A fun morning

This morning Jacob had all of his friends from Stroller Strides over for a fun morning of playing with water toys in the backyard.  The mommies also had a small baby shower for our instructor's Kelly, who is expecting boy #2 in October.  The kids played in the backyard in a small pool and with the Elmo sprinkler and others played inside with all of Jacob's toys.  I think everyone had a great time!

After a long 3 hour nap, Jacob woke up and had a snack and some more prune juice on his new "Cars" table.  He looked so cute sitting on his little chair eating his snack.  He's been constipated for a few days.  Then all of a sudden he looks at me points to his diaper and says "poo-poo"  Oh my goodness, is this the first sign that he is closer to becoming potty trained.  I smelled his little booty (which is what I usually do when I think he's done his thing) and wouldn't you know it, he had poo-poo.  He still kinda ran away from me when I tried to get him to change his diaper, but once I caught him, he was okay with me changing the diaper.  This is the first poo-poo in a long time that he didn't scream about having.  Like I said, he's been constipated and I don't think his poo-poo felt too good coming out.  I think the prune juice is starting to work it's magic.  Luckily, he's been drinking it with no sour face.  I don't know how he drinks the stuff...I dilute it for him, but still...prune juice...YUCK!  So I think I may start sitting him on the potty without his diaper just to see what happens.  Wish us luck!

We are off to our last Concerts in the Park for this summer.  We've had such a great time at each concert.  I don't know what we're going to do next Wednesday night...oh yah, we'll be in YOSEMITE!!!! woo-hoo!!!!

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 5:47 PM - Categories: About Jake

Good Food Day

Jacob had fish for the first time tonight for dinner.  I've tried a couple of times to give him fish, but he just shook his head and said no.  Not tonight though!  He saw his daddy squeeze some lemon (which he loves) on the orange roughy and Jacob took a big bite and then dove in for some more.  Again, he had a good dinner and lunch in his big boy chair.  Breakfast, I'm afraid is a different story.  I tried giving him some Elmo Oatmeal (just packages of instant oatmeal advertised by Elmo himself).  Well, he took one look at it and shook his head and said no.  So then I was a bad mommy and tricked him by pretending to give him yogurt.  He took in the spoonful of oatmeal and literally gagged.  Luckily, nothing came up and he swallowed the oatmeal, but he gave me a dirty look after that.  I felt so bad so I gave him a cup of yogurt and called it a breakfast (along with some nectarine and some cheerios).

This afternoon when he woke up from his nap we were piddling around the kitchen and he saw the fruit basket and asked for an apple, which for him means any fruit.  So I picked up a plum and asked if he wanted that (he's been a little constipated, so I thought I would start by giving him a plum), but he didn't want that, then I went to a nectarine, again no.  When I picked up the apple he grabbed it from my hands and took a bite out of it.  He proceeded to eat almost the entire apple all by himself without me cutting it up for him.  He was eating the apple like a big boy.  I couldn't believe it.  He was walking around the house eating his apple.  Amazing, I tell you!

We got him a little kid activity table with Disney's Cars on it.  Bill and I put it together this evening and he sat at it and colored for a little while and then it became a racing table for his trains to race on.  He is such a boy.  What was I thinking to think that he would actually sit down at the little table and do a quiet activity?  Nope, instead the table has become a train track, race track and whatever other track he decides it's going to be.  Oh well, I'm sure we'll get good use out of it.  Maybe it will be a good snack time table too :)

So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 7:56 PM - Categories: About Jake

Sitting with the Big "Kids"

For the last few weeks Jacob has not been wanting to eat. When I put him in his high chair for a meal he would cry and throw his food off the tray (yeah, lots of fun).  At dinner time, he would cry and reach his hands out to his daddy.  So Bill would get him out of the high chair and let him sit on his lap to eat dinner.  Last week I went out and got him a booster chair.  His first dinner in the booster seat sitting at the dinner table went great!  He ate all his food (well most of it anyway) and only got out of the seat one time to go play music on his toy and then he came right back, sat in the chair and continued on with his meal.  Ever meal since then has been great in the big boy chair :)  He's even coming running from playing with his train to eat because he can sit at the table.  All I've said is "come have lunch in your big boy chair" and he dropped his train and came running over to the table!  AMAZING!!! 

At restaurants he's pretty much done with the high chair too.  for the last couple of months whenever we went out and tried to put him in the high chair he screamed and we either left the restaurant or put him in the booth with us.  He does fine in the booths.  We haven't tried a chair yet, but in the booth, yes he will stand, but he's good about not bothering anyone and eats most of his meal.  This past weekend we attempted CPK adn he did GREAT!  He even sat in their booster chair for a little bit while he ate his pizza. 

So, I think it's time to put away the high chair since he's doing so well in the booster seat!  I keep forgetting to take a picture of him in his booster seat.  Hopefully I'll get a picture in the next few days!

 So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:14 PM - Categories: About Jake

Lots of catching up

We have lots of catching up to do...so here we go.

Jacob's canine teeth finally broke through so he's been having some good night sleep for the last week or so.  Mommy and daddy are very happy about that.  He's also been working hard at learning his alphabet...but it seems as though all the letters are either "S", "X", "B", or "E" as no matter what letter he is holding up, he says one of those letters.  He loves playing with his "sticky" letters in the tub and the other day he got a toy that goes on the dishwasher that says all the letters...he LOVES his new toy.  He's also working on learning his numbers.  He's got "2" down now.  When I start to count something for him I'll say "one" and then he says "two" and that's the extent of his counting...but he's working on it.  He now has somewhere between 30 and 35 words in his vocabulary not counting his numbers and letters.  I can hardly wait until he's talking...he seems to get so frustrated when he wants something but can't express himself.

We think he is done sitting in his high chair.  he doesn't want to get in it and when he does he doesn't eat and cries until one of us takes him out and puts him on our lap.  So we got him a booster seat so that he could sit with us at the table in a "big boy" chair.  Amazingly, it's working so far.  He loves sitting at the table and eating off of his placemat with Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster.  He's eaten every meal we've given him from his big boy chair.  In fact one afternoon he was playing with his choo-choo and I called him over to eat lunch.  Of course he ignored me (as usual) but then I told him he was going to eat while sitting on the big boy chair and he dropped his train and came running over and ate all his lunch.  I couldn't believe it.

Jacob has really been enjoying these summer months.  Every Wednesday evening we go to the Concerts in the Park sponsored by our city.  He loves to hang out, run around with and dance with his friends Christian, Malaya and Brixie Lee.  They are so cute together.  As the weeks have gone on, the kids get more and more daring and are venturign out farther and farther from our blankets.  We all have our eyes on them, but they are thinking they are getting away with something.  Jacob has also gone to Disneyland a lot, usually in the evenings and likes to stay up as long as he can to take it all in.  Last week Daddy and Jacob went with Malaya and Christian and their daddy's to Disneyland...it was Daddys night out with the kids.  They had a GREAT time and I think Bill enjoyed being on his own with Jacob at the park without me nagging him :)  The other night we went to California Adventure to watch the Disneyland Electrical Parade.  I loved that parade as a child and was so excited for Jacob to see it.  He LOVED it.  He and I sat on the floor (then daddy joined us after the parade started) and one of the snails came up to Jacob and had a little chat.  Jacob was a little scared because I felt his little hand reach for my arms and grip tight!  But overall he really enjoyed the parade and was pointing and babbling about all the floats!  It was so much fun for me to watch him enjoy the parade.  I can still remember being a kid and watching that parade after a long day at Disneyland...that was one of the highlights of my childhood memories.  Jacob has also really enjoyed his Little Gym classes.  He goes once a week.  His favorite parts are the free play time when he can run around and play on all the equipment, the bubbles, the balls and the stamp at the end.  When his teacher, Miss Melissa, asks who wants a stamp, Jacob's eye's light up and he is usually the first one at the door waiting to get out to get the stamp on both hands, both feet and one on his belly!  He LOVES those stamps and shows them off to anyone who will look for the rest of the day.  He's also still enjoying his mornings at the park with his Stroller Stride buddies.  He's gotten in trouble a few times this summer and had to leave the park early for hitting his friends, but we are working on that.  Again, back to the lack of communication, that is the only way he knows how to tell his friends that they can't have the toy he's playing with.  I really hope he doesn't turn out to be the bully of the playground..that would NOT be good. A few times this summer his friend Christian came over to play in the sprinklers outside.  We have an Elmo water toy that the boys love.  They especially loved when I got the hose and sprayed them.  They also enjoyed eating their orange juice and cranberry juice popsicle...which Jacob also called "kycle" 

Jacob had the 2nd haircut of the summer on Thursday.  Again he screamed in the chair.  The hairstylist gave him a lollipop (a dum dum).  It was the first lollipop he's ever had and he was amused by it for a few licks, but then he remembered that he was strapped down in the car/chair and having his hair cut and he started screaming again. He was so happy when it was all over with so we let him play with the train set they have there for a little while. 

His motor skills continue to improve.  He can pretty much walk up and down stairs by himself now.  I do however hold his hand almost every time.  At the park he is up and down the stairs at the park by himself, but at home and on the jungle gym, mommy always holds his hand.  He thinks he's a big boy sometimes and doesn't want to hold my hand, but I always win on that one.  He loves riding on his motorcycle tricycle.  He's gotten pretty good at steering it around the house.  He'll go from the family room to the kitchen, around the island and back to the family room with no problems.  There are a few times when he tries driving into the bathroom and gets stuck.  Then I hear some loud crying and it's mommy to the rescue to help him steer himself out of it.  I am trying to teach him the three point turn, but he just wants out of the bathroom as quick as he can so he can continue riding. 

I know there is lots more to catch up on, but I can't think of it right now...so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:01 PM - Categories: About Jake

What is Jake saying these days...? Hmmm...?

Hi everyone.  This is Bill posting today.  It's been a while because I've been very busy with other things.   So I'm now back in action!

