens up instead of continuing to get lighter and lighter.
Lastly, we're going to be getting rid of the paci. I brought it up for tips to start getting rid of it and she was ready for me to throw them all out now. I know for sure I want to wait til after we go on our trip this summer, but we're ready to start getting rid of it. There was a pediatrician on The Doctors about a month ago who said he was a strong advocate about getting rid of the pacifier until he had a kid and then realized there was some room for when to lose it.
Oh! I was worried that maybe he was behind in his words, but she said that he should only have a couple that he can say and with; uhoh, mama, dada, ball, (and the newest) hi, he is doing amazingly well. She was also impressed he knows where his nose and bellybutton are.
2 shots later we scheduled our next appointment for October.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Time to Change the Play List
The other day I put Jacob down for a nap, started the computer, turned on my play list and started picking up around the house. When Jacob woke up I didn't even think about the music playing while I got him ready and prepared snack.
After a couple minutes I walked into the living room with his snack and saw Jacob dancing all around the room. He was going crazy and having so much fun I didn't think about what was playing.
I enjoyed the show and seeing him so happy but then realized he was dancing to Eminem and every other word was f-this or that.
Guess it's time to make an edited playlist that is a bit more family friendly.
After a couple minutes I walked into the living room with his snack and saw Jacob dancing all around the room. He was going crazy and having so much fun I didn't think about what was playing.
I enjoyed the show and seeing him so happy but then realized he was dancing to Eminem and every other word was f-this or that.
Guess it's time to make an edited playlist that is a bit more family friendly.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Health Museum
This is the summer of activities.
Jacob and I have two events planned each week so we can get out of the house and try new experiences, so far we've seen a puppet show at the library, tried out story time at a park - realized the park was no fun and it was freaking hot so went to the children's museum instead, and mini water park to name a few. Today we ventured to the health museum.
I love taking him to the museum district because of everything there is to do down there, but I'm still not comfortable driving there. Today we went at the end of morning rush hour and dealt with crazies crossing over 3 lanes to reach the exit. Plus there is a traffic circle to deal with that I always seem to end up at the wrong exit for it. By the end of summer I expect to be much more comfortable down there.
A few years ago Michael and I went to the health museum and although it was old and small I thought it would be the perfect, uncrowded and air conditioned place for Jacob to climb around. Wow have they updated. It's now an actual, up-to-date museum with a modern design to it...and not really anywhere for a toddler to climb.
He had fun seeing all the big kids and walking from room to room - or body part to body part.
We even had a friend meet us there with her daughter who is few weeks older than Jacob. While Claire looked at exhibits and gently slid her finger across displays Jacob slammed his hands into them as hard as possible then turned around and ran. Either I just have a crazy kid or that's the difference between girls and boys.
This was the first thing we saw. When you press the black part your body heat makes it change colors.
The cutest little hand prints
Jacob taking revenge on the molars he's been getting in
Jacob and I have two events planned each week so we can get out of the house and try new experiences, so far we've seen a puppet show at the library, tried out story time at a park - realized the park was no fun and it was freaking hot so went to the children's museum instead, and mini water park to name a few. Today we ventured to the health museum.
I love taking him to the museum district because of everything there is to do down there, but I'm still not comfortable driving there. Today we went at the end of morning rush hour and dealt with crazies crossing over 3 lanes to reach the exit. Plus there is a traffic circle to deal with that I always seem to end up at the wrong exit for it. By the end of summer I expect to be much more comfortable down there.
A few years ago Michael and I went to the health museum and although it was old and small I thought it would be the perfect, uncrowded and air conditioned place for Jacob to climb around. Wow have they updated. It's now an actual, up-to-date museum with a modern design to it...and not really anywhere for a toddler to climb.
He had fun seeing all the big kids and walking from room to room - or body part to body part.
We even had a friend meet us there with her daughter who is few weeks older than Jacob. While Claire looked at exhibits and gently slid her finger across displays Jacob slammed his hands into them as hard as possible then turned around and ran. Either I just have a crazy kid or that's the difference between girls and boys.
This was the first thing we saw. When you press the black part your body heat makes it change colors.
The cutest little hand prints
Jacob taking revenge on the molars he's been getting in
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Sweet Kisses
Jacob can be a tantrum filled toddler sometimes, but most people don't see that. Usually he is this sweet little flirt that charms family, friends and even strangers and saves the fits for mama and dada.
