When Charlie, my step-dad, came to stay with us for a month after Jacob came it was the best possible present anyone could ask for. I was up every couple hours with Jacob and at 7AM when I heard Charlie walking down the hall past our room I'd quickly gather our tiny baby and pass him off so I could get a little rest. We knew it was a gift during it, but now when we look back it we realize it was a HUGE gift.
The other part of this amazing help included home cooked dinners. Every day I'd be asked what I wanted and that night we had it for dinner. We went through all of my favorites from when I was growing up, including Chinese Chicken (which is now one of Michael's favorites too).
At night we'd go plop into bed and joke about how we've never done so many dishes. We were doing a load of dishes every night. This was a giant change to our normal routine of running the dishwasher once, maybe twice a week.
Now that Jacob eats the same thing we eat for dinner I really cook now. No more opening a can of something and heating it up. I use several skillets, pots, pans, food processor (to puree veggies to hide in food), a million utensils, pretty much anything we have in the kitchen I'm suddenly using for one meal. Our meals our healthier, but that dishwasher is running on a daily basis.
Last night as we finished the dishes and got ready to play for a bit before bedtime we reminisced on the amazing house guest we had. It's funny how such a boring chore can make you think of happy things.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Playgrounds
This past weekend was full of playgrounds. We invaded a neighborhood splash pad (which I felt kind of bad about with the complete lack of moisture in the area, but they still had it running), and later that day we went to our normal park mid-afternoon because of my mistake with the gym child care program's times and the equipment was way too hot to play on. On Sunday we kept the trend going and while Michael was tailgating Jacob and I met a couple grandparents at a county park before the sun got too hot. Later in the afternoon we went to watch the game at a friend's house with a few other kids and went to the neighborhood park after the game.
I can't wait for the weather to cool down a bit because he loves climbing around the equipment and knows how to go down the slide all by himself. He's getting so big. I love watching him explore at the park.
Getting used to the playground - hairstyle thanks to sunscreen
My little monkey climbing up the slide...with a helping hand
Water break
Shady spot to cool down and hide
The most handsome little man
Playing with his bowl after snack time in the pavillion
My gosh it's crazy to see how big he's gotten and all the personality that has come from that sleepy little baby we met just over a year ago.
I can't wait for the weather to cool down a bit because he loves climbing around the equipment and knows how to go down the slide all by himself. He's getting so big. I love watching him explore at the park.
Getting used to the playground - hairstyle thanks to sunscreen
My little monkey climbing up the slide...with a helping hand
Water break
Shady spot to cool down and hide
The most handsome little man
Playing with his bowl after snack time in the pavillion
My gosh it's crazy to see how big he's gotten and all the personality that has come from that sleepy little baby we met just over a year ago.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Classic Rock
His personality comes out every day, bu one thing is for sure...our little man loves to rock.
He does ok with the Top 40 stuff, but put on some classic rock and he can't sit still. His head starts to sway and then bounce with the beat. Then he drops whatever he's doing to get up, twirl, and do squats - his favorite dance moves.
My little boy loves to rock.
He does ok with the Top 40 stuff, but put on some classic rock and he can't sit still. His head starts to sway and then bounce with the beat. Then he drops whatever he's doing to get up, twirl, and do squats - his favorite dance moves.
My little boy loves to rock.
Wild Boy
This morning we made a last minute decision to go to the zoo. It's actually below 100 today and there was a great breeze and a cloudy sky, so we knew we had to do something outdoors with our crazy child.
He has a need to run and climb and cause trouble, which is just too much to deal with in the house.
As Jacob finished breakfast I packed our lunches, and soon we were ready to see the animals. He still doesn't really care for the animals, except for the Meerkats since they tackle each other and play, but he does enjoy riding in his wagon and watching the humans.
We skipped the birds, hoofed animals, and monkeys in hopes that the cooler weather had gotten the bears and cats to decide to play. No luck with the tigers and lions (which have been laying in the same spot every time we've gone this summer, so I'd like some proof they're alive), but the Andean Bear was rolling around and itching, and the smaller cats jumped around.