What can I say?  The title of this blog entry says it all really.   Jake is talking so much.  He's babbling still and is having full-blown baby talk with mommy and daddy.  Many times, I must admit, I don't understand him and I'm sure this doesn't come to anyone's surprise.   Jake is also saying a lot of words that I can finally understand.  So..., today's blog entry is dedicated to Jake's success in being able to say about 30 words.  There are actually many more but I can't think of them right now.  Good job buddy!  Mommy and daddy love you!

Check them out: 

• ball
• baseball
• basketball
• belly button
• bubble
• byebye
• car
• cheese
• choo choo
• cookie
• dada - Jacob's first word, of course ;)
• duck
• dumbo
• Elmo
• football
• mama
• motorcycle (cycle)
• no
• oh no
• papa
• please
• thank you
• trash truck
• uh oh
• water
• where is it?

0 comments - Posted by Bill Roberts at 9:30 AM - Categories: About Jake | About Bill

Doing a little better this week

So Jacob's top two teeth are now mostly in.  He's been sleeping much better at night which is wonderful.  He's even eating a little more than he was last week.  he managed to down some chicken and rice last night which was so nice.  Saturday at a birthday party, the only thing he would eat was cake and ice cream (he's acting like me now!).  Along with his teething he had a sty on his right eye.  Poor thing, when it rains it pours with him.  It finally came to a head Sunday night and it now going down.  He does not like having the warm wash cloth put on his eye.  It sometimes takes both Bill and I to get the washcloth on his face.  I took him to see Dr. Gladstein yesterday about his eye and he said he's looking fine and to keep doing what we are doing (and good luck at that).  He would not let the doctor look at his eye.  He shaked his head back and forth so fast that the doc had a hard time seeing his eye.  Dr. Gladstein looked at me with sympathy and said Good luck!  He was able to see the wrath of Jacob.

Jacob is definitely catching up on the sleep he lacked last week.  Saturday he took a long nap at Anissa's birthday party.  He doesn't usually sleep for a long time at someone else's house especially when he is napping on a blanket on the floor, but he must have been really tired!  Then yesterday he took a 3 1/2 hour nap!  I must admit it was nice for him to sleep for so long.  I was able to catch a few Z's myself.  Both Bill and I woke up not feeling well on Sunday morning, I think it was mostly exhaustion!

This morning we were at Little Gym and once again he had a GREAT time!  His friend Christian joined him and the two of them were running around everywhere.  After we went to Henry's and we saw some firemen walk in as Jacob started crying.  I told him there was a firetruck outside and that only little boys who don't cry get to see them.  One of the (cute) firemen came by and gave him a Jr. Firefighter sticker and Jacob calmed down.  I put the sticker on him and when we walked outside he saw the firetruck and then pointed to the sticker on his chest.  I was surprised that he was able to make that connection.  He is such a smart boy! 

Yesterday early evening we were all outside as daddy was barbquing some chicken.  Jacob was running around like a mad man in the backyard and I was sitting in my chair, reading a book and drinking some cranberry juice.  Jacob came up to me and said "please" so I let him have a drink of my juice. I didn't think he would like it since it's a little tart, but he loved it.  I put the cup down on the floor and the next thing I knew he picked up the cup and drank from it without spilling any of it!  Gosh, what a big boy!  I was so proud of him and I could tell he was proud of himself.  He kept drinking.  Then he put the cup down and it was mommy who tipped the cup over and spilt almost all of the juice out!  good one mommy!  Jacob grabbed the cup and tried to get out the last of the juice.  He was having a difficult time since there was only about one sip left, but he quickly figured out that he had to tip the cup higher to get the last of the juice...seriously I think he gets his smarts from me...okay, I guess a little from daddy too!  he's growing up so fast, it almost makes me sad!  We finally got our video camera and one of our still camera's working so we should be posting some pictures shortly!  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 12:34 PM - Categories: About Jake

Jacob updates with no cameras

We have three cameras in our family (one video and two still), and NONE of them work right now!  There is something wrong with the memory card on our small still camera, so we bought another one and are waiting for it to come in the mail.  The setting on Bill's SLR camera is all messed up (I wonder who messed it up?...Jacob?!?!) and he has to talk to someone who really knows cameras to help us get it back on the right mode and then our video camera has been out of commission since our trip to DC.  Someone (Bill) thought it wouldn't get damaged in the rain.  Well I guess water does damage an electronic product.  We finally bought a new video camera today so we can resume capturing Jacob's life on video.  In the meantime, we've missed out on a lot of funny things Jacob has done/said.  I am hoping to get our still cameras in operation again very soon so I can post some more pictures.  We did lose a few pictures that were on the memory card.  All of our pictures from Bill and my anniversary get-away were all lost and some others of Jacob.  Nothing too terribly important, but I do hate losing pictures!

Now onto Jacob.  He is cutting his 4 canine teeth all at about the same time and life has been pretty miserable for him this past week.  His top two broke through on Saturday night. Today I noticed, while he was screaming, that the bottom two are on the verge of breaking through.  We have been putting him to bed with a dose of Motrin to help his sleeping.  He basically did not sleep Saturday or Sunday night (and either did mommy or daddy!).  He is pretty miserable during the day too.  When his other teeth broke through, he was pretty much only miserable at night, but during the day he played like nothing was wrong.  Well not with these teeth.  He is crying a lot more during the day, throwing more and more tantrums and is generally a little more cuddly than he normally is.  Yesterday at Little Gym, he kept coming up to me and giving me hugs and wanting to sit with me.  Normally, the kid is running like a mad man all over the place and could really care less about where his mommy is.  So I know he is not feeling well. 

Despite his discomfort, he is still a cute little boy.  Lately, out of nowhere he will start throwing kisses.  I love when he gives or throws kisses, he makes sure to make the MWOA sound nice and loud.  The other day he was playing in our room with some blocks and he stacked the blocks 7 high!  That was a first for him.  As he tried to put the 8th block on, they all came tumbling down.  He really likes it when he knocks the blocks down.  He has finally gotten to riding his Harley Davidson tricycle.  He calls it his "Kycle" (his version of motorcycle).  He will get on it and push himself all around the downstairs of our house.  He does get stuck sometimes and gets mad at his "Kycle" and starts crying.  So I am trying to use these opportunities to teach him patience (ha!) and how to deal with his frustration.  I will show him how to back out of the situation he got in and get out so he can ride again!  Once he realizes that he can still get around, the smile goes back on his face and he is a happy camper again.  He now recognizes and elephant and does his elephant sound and motion.  Daddy taught him to put his arm near his nose and lift it up and make the elephant sound.  So the sound isn't exactly the sound of an elephant, but he looks cute making the motion.  He still doesn't have the ruff ruff sound of a dog.  Instead he is still puffing to make the sound of the dog.  Whatever, it's cute!  I did teach him the "shhh" sound and motion the other day when we were waiting at the AAA office.  Though he has the motion and sound down (putting his index finger to his lip and saying "shh") he still hasn't gotten that that means to be quieter.  Oh well, I guess with time he will learn.  Something else he has learned is the word "freeze" and what it means.  In his little gym class they have a part where the kids are walking/running around in a circle and the instructor says freeze.  Jacob will stop and go in a squatting position.  At first I didn't know why he was doing that, and then I realized that when I show him "freeze" I tend to squat a little myself and put my arms out, as if an umpire is making the "safe" motion.  I don't know why I do that, but I've noticed I do that everytime, so now Jacob does that too.  The other day we were out and about and he was walking ahead of me a little too far for my comfort so I said "freeze" and he stopped, got into his squat postition and put his arms up.  So adorable.  Gosh, all the money we pay for the little gym class is so worth it.  Another thing he got from his mommy is a habit of making a motion with his feet when he is just standing there.  It's too hard to explain with words, so hopefully when we get our cameras operating again I can take video or a picture of it to explain.  I think it's cute and Bill thinks it's annoying.  So the other day I caught Jacob performing a habit of his dads.  When Bill is thinking he tends to bite on his tongue.  I caught Jacob making the same exact jesture as his dad.  Daddy was very proud and I just found it annoying :) hehe

Alright, that's all I can think of right now...I'm sure I'll post some more about Jacob's highlights soon!  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:18 PM - Categories: About Jake

Rockin and Rollin

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Busy Weekend

We had quite the weekend.  It started Friday night when we went to Disneyland with Jacob's friend, Malaya and her parents, Lora and Matt.  We all had such a great time that we didn't want to leave, but when we realized it was already 9:15 we thought it was time to go.  Jacob didn't get to sleep until 10pm on the way home! 

Saturday morning we took Jacob to the park.  While there he was running around like a crazy kid.  All of a sudden he was taking a step and falling, kind of funny.  He didn't cry or act unusual, except that he couldn't walk right.  He got back up, took another step and a half and fell again.  I thought something was wrong, but didn't say anything to Bill.  Then Bill got him and took him on the jungle gym (carrying him).  After going down the slide, Bill was holding his hand as he walked and I noticed a slight limp.  Bill let him walk on his own and he took a couple of steps and then fell again.  We took off his shoes thinking there was something wrong with his shoe, but no, he was still walking funny.  We left the park in search of an Urgent Care.  I called his doctor and made an appointment for that afternoon.  B the time we got to the doctor's office, he was walking a lot better, but still had a wierd limp.  His doctor checked him out completely and said there was nothing that he could see was wrong and that it was a good sign that he was improving.  Well, by the time we got home he was a lot better, and by the evening, no one could tell that there was anything wrong earlier.  Bill was kind of making fun of me for overreacting, but the whole thing was just too wierd.  Our doctor did say that if his limp was combined with a fever then it would have been a serious matter.  So I overreacted a little bit, but I just wanted to make sure everything was okay. 

Later in the afternoon we picked up Nani and followed Papa on Uncle RJ's bike and went to visit Uncle RJ and Auntie Sonnia to watch the UFC fight.  Jacob had a great time playing with the pool balls and jumping all over their couch.  he was tired because at a little before 8pm he ran over to me with his arms in the air and when I picked him up he immediately put his head on my shoulder.  He fell asleep withall the screaming downstairs and stayed asleep until I picked him up to leave.