Tonight Michael laid by the dining room windows to keep him from banging his head in the window (because he does this for fun since it makes us upset...mainly because we know his hard head could easily burst through the window, but also because we've got to get over this fascination over banging the head), while I was in the living room. Jacob would play with Michael and then run over to me and give me kisses, and run back to the dining room to give kisses. This went on and on for about a half hour with us laughing hysterically about it (and keeping him away from headbutting anything). It was sweet with about 5 kisses per trip, but the first one was always painful because his brakes don't quite work yet so the first one was kind of like a headbutt.
I can't believe my little man is a toddler now. My gosh, my little baby is gone already.
Tonight Michael laid by the dining room windows to keep him from banging his head in the window (because he does this for fun since it makes us upset...mainly because we know his hard head could easily burst through the window, but also because we've got to get over this fascination over banging the head), while I was in the living room. Jacob would play with Michael and then run over to me and give me kisses, and run back to the dining room to give kisses. This went on and on for about a half hour with us laughing hysterically about it (and keeping him away from headbutting anything). It was sweet with about 5 kisses per trip, but the first one was always painful because his brakes don't quite work yet so the first one was kind of like a headbutt.
I can't believe my little man is a toddler now. My gosh, my little baby is gone already.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
What did you say?
The oohs and ahhs are changing into the starts of words.
Jacob can say "dada" and "book," but doesn't quite get what they mean. Dada is said all the time for no apparent reason, but the best is when he says it early in the morning and I can turn to Michael and say, "he's calling for you."
It's fun to see him form new words, but I'm calling his first word to be "uh oh." It wasn't the first one he started forming, but it seems to be the first one he knows how to use. Whenever he drops something or even falls out comes an uh oh.
This morning he started moving his farm animal magnets to the front of the fridge - Michael and I swear that the front of our fridge isn't magnetic, but Jacob made it work - and practiced his word during the process.
Jacob can say "dada" and "book," but doesn't quite get what they mean. Dada is said all the time for no apparent reason, but the best is when he says it early in the morning and I can turn to Michael and say, "he's calling for you."
It's fun to see him form new words, but I'm calling his first word to be "uh oh." It wasn't the first one he started forming, but it seems to be the first one he knows how to use. Whenever he drops something or even falls out comes an uh oh.
This morning he started moving his farm animal magnets to the front of the fridge - Michael and I swear that the front of our fridge isn't magnetic, but Jacob made it work - and practiced his word during the process.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Picky Eater
We love watching Jacob eat. Ever since he started solids Jacob has had a love for food and devoured everything set in front of him.
Starting a few weeks ago he started getting molars in and became a picky little eater only wanting fruit, some veggies and fruit snacks. If it didn't fall in one of those categories it took a lot of pleading and work to get him to try what was on his plate only to watch him spit it right back out.
Finally last night we stopped buying a kid's meal because it was a waste of money to watch him sit there and stare at it. Instead I decided to let him try a little of my shrimp and rice and then once he refused that I was ready to try a Gerber meal to at least get him to eat something. I cut the shrimp into three pieces and was getting ready to cut another one to have ready just in case when I looked over and saw the first one was already gone. The whole meal I was cutting shrimp up and scooping out rice to Jacob's tray. He ate over half my meal.
Our little eater is back and I finally found a meat he loves!
Starting a few weeks ago he started getting molars in and became a picky little eater only wanting fruit, some veggies and fruit snacks. If it didn't fall in one of those categories it took a lot of pleading and work to get him to try what was on his plate only to watch him spit it right back out.
Finally last night we stopped buying a kid's meal because it was a waste of money to watch him sit there and stare at it. Instead I decided to let him try a little of my shrimp and rice and then once he refused that I was ready to try a Gerber meal to at least get him to eat something. I cut the shrimp into three pieces and was getting ready to cut another one to have ready just in case when I looked over and saw the first one was already gone. The whole meal I was cutting shrimp up and scooping out rice to Jacob's tray. He ate over half my meal.
Our little eater is back and I finally found a meat he loves!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Jacob and Scoot are still figuring out their relationship and this is not the best example, but Jacob can hear the camera starting so we have to be careful when catching him on camera. He chases Scoot around the table with his bone until Scoot gets tired of it and starts chasing him.
