Bill and Miss (plus two)

Well our little boy is at it again.  He has his good days and bad days.  Unfortunately, lately there has been more bad than good.  I think it is partially our fault.  He's had some late nights recently and I think he's lacking sleep.  Last night he had a night terror again...his second one.  My research on those say that they are sometimes due to lack of sleep.  So, I am determined to keep him on a normal schedule to help out with his bad tantrums and to hopefully prevent anymore night terrors.  Today, was mostly a good day.  When he woke up from his nap he was in such a happy mood.  He and I went downstairs and played a little bit.  Daddy came down for a quick break.  When he, Daddy, went back upstairs to work, Jacob wanted to follow him.  So up we went, but the office door was closed, so Jacob decided to play on the stairs, dangerous I know, but I was right there with him and we actually had a great time.  Each time he got to the top of the stairs, he said, "Dada working" and pointed to the office door.  So cute.  He now understands and is able to voice that his daddy is working and can't come out to play.  Anyway, we played rolling the ball down the stairs for a good 15 mintues.  He watched the ball roll down the stairs, laughed and then went "boinging" down the stairs saying "I got it" or "I get it"  Then we started throwing the ball to the top of the stairs and watched it bounce back down the stairs.  I was trying to teach him about taking turns (but he already practices this at the park and other places with his friends).  Anyway I would say, 'okay it's Jacob's turn" and then "okay, it's mommy's turn" eventually when it was his turn he said "Bacob turn" "Bacob' is the way he says his name.  then when it was my turn he said "momma turn."  What a good boy and he was so good about taking turns. He was having a blast rolling the ball down the stairs, I didn't know when I was going to get him down. 

Later tonight I went to have dinner with some former co-workers and Jacob and daddy went to Kindermusik.  I guess Jacob was a good boy there, but was not a good boy when he got home and had to put on his PJs.  When I called home to tell Bill I was coming home, he said "my ears feel like they are bleeding."  I guess Jacob was that loud.  Let's pray for a good day tomorrow :)  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

Last Wednesday night, Jacob went to see Sesame Street Live.  He obviously had no clue what was going on, but when the show started and all the Sesame Street Characters came on stage, his eyes got so big and his mouth was open in amazement.  It was the cutest thing.  He could not stop pointing at the stage and shouting out, "ELMO! COOKIE! ERNIE! BIG BIRD!"  I don't think he blinked for the first few minutes.  He got off our lap and started dancing in the space in front of his seat.  He was adorable.  After each song, most of the characters went back stage to take a break.  When they left he would put his hands on top of his head and say "oh no!" "where go?"  He was so sad they they were gone.  We tried to explain to him that they would be back soon, but I don't know that he understood.  When they finally came back onstage, the amazement was there all over again.  It was more fun for us to watch him watch the show than it was to watch the show.  It's amazing that we now enjoy watching him enjoy things more than enjoying it ourselves.  He LOVED it and even though it ran late and he was tired, his eyes were glued to the stage the entire night.

Thanks to our friends for getting us tickets to the show.  We all had a great time.

We had a pretty eventful weekend.  Saturday Daddy, Papa and Uncle RJ went for a motorcycle ride in the morning/afternoon.  Jacob and I hung out with Nani at her house.  We left the house in the late morning and noticed some smoke in our house's direction.  We heard on the radio that there was a fire in Corona/Yorba Linda, so I wasn't too concerned about seeing the smoke.  By that evening we were seeing the flames glow in the night sky along the ridges of the State Park, which is right near our house.  We went to visit Vanessa and Phil and baby Nathaniel.  As we drove there both Bill and I were a little nervous about the apporaching flames.  We called our neighbor to ask him to call us if something should arise that we should be home for.  By the time we got home at about 9:30 we could see an orange glow and smoke just over the hill to the south of our house.  We watched the news until about 2 in the morning and saw that the fire was getting closer to our neck of the woods.  We packed up our computers and important papers, just in case.  Bill kept waking up at night to check on the situation.  By 4 am we could see flames to the west of us and the smoke to the south of us.  We got really worried then.  The fire was right at the rim of the housing area just above our neighborhood.  We began packing up more things, just in case.  From the news casts pictures, this did not look good.  I thought for sure those houses were gonners.  I will admit, I was very nervous.  I was not nervous up until that point.  I also had heard that the houses south of us were evacuated.  I knew that if the winds switched direction, we were going to be in big trouble.  The fire to the south of us could quickly approach us and I was fearful of embers flying.  There are quite a few houses between us and the brush of the State Park, but what made me nervous was the flying embers.  We had just seen houses burn to the ground because of the embers.  Anyway, by 6 am I was more nervous.  We called my parents and my dad came over with his truck just in case we needed to leave.  We heard that they were evacuting houses two streets away from us.  By 7am we were feeling a little better about the situation.  The firefighters were setting backfires to control the movement of the fire, which set my mind at ease, but also made me worry...those fires can get out of control quickly if the wind shifted.  Fortunately for us the winds were more calm than the previous day and were heading in the right direction, away from us.  Jacob and I went to my parent's house and spent the day there while Bill stayed home and stood guard.  By about 3pm the fires were pretty much put out in our area...those firemen are amazing and did a great job in our area.

Amazingly, the skies were clear over our house the entire time.  There was a major fire burning less than a mile away from us and we could barely smell smoke.  The wind was moving in a North western direction and completey away from us.  By about 3pm though, the winds shifted and the sky over our house became grey and it smelt pretty bad.  This morning we woke up to clear skies and very little smell of smoke.  Again at about 2pm, the winds shifted and we smelt the smoke again.

today, Aidan and Erin came over and joined Jacob and me at Little Gym.  the boys had a great time and after class we went to Chick-fil-A for lunch.  The boys were good eaters.  Jacob was exhausted after and took a 3 hour nap.  He woke up, had a good snack and then a good dinner and then we joined two of his friends at Baskin Robbins for ice cream.  Jacob had a strawberry ice cream cone and enjoyed every lick of it. 

We are blessed that no major damage was done to our city and we are praying for the people who lost homes in Orange County...there are way to many of them.  Thank you to all the firefighters who risked their lives to keep us all safe...they did an AWESOME job!  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!