Sunday morning we went to church and the Sunday School teachers say he improves every week.  They said he played a lot this time despite the crying and reaching out for us as we dropped him off.  After church we went to lunch, came home for a nap (for both the boys) and then headed over to Auntie Vanessa and Uncle Phil's new house to go SWIMMING!  Jacob had a great time swimming and playing with his trucks he took.  He met a new friend, LT (Little Theo).  The boys had a great time together.

THis morning we were back to our normal routine.  However, after his nap, he woke up in a good mood, but I must have done something to upset him because he had a MAJOR tantrum and cried, kicked and screamed on the floor for 15 minutes.  Every time I thought he was calming down I would pick him up and try to give him some of his lunch, but he started screaming even louder and arching his back so back down on the floor he went.  Finally, he calmed down and ate his lunch.  Gosh, those are real trying times when he acts like that.  Daddy even came down to see what he could do to help.  Unfortunately, in times like that, there is nothing anyone can do to calm him down.  It stinks, but I guess that's what toddlers do!  YIKES!

Tomorrow is Little Gym day so he'll get to let off some steam there...so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:05 PM - Categories: About Jake

Weekend away and the Big boy slide

This past weekend mommy and daddy went to Coronado for the weekend to celebrate our Anniversary.  Jacob got to stay with his Nani and Papa.  We think he had a blast there.  we know for sure that he was WAY off schedule, but that's okay, he was having a good time with his grandparents.  I'm sure they were exhausted by the time Sunday afternoon rolled around.  Mommy and daddy had a great time, but we sure missed our little guy.  We actually left the hotel a little earlier than we expected just so we could see our Jacob even sooner.

Jacob had a little trouble getting back to his normal schedule after the weekend.  On Monday night he did not fall asleep until 9:45pm!!!!  So Monday and Tuesday we did not go to Stroller Strides because Jake didn't wake up until about 8:30.  Finally Tuesday night we decided that he had to get back on a normal schedule.  So, we got in the car at about 7:45, went to Golden Spoon to get a yogurt, ate it in the car and then drove around Chino Hills until Jacob fell asleep.  He ended up falling asleep at around 8:30 which seems to be his "normal" time lately.  It worked.  He woke up at 7:30 on Wednesday morning and took his nap at about 11:30, which is normal timing for him.  Since then he's been great with his naps and bedtime.

Last night we went to the Concerts in the Park.  Nani and Papa were there to meet us along with some of Jacob's friends and their families from the park.  Jacob was a MAD MAN going from one blanket to another trying to see what food he could get from them...and yes, mommy and daddy brought him some dinner.  Nani and Papa had fun watching him run around EVERYWHERE!

Today at the park he was on the jungle gym and usually he will only go down the "baby" slide by himself.  He never ventures off to the bigger slides and he's NEVER gone down the twisty slide by himself.  But today, he was on climbing up the stairs to get to the twisty slide, but stopped at the top and then came back down the stairs.  Then when he thought I wasn't looking, but of course I was, he got to the top of the stairs, rolled his car down the twisty slide (I guess to make sure it was safe to go down) and then sat down and went down the slide ALL BY HIMSELF.  When he got to the bottom of the slide, still sitting up, the look on his face was PRICELESS!  He had a huge smile and he had a look of accomplishment!  It was adorable, I wish I had my camera.

New words...Jacob finally says PLEASE and THANK YOU!  We are so excited about this.  He also likes to roar like a lion and make monkey noises whenever he sees those animals in a book.  He also has a Lion character from his Noah's Ark set and he plays with it and makes his lion noise.  So cute, but I must say his lion's roar is kind of scary sounding.  He loves to say his prayers and is learning to close his eyes.  He's almost got "amen" down, but it's not quite there yet.  Today at lunch he said "corn."  He's also getting really good at making an "I'm so sweet" look when he gets caught doing something he's not supposed to be doing.  ONe of these days I hope to catch that on camera.  Basically, he turns around, gives me a big grin and bats his eyes at me.  It makes me want to laugh, even though there is cereal crunched up all over the floor!  Got to love him!

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 7:42 PM - Categories: About Jake

Loving little boy

Jacob definitely makes me laugh a lot (and cry a little).  Lately he's been going through a "lovey" stage.  In the mornings and between 4 and 5 he becomes very lovey to me and his daddy.  He LOVES to give kisses.  He's finally learned to close his mouth to give kisses, though once in a while he will surprise us with a big open mouthed one.  When he gives us a kiss he alwasy makes the "MUWA" sound with it.  It is so cute.  The other day I was sitting on the couch and daddy was sitting on the chair.  Jacob walked back and forth between the two of us giving us kisses.  So adorable.  This morning he woke up a little early for me.  I was still very tired, so I brought him into bed with me and I just layed there while sat up trying to get me to get out of bed.  He leaned over and started kissing me.  What a great morning that was, waking up to wonderful kisses from my little boy. 

Monday night our cousin was scheduled for a C-section to deliver Jacob's newest cousin, Katherine Mary Ulloa born on July 7.  When we sat down for dinner it was right around the time the delivery was scheduled for.  So Jacob folded his hands in "prayer position" and he even closed his eyes (well for a little bit) as we said a prayer asking for a smooth delivery and a healthy baby.  We heard the good news about her birth she was born at almost the exact time we said the prayer.  She was born at 6:37pm and I know we said our prayer at a little after 6:30...too cool!  Our prayers worked too!

Yesterday Jacob had another day at Little Gym.  He really enjoys himself there.  We went to the park in the morning for mommy's workout and he was CRYING so hard when we walked passed the park.  He wanted to play at the playground, but we had to get to little gym.  When we pulled into the parking lot of the Little Gym, he got excited and ran into the door.  He was NONSTOP the entire time we were there.  Daddy was able to join us for our lesson.  He had lots of fun running aroud with Jacob.  Jacob is getting a lot better at his forward rolls and his favorite parts of the morning are playing with the balls, exploring time (when they can basically run around and do whatever they want) and of course the bubbles.  On the way out he got 5 truck stamps, one on each hand and each foot and one on his belly becasue he was showing Miss Melissa his bellybutton and she stamped his belly.  After that outing we went to Hallmark.  He was a chatterbox when we first got there, then all of a sudden he was silent.  When I looked down at him, he was OUT!   I was able to transfer him from the stroller to the car, then from the car to the crib and he slept for 3 HOURS!  I could not believe it.

this morning we went to the park for our workout then we all went to the bounce house place to jump around.  Jacob loves to run around that place.  We were there for a couple of hours then went to Chick Filet with his friends for lunch.  He ate his lunch and then played for a little while in the play area there.  We left at 12:30 and he was asleep before we hit the freeway entrance which is about less than a minute from the restaurant.  Tonight we are going to the Concerts in the Park.  It's mommy and daddy's anniversary, but we are going to spend the evening with our baby listening to some country music.

So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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4th of July Party Weekend

Our 4th of July BBQs started on Thursday night.  Our friends, Jennifer, Jason and Joseph came over for a BBQ.  We had not seen them in a long time and baby Joseph has gotten so big.  He's only 10 months and is a good walker.  He and Jacob had a great time together and there was no fighting involved.  We made sure to talk to Jacob before he started playing with Joseph and told him that he had to be gentle and he was!  Good boy!  Jacob also ate a very good dinner.  He at about 3/4 of his chicken breast (a lot of chicken for him) and about half of his corn on the cob, plus lots of yummy watermelon!  We couldn't believe how much he ate!

Thursday we went for our traditional BBQ at the Gunnins.  Jacob had a great time swimming with daddy, Papa, Nani and his Uncle RJ and mommy.  He really enjoyed walking around in the spa and playing with the torpedo pool toys.  Daddy dunked him in the water for the first time.  He didn't like it too much, but he was a good sport about it.  He ate lots of strawberries and watermelon and tore up some rice and beans too. He really enjoyed riding these little cars they have...(see pic).  He also tried playing ping pong with Uncle Dave and Andrew and played catch with Auntie Sonnia.  It was definitely a fun long day for him.   We tried to stay awake to watch fireworks, but he fell asleep at about 8pm before the fireworks started :(  He was sitting on mommy's lap outside and just closed his eyes and fell asleep.  He was so tired from all the swimming and playing. 

On Saturday morning Jacob and daddy went to have breakfast at Denny's together while mommy was at her weekly meeting.  Later in the afternoon we went to Auntie's Sonnia's aunt's house for another swim party and BBQ.  Jacob was a good boy there too and had lots of fun playing in a small pool made just for kids his age.  The pool was heated and was VERY warm...almost a little too warm, but he had a good time.

After all the partying we just relaxed on Sunday.  We went to church in the morning and when we dropped him off at "sunday school" he started crying when we handed him over.  Then when we went to pick him up, he was so busy playing and having fun, he didn't want to come with us.  The teacher had to chase him down to get him so we could go home.  Little stinker!  I guess he's having a good time there playing with all his little friends.  We just hung out at the house the rest of the day and he played with his train set.

So we had a great weekend just hanging out and having fun.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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18 month check up

Jacob had his 18 month check up this morning.  Here are his stats.  weight:  24lbs 13oz (somewhere in the 20th percentile).  Length 34 1/4 inches (somewhere in the 95th percentile).  So we still have a long skinny child!  He did okay during his appointment.  When Dr. Kotures was asking me about his developmental progress, Jacob was climbing all over me and the chair I was sitting in.  I guess he didn't need to ask me about his climbing abilities.  However, when it came time to check him out, Jacob was a crying mess.  I was afraid he was going to kick the Dr. so I spent most of that time holding down his legs.  He also had to get three shots today.  He definitely did not like that.  The nurse really struggled to hold down his legs.  I think she had her entire body weight on him to hold him down. He is super human strong when he is upset. Maybe we should call him "The Hulk"  His checkup went well.  He is in good health and on target developmentally.  I was a little concerned about his language development, but the Dr. assured me he is on target. 

