and.....he's off!

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this as much as I'd like to...but life has been crazy around here lately....I am tired, but wanted to give a quick update on our boy b/c he has been up to some new and exciting things!

Boy oh Boy has Jacob found his legs! All he ever wants to do these days is stand! haha....he is so darn proud of himself too! I didn't take him long to go from crawling, to standing, to climbing on stuff either! These have all happened within the last month! We had to drop his crib to the lowest setting a week ago and today he was so determined to get at my phone that he climbed up on his little foot-stool and stood on his tippy toes so he could reach it on the coffee table!

He has turned into a little chatterbox...I will have to catch him on video soon for all of you! He says "Da Da" pretty much all the time, which, as you can imagine, makes Aaron very happy! We are working on "Ma Ma"....hopefully that will come soon! : )

He has also started to feed himself finger foods! He loves these things called "Super Puffs". Basically, they are a lot like Cheerios, but they dissolve really easily to prevent choking!

Oh and the boy LOVES spinach! Maybe that's why he is so strong! ha So far it's the only green veggie he will eat without a fight....he is still not a fan of peas, although, I have been able to trick him if I mix them with pears and spinach (sshhh, don't tell him). : )

 

We are excited for Nana Ann's visit! She arrives on Saturday! yay! I'm sure I will have lots to post about after she leaves! 

-xoxo

Grandma Glo

Yesterday was a week....a week ago Grandma Glo left us. 

8 days  ago I got the phone call from my mom that I have dreaded for the last couple of years...

 

 

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I miss her so so much already. I wish I could have hugged her one more time.....I wish our last conversation would have lasted longer....I wish I had asked her to teach me to sew.....I wish I had asked her advise on more things, I wish I knew her secret for being nice to absolutely EVERYONE....for having a smile on her face ALL the time...

I also know that I can't dwell on the "I wish I had" and the "what if's".....mostly because she wouldn't want me to....

Some days it's harder than others..........

I pulled a doll out of my closet the day after she passed...she made it for me at least 20 years ago.....I've slept with that doll every night since....Jacob likes her (well, mostly he tries to eat her....but I take it that he likes her) : )

I miss her.......

I am so thankful that she was able to meet Jacob and that she was able to feed him (something she didn't think she'd be able to do because of her arthritis) and that she got to sing him her "peep bo peep" song.

I hope I can continue to learn from her example and someday become at least half the woman she was.

I love you Grandma Glo! xoxox

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There is no stopping him now!!!

There's no stopping him!! Now that Jacob has figured out how to get around on his own, he is everywhere! He discovered the stairs this weekend and now pulls himself up to a standing position! Things are quite different around the house with a mobile baby! I can't turn my head for a second! hahaha, the kid is fearless! oh,and so so curious....we. are. in. Trouble! : ) 

He's on the move!!

Jacob has been getting up on his hands and knees and bouncing since before the New Year... so Aaron and I knew crawling wasn't far away. But January came and went with no crawling....or so we thought! We found out last week that he has indeed been crawling....at the babysitters, for a few weeks now! Despite our best efforts at getting him to do it at home, he has held out on us....until tonight!!!

The wait is finally over!!!

The 1st video is one of our attempts at getting him to crawl, taken last week(it's really cute, so I wanted to share)....the 2nd is from today!!!!