It seems like in the past few weeks Jacob has been turning into a big boy.  He is starting to feed himself with a spoon.  The other morning he got the spoon and fed himself some oatmeal.  Tonight at dinner he was eating mashed potatoes with his spoon.  Of course they were all over the place, but he is trying.  He is also starting to run around everywhere, most he is running away from me when it's time for a diaper change.  Sometimes his body isn't fast enough for his brain and he trips over himself.  He is really trying to talk too.  Yesterday he said "YES" but not for any particular reason...he just kept saying "yes"  I don't know if it's a sound he's making or actually a word.

Yesterday he was playing with his crayons made for toddlers and he ended up pulling the crayon out of the holder and putting it in his mouth.  I wish they would make those things so that kids can't pull the crayons out.  Today at stroller strides he tried to escape from the tennis courts through a small gap in the fence.  Of course no other child noticed the gap except for Jacob.  He was halfway out by the time I got to him and he had a HUGE smile on his face like he was almost able to get away with something.

He is FINALLY holding the bottle on his own.  I completely spoiled him and kept holding the bottle for him.  The other day he grabbed it when we sat down in the chair and fed himself.  He is also getting a lot better with a sippy cup.  I think in the next couple of weeks we will be completely off the bottle.  He is also going down the slide by himself now.  I think he was a little fearful of the slide, but now he loves it.  He is also trying to reach up to the door handle.  He's almost there and when he is finally able to reach he will know what to do.  I did the mistake of allowing him to open the door when I go to change his diaper so he knows how the handle works.  Uh Oh...I don't think they make safety covers for our type of doors...we'll have to look into that one.

He still LOVES to dance.  Every night we put the music on and he gets down...really, he is moving his head swaying his arms and bouncing up and down.  He's even got a bit of a twist going on.  He is HYSTERICAL to watch.  He prefers some songs over others because with some songs he simply bounces up and down but with others, he is a dancing machine.

ON Monday we went to have lunch at Rainforest Cafe with some of Bill's employees.  I was showing Jacob the gorilla (while it wasn't moving) and then all of a sudden it made a movement and a large gorilla sound.  It startled Jacob so bad that he started crying and clinched onto me so tight.  I felt so bad for him. During lunch everytime ne heard the gorilla he grabbed on to me and we were sitting far from that silly gorilla.

I'm sure he will be doing more things in the near future and I will have to remember to write them all down.  So until then...mommy and daddy love you!