After his appointment we met Christian and Malaya at California Adventure.  We all went on the new ride, Toy Story Mania (or whatever it's called).  Jacob did okay on the ride, but about half way through, he snuggled a little closer to me.  He enjoyed his ride on the carousel, riding on the sea otter.  His most favorite part was running around with Malaya in the animation place.  It was nice and cool in there and he liked running around to the music and trying to catch the spotlights on the ground.  He fell asleep during lunch so he didn't eat much today :(  When we got home he started playing with his train set.  He loves that thing, but also gets so frustrated with it.  If the car gets stuck he gets upset.  He was actually on the ground for 15 minutes crying his head off.  When I tried consoling him he either pulled out my hair (yes, he had quite a few pieces of my hair in his hand when he pulled away) or tried biting me.  So he was back on the ground.  Finally I couldn't take it anymore and since it was about 5:30, I went to get daddy for reinforcement.  The little stinker stopped crying right away with daddy! 

We have new neighbors a few houses away and we finally met them tonight. They have three young children, 9, 5 and 3.  Jacob played with all of them with no problems.  I think he had a good time playing while we were talking to their parents.  He cried when we told him it was time to go home. 

New things he is doing...when something doesn't go well, he say's "oh no."  It sounds really cute.  He is also trying to jump but he can't get both feet off the ground at the same time so he hops from one foot to the other.  Tonight when I was brushing his teeth, I noticed his two top canines peeking through.  Could this be the reason for all the crabbiness?  About a week and a half ago I bought a preschoolers devotional book.  We have been reading from it most nights (we missed a couple because we got home late and he was already asleep when we got home).  After we read from it, we tell him we are going to pray.  We taught him to put his hands together and then either Bill or I will say a prayer for him.  He is so adorable with his hands folded.  We pray before we eat, but we've never had him hold his hands together, because we are usually holding his hands when we pray for dinner.  So it's something new for him.  He has been sleeping in a little later each morning.  He used to wake up every morning at 6am, but lately it's been more like 7 and a couple of times he's woken up after 8!  He has also been going to bed later at around 8 or 8:30 so this explains his late wake up time.  I am definitely not complaining about the later wake up time.  I either get to sleep in or can get a few things done before he wakes up.  He loves pointing out parts of his body, but his most favorite right now is his tongue.  He LOVES showing us his tongue.  He is also getting better at closing his mouth when he gives us kisses.  He will even add the "MOWA" after his gives me a kiss.  Daddy has also taught him to "pound it" when he gives his fist to another gut to "pound"  He is so funny because instead of his hand facing down in the fist, it's facing up, so it's an upside down "pound."

I know he is doing more fun stuff. But I'm tired and can't think of anything else right now, so when I do I will write more.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Jacob's First Concert

Our city sponsors "Concerts in the Park" each summer.  I've been meaning to go to them since they started years ago, but just never got around to it.  Last night we decided to take Jacob.  We met some of his friends and their parents there.  Christian, Brixie Lee, Malaya, and Jacob all had a great time eating dinner at the park and listening and dancing to some good 80's music.  The parents had a good time too!  We went to El Pollo Loco, grabbed some dinner and took it to the park to eat on our blanket.  It really was a lot of fun and we're hoping to do it each Wednesday night until the summer ends.

Today Jacob got his 4th haircut.  He was NOT happy with it.  He cried the entire time and clinged to me while she cut his hair.  His stylist was very good with him.  She managed to get a good haircut despite the SCREAMING he did.  His hair was so long and it was making his head hot.  On Wednesday we were at the park and he was wearing his hat.  When I took off his hat, it looked like he had just gotten out of the bath tub, that's how wet his hair was.  So I couldn't wait any longer to cut his hair.  It's the shortest we've ever cut it, but it looks really cut on him and I'm hoping it will keep him cool this summer. 

After his nap we went to Toys R Us to get another free train (because I ran over the last one), but when we got there they said they were no longer accepting the coupons.  I guess they figured out that many people (us included) were printing out multiple coupons and getting lots of free Thomas train cars.  So instead of getting a Thomas car, daddy said we could get him the GeoTrax.  Yes, it was expensive, but he REALLY enjoys it and it came with LOTS of tracks and several train cars, a much better value than the Thomas stuff.  After dinner and his bath, daddy and Jacob put the tracks together and Jacob spent the rest of the evening playing with his new train.  He was seriously playing with it for over an hour and not a peep from him.  I actually got to get a lot of stuff done!

Tomorrow we are going to Disneyland in the afternoon with Luke and his mommy and daddy.  I'm sure we will have a great time...so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Bad morning, but GREAT afternoon!

Yesterday Jacob had his first official Little Gym class.  We decided to enroll in Little Gym classes for the summer instead of swim classes.  It's been so hot outside and after our morning workout with Stroller Strides, being in the sun for another 45 minutes was not fun.  He likes his swimming lessons, but I think he will enjoy the Little Gym a lot more.  We had quite a busy day though.  We started the morning at 8:30 for Stroller Strides.  It was a bit cooler than it has been, which was nice for mommy.  Jacob definitely woke up on the wrong side of the crib.  He was a little stinker when we were home getting ready to go.  He didn't even eat all of his breakfast (pancakes...he usually loves them).  So we got in the car and drove to the park.  He was whining almost the whole time we were there.  Then the final straw...while I was on the ground doing our ab work, he threw a car at me and hit me on my forehead...oh, I was not a happy mommy at that moment.  So then we were off to swim classes at 10:30.  He was crying a little in the car on the way there.  I was debating on whether or not to even go to swim class, but since this is our last week, I didn't want to cheat ourselves of the good money we spent on the classes.  So we got there and he was still crabby.  Everything was "NO"  He didn't even want to ride on the big fish that he usually loves riding on.  When Miss Tracey asked if he wanted to go on the fish, he shook his head and said "no."  Even Miss Tracey was surprised about that one.  So after being in the pool for 30 minutes and having a tough time with it, we finally got out and made our way home.  He fell asleep in the car and slept for 3 hours when we got home.  I think the little stinker was tired! 

He woke up in such a happy mood (FINALLY!!!).  We had to go to Costco and the whole time I was pushing him in the cart he was giving me hugs and kisses.  I LOVED every minute of it.  In fact I wanted all the other people in the warehouse to see my loving son giving me hugs.  It's such a rare occassion that he is a good boy for an entire shopping trip and being so loving to boot!  I was such a happy mommy at that point!

Later, Nani and Papa came over for dinner.  Daddy BBQ'd some chicken and while he was cooking it, Jacob was outside with him playing with his T-ball.  The two of them were so cute.  After dinner we headed over to Little Gym.  nani and papa came to watch his first experience.  When we arrived he was looking into the gym just waiting for them to open the door.  Once the door opened, he was so excited he didn't even know what to do.  He was standing in place moving his feet.  I think because he didn't know what direction to take his body.  It was hysterical.  He loved being able to explore the whole place.  He did okay when it came time to following directions too.  He actually sat on the red mat when Miss Melissa asked him to.  He also walked on the balance beam and did a somersault on the cheese mat.  I think he really like doing the somersault because he must have done about 10 of them while we were there.  When he was done with one, he would throw himself into the position that he landed in almost as if to say, let's do it again.  He was good about following directions to lift his hands to the sky and then touch his hands to the ground and then to look at his tummy before he rolled over.  All I can say is that it was so much fun to watch him.  When they brought out the bubbles he went CRAZY.  He was so excited he even bumped into the wall and bounced off it.  He sat there for a few seconds not knowing what happened, but then he saw the bubbles and forgot about apparently hurting himself.  

So what started out as a bad day turned out to be a great day for all of us.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Happy Father's Day

Jacob was nice to his daddy and didn't wake up until 7am a whole extra hour of sleeping in for daddy (and mommy too!) We woke up daddy and went to get his gift.  Jacob got his daddy an Angel's shirt, a polo shirt, shorts, boxers and the big gift...PLAYSTATION 3!!!!  Daddy was SO excited about this gift.  Unfortunately he didn't have the actual console because it was in the mail.  That morning, mommy and Jacob got daddy his favorite coffee from Starbucks.  Later that afternoon, Papa and Nani came over for a bar-b-que of carne asada.  Uncle RJ and Auntie Sonnia, and her parents also joined us.  We had a great time and Jacob got to play in his pool while daddy was bbq-ing the meat. Daddy and Jacob go to spend lots of time together and had a good day.

***UPDATE*** Daddy got his PS3 in the mail on the Thursday after Father's Day.  He was so excited to get it.  I think he's played with it everyday since!

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Graduations galore

Wow, we've had a busy week.  We had two graduations to go to!  Jacob's cousin, Chris, graduated from high school on Wednesday.  We were fortunate to be able to attend the actual graduation ceremony.  Jacob was such a GOOD boy during the ceremony.  He played with his plane and train and ate some crackers and he was a happy little boy.  He cheered with all of us as Chris received his diploma.  After the ceremony we all went to dinner.  Jacob had fun eating with his two cousins, Chris and Kevin.  He was also a good boy during dinner.  Mommy and daddy were so proud of him.  Then the next morning we attended cousin Andrew's promotion ceremony from 8th grade.  Again Jacob was AWESOME!  He sat on all of our laps while playing with his toys and drinking his water.  It was pretty hot outside but he was a trooper.  After the ceremony we went to the Gunnin's house for lunch.  Jacob had a great time playing with Buttercup, the dog and his cousins Whitney and Andrew.  He was having such a great time, but he was so sweaty.  His whole head was wet, he looked like he had just gotten out of the tub.  He finally fell asleep on the way home and slept for 3 1/2 hours!! wow oh wow!  he was a tired little one.  When he finally woke up we went to Christians house to watch the Laker game.  Both Jacob and Christian were such fans.  Whenever we got excited the boys raised their hands with excitement and clapped their hands.  It was ADORABLE!!!

