Deployment

For Father's day I bought Wayne a new grill! Well I guess I shouldn't say new grill since we don't have one right now! I bought the Weber Genesis 310! I am really excited about it because it comes in a few different colors and I got it in green which is both Wayne and Jacob's favorite color! Now I am just waiting for him to get back here and fix us some dinner =0) We have like 20 days left! THAT'S IT! I can't believe the deployment is already over, although it feels like he left forever ago. The amount of new things that Jacob is doing is just outstanding. When Wayne left Jacob had just gotten his trike and really couldn't pedal, now he is a PRO! Wayne left Jacob was 1 now he is 2! Jacob was peeing in the potty but only before bath time, now he uses it all the time! And lets talk about the talking! This kid talks up a storm! I am sad Wayne has missed so much of Jacob's life but I know that they will pick right back up again. Jacob talks about his Daddy a lot and looks at pictures and videos with him. It helps when we can web cam because then he sees Daddy and can interact. Well TTFN(love you daddy!) I better get back to cleaning (ugh!)

Jacob's Progress

So today I had a meeting with Jacob's teacher to talk about how he is doing. Everything is going very well, he is a few months ahead in most things. Then she dropped the bomb on me...she wants to try big boy underwear, like real underwear! We just go into pullups a month ago and I don't think I am ready! She thinks it will be the final push to get him totally potty trained. I think I might try post-poning it until Daddy gets home (less then 4 weeks!!!) but maybe this weekend we will go pick some out. He seems to like the spoungebob guy that is on his sippy cup so maybe we will find some of those! Jacob is such a smart little boy and talks ALOT (like Mother like son!) He is a tad bit spoiled but with those sweet blue eyes how can anyone say no to him! Although I enjoy how close we are and the special bond we have I am super excited for our family of 2 to return to a family of 3 (4 if you count Miss Kitty!). I have been practicing his favorite cake so when he comes back I can surprise him. I also want to get a grill and surprise him with that too. Well I will keep in touch!!

The damage

My clutzy accident

So last night I went to reach for a water bottle I dropped on the floor and BAM! I hit my night stand. It had me laid out on the floor crying. I called my uber supportive Dad who wanted me to call 9-11. This is becoming a recurring theme for our late night phone calls. Well I finally went to the doctor after my BFF Rob told me the cut would leave a scar and I was sent to get a CT-scan. Well all is fine, I do have a brain (just not always there!) and I did not do any real damage except to my ego. I think now is a good time to put reflective material all over the house so I won't have any more incidents. The best part of the whole ordeal is that Jacob is giving Mommy a lot of kisses on my "boo boo" and Rob allowed me to drink a diet coke (I am giving it up and he is the diet coke Nazi) as long as I went to the doctor. I guess bribes work for adults too! Well night night and I hope you enjoy the pic!

Start of something new

I decided to start this little blog here to keep people up to date on our ever changing lives. Jacob is getting so big and changing so much that I thought with relatives so far you can read about his important milestones!

Today he went back to "school" after not going for a week and a half. He was a little upset at first but his teacher said he had a good day. I haven't heard from Wayne since Sat. so I guess he got called to alert again so maybe tomorrow! Jacob is learning sooo much everyday. He knows his colors (legos are awesome for that!) and he is learning all his animal sounds. His favorite is the lion which he loves to chase me and Miss Kitty around the house roaring! Well I got some laundry with my name on it. TTYL!