It felt like we circled around a million times, but we finally made it to the part Jacob knows means fun - the African Exhibit. It's the newest exhibit at the zoo and doesn't really host too much, but it's on the way to the children's section, and has a soft walk area with 3 Pygmy Huts for the kids to play in. That's seriously all it is and Jacob could spend hours there. When he first gets there he picks out a hut and stands in it watching everything while he gets comfortable with the situation, then he runs from hut to hut with a crazy scream while racing between them. In the large hut there were three older kids who I guess were pretending to be some sort of attack animal and they growled at Jacob, but he really couldn't care less.
He cried when we took him away.
Our next stop was his first ride in he carousel. As we stood in line I decide the Baboon would be the best one for us to ride. There were cuter animals, but he was on the outer edge and Michael wanted to video us as we came around. Waiting for everyone to get on was ok, and Jacob like sitting on the back of his monkey, but then we started to move and he wasn't sure what to think. On the back side of the carousel it was nice, but once you it the front half the wind was blowing like crazy and a new ride, plus the wind blowing through his hair was too much. By the end of our 4 times around the kid in front of us was off his ride and crying, Jacob was off the monkey and in my arms, and the kid behind us wailing.
Finally we made it to the playground for, in Jacob's opinion, the whole reason you go to the zoo. It was crowded, but he didn't care and still did his laps through all the equipment, up and down the stairs and several trips down the slide. Luckily we were able to woo him away from the playground with the promise of lunch. We found an isolated bench near the mini lake and had our sandwiches, then he was ready to go again, but getting cranky.
As we left the zoo we decided to let him get a little more energy out by running around the park, and feeding the ducks. By the time we got in the car he was out.
I let Michael drive home since he drives faster and we'd have more of nap time at home instead of in the car. Good idea in theory.
For two hours Jacob sat in his crib and talked while all mommy and daddy wanted to do was nap. Guess 30 minutes of nap is all that a wild boy needs.
He has a need to run and climb and cause trouble, which is just too much to deal with in the house.
As Jacob finished breakfast I packed our lunches, and soon we were ready to see the animals. He still doesn't really care for the animals, except for the Meerkats since they tackle each other and play, but he does enjoy riding in his wagon and watching the humans.
We skipped the birds, hoofed animals, and monkeys in hopes that the cooler weather had gotten the bears and cats to decide to play. No luck with the tigers and lions (which have been laying in the same spot every time we've gone this summer, so I'd like some proof they're alive), but the Andean Bear was rolling around and itching, and the smaller cats jumped around.
It felt like we circled around a million times, but we finally made it to the part Jacob knows means fun - the African Exhibit. It's the newest exhibit at the zoo and doesn't really host too much, but it's on the way to the children's section, and has a soft walk area with 3 Pygmy Huts for the kids to play in. That's seriously all it is and Jacob could spend hours there. When he first gets there he picks out a hut and stands in it watching everything while he gets comfortable with the situation, then he runs from hut to hut with a crazy scream while racing between them. In the large hut there were three older kids who I guess were pretending to be some sort of attack animal and they growled at Jacob, but he really couldn't care less.
He cried when we took him away.
Our next stop was his first ride in he carousel. As we stood in line I decide the Baboon would be the best one for us to ride. There were cuter animals, but he was on the outer edge and Michael wanted to video us as we came around. Waiting for everyone to get on was ok, and Jacob like sitting on the back of his monkey, but then we started to move and he wasn't sure what to think. On the back side of the carousel it was nice, but once you it the front half the wind was blowing like crazy and a new ride, plus the wind blowing through his hair was too much. By the end of our 4 times around the kid in front of us was off his ride and crying, Jacob was off the monkey and in my arms, and the kid behind us wailing.
Finally we made it to the playground for, in Jacob's opinion, the whole reason you go to the zoo. It was crowded, but he didn't care and still did his laps through all the equipment, up and down the stairs and several trips down the slide. Luckily we were able to woo him away from the playground with the promise of lunch. We found an isolated bench near the mini lake and had our sandwiches, then he was ready to go again, but getting cranky.
