Rough Night

I'm not sure what was up with Jacob last night, but it was anything but pleasant. He started tossing & turning about 10:45pm, and by 11:00pm he was awake and crying. It was all downhill from there. Usually I can calm him and get him to go back to sleep, but he was totally inconsolable. He didnt' want to be held and kept running out into the living room and standing in the dark. He ran into our bedroom & stared at Jason for a minute. Jason tried to get him to go back to bed, but that didn't work either. This cycle of crying lasted an hour! I gave up first, so Jason kept trying because he didn't want to listen to Jacob cry. I knew he was just overtired & need to just cry it out, but it is hard to listen to. Finally it had been way to long so I got out of bed & went to get Jacob from Jason to put him into bed & just close the door. Poor Jason was so desperate to figure out what was wrong with Jacob (he was over tired!!) he just followed him around looking for clues. When I found them he was putting Jacob into him highchair in the dark! I tried to explain that Jacob wasn't hungry & what could he possibly want to eat at 11:30pm, and sure enough, as soon as Jason offered the crackers, Jacob came unglued, and it didn't stop from there.

Finally I just put him in bed & let him cry it out. It wasn't fun and I had to lie on the floor next to his bed, but he finally fell asleep. He did check to see if I was still there a few times, but finally fell asleep. After midnight, mind you, but finally. Ahhhhh - hopefully we won't have a repeat tonight!

Jacob Sticks Up for Himself!

So Jacob got his first "Behavior Report" at school yesterday. :( But, his teachers had me sign it on a technicality really. Yesterday another baby in Jacob's class was harrassing him and pulling his hair. His teachers separated the boys but the other baby kept going after Jacob and kept pulling his hair. So I guess finally Jacob just had it and chomped down on his arm!

When I picked him up yesterday I got the full report and one of his teachers said to me, "I was so proud of Jacob for sticking up for himself!" Ha! They weren't too upset that Jacob bit someone else. Apparently he had it coming! No one was more proud than Jason though.

Funny Tidbits

I've been trying to remember all of the funny things that Jacob has been saying/doing lately so I can look back & smile. (Well, ok, I think they're cute and funny. I'm his mom though!!)

He is obsessed with dogs! He "talks" about them all the time. This morning when he woke up, he was rolling around in his crib stretching & waking up, then said "dog" twice. (It still sounds like "dough.") It was also the last thing he said before he fell asleep on the way to San Diego this weekend. He was just about to nod off, his eyes were closed and everything, but first he said, "dog." It's so funny!

He signs "more" and "all done"

If we leave the gate at the top of the stairs open, he rushes over to close it.

He loves doing art at school. His teacher told me they have art time right after nap time and he rushes over to the art area right after he wakes up. And if he's not the first one over at the table where they do art, he cries.

The other day he disappeared on me in the house & when I went looking for him, I found him in our bedroom trying to massage his own back with our plastic massager from Bath & Body Works. It was so cute! He was starting to get frustrated though because his little arms were too short. His memory is amazing! I only massaged his back one other time. He did like it though. I think it tickled because he wiggled & laughed like a hyena.

He sings "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" but it sounds like this ... "ooo, ooo, ooo, aahh!" and he throws his arms up in the air. His school sings the last line " ... if you see a crocodile don't forget to scream!" He throws is arms up in the air for that part. So cute!

He has discovered the yumminess of cupcakes. I thought I could trick him into eating more vegetables by making zuchinni cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. That didn't work out so well. He ate off most of the frosting & threw the cupcake on the floor :(

Jacob's First Haircut!

Ugh! I've been so terrible about updating this blog! My whole point about starting it was so I could jot down fun things Jacob is doing before I forget, and then he's grown, and all the cute memories are long gone :(. I'll try to be better from here on out!
So earlier this month Jacob got his first haircut! His hair was starting to grow over his ears and was clearly bothering him and was looking a bit shaggy in the back. So we took him to a kids haircut place with our fingers crossed. He did pretty good considering the circumstances!

Here he is pre-haircut:


During the haircut ... he was doing ok until he heard the snipping by his ears!

He was still a little scarred after it was all over.

But once we got home, he was back to his normal self :)

long weekend!

Ok, so it wasn't a 3-day weekend, but the 2 days home with Jacob felt like 3! Jason was working all weekend, so it was just me & Jacob hanging out. Saturday was actually ok. I didn't have a problem getting him to eat or nap which is always a plus. After his morning nap I took him to the mall for lunch. I so wish I had brought my camera!!! I got him a hotdog on a stick and cut up about 1/3 of it, and he sat so sweetly in the booth holding his little paper boat of hotdog & cornbread pieces on his lap, eating contently. Until ... he saw me eating mine right off the stick. Then he wanted to try too. So, I handed him the other half of his hotdog still on the stick & he ate it just fine! I was so impressed. Then he started yelling & motioning for my hotdog too. Since I'd rather have him eat than me, I handed him mine too, and he was double-fisting the corndogs. He looked hysterical! But sooo cute. He just sat there, alternating bites between the 2 dogs until he was finished. I was thrilled! (And a little hungry :( )

Later on Saturday, Jason set up a playdate for Jacob. One of Jason's co-workers brought his 15 month-old daughter over to our house. She was pretty interested in Jacob's toys, but not too interested in Jacob. They sort of parallel played for a while, ate dinner (Jacob ate his mac n cheese, she refused hers - go Jacob!!), then the guys took them to the park. By the time they got home it was time for bed. Jason was a little concerened that Jacob didn't have fun at the park. He said he wasn't really smiling & seemed to be "tolerating" it. Maybe he was confused by his friend?

Sunday was another story. UGH is all I have to say. Jason was gone all day & Jacob was totally uncooperative. He didn't want to nap, eat, have his diaper changed, drink water or milk, go outside, come inside, play with his toys, etc. I swear. If I didn't know better, I'd say he had PMS. He was so moody! He also got into everything that he knows is off-limits. He tried playing with the phone, in the pantry, with the DVD player. I was so exhausted when he finally went to bed. (I put him in his new Angels pj's. He looked so dang cute, it almost made up for the day.) He also knocked over one of our speakers which totally crushed 2 candles & votive holders that were on top of it. I did hold firm on his dinner though & it worked. Yes!! I fed him dinner at his normal time, and tried something new - beef with broccoli. He didn't seem to care for it & refused to eat it. So, we were done. About an hour later when he let me know he was hungry, I whipped out the beef with broccoli again & he ate almost the whole bowl. Yay!

This morning he was up to his old tricks again. Refused to drink his milk, tried to refuse to have his diaper changed, was difficult to dress, and was just generally whiny. I was all too happy to wave goodbye to him this morning! Here's hoping this week is better!