So, we are headed to graduations parties this Saturday for cousin Corty, who also graduated from high school this week and then for Chris.  We are definitely pretty busy.  Sunday is FATHER'S DAY!  Jacob is so excited to give his daddy his gift.  We can't say here what we got daddy, but on Monday we'll post and tell how daddy LOVED his gift!!!

So until next time...mommy and daddy love you

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Swim lessons (again)

Jacob started his swim lessons this week.  We are taking parent-tot swim classes at the YMCA again.  We started on Tuesday and it was a cool morning.  I think Jacob was a little tired and not used to the water.  He cried about 70% of the time we were in the pool and I actually took him out of the water about 5 minutes early.  I figured he needed a day to adjust to being in the pool again.  It's been a LONG time since he's been in a pool.  He must have been REALLY tired because he took a 3 hour and 15 minute nap when we got home!  I couldn't believe it!  When we got back in the pool on Thursday he did MUCH better and was smiling the whole time.  He really enjoyed jumping in the water (of course I caught him and he didn't get his face wet...something he does not like too much right now).  Daddy joined us (but not in the water).  He was taking lots of pictures and video of Jacob in the water.

Friday night we met up the the Kollen family at Irvine Spectrum.  Jacob and Luke ran around the bookstore after dinner...they were too cute.  Jacob loves to play in bookstores.  He loves finding books with Elmo, Mickey Mouse and Thomas the Train!  He was making me laugh watching him go from one part of the store to the other...you would have thought he was in a playground, not in a bookstore. 

I really think he's had another growth spurt.  We were outside playing basketball the other day and I was able to raise the basket a little and he was able to "dunk" the ball!  When we first received the basketball hoop we had to tilt the hoop down just a little in order for him to make the shot.  Well now it's at it's normal height (well, the lowest height) and he does just fine.  He loves playing basketball!  Thursday night the Lakers played and he and his daddy put on their Lakers jerseys and went outside to shoot some hoops before the game started.  They were so adorable pretending they were playing in the NBA championship game.

This weekend we had a pretty uneventful weekend.  For the first time in a long time we had NOTHING on the calendar.  Next weekend will be a completely different story, so we took advantage of this weekend and basically did nothing...okay, well not nothing, but it was nice not having anything planned.  We did head over to the Shoppes so I could do a little shopping.  The boys went over to the water fountain to play in the water while I shopped.  Jacob got a little wet, but ended up falling down and not wanting to play anymore.  oh well.   He is really enjoying playing in water.  Now if I could just get him to like rinsing his hair off in the bath.  The second just a little bit of water runs down his face, he is ready to get out of the tub. 

Sunday we went to church and this was the first time that Jacob did not cry when we left him at Sunday School.  Well, we thought he didn't cry, but according to the teacher, once he stopped playing with a toy and realized that we were not there, he started to cry...my poor baby!  Well, at least he's getting a little better.

He's getting better at dealing with his tantrums.  He's had fewer tantrums in the last week than previous weeks, but he still has them once in a while.  I don't know what it is that is working, but I am ignoring him when he has one and trying to stop them before they start.  In the car we are doing a lot of counting of objects (trees, cars, etc.), sing songs, and watch out for trucks and bikes whenever he starts to throw a fit about whatever.  It's still frustrating to Bill and me since it seems like his is whining or crying all the time, but we have to learn to deal with it, afterall, he's a toddler and that's what they do.  We are encouraging him to use words to ask for what he wants...which is what causes a lot of his crying.  He wants something but doesn't know how to ask for it so instead we are playing the guessing game and that is frustrating for all of us.  He still only has a few words and even those words he hasn't been using much.  He did add "papa" (for my dad) and "grandpa" (Bill's dad) to his vocabulary this week.  he's only said Grandpa once, but it was definitely grandpa.  Anyway, I hope his vocabulary begins to grow soon, so we aren't playing the guessing game much longer.

Lastly, he's started making this very strange sound that neither Bill nor I like very much.  It's hard to describe, but it's almost like a roaring sound, but he doesn't do it when he's acting like an animal.  I don't like it very much and tell him not to make that sound anymore, but does he listen?!?! NOOOO!  Oh well. 

Okay, enough for today.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Day at the Beach

Yesterday Jacob went to Laguna beach with his two friends, Christian and Drew (and their mommies of course).  We got there and set up our blanket and then had some lunch.  The boys ate fairly well considering.  After lunch we went to play in the waves.  The water was a little cold, but Jacob didn't mind.  He LOVED the water.  We played for a long time in the water, then he went to play in the sand and explore the beach.  After a few minutes of that, we were back in the water.  He loved being picked up and put back into the water.  After playing a little more in the water we went to play in the playground area.  Jacob loved to go down the slide.  He finally ventured into the tunnel and went to the other end of the jungle gym.  We played there for a long time and then went over to the swings.  I think Jacob must have been on the swing for about 15 -20 minutes.  By the end of that, all he boys were ready to head home.  They all fell asleep within 5 minutes of being in the car.  They were such good boys the whole day (well the 3 hours we were there).  They all loved playing in the water and it was such a beautiful day and hopefully we will get back there a few more times this summer. I completely forgot my camera, but as it turns out, I don't think I would have taken many pictures anyway.  I had my eyes on him the whole time and didn't let him out of my sight.  I didn't want a lens in my way!

In other news, Jacob has been throwing tantrums lately.  Sometimes he will have 2 or 3 a day.  They tend to happen when he wakes up either in the morning or after his nap, right before he's going to go to sleep, or when he gets frustrated with one of his toys.  It's quite trying for both Bill and me.  I've started to just ignore him and it will usually go on for a few more minutes and then he calms down.  Today we've been tantrum free, which is good, but it's only 11:30 so we'll see how today goes.

This morning we started swim lessons again at the YMCA.  Jacob did okay.  He cried on and off throughout the half hour lesson.  We actually got out of the pool about 5 minutes early.  I don't know if he was cold or just not used to the water.  I hope he likes it when we go back on Thursday.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Jacob goes to Washington

Last week Jacob was in Washington DC.  Daddy had a conference so mommy, Jacob, Nani and Papa tagged along for the ride.  We left early Saturday morning from LAX.  Unfortunately, daddy was on a different flight than the rest of the family (that's a long story).  Jacob loved being at the airport.  He was looking out the window the whole morning until we boarded the plane.  He was great on both legs of the trip.  He slept all the way to St. Louis and played and read from St. Louis to DC.  I was so proud of him.  We met up with daddy and Uncle Gerad at the airport and then all hitched a ride from a cab to the hotel.  Jacob was in his PJs the whole day.  I planned on changing him in St. Louis, but he was so comfy and he looked cute, so what the heck, I kept him in them until we went to dinner!

The first night we walked to a nearby restaurant that was supposed to be kid-friendly (according to the front desk).  Well the white linen tablecloths should have been our first clue that this is not a kid restaurant. Jacob was a good boy at dinner though and fortunately, the restaurant was a little loud so no one noticed he was there.  Sunday morning Auntie Alana and Jeanne joined us for a walking tour of the monuments.  It rained while we were out and about, but that didn't stop us.  We walked from our hotel to the White House, took a few pictures in the light rain and headed over to the Washington Monument.  We walked around there, got lost looking for the Smithsonian (hey it was raining and the umbrellas were getting in our way) and then went back to the Washington Monument for our ride to the top.  It was a spectacular view from way up high.  AMAZING.  I'm sure on a clear day the sight is even more gorgeous.  We then made our way down to the WWII memorial and that's when it really started to rain.  It was pretty bad.  Jacob was in a bad mood, having been in the stroller the entire day and most of the time with the rain cover on.  He had a bit of a breakdown while Nani and Papa were seeing the Vietnam Wall.  After the meltdown, we went to the Lincoln Memorial.  What a beautiful monument to memorialize a great leader.  After that we were all TIRED. We were on our feet for about 6 hours straight and were ready to go back to the hotel.  We walked back to the hotel and ordered a pizza.  Alana and Jeanne had to leave to drop Jeanne off at the airport so she could get on her flight to Greece, where she will be spending the whole summer...lucky girl!

Monday morning, daddy went to his conference and Jacob, Nani, Papa and I took the metro to Arlington National Cemetary.  We saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the changing of the guards.  It was a moving experience and there were a few soldiers dressed in their fatigues there...it just made it a little more special.  Of course Jacob decided that it was time for him to talk when the soldier asked the crowd to be silent.  So we had to walk away for most of the ceremony.  After the cemetary, we were back on the metro and headed for the zoo.  Jacob saw so many animals there.  He especially liked the Panda.  My favorite was the House of Apes.  One gorilla got all crazy and climbed his tree and leaped at the kids on the other side of the window and scared all of us.  Fortunately I caught it on video.  (go to our picture link to check it out!).  There was also an oranguatan that threw up in front of everyone and proceeded to eat his throw up.  I think in the short time we were in there he did this three times.  On our way out we saw another one pee and then lick up his own urine...who says we are related to these animals?!!?   AFter the zoo we were tired again and headed back to the hotel.  We met up with daddy, Uncle Gerad and another of their co-workers and went to dinner.  Jacob was so tired from the day (and didn't really know what time it was) so he slept through most of dinner.

Tuesday morning, after Jacob fed the fish at the hotel and we ate our breakfast, we hopped back on the Metro and went to the National Air and Space Museum.  The minute Jacob was "set free" from his stroller he ran to the area where the planes were haning from above and pointed to the planes while saying "wow!"  Jacob and Papa had a great time at this museum.  They both enjoyed seeing the planes and space stuff.  Papa and I got on a flight simulator where we were able to control the fighter jet.  Papa was the pilot and I was the gunner.  It was so fun!  We were upside down for what seemed like the entire time.  I had a hard time seeing the planes I was supposed to be shooting because each time we went upside down my legs were flying everywhere.  It was a great experience and we were laughing about it the rest of the day.  After that museum we went to the Natural History museum.  Nani and I enjoyed seeing all the beautiful jewels, especially the Hope Diamond.  Jacob liked walking on these TVs that were set in the ground.  He like seeing the dinosaur bones too.  We were pretty pooped after going through the two museums so we headed back to the hotel for their happy hour and snacks and met up with daddy.  Jacob made friends with all the hotel employees.  There were two women in particular that he had fun with.  They always made sure to save him some fish food so he could feed the fish in their pond.  Each morning and afternoon they made sure to look out for him to get a high five from him. 