I'm so happy to see my little guys starting to form their own relationship. I love them both so much
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Kisses
Not even going to apologize for the lapse in posts this time. Life is busy now that Jacob is no longer a baby and just in general. No excuses, it's just what it is and in all honesty I'm too busy enjoying every moment of it to remember to log on. That's not true. I think how great certain moments would be to share on here, but then I get caught up on them and forget.
Anyway...
Jacob's kisses are the nastiest kisses you'll ever get, but also the sweetest at the same time. He doesn't understand the pucker up and kiss concept so all you get is an open mouth attacking your face and he's getting 5 teeth in (crazy!) so all you have is a mouth full of drool coming at you.
It completely grosses me out. I cringe every time I seeing him coming at me for a kiss, but the thing is that he only comes in for a kiss when I ask him and even though I'm cringing about the cold drool about to hit my face I'm still the one asking for it to happen.
There are so many other amazing things going on in the short month since I last updated. Jacob is a walker. Not only a walker, but so independent that when I hold his hand in public places to keep him from traveling to far or knocking down full shelves of products he promptly sits down because he doesn't need the help. He's an independent walker.
He loves daycare. He has a set of friends and runs off whenever he's dropped off. When I pick him up he seems to always be begging them for more food and makes me chase him around. I feel like a bad mom because he doesn't run to go home, but instead makes me run around the room while he shows me all the great things they have to do there.
Jacob is a neat freak. No clue where he got it from. His daddy like things nice and neat, but I won't even attempt to say he got it from me. His favorite thing is to place items inside other items. We have cloth boxes for his toys and if there are too many toys out he'll start throwing them in there. We just got him a pot with little plastic foods and a spoon to stir them all around. Jacob likes putting them all in the pot, stuffing the spoon in there too and then closing the lid. There's no other playing, just cleaning up the mess mom and dad made by spreading the food out for him to see.
He eats like me. Jacob is a sometime vegetarian. Meat is ok every now and then, but veggies and carbs are amazing all the time. At one year I was excited to give him scrambled eggs, but he's not a big fan. Because he eats like me I'm tempted to put hot sauce on them and see if he goes after it (don't worry, I'm not about to).
I can't explain how I like showing off my little man. He's such an amazing person in every way and becoming less of a baby every day is a miracle to watch and brings so many smiles.
So now that I'm somewhat caught up with a sappy post I'm going to try to start keeping up with this again. As much as I love the people that look forward to post, my real reason is because I'm too disorganized for a baby book and hope that this will help fill in the gaps.
Anyway...
Jacob's kisses are the nastiest kisses you'll ever get, but also the sweetest at the same time. He doesn't understand the pucker up and kiss concept so all you get is an open mouth attacking your face and he's getting 5 teeth in (crazy!) so all you have is a mouth full of drool coming at you.
It completely grosses me out. I cringe every time I seeing him coming at me for a kiss, but the thing is that he only comes in for a kiss when I ask him and even though I'm cringing about the cold drool about to hit my face I'm still the one asking for it to happen.
There are so many other amazing things going on in the short month since I last updated. Jacob is a walker. Not only a walker, but so independent that when I hold his hand in public places to keep him from traveling to far or knocking down full shelves of products he promptly sits down because he doesn't need the help. He's an independent walker.
He loves daycare. He has a set of friends and runs off whenever he's dropped off. When I pick him up he seems to always be begging them for more food and makes me chase him around. I feel like a bad mom because he doesn't run to go home, but instead makes me run around the room while he shows me all the great things they have to do there.
Jacob is a neat freak. No clue where he got it from. His daddy like things nice and neat, but I won't even attempt to say he got it from me. His favorite thing is to place items inside other items. We have cloth boxes for his toys and if there are too many toys out he'll start throwing them in there. We just got him a pot with little plastic foods and a spoon to stir them all around. Jacob likes putting them all in the pot, stuffing the spoon in there too and then closing the lid. There's no other playing, just cleaning up the mess mom and dad made by spreading the food out for him to see.
He eats like me. Jacob is a sometime vegetarian. Meat is ok every now and then, but veggies and carbs are amazing all the time. At one year I was excited to give him scrambled eggs, but he's not a big fan. Because he eats like me I'm tempted to put hot sauce on them and see if he goes after it (don't worry, I'm not about to).
I can't explain how I like showing off my little man. He's such an amazing person in every way and becoming less of a baby every day is a miracle to watch and brings so many smiles.
