Bill and Miss (plus two)

This morning Jacob was a little pain in the rear!  From the moment we woke up to the moment we went to stroller strides he was pretty much crying!  UGH...quite annoying.  He was a very good boy during our workout though (YEAH!).  He was almost asleep when we got home from our workout and playing at the park.  I got him out of his carseat and he made sure to grab his toy train.  I layed him in his crib and then took the train away.  He immediately sat up and pointed to his train.  I gave it back to him and he fell asleep with his train!  I must admit, it was really adorable.  He's never really fallen asleep with anything in his hand.  I wouldn't have minded him sleeping with it, except that it's VERY HARD!  I wonder why he's never really gotten attached to any stuffies?

Later in the afternoon we were outside playing in the front yard and the garage.  Jacob walked over to our bikes and said "bike!"  Then we were at Target getting some odds and ends and we passed by some bouncy balls and guess what he said?  Yep, "ball"  well it was more like "ba" but it was definitely his version of ball.  Okay so do we have a little boy or what...his only words thus far are "water," "truck," "bike" and "ball"  I mean really, can we add "book" in there too?  Please!?!?!  Every day when we read books I am constantly saying "book, book, book, now say book" but no, he hears us say "truck" and "bike" a few times and picks those words to say first.  I have a feeling homework time in our house is going to be a struggle!  I guess all my education courses are going to come in hand then!  I believe my master's thesis was on something about motivation and education...maybe God was already preparing me for Jacob :) 

This evening at dinner we had some music playing in the background and Jacob and daddy were shaking their heads in unison to the beat of the song.  It was so cute that I had to get the video camera out and tape it.  I don't know how to add video on here otherwise you would see the video of it.

Jacob now has a total of 10 teeth.  ACtually, he has 9 1/2.  He broke his right top molar sometime last week and his top left molar is just about broken through now.  You can only see them when he is screaming his head off while laying down, which is quite often, so we get plenty of looks at them!  I am hoping this is the reason for all the crying and whining and waking up at night.  I can't wait until all his teeth are in...maybe then we will get to sleep through the night!  So I hope we get to sleep tonight...we'll see.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

Last night Jacob was pretty squirmish all night.  He went to sleep with a fever and then when I felt him again at about 5am he had another fever!  Poor baby.  He's taken two doses of Tylenol today.  So we've just been hanging out today, Jacob has been sleeping on and off, mostly off though.  He's only slept a total of about 1 hour today...not good for him.  He did watch the UCLA basketball game this afternoon with mommy and daddy.  He also had his first official piece of pizza and really liked it...I couldn't cut the pieces up for him fast enough. 

This evening for his bath we took out his bath seat and he was just sitting on the tub floor.  At first he didn't want to sit down in the water...actualy he didn't even want to stand in the water.  Daddy had to stand in the tun and finally Jacob made his way in and sat down and then I think he really liked it.  He was turning around and moving all over the place.  He was splashing like crazy too...mommy got a pretty good bath too!

We are hoping he gets a better nights sleep tonight and that his fever is finally gone.  He seems to have a little more energy this afternoon.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

This morning Jacob had his 15 month Doctor check up.  While we were waiting for the Dr. daddy and Jacob were playing with the trains on the table.  Jacob also ate a banana and managed to get lots of it on his face!  He's really good about putting food on his face and clothing so that people know what he's had to eat all day long.  As usual he got measured and weighed.  He is now 32 1/2 inches long (90th percentile) and 23 lbs 6 ounces (30th percentile).  Yes we have a tall skinny little boy.  Dr. Gladstein was not concerned with his weight, so I won't be either.  THe check up went well and the Dr. said that the rash behind his legs will go away eventually, but there is nothing we can do about it :(  That stinks.

Jacob developed a cough a couple of days ago.  The doctor said it's just a cold.  He was a little more mellow during the day and then around dinner time, he came and up his head on my lap and he was tired.  He felt warm and ended up having a temperature of 102.1 so he got some tylenol and went to sleep a little earlier than normal. I hope his fever breaks during the night and that he's better tomorrow...so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!