Wednesday Papa got up early to get us tickets for a tour of the capitol building.  Unfortunately they were only handing out one ticket per person, so he came back empty handed.  So after our morning routine we went over to the capitol to see if they still had tickets available and luckily they did.  So we got our tickets and headed over to Union Station to see what that was all about.  Papa found the Harley Davidson store so of course we had to go there.  we spent a while there looking at all the t-shirts and trying to pick one out for each of the boys.  Then we made our way to the Supreme Court building.  We went into the actual court room to listen to a lecture, but Jacob had other plans. So he and I left to wait in the lobby area.  Jacob had fun playing peek-a-boo behind the big columns.  He also finally "did his thing" in there.  He had not gone poo poo the entire time we were there, but he sure made up for it in th Supreme Court building!  Once he was clean we walked over to the capitol and he got a Jr. Police Officer sticker from one of the police officers guarding the capitol building...he was holding a BIG rifle, so we made sure to be extra nice to him.  We hung out by the water fountain in back of the capitol waiting for our tour to begin.  Jacob fell asleep before we went on the tour so he slept through the whole thing...which was great!  At the end of our tour, they let us wander around this small area.  I went to go see the Old Supreme Court room, but they closed the door right before I got there so instead I went into the Senate Gallery.  Little did I know that they were closing the capitol and were trying to kick my parents out of the building.  They told the police officer that I was in the Supreme court room but the police officer told them that was not possible because that was already closed.  So apparently they had all the police officers in the building looking for me, all the while I was sitting in the senate gallery listening to some Senator ramble on about raising taxes or something like that.  I was really only in the gallery for no more than a minute when I decided to leave and get my parents so they could take a look.  when I got back into the room where my parents were, they had a worried look on their face and the officer was standing next to them.  The officer spoke into her radio saying something like "woman found."  I thought the whole thing was kind of funny, but I think my parents were a little worried since they really didn't know where I was.  I think my dad thought I was mugged in the capitol!

Thursday morning we went walking around again.  We started off at the Jefferson Memorial.  It was VERY windy that day.  As we walked along the path to get to the memorial, the water from the Tidal Basin was splashing up onto the path.  We were able to take a tour of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.  It was so cool to see the money being printed right in front of our eyes.  Jacob liked seeing all the big machines.  That evening we met up with my friend from college, Courtney.  She and her 3 month old daughter met us at a restaurant.  Jacob LOVED baby Audrey.  He was trying to give her hugs while she was in her infant carrier.  It was adorable.  I think he was even making her smile a little.

Friday Auntie Alana came to pick us up in the morning to take us to Mount Vernon, the home of President Washington.  The place was beautiful.  Jacob had a bit of a fit just as we were about to enter the house.  So we had to step out for a little, but then he fell asleep and I continued on the tour.  The house is right on The house is right on the river and the view is gorgeous!  We couldn't believe that there was so much to see there, we spent the whole day.  We were also planning on going to the Air and Space Museum near the Dulles airport but decided against it since it was already late in the afternoon when we were done touring Mt. Vernon.  We headed back to the hotel to meet up with daddy for dinner and then said good bye to Auntie Alana.

Saturday we got ready to leave.  Jacob was GREAT on the flights on the way home. He slept the ENTIRE time.  We had an issue with the plane in Chicago.  First the man in front of Jacob kept turning around to tell Jacob to stop kicking his chair.  I got upset, started crying and my mom kind of went off on the guy and this was all before we left the gate.  Then we found out that there was a crack in one of the passenger windows so we had to switch planes!  After all that we ended up changing our seats to sit behind this really nice family.  The flight attendant was great and gave Jacob some juice and a cookie before we took off.  We got home much later than expected but it was fine. 

Overall, we had a wonderful time.  Jacob was a trooper throughout the whole trip.  We saw a lot and our feet and legs were tired from all the walking, but it was beautiful and the weather held up for us most of the time.  It was so special to spend time with Nani and Papa.  We hope to take more trips with our family in the future and hopefully for the next one it will be a real vacation for all of us, including daddy! Nani and Papa were tired at the end of the long week...check them out at the airport

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 4:19 PM - Categories: About Jake

More catching up and Mother's Day!

We have been very busy these last two weeks, but without a whole lot to report. Last week daddy took Thursday off and we went to Disneyland.  We took Jacob to the Playhouse Disney Live on Stage show and he LOVED it.  There was a part when bubbles come out and he went crazy.  He danced to the songs they sung and was mesmerized by the characters on stage.  It was so cute and daddy was glad he got to be there to see how excited Jacob was about the show.  It was a great day in the park.  We got on a few rides like Dumbo (which Jacob loves), Casey Jr. Train, Pirates of the Caribbean, Buzz Lightyear (twice!) and the train around the park.  Jacob really enjoys riding on the train and it's a nice break for us too!

Friday, Grandpa had a procedure done so we met him and Grandma before, said a prayer with Grandpa, took him in and then took Grandma to lunch.  We had a good time with her.  Later that afternoon Jacob and daddy hung out and played a lot.  That night Nani and Papa came over and took Jacob with them so he could spend the night.  It was a nice little break for mommy and daddy and they took advantage by going to the movies.  Jacob spent most of the morning and afternoon with Nani playing at the park and stuff. 

Sunday was mommy's 2nd Mother's Day.  Jacob woke mommy up with a rose in her nose...very cute.  Then he and daddy gave me my cards and when I walked downstairs there was a beautiful boquet of flowers!  The week before I got a new jogging stroller, so that was my Mother's Day gift from my boys!  We went to church and Jacob did a little better in Sunday School.  Then we picked up Nani and Papa and went to Uncle RJ and Auntie Sonnia's house to have lunch.  Nani and Mommy had a great afternoon with Jacob. Then we dropped of Nani and Papa and went to have dinner with Grandma and Grandpa and the rest of the family.  Jacob had A LOT OF FUN with his cousins Kevin and Brittany.  They were amking him laugh really loud in the restaurant, it was cute to watch.  I had a WONDERFUL mother's day and the best part about it was I got to spend the whole day with my baby and didn't have to change one diaper!  WOO-HOO!

This week we are preparing to leave for Washington DC.  On Tuesday Jacob and I had baby day.  After Stroller Strides we went to visit baby Daniel Files.  He was almost 2 weeks old and such a cutie.  Jacob was not jealous of me holding the baby.  Actually, I don't even think he realized I was holding the baby because he was too busy playing with all of Matt's toys!  After spending a couple hours there, we were back in the car and headed over to Natalie and Orland's house to visit with baby Bella.  She was about 7 weeks and as cute as can be. Jacob had fun there playing with a basketball and their doggy.

Yesterday we got to Stroller Strides a little early so I let Jacob run around a little.  Some kids from the neighboring park took a lap around the park.  When they passed us, Jacob got so excited that he actually started running with them.  It was HYSTERICAL!  He was running among those big kids, he looked so cute and tiny!

Jacob is so much fun to be around.  He always seems to do something that makes us laugh.  His new favorite word is Bubble.  Everything is a bubble now.  I think he just likes saying that word.  He now associates Mickey Mouse with bubbles so everytime he sees Mickey, he points and says "bubble" 

alright, time to eat some breakfast and get ready to go.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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Our chatter box

Jacob has been talking so much lately.  Well, to be exact, he says a few words now, but most of his talk seems to be in German.  The sounds he makes are so funny.  Sometimes we call him "little Hitler" because he will make these noises that sound similiar to the German language and move his arm in strong motions, just like Hitler giving a speech. 

So his vocabulary consists of water, truck, train(but it really sounds like truck), bike, car, shirt, bye-bye, football, ball, mama, dada, and belly button.  The other night I put on his pajamas with Thomas the Tank Engine on it.  He was SOOO EXCITED about it he ran to his daddy pointing to his shirt so his daddy could see the train.  The next morning when he woke up he kept pointing to his shirt saying shirt and looking at Thomas.  He loved his shirt so much that I let him wear it to Stroller Strides that morning.  I know he was wearing his pajamas, but oh well...it sort of looked like a normal t-shirt.

He has become very affectionate lately.  He will give kisses on demand (even taking out his pacifier to give a kiss!).  He will also come and give me random hugs.  There have been several times when I'm standing in the kitchen and he is playing around and he will walk past me, stopping to hug my legs (and put his head through my legs) give me a squeeze and then go back to playing whatever he was playing.  It is so adorable and makes my heart melt every time he does it. 

Lately he has become fascinated with seat belts.  He wants to buckle himself in the car seat, then when we unbuckle him to get him out of the car, he tries to put the buckle back together.  When he is out of his stroller, he will walk up the stroller and put the seat belt together and he does the same thing with his highchair.  There have been many times when he will spend a few minutes standing at his high chair playing with the seat belt.  He is so funny.

Mommy taught him how to be a muscle man.  When we say "show me muscle man" he holds out his arms, with his hands in a fist and grunts.  HYSTERICAL!  Our little boy is way too adorable...okay, maybe I'm a little biased, but he really is adorable.

Alright, I'll update more later...so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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San Francisco

Jacob and Mommy joined Daddy on a business trip to San Francisco.  Daddy was at a conference there for 3 days.  We left really early on Monday, April 21 for the Orange County Airport.  Jacob woke up at 3am and didn't fall asleep until the plan actually took off at about 7am.  He was so excited to be in the airport.  He looked out the window at the plane we were going to board.  He was such a good boy on both plane rides.  He fell asleep for the entire one hour flight.  Good thing his first flight was a short one. 