So now that I'm somewhat caught up with a sappy post I'm going to try to start keeping up with this again. As much as I love the people that look forward to post, my real reason is because I'm too disorganized for a baby book and hope that this will help fill in the gaps.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Loving the Easter Bunny
Today Jacob got all dressed up to meet the Easter Bunny. We were hit and miss with his feelings for Santa Claus, so I wasn't sure how we would do with a giant Easter Bunny.
The line was a lot less than we expected with only about three kids in front of us, and the whole time in line Jacob kept reaching out for the bunny. The little girl in front of us was adorable and kept pulling at the bunny's vest buttons and eventually tried to bite his furry bunny finger. Michael instantly had visions of Jacob acting the same way.
Jacob sat down on the bunny's lap and simply stared up at him and then watched all the people walking by. The photographer took three pictures, but he looked so serious in all of them since he was busy watching people instead of posing. Most of the children only got three pictures to choose from, but she wanted to try again for a smile...of course because Jacob is just so freaking adorable.
We got two more pictures done and we're so happy with the results we told her to stop. On the first one he got a giant smile and reached out which is so typically him and the next he just gave a cheesy smile. The second was cute and normal, but even though he had one eye closed on the first picture we loved how unique it was.
Pictures coming soon!
The line was a lot less than we expected with only about three kids in front of us, and the whole time in line Jacob kept reaching out for the bunny. The little girl in front of us was adorable and kept pulling at the bunny's vest buttons and eventually tried to bite his furry bunny finger. Michael instantly had visions of Jacob acting the same way.
Jacob sat down on the bunny's lap and simply stared up at him and then watched all the people walking by. The photographer took three pictures, but he looked so serious in all of them since he was busy watching people instead of posing. Most of the children only got three pictures to choose from, but she wanted to try again for a smile...of course because Jacob is just so freaking adorable.
We got two more pictures done and we're so happy with the results we told her to stop. On the first one he got a giant smile and reached out which is so typically him and the next he just gave a cheesy smile. The second was cute and normal, but even though he had one eye closed on the first picture we loved how unique it was.
Pictures coming soon!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Not Quite Ready
Jacob and I have a play date at Chuck E. Cheese on Wednesday, so we went as a family today to see how much fun he'd have.
First we researched it online and saw they have a toddler area, and I was excited that it would be a place he could play, not just an arcade area.
Too bad our Chuck E. Cheese decided not to put in all the extras, because it is basically the same as the Mountasia across the parking lot with only arcade games. Not only that, but their smallest package for tokens is $10 which gives you 40 tokens and each game is one token. After a ride in two different cars and a couple trips around the carousel we had 36 tokens left and were out of activities for Jacob.
I think we'll still go back on Wednesday so he can watch the mouse show there, but we'll have a supply of coins for quite some time.
Instead of calling it a day we headed to the mall playground. At first Jacob just stood and watched all the kids running around with such thought that we weren't sure if he would just take off and start chasing them. Instead he crawled around and played with all the equipment there and talked to the kids. It's great watching him interact with all the kids he meets now.
First we researched it online and saw they have a toddler area, and I was excited that it would be a place he could play, not just an arcade area.
Too bad our Chuck E. Cheese decided not to put in all the extras, because it is basically the same as the Mountasia across the parking lot with only arcade games. Not only that, but their smallest package for tokens is $10 which gives you 40 tokens and each game is one token. After a ride in two different cars and a couple trips around the carousel we had 36 tokens left and were out of activities for Jacob.
I think we'll still go back on Wednesday so he can watch the mouse show there, but we'll have a supply of coins for quite some time.
Instead of calling it a day we headed to the mall playground. At first Jacob just stood and watched all the kids running around with such thought that we weren't sure if he would just take off and start chasing them. Instead he crawled around and played with all the equipment there and talked to the kids. It's great watching him interact with all the kids he meets now.
Return to the Scene
Of course my only free day to stay home with Jacob this past week was Thursday, the day that Ana comes to clean the house. Instead of waking up at 8 and both Jacob and I staying in our pj's until after lunch, we had to be up and out the door by 8:30 and stay out until noon. I just feel weird in the house with someone cleaning, and I don't want Jacob, Scoot, or I to get in her way.
We had a great morning planned. Jacob and I were headed to Denny's for breakfast, then an indoor playground area that my play group goes to. We haven't gone with the play group yet, but I thought this would be a good time to test it out and see if Jacob was big enough to enjoy.
