Jacob-isms

Here are some of our favorite Jacob moments from the past week:

• Nick, teasing Jacob, told him, "You have an answer for everything! What is three plus three?" Without skipping a beat, Jacob said, "Actually, that would be six." Genius.
• Today I was the snack parent for preschool. Jacob picked bananas, yogurt, and pigs in a blanket (his favorite) for snack. The smell of the pigs in a blanket were definitely strong in the car. Jacob said, "That is the sweet smell of joy. And by joy, I mean pigs in a blanket."
• During Jacob's prayers last week he was really petitioning Heavenly Father for help. During his prayer he said, "please bless me that I may not have any nightmares tonight. I'm really serious about this, Jesus. Really serious."

I love him so much!

Recent Photos

Here are some photos that I have taken recently. My friend, Hilary, and I are taking photography lessons, and it is a ton of fun to play around with my camera. We've only had one class so far, but it is really fun to get comfortable with the manual function of the camera. So far we've learned about metering, middle gray and movement. I don't get to practice as much as I'd like, but I do feel like I am improving. My goal with the class is to be a better photographer so that I can record our family story through photos.

We visited Byron and Lisa's home the past two weekends, and here are some photos from it.

Sam (we've been calling him "Little Bear" lately) crawling around

Jacob ("Boo") being sad for some reason I can't even remember:

Jacob being serious:

Sam reflecting:

Sam's attitude whenever Jacob is around:

Jacob's preschool also took an unofficial field trip to the childrens' museum a week ago. Here he is with his friend Marley (they both love Star Wars):

And here Jacob is blasting off:

Jacob's Answers

1. What is something mom always says to you? I love you

2. What makes mom happy? When I come here

3. What makes mom sad? When I get hurt

4. How does your mom make you laugh? By making funny jokes

5. What was your mom like as a child? Ah...star wars?

6. How old is your mom? 16

7. How tall is your mom? Well, it almost looks like as tall as this (points to the jumperoo)

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Ahh....I think it is, um.....oh, let me go get it to show you (brings me a netflix envelope).

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? She just cleans

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Because I like being famous

11. What is your mom really good at? Cleaning (I wish!)

12. What is your mom not very good at? Ummm.....not good at....kinda, trying to cut a long plant with scissors because you cut your finger doing it.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Do homework

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Vegetables

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When you let me do what I want to

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Um, a star wars character - you remember, Princess Leia?

17. What do you and your mom do together? Clean

18. How are you and your mom the same? Because we have the same haircuts

19. How are you and your mom different? Because we don't have the same feet

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Because you hug me and kiss me. I want one now, please!

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? Because he has nice hair

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? the zoo. I think.

The New "Pay it Forward"

Lucky you! The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a little while}
4. You will have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet (but Heaven knows it will most likely be totally fabulous and creative... :). I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog.

Yesterday's Nap

We still are in full-scale nap strike, but he does get exhausted around 2 pm. He fussed for around three minutes yesterday after I placed him in the crib, and this is how he fell asleep. Doesn't look too comfortable, huh?

Sam's crawling!

Well, Sam's been crawling now for over a week. He started tentatively the day that we were all home sick. For the first week, he would only crawl around the room that he was placed in. It was nice and convenient, because I didn't have to worry about him crawling away from my line of sight. That all ended yesterday when he started crawling up and down the hallway, exploring his new territory. He is quite excited by his new skill.

So excited by it, that he has been on a sleep strike for the past four days. He refuses to take naps (for three days he only had one 45 minute nap from 6:30 am -6 pm), instead he wants to wander the house making sad noises. I tried everything! Yesterday, I finally got him to sleep in my arms, only to place him in the crib and have him wake up. He cried for about 3 minutes while sitting up before he collapsed from exhaustion. This is how he slept for 45 minutes:



Not too comfortable, huh?

Well, I think the strike is over as he is taking his morning nap right now. Hopefully he is getting back to himself!

Moustaches

The other day, as we were preparing dinner and playing around the house, Jacob started talking about moustaches. Nick, taking Jacob's cue, asked Jacob if he wanted Daddy to grow a moustache. Jacob, after waffling about it, finally said, "well, if you had one, I would laugh at you." Nick, not wanting to be the object of Jacob's ridicule, said, "well, then I won't get one."

Jacob's comeback? "That's OK, Daddy. You can get one. I'll just laugh in my head."

Which begs the question: just how often does Jacob laugh at us in his head? Is this a common occurrence?