When we arrived in San Francisco we unpacked our stuff, rested for about 30 minutes then caught the street car down to the pier area so we could get on a boat to take us to Alcatraz.  Jacob fell asleep in the stroller as we waited in line to get one the boat and didn't wake up until we were on the island.  I'm sure he was exhausted from being up so many hours earlier in the morning.  We toured the former prison.  Jacob was a good boy in his stroller, but got a little anzy, so we took him out to walk around the cell house.  He went in a couple of the cells and mommy did not like it one bit. 

After Alcatraz, we walked over to Fisherman's Wharf and had dinner at this not-so-good restaurant.  The service was really bad, but Jacob was a good boy and discovered that he LOVES limes and sourdough bread.  After dinner we walked to mommy's favorite place in San Francisco, Ghiradelli Square.  She got her sample of chocolate and a chocolate bar and was a happy camper the rest of the week!

The rest of the week, Jacob and mommy were on their own during the day while Daddy was at his conference.  We discovered a fun park for Jacob to run around and chase the birds.  we went there each morning and Jacob had fun meeting new friends.  It was interesting walking in the city with Jacob.  I had a whole new awareness of people in the city while walking around.  I was never fearful, just completely on guard the entire time.  We went to dinner every night with daddy and Uncle Gerad and had a good time. Only one night Jacob was a terror at dinner, so bad that daddy was walking him around most of the time, and then mommy had to leave the restaurant early to take him back to the hotel.

Daddy and mommy were both surprised at how well Jacob slept in San Francisco.  He was taking anywhere from 2 1/2 to 4 hour naps during the day and sleeping through the night.  The second night we were there the fire alarm went off for about a half hour.  The siren was going off and then a man's voice was coming on over the loud speaker (very close to Jacob's crib) saying they were checking into the situation.  After about 30 minutes of hearing emergency vehicles outside, the man's voice and the alarm we found out it was a false alarm.  Jacob slept through the entire thing...I don't even think he budged!  Mommy and daddy traded off holding a pillow over the speaker to soften the noise, but it was still loud.  We were very proud of Jacob for being such a good sleeper.

Our last day there Jacob and mommy took the cable car to Pier 39.  Jacob LOVED riding on the cable car.  While at Pier 39 we saw the sea lions and then saw a show with a Pirate.  For some reason, Jacob was really into the pirate show.  To be honest, I was completely bored, but he was quietly sitting on my lap and watching, so if he was content, so was I.

We all had a great time and daddy was happy that we went with him so he didn't have to miss us too much while he was away.  our next trip with daddy is to Washington DC and Nani and Papa are coming with us...yippee...

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

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A trip to the ER

Oh my goodness, Jacob gave Bill and I a big scare this afternoon.  Here's the whole story...

This morning Nani came over to take Jacob to spend some time with him since she had not seen him in a while (because we were in San Francisco last week).  Anyway, Bill and I were happy to let Jacob spend some time with his Nani and Papa.  We ended up getting invited to our friend's house to watch the Laker game.  So we picked up Jacob from my parent's house so he could go with us to play with his friend Christian.  While at my mom's she mentioned that he felt a little warm.  I didn't really think too much of it because I thought he was teething...classic signs of Jacob teething, gnawing on everything in sight, a clear runny nose and a bit of a temperature.  So we went to our friends and he was having a great time playing with his friend.  After about an hour of playing, Bill picked him up and said that he felt really warm.  We asked our friends to get a thermometer so we could check his temperature.  There were only about a minute or so left in the half or quarter, I don't remember which, so we said just to wait until the break...well...in the mean time, Jacob was sitting on the floor in front of Bill, Christian was sitting in front of me and they were playing with some toys.  All of a sudden, Jacob falls back.  The fall looked really strange to me and I said something to Bill about the fall.  Bill said that he threw himself back, which is not unusual for Jacob, but he only does that when he's upset, and he was having a good time playing with Christian.  Bill moved his legs to pick him up and his voice changed...I'm not exactly sure what he said, but the next thing I knew was he was holding Jacob and Jacob's eyes were moving in a very unusual way.  Then he began to shake in Bill's arms.  Bill said "he's seizing"  I told him to lay him on the ground and for someone to call 911.  I think that was the only good thing I did for the next 5-8 minutes.  Bill thought he hit his head as he threw himself back and that thats what was causing the seizure.  As soon as I saw Jacob laying on the ground convulsing, I left the room, almost not knowing what to do.  I heard my friend on the phone with 911.  She asked me a couple of questions, I don't know what now, I think I answered her with the right answers and then I saw her stairs, dropped to my knees and prayed for my baby.  I prayed that God would be with him and stop him from convulsing and that everything would be okay.  I stood up and went back into the room with my baby and Bill.  Christina was still on the phone with the 911 operator who told her to have us take off his clothes and start putting cold cloths on him.  I got a towel from the kitchen, wet it and started putting it on Jacob.  He was still seizing at this point.  One of their friends, Mike, kept brining me new cold towels for Jacob.  The whole time Jacob was convulsing, Bill and I were talking to him letting him know that we were there and that he would be okay, but honestly I didn't know what was going on.  I remember asking God to stop him from shaking and I think at one point I told Jacob to stop shaking (like he could really control what was going on, but I was desperate at that point).  We think the seizure lasted between 3 and 5 minutes, but it felt like FOREVER.  I remember just thinking that he needed to stop because in my mind the longer the seizure, the worse it would be.  He finally stopped and we layed him on his side.  He was definitely not coherent.  His eyes were open then closed and he just layed there breathing kind of funny.  The paramedics arrived a couple of minutes later and I really don't know what they were doing to him.  I just sat there rubbing my baby's arm telling him he was okay and that mommy and daddy were there.  Bill was right there with him too, touching him and talking to him.  I can't believe how calm he was through the whole ordeal.  They told us that he would need to go to the hospital and that it was best for him to go in the ambulance, just in case he had another seizure.  I went in the ambulance with Jacob and Bill followed behind.   He called both our parents on the way to the hospital and when we arrived, my parents were already there!  On the way to the hopsital Jacob was still not himself.  he refused his pacifier a couple of times and he wasn't moving much.  I was getting a little nervous about his lack of movement in his arms, but he eventually moved them and made me feel a lot better.  When we arrived at the hospital, he was a little more alert, but I could tell he was still not 100%.  They gave him some tylenol and motrin and the doctor came to see him.  She said the seizure was a febrile seizure, caused by a spike in his temperature and that it was probably a result of Roseola.  We will see in a few days if he breaks out in a rash.  He had a temperature of 102.8 at the hospital and felt really warm.  His daddy was holding him and he ended up falling asleep in his arms while the doctor explained everything to us.  We were released soon after and told to simply treat his temperature with tylenol and motrin.  As we were leaving Jacob woke up when Bill gave him to me so he could go get the car. We walked outside and he saw an ambulance, pointed to it and said "truck"  It was then that I felt a lot better, my baby was back to normal.  Nani and Papa were waiting outside for us and he got excited when he saw them.  On the way home from the hospital, he was tired but when he saw a bike drive by, he pointed and said "bike."  Yep, back to normal.  When we got home he ate lots of animal crackers, not wanting anything else we put in front of him.  His temperature felt like it was going down.  He fell asleep at about 7pm and he is still asleep (he even slept through 2 rectal temperature readings!)  Right now it's 11:30pm.  When I last checked his temperature he didn't have one.  He is sleeping in our bed tonight so we can keep an eye on him and feel his temp throughout the night.  I don't want that temperature to get high again.  I NEVER want to experience that again!

Bill and I agree that this is the worst thing we've ever been through.  I still can't get that picture out of my head of him laying on the floor having the seizure.  I tear up everytime I picture it, which unfortunately right now is often.  I thank God that my baby is okay now.  I do not want to have to experience that again!  so our little angel sleeps right now and I pray that he has a good night's rest and is 100% better in the morning.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you (and will be checking your temperature often for the next day!)

we'll write about our trip to San Francisco and post the pictures sometime later this week

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 11:00 PM - Categories: About Jake

A trip to the ER

Oh my goodness, Jacob gave Bill and I a big scare this afternoon.  Here's the whole story...