Breakfast was great! Jacob had all the tables around us wrapped around his finger; to the point that he threw a crayon down and the man from the table behind us got up to return the crayon to Jacob. Here I was just going to leave it on the ground, but Jacob had already trained people from other tables to pick up his stuff for him.
After Jacob scarfed down his Jr. Grand Slam we headed to Jumpin' Jaks to play for a few hours, but when we pulled up they were still closed even though they were supposed to open 20 minutes ago.
The weather was cloudy and not too hot so we moved on to the park. The same park I split my knee open at a few months ago.
When we got close I texted Michael to have his phone close since we were going to try Meyer Park again, but there were no worries, it ended up being a perfect day.
Jacob made friends on the playground as he took over the tubes you climb through. Learned that he loves going down slides and it is almost just as much fun to try and climb up them too. Then of course there is nothing better than the swing.
After the swings I was taking Jacob back to the car when I realized we lost a shoe. As we went back to the swings to find it Jacob kept reaching for the now packed playground. Since he was ready to keep going we went out towards the picnic area and played in the grass instead of heading straight to the car. This was the best part of the park because Jacob decided he didn't want to sit and play. Instead while holding my hand he walked from the very back of the park all the way to the car. It was a slow trek, but he loved every second of it.
We had a great morning planned. Jacob and I were headed to Denny's for breakfast, then an indoor playground area that my play group goes to. We haven't gone with the play group yet, but I thought this would be a good time to test it out and see if Jacob was big enough to enjoy.
Breakfast was great! Jacob had all the tables around us wrapped around his finger; to the point that he threw a crayon down and the man from the table behind us got up to return the crayon to Jacob. Here I was just going to leave it on the ground, but Jacob had already trained people from other tables to pick up his stuff for him.
After Jacob scarfed down his Jr. Grand Slam we headed to Jumpin' Jaks to play for a few hours, but when we pulled up they were still closed even though they were supposed to open 20 minutes ago.
The weather was cloudy and not too hot so we moved on to the park. The same park I split my knee open at a few months ago.
When we got close I texted Michael to have his phone close since we were going to try Meyer Park again, but there were no worries, it ended up being a perfect day.
Jacob made friends on the playground as he took over the tubes you climb through. Learned that he loves going down slides and it is almost just as much fun to try and climb up them too. Then of course there is nothing better than the swing.
After the swings I was taking Jacob back to the car when I realized we lost a shoe. As we went back to the swings to find it Jacob kept reaching for the now packed playground. Since he was ready to keep going we went out towards the picnic area and played in the grass instead of heading straight to the car. This was the best part of the park because Jacob decided he didn't want to sit and play. Instead while holding my hand he walked from the very back of the park all the way to the car. It was a slow trek, but he loved every second of it.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Kissy Face
We've been working on getting Jacob to do kisses, and every now and then he'll do it in front of the mirror, but it isn't a common thing yet...at all.
We have realized though that if you make a kissy face he'll move his face toward you. Tonight was the extreme of it. For about 30 minutes if Michael or I made the face he would climb up to get his lips to our lips, even if he was across the room.
It is the absolute sweetest thing.
The funniest though is at one point I made the face and he rushed over, pushed his face towards mine - mouth open, and tilted his head as if he was going for a serious kiss.
Love the new trick!
We have realized though that if you make a kissy face he'll move his face toward you. Tonight was the extreme of it. For about 30 minutes if Michael or I made the face he would climb up to get his lips to our lips, even if he was across the room.
It is the absolute sweetest thing.
The funniest though is at one point I made the face and he rushed over, pushed his face towards mine - mouth open, and tilted his head as if he was going for a serious kiss.
Love the new trick!
First Birthday Party
Not Jacob's first birthday, but his first time going to a first birthday party.
We had a great time and stayed an hour past Jacob's bed time, which didn't seem to bother him at all. He would have stayed playing as long as possible.
They had a great tent set up with a water/sand table, inflatable pool filled with balls, and some other kid toys. The pool with balls was definitely the favorite and perfect because he was able to play and yet was contained to an area so I didn't have to chase after him continuously.
We had a great time and stayed an hour past Jacob's bed time, which didn't seem to bother him at all. He would have stayed playing as long as possible.
They had a great tent set up with a water/sand table, inflatable pool filled with balls, and some other kid toys. The pool with balls was definitely the favorite and perfect because he was able to play and yet was contained to an area so I didn't have to chase after him continuously.
