Jacob the Pumpkin King

We had pictures last night at the Anthem Park and Leanna posted a few on Facebook for us. The shoot went really well, but Jake didn't want to stand. Normally we can't get him to sit still, but last night, not so much...I am thinking I need to suck it up and get him a hair cut.







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Last two months...

I have gotten so bad with these posts (and even getting pictures in, not going for Mother of the Year award I guess)! Life has been busy keeping up with a very mobile little guy. Well, let's see...Since Jake's last post he has been mastering the crawling thing, cruising on furniture, pulling himself up on anything and anyone, giving sloppy kisses, babbling mama (no dada yet...poor derek), dancing to music and trying to feed himself. He actually does quite well feeding himself, and gets it in his mouth most of the time. The part that frustrates me is when he then puts his hand in his mouth all full of food and then of course straight to the hair! Still no teeth for our little gummer. They have to come soon though! I had my first couple days away from him while I went to Playa Del Carmen for my best friend Cathy's wedding (pic below)the beginning of September. It was hard, but good at the same time. I had a great trip to Mexico. The hardest part was dumping milk down the drain. Oh well...As you can see from the pics, he is getting bigger and bigger every day. The second I come home and see him all the stress melts away. Especially when he gives me a great big bear hug and slobbery kiss. Can't believe a whole 9 months has gone by. I promise to not wait another 2 months before I put another post up! ;)

Funny story...

So, I just had to share this story with everyone. I had Court in Surprise and it let out at 11:45 ish. Well, it was about time for me to pump, so I decided to set myself up and drive back to work while I pumped (I was covered OF COURSE!), as I am the queen of multitasking. So, driving along, pumpy, pumpy, pumpy. I get to the end and I actually get to a long light. So, hey, why not just detach so I can drive much safer. As I am finishing that up, a cop rolls up next to me. No biggie, I am still covered, just no more cone boobs. Make eye contact, smile at the cop...Roll to next light to get on Northbound I-17. Cop pulls up next to me again, honks his horn and asks me to roll my window down. Cop: "Ma'am, is your child on your lap eating?" Me: Chin to ground, shocked "NO! My son is at daycare and I was just pumping!" Him: Embarrassed look "Okay" and drives away. It was HILARIOUS! At first, I was shocked that he could even think that, and then I realized people do stupid stuff and cops see it all!

I can't wait to tell this story to Jake when he gets older. But when he gets older I am sure the story will have escalated to, "Mommy got pulled over, the cops made her get out of the car, she was almost arrested..." :)

Good times for all...Good times!

He's Crawling!

6 month pictures

Hey all. Just got back from Leanna's and got Jake's 6 mo pictures back. I went a little overboard, but I think it was worth it :) So, check 'em out.

Sleep...

Sleep isn't something I have gotten much of over the last 6 months. Jake was sleeping like a champ at 2-3 mos, where he would sleep through the night most nights (9-6). Then it came to a screeching halt! I was at wits end for a few months and then decided I couldn't do this anymore and it DOESN'T have to be my new reality. So, I remembered seeing on a high school classmate's blog about a sleep doula she used. Yes, I am a Bloggerazzi. So I conned Jessica in to emailing them about that since she is still in contact with them. Got the information and spoke to her a few days later. She was really cool. She listened to what we do, gave me constructive critcism and made a suggestion to put him down earlier. She had suggested between 6:30 and 7:30, but with Derek's work schedule he would NEVER see Jake. So, we talked more about that. I mentioned that Jake often takes a little cat nap around 8:00 p.m. We found Jake's new bedtime! We have been putting him to bed at 8 since last Friday and he hasn't woken up once before 5 am! So I haven't had to institute the "shushing" tools, etc with him yet. Hopefully by blogging about this I haven't jinxed myself! Now I can hopefully get on track with sleeping and stop instinctually waking at 3:30 am (Jake's usual wake time). So, THANK YOU Corinne and Luke for blogging about Tracy! Jake, Derek and I thank you profusely! :)

Six month pictures

Hey all. Jake and I went to get his 6 months shots with Leanna yesterday at Sahuaro Ranch Park (59th Ave and Dunlap). It was an amazing park! Too bad it was so hot. We were only out there for 30 mins but got some cute pictures! Here are a couple of them from Leanna's facebook page. I'll have her photoshop my chunky looking face. Doesn't look like that in the MIRROR! :) When it cools down, we are going to have to go there again to check the rest of the park out.