Lots of catching up to do
Posted by Missy Roberts at 10:28 PM About Jake
Well we've been busy this past week and I haven't been good about writing. Last Thursday Jacob had his first official "play date" that sounds so funny. We went to his friend, Christians' house from swim class. Jacob and Christian were so funny together. Christian is 11 months old and will be one on Oct. 14th (mommy's birthday). The two boys got along great. They were so interested in eachother when we first arrived. They spent the first couple of minutes just staring at eachother and wanting to touch eachother. they played with toys together and even had some conversations. Christian's mommy, Christina and I had fun interpreting what they were saying to eachother.
On Friday we went to the Mattel outlet to get Jacob some stuff. New toys, like he really needs them. Actually, he doesn't have too many toys and we wanted to get him some stuff he could play with while standing and something he could push around. We got a play table with some cool stuff on it and this really cool lion that he can push while "walking." That lion is his favorite thing now. It plays music while he's walking and sometimes he has to stop to "dance" a little (I think he gets that from his mommy!). He was so excited when we got it home. He got right up on it and took a couple steps and then the top half of his body was moving faster than the bottom half and he fell a couple of times, but got right back up and kept going. He would take a break after a couple of steps and look at his mommy and daddy for approval. He was so proud of himself and we were very proud of him too. We spent a lot of time clapping for him that night. He was so adorable.
Saturday, Nani came over in the early afternoon to watch Jacob so that mommy and daddy could go to the UCLA football game. It was raining all night Friday and early Saturday morning, so Nani's plans of taking Jacob shopping were shot. So they just hung out at the house and played. Papa came over after he got off work and we're not too sure exactly what happened, but I'm sure they all had fun. We do know that Jacob did not finish his bottle right before bedtime because someone (Papa?) gave him too many cheerios with his dinner. oh well, I guess that's what grandparents are for. So that night we were up at 3:30 giving Jacob a bottle! We'll forgive Papa this time!
Sunday afternoon Grandma and Grandpa came over. They had not seen Jacob in a while and were surprised to see his teeth and him munching on his cheerios. They were very impressed by the speed of his crawling and got a kick out of him walking with his lion. We went to an early dinner with them, but unfortunately, we decided to go around Jacob's nap time and though he wasn't a bad baby at the restaurant, he wasn't on his best behavior either. I don't know how many times I had to get up to get the toy he threw on the ground. Finally after the (what felt like) the millionth time, I took the toy away and thats when it got a little more difficult. But we managed and didn't disrupt the people around us (too much). I think the guy behind me only got hit once with Jacob's stuffed toy! opps sorry:( After dinner grandma and grandpa stayed to watch a movie, but Jacob was way too tired for that and conked out within the first five minutes, leaving mommy and daddy able to enjoy the movie too!
Today we played a little in the morning. He is getting much better at walking with the lion. He will now walk across the family room without stopping and has some speed on him too. He is trying to learn how to turn the lion around so he can head back. He doesn't like when the couch stops him. He is getting smarter too. When we try to block areas from him, he tries to find ways of getting through. I put the playpin in between the couch and the fish tank and he manages to crawl in between the play pin and the couch to make his way over to the kitchen. His brain is definitely thinking all the time.
I found his journal from Yosemite and now I just have to find the time to type it. Hopefully sometime before the end of the week!
So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!