Pure Joy
On Friday night we went to dinner with Mamoo, Papoo, Great Grandma Mimi and a couple friends. Jacob was devouring his quesadillas when one of our friends asked me if he had been crying. I immediately said no because he hadn't frowned or made a sad sound the entire time.
Then I took at his face and saw one lone tear falling down his cheek. The only explanation I could think of is that my child loves to eat so much that he cries for joy when he has a good meal.
Then I took at his face and saw one lone tear falling down his cheek. The only explanation I could think of is that my child loves to eat so much that he cries for joy when he has a good meal.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sleeping In
We've been working on getting Jacob to sleep in later - mainly because sleeping past 6:30 on the weekend was starting to feel like a dream.
We started by making him sleep in as late as possible on week days when we had to take him to day care. Instead of getting him up early and letting him play while we got ready, we kept him in his crib until about 10 minutes before we left. He quickly got used to this and had no problem sleeping in a little later.
Then on weekends and days I was home we let him stay in his crib until he woke up just chatting. If he woke up to cry for a second or two we'd let him put himself back to sleep. This made a great change in both his morning attitude and need for naps.
Anyway...all of that leads to the fact that this morning I had work extremely hard to wake Mr. Man up for breakfast at 8:00 AM, and it was amazing!
We started by making him sleep in as late as possible on week days when we had to take him to day care. Instead of getting him up early and letting him play while we got ready, we kept him in his crib until about 10 minutes before we left. He quickly got used to this and had no problem sleeping in a little later.
Then on weekends and days I was home we let him stay in his crib until he woke up just chatting. If he woke up to cry for a second or two we'd let him put himself back to sleep. This made a great change in both his morning attitude and need for naps.
Anyway...all of that leads to the fact that this morning I had work extremely hard to wake Mr. Man up for breakfast at 8:00 AM, and it was amazing!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Catching Up
Jacob has been keeping us extremely busy these past few weeks; his personality is coming out more and more each day and his mobility is getting faster and faster at the same time. Now that my excuse for not updating for a while is out there, on to the new stuff!
We are now just a couple weeks away from Jacob's first birthday. I say that a lot, mainly because I still can't believe that our little baby will be a year old soon. When people ask his age we'll no longer be answering in half month increments, instead it will be just over a year for a few months.
The party is planned, invitations went out this morning and Michael and I are both getting excited about the party. Mostly because it's Jacob's party, but also because it is the first party we've thrown in over a year.
Jacob is so close to walking, but he doesn't seem to have much care about it. We try to show him how, but he forces himself to a sitting position before we get very far. All of a sudden about two days ago he started trying to take one step away from whatever he's holding on to every once in a while, but no success yet. It will come.
We also went to his first parade this past weekend for St. Patrick's Day. We had to get there early for a spot, so by the time the parade started he was exhausted and angry at the parade for causing such a ruckus. This attitude lasted until an ambulance float went by throwing out green stress balls, which is apparently the best thing on Earth. He wouldn't let go of the silly balls, even when he finally did fall asleep.
Below are some pictures from the parade and all of his new silliness.
We are now just a couple weeks away from Jacob's first birthday. I say that a lot, mainly because I still can't believe that our little baby will be a year old soon. When people ask his age we'll no longer be answering in half month increments, instead it will be just over a year for a few months.
The party is planned, invitations went out this morning and Michael and I are both getting excited about the party. Mostly because it's Jacob's party, but also because it is the first party we've thrown in over a year.
Jacob is so close to walking, but he doesn't seem to have much care about it. We try to show him how, but he forces himself to a sitting position before we get very far. All of a sudden about two days ago he started trying to take one step away from whatever he's holding on to every once in a while, but no success yet. It will come.
We also went to his first parade this past weekend for St. Patrick's Day. We had to get there early for a spot, so by the time the parade started he was exhausted and angry at the parade for causing such a ruckus. This attitude lasted until an ambulance float went by throwing out green stress balls, which is apparently the best thing on Earth. He wouldn't let go of the silly balls, even when he finally did fall asleep.
Below are some pictures from the parade and all of his new silliness.
Driving his fire truck around the living room
Bubbles in the back yard
Filling up for the parade...or just because he loves food
Not sure what the whole fuss about the parade is about
Now there's some fun to it
Peek-a-Boo