As we left the zoo we decided to let him get a little more energy out by running around the park, and feeding the ducks. By the time we got in the car he was out.
I let Michael drive home since he drives faster and we'd have more of nap time at home instead of in the car. Good idea in theory.
For two hours Jacob sat in his crib and talked while all mommy and daddy wanted to do was nap. Guess 30 minutes of nap is all that a wild boy needs.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
My Buddy and Me
Poor Scoot doesn't quite get the attention he used to. Instead of running laps around the house all the time with him he now has to leap over and dodge Jacob's toys and listen to us yell gentle as Jacob tries to run with him. He can't lay on the couch and rest anymore since Jacob can easily climb up there to lay on him and grab at his paws. This game always emits giggles and growls.
Poor Scoot simply can't catch a break and we like to think he walks around muttering, "stupid kid, stupid kid, stupid kid" throughout the day.
The one way Scoot does benefit however is in no way small. Scoot now has a constant supply to human food. The pup who never begged, is now one of the worst beggars I have ever seen. He's smart about begging at dinner and lays under the high chair with just a bit of his butt sticking out since not only does Jacob toss down food, but he also throws down his sippy cup with force.
We do our best to assure Scoot that Jacob is simply in his puppy phase and will soon be his best friend. I'm not sure he believe is and still spends most the morning staring Jacob down and muttering.
Poor Scoot simply can't catch a break and we like to think he walks around muttering, "stupid kid, stupid kid, stupid kid" throughout the day.
The one way Scoot does benefit however is in no way small. Scoot now has a constant supply to human food. The pup who never begged, is now one of the worst beggars I have ever seen. He's smart about begging at dinner and lays under the high chair with just a bit of his butt sticking out since not only does Jacob toss down food, but he also throws down his sippy cup with force.
We do our best to assure Scoot that Jacob is simply in his puppy phase and will soon be his best friend. I'm not sure he believe is and still spends most the morning staring Jacob down and muttering.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Oh ....
Yesterday morning I was changing Jacob and we were both happily getting ready for breakfast. He sang me songs and giggled while I got his clothes out and when we were all done I put him down to walk to the kitchen. He stumbled a bit, tossed the toy in his hand and as normal said, "uh oh" followed by a new one to my ears, it sounded a lot like, "oh shit." I didn't respond. It took me a couple minutes to decide if I heard him wrong or not, and I let it pass.
Then as I got him set up in his high chair he said it again, for no reason at all. This time I gave it no reply again since now I was trying to figure out where he got it from. I've cleaned up my mouth, but still have a slip up here and there so I thought back to anything I may have said recently. Then I decided that even though I slip, this wasn't my fault since that is not one of the words I say.
Now that I knew it wasn't my fault, and that I was hearing him correctly, I was ready for the many times he repeated it throughout the morning. I tried following every time he said it with, "ok" in hopes that would start saying that instead. He didn't get the point, but he did stop saying it; luckily before I took him to the YMCA where I would be an embarrassed parent.
Tonight he started it again. We're saying, "awesome" after each time and it seems to be working, sometimes it still sounds wrong and we snicker, but other times he just sounds like a kid of the 90's, maybe we'll teach him, "Sup Dawg" next.
Then as I got him set up in his high chair he said it again, for no reason at all. This time I gave it no reply again since now I was trying to figure out where he got it from. I've cleaned up my mouth, but still have a slip up here and there so I thought back to anything I may have said recently. Then I decided that even though I slip, this wasn't my fault since that is not one of the words I say.
Now that I knew it wasn't my fault, and that I was hearing him correctly, I was ready for the many times he repeated it throughout the morning. I tried following every time he said it with, "ok" in hopes that would start saying that instead. He didn't get the point, but he did stop saying it; luckily before I took him to the YMCA where I would be an embarrassed parent.
Tonight he started it again. We're saying, "awesome" after each time and it seems to be working, sometimes it still sounds wrong and we snicker, but other times he just sounds like a kid of the 90's, maybe we'll teach him, "Sup Dawg" next.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Lots of Love
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."
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."
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.