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

This afternoon Jacob experienced his first earthquake and it was centered here in Chino Hills!  A 5.4 quake.  Jake and I were shopping in an outdoor shopping area when it hit.  We are obviously fine and nothing happened to our house, just  afew pictures on the wall are a little crooked now. The shaking didn't seem to phase Jacob one bit!

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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!

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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!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 12:50 PM - Categories: About Jake

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!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 12:23 PM - Categories: About Jake