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!