too long

I am going to try to get better about updating more. Paige is here, born August 13th at 7:39am. It is an incredible story that I'll try to post today during nap time. Jacob loves his little sister so much and she adores him too.

almost 1 year

Wow, it's almost been 1 year since my last post. Time just gets away from you. It's not like anyone reads this probably anyway.

So let's see what's gone on since then.....
Mike got a job working down in San Jose
Jacob and I lived in Pollock Pines by ourselves until November when we moved down here and lived with Mike's friend
We are now living in grandma's duplex

Oh yeah, and I'm 8 months pregnant!!

Everyone knows that by know though lol. Baby's gender is a surprise, although Mike knows. He said it was one of the exciting parts of the pregnancy to him, so I "let" him find out on 1 condition, that he not tell anyone!!! And he hasn't so I'm proud of him. He hasn't let it slip to me by saying she/he either which is really good!!

Genius I tell ya!

Jacob is a genius!! Well, to me at least. We were going to the library the other day after his dr appointment and I told him that we were going, and after I said library he said library! That's a pretty hard word, especially for a toddler. Then the other day I came across a pack of toddler books that we had gotten him. One of the books is farm animals. I went through it with him and named the animals, probably about 5 times. The next day he brought me the book, opened it, pointed to the goat and said "goat", then he did it with the goose! He can also point to the cow and the sheep and say those, but he's been saying cow for awhile now. He can also tell you what the cow, sheep, duck, dog and cat say!!

updates

So, I knew it had been awhile, but I didn't know it had been that long, yikes! But there's not much to tell. Mike got a full time job! Thank God!! He works down in Santa Clara, so he's not home. It's going to be rough, but hopefully come December when our tenant renews her lease we'll be able to rent a house down there so we can live together as a family again lol.

I put together a list of Jacob's words, he can say alot now! My little boy is growing up!
Hi
Momma
Dada
Kitty
Hi kitty
Cheese
Ball
Grapes
Applesauce
Couch
Shoe
Socks
Bath
Night night
Car
Truck
Van
Milk
Water
Banana
Book
Fish
Elmo
Gabba
Sit
Juice
Na-na (snack)
Please
Grandma
Grandpa
Outside
Up
No
oops

I'm sure there are a few that I'm missing, but that's all that I can think of. Not too shabby!

Jacob has been able to spend some time with his friends and play, it's so nice to see him interacting with other kids. He really gets along well with kids his age. He and Asa took turns playing with this one car at a party we were at. It was great to watch them play! He broke 3 new teeth, so we are up to 10 now. He has all 4 front top, 4 bottom front (even though 1 isn't 100% through yet) and then he has his bottom 1st molars! He did really well with breaking all of them through, and even got a fever of 102.4. But he really did great!

In mommy news, I finally got glasses. I knew after being pregnant that my eyesight was effected and I would need glasses, but we just didn't have eye insurance and it wasn't that bad. But I finally was able to get in and sure enough, I'm near-sighted. I pretty much have to wear them all the time, except when I'm doing something close up. They aren't the hippest frames, but they were free and I didn't have to pay 1 cent out of pocket for the glasses so I'm not complaining! I also was able to get a jogging stroller on Craigslist for $35!! So Jacob and I have been walking everyday so far, he loves it! Which is great, cuz that gets me motivated to get out and do it.


Overall, everything is going well. Jacob is a wonderful happy kid and I couldn't ask for anymore! I love him so much and everyday that I get to spend with him is such a blessing. School is coming along ok; I'm not anywhere near where I would like to be, but I'm trying to learn the terms as I go instead of doing it later. Slowly but surely right? I just hope I can still make my goal of finishing by the end of the year! Here are some random pics of Jacob. And a video, it's so cute if I do say so myself!

Park pics

I'm sure most of you have seen these on Facebook already, but I wanted to post a couple here. Jacob just got his hair cut on Monday. He looks so adorable with a faux hawk!!







His vocabulary just keeps growing. Yesterday we were talking with my mom on Skype, and he started saying "blah blah blah Grandma". Clear as day!!! It was so cool. My mom just about melted! He hasn't said it since though. Maybe next time he sees her.

Long time

Been lazy. Not much to update on though. Jacob is doing great!! Vocabulary is up to about 10 words; let's see how many I can remember.

Hi (especially when the phone rings lol!)
cracker
momma
dada
cat
dog
bye bye
hot
water
car
tow truck (although I'm the only one who can understand that's what he's saying when he's saying it)

He's growing wonderfully! Sleeping in his crib every night. I've figured out that if he ony takes 1 nap during the day that he sleeps better at night, so I've been trying to do that more and more. Working out pretty well.

Here are some recent pics of him.

Mmm pickle


the "cats" he saw the other night (he kept saying cat cat cat so I finally looked to see what he was talking about)


He got in, but couldn't get out by himself


He also got his first real haircut before we went to Arizona to see my dad







This is the plate I made for his birthday. His handprint is at the top of the trunk, it's supposed to be the leaves of the tree, but the color selection at Color Me Mine sucks. The monkeys are the thumbprints of the kids that attended.

1st birthday professional pics

I finally just got around to taking pics of the pictures. The scanner isn't hooked up so sorry for the quality. I'm pleased with them, except for the fact that you can see the strings from my shirt and the photographer didn't bother to say anything. Hopefully DH or a really nice great friend will photoshop them out for me!

We were down in the Bay Area this past week, and there were a couple very nice days. Danea and I were able to meet up and take the boys to the park. Here are a couple pics.