This morning Nani came over to take Jacob to spend some time with him since she had not seen him in a while (because we were in San Francisco last week).  Anyway, Bill and I were happy to let Jacob spend some time with his Nani and Papa.  We ended up getting invited to our friend's house to watch the Laker game.  So we picked up Jacob from my parent's house so he could go with us to play with his friend Christian.  While at my mom's she mentioned that he felt a little warm.  I didn't really think too much of it because I thought he was teething...classic signs of Jacob teething, gnawing on everything in sight, a clear runny nose and a bit of a temperature.  So we went to our friends and he was having a great time playing with his friend.  After about an hour of playing, Bill picked him up and said that he felt really warm.  We asked our friends to get a thermometer so we could check his temperature.  There were only about a minute or so left in the half or quarter, I don't remember which, so we said just to wait until the break...well...in the mean time, Jacob was sitting on the floor in front of Bill, Christian was sitting in front of me and they were playing with some toys.  All of a sudden, Jacob falls back.  The fall looked really strange to me and I said something to Bill about the fall.  Bill said that he threw himself back, which is not unusual for Jacob, but he only does that when he's upset, and he was having a good time playing with Christian.  Bill moved his legs to pick him up and his voice changed...I'm not exactly sure what he said, but the next thing I knew was he was holding Jacob and Jacob's eyes were moving in a very unusual way.  Then he began to shake in Bill's arms.  Bill said "he's seizing"  I told him to lay him on the ground and for someone to call 911.  I think that was the only good thing I did for the next 5-8 minutes.  Bill thought he hit his head as he threw himself back and that thats what was causing the seizure.  As soon as I saw Jacob laying on the ground convulsing, I left the room, almost not knowing what to do.  I heard my friend on the phone with 911.  She asked me a couple of questions, I don't know what now, I think I answered her with the right answers and then I saw her stairs, dropped to my knees and prayed for my baby.  I prayed that God would be with him and stop him from convulsing and that everything would be okay.  I stood up and went back into the room with my baby and Bill.  Christina was still on the phone with the 911 operator who told her to have us take off his clothes and start putting cold cloths on him.  I got a towel from the kitchen, wet it and started putting it on Jacob.  He was still seizing at this point.  One of their friends, Mike, kept brining me new cold towels for Jacob.  The whole time Jacob was convulsing, Bill and I were talking to him letting him know that we were there and that he would be okay, but honestly I didn't know what was going on.  I remember asking God to stop him from shaking and I think at one point I told Jacob to stop shaking (like he could really control what was going on, but I was desperate at that point).  We think the seizure lasted between 3 and 5 minutes, but it felt like FOREVER.  I remember just thinking that he needed to stop because in my mind the longer the seizure, the worse it would be.  He finally stopped and we layed him on his side.  He was definitely not coherent.  His eyes were open then closed and he just layed there breathing kind of funny.  The paramedics arrived a couple of minutes later and I really don't know what they were doing to him.  I just sat there rubbing my baby's arm telling him he was okay and that mommy and daddy were there.  Bill was right there with him too, touching him and talking to him.  I can't believe how calm he was through the whole ordeal.  They told us that he would need to go to the hospital and that it was best for him to go in the ambulance, just in case he had another seizure.  I went in the ambulance with Jacob and Bill followed behind.   He called both our parents on the way to the hospital and when we arrived, my parents were already there!  On the way to the hopsital Jacob was still not himself.  he refused his pacifier a couple of times and he wasn't moving much.  I was getting a little nervous about his lack of movement in his arms, but he eventually moved them and made me feel a lot better.  When we arrived at the hospital, he was a little more alert, but I could tell he was still not 100%.  They gave him some tylenol and motrin and the doctor came to see him.  She said the seizure was a febrile seizure, caused by a spike in his temperature and that it was probably a result of Roseola.  We will see in a few days if he breaks out in a rash.  He had a temperature of 102.8 at the hospital and felt really warm.  His daddy was holding him and he ended up falling asleep in his arms while the doctor explained everything to us.  We were released soon after and told to simply treat his temperature with tylenol and motrin.  As we were leaving Jacob woke up when Bill gave him to me so he could go get the car. We walked outside and he saw an ambulance, pointed to it and said "truck"  It was then that I felt a lot better, my baby was back to normal.  Nani and Papa were waiting outside for us and he got excited when he saw them.  On the way home from the hospital, he was tired but when he saw a bike drive by, he pointed and said "bike."  Yep, back to normal.  When we got home he ate lots of animal crackers, not wanting anything else we put in front of him.  His temperature felt like it was going down.  He fell asleep at about 7pm and he is still asleep (he even slept through 2 rectal temperature readings!)  Right now it's 11:30pm.  When I last checked his temperature he didn't have one.  He is sleeping in our bed tonight so we can keep an eye on him and feel his temp throughout the night.  I don't want that temperature to get high again.  I NEVER want to experience that again!

Bill and I agree that this is the worst thing we've ever been through.  I still can't get that picture out of my head of him laying on the floor having the seizure.  I tear up everytime I picture it, which unfortunately right now is often.  I thank God that my baby is okay now.  I do not want to have to experience that again!  so our little angel sleeps right now and I pray that he has a good night's rest and is 100% better in the morning.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you (and will be checking your temperature often for the next day!)

we'll write about our trip to San Francisco and post the pictures sometime later this week

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 11:00 PM - Categories: About Jake

Jacob's first kiss

Jacob had a late start this morning.  He didn't wake up until about 7:15 which is really late for him.  He didn't go to sleep last night until 8:45...maybe that has something to do with it.  We started our day by going to church.  Jacob is getting more comfortable with going to Sunday School.  The teachers say he's getting better each week.  He especially likes it when they have time outside.  He usually cries when we drop him off and then again when he sees us coming to pick him up...I just hope he's not crying the whole time.  We did resort to sending him with his pacifier, just to give the teacher a break!

This evening after dinner we went to the park again.  It was finally cool outside and the playground is in the shade.  He had a good time running around with his truck, bouncing on the bridge with daddy and then with mommy and going down the slide with each of us.  I have to admit, we had a good time too...I love going down the slide and racing him! While at the park he met a little "friend" named Aubrey, a 2 1/2 year old cutie.  They played with the truck together and then toward the end of our visit they started to go down the slide together.  I must say Aubrey was a little aggressive because she grabbed Jacob's hand and they went to the top of the slide together (holding hands!) It was adorable.  They did that a few more times and then it was time for us to go home.  Aubrey said she wanted to kiss Jacob goodbye!  WHAT!?!?!?!?  Before I knew it, she was puckering up and laying one on him.  I didn't manage to get the actual kiss on camera, but I did get the puckering up part.  Jacob's response?  He gave her a high five....typical boy!  I'm sure Jacob will be looking out for Aubrey the next time we are at the park!  You can check out our pictures to see more of the two of them together and some video clips too!  It really was too cute!

So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:10 PM - Categories: About Jake

First outing at the Beach

Today was HOT, so we decided to take a drive to Newport to walk around.  Nani and Papa came with us.  The plan was to just walk along the bike path for about an hour, have some snacks then come home.  So we packed everything up and headed out.  After a lot of traffic and difficulty finding a parking space, we finally made it to the bike path.  Papa had the stroller and he kept going straight to the water.  Of course, I did not bring Jacob's swim trunks or water diaper because in my head we weren't going into the water...but plans changed.  We ended up taking Jacob into the water to "get his feet wet."  Little did we know that he would LOVE THE WATER and kept wanting to run into the waves.  We really had to keep and eye and hand on him the whole time.  He soon realized how to stomp in the water to make little splashes.  He didn't really know what to feel when he stood in the water and the wave returned to the ocean...a couple of times it almost knocked in over...actually I think it did once and his face got all full of sand, but he loved it.(if you look really close at the picture of him sitting in the sand below you can see the sand on his forehead still!)  We spent quite a bit of time letting him play in the water, of course his shorts got all wet, so we ended up taking them off and let him run around in his diaper, play in the sand, flirt with a little girl and then it was time to go.  He had a blast.  Daddy hosed him off at the showers and then we had snack time as Jacob people watched.  He loved seeing all the bicycles ride by and all the doggies being walked.  It was well past his nap time but he was wide eyed and bushy tailed!  Then we took our walk down the path toward the pier.  Of course we stopped for and ice cream and Jacob got out of the stroller to chase the birds and feed them cheerios.  Then we walked down the pier and back to the car.  About halfway back to the car he FINALLY fell asleep...this was at about 3pm!  The lastest he's ever fallen asleep for a nap!  He had such a great time though.  He was so adorable to watch in the water...running into the waves as much as we would let him.  We got lots of photos and video of the event.  I think he's going to end up being a little surfer...he loved the water.  We all had a great time at the beach and I'm sure we will have to go back often!  Nani and Papa were glad they went to experience Jacob's first time in the water.  I think they had a good time too!

We got home and by then he was already awake from his short nap.  He went immediately into the bathtub to get all the sand off of him and his hair! 

Later Chip and Cooper came over and then daddy took Jacob with them to go look at Harleys.  I'm not sure what exactly happened there, but the jist of it was that they went to go look at the bikes, Jacob looked at and touched all the bikes, and then the four boys went to dinner!  Really, how cute is that, two daddies and two sons out for dinner.  Apparently both little boys did really well the whole time (I'm not so sure about the big boys though :) ).  Jacob actually ate all of his meal.  When my boys got home Jacob was all smiles and daddy told me all about their adventure.  Jacob was so wound up from today that he didn't fall asleep until about 8:45!  CRAZY KID.  Tomorrow has to be a less eventful day for him...maybe just church and then kicking it at home!

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:01 PM - Categories: About Jake

This Week in the Life of Jacob

Wow, we had a busy week, it seems.  Monday, Auntie Erin and Aiden came over to play.  They met us at the park for our morning workout.  After the mommies got their workout in the boys played at the park for about an hour.  We thought that they would fall asleep on the way home FOR SURE!  Boy were we WRONG!  They were both up until about 12:30 and even then Jacob did NOT want to take a nap. We ended up taking him with us to get drive thru lunch and he FINALLY fell asleep in the car on the way home but only slept for 45 minutes, waking up way before Aiden.  I guess Jacob did not want to miss the action of the visitors.  He was not a happy camper that day, but ended up being better by the late afternoon. 

Monday night Jacob did a pretty good job sleeping through the night.  He cried a little, but I let him soothe himself back to sleep and it seemed to work fairly well!  Tuesday afternoon I took Jacob to Borders with his friend Christian (and Christina).  The boys had a GREAT time "reading" all the books in the childrens section, playing with the puppets, and messing up all their CDs and DVDs.  I'm sure the employees were glad to see us go!  We were good mommies and cleaned up after our boys.  We didn't realize it, but we were at the store for well over an hour and a half!  Whatever, as long as Jacob had a good time and was happy, so was I!

Tuesday night, Jacob slept through the ENTIRE night without even wimpering!  When he woke up at 6, Bill and I looked up at eachother and said "did he really sleep through the entire night?!?!?"  He took at nap at about 12 and slept for 2 1/2 hours!  I started not to feel well and ended up taking a nap with him.  When he finally woke up we were going downstairs to get something to eat, but when we reached the bottom of the stairs we say WATER all throughout the downstairs family room and nook!  I picked up Jacob to get a better look and realized that half the water in the fishtank was now on our hardwood floors!  I had to interrupt Bill from his meeting so he could take a look.  Jacob and I ended up going to get the water vac from my parents while Bill stayed behind to mop up what he could while we were gone.  What a mess!  To top it all off, by the time we got back to the house I was really not feeling well and realized I had a temperature of almost 102!  so Jacob and I stayed upstairs while daddy cleaned up everything...poor daddy!  Of all days for Jacob to take a long nap.  Oh well, what happens, happens!

Thursday we didn't go to workout because mommy was still a little under the weather, but we did make it out for playtime at the park.  Jacob had fun playing with his fri