What a sense of humor. And what a budding imagination. Today The Boy had grabbed a pot from the cupboard, dragged it into the living room, and pretended to eat from it with a spoon. Occasionally he would offer a bite to his dad, and even offered me a taste. Then he'd go back to stirring his imaginary soup. It was very cool.


It was a beautiful sunny morning, so Jacob and I spent a good bit of time walking around in the front yard. Of course he was most drawn to the areas I was trying to keep him away from, namely the street and the neighbors' freshly Chemlawned yard. We got his Boy-sized gardening tools out, and he and I went to town on the lavender. At one point he seemed to be trying to clear the lawn of those little helicopter seeds one at a time. He'd crouch down, pick one up, turn around, and give me an earnest look as he handed it to me, nodding seriously like this was very important business.

Eventually the front yard lost its charm, so we packed up and went to Gymboree for open play time at noon. Ann Arbor schools are on break this week, so there was almost no one there, but Jacob had a ball following some 2 1/2 year -old twin girls around the place. He seemed quite smitten with Kennedi and Payton.
Jacob's usually pretty beat after Gymboree, but today it only seemed to add to his energy level and there seemed to be no way I was going to get him down for a nap. So I called in the cavalry, and Tim got him down in seconds flat.


Later on, once The Boy got up from his nap, we took Ellie over to visit with Jacob's friend and our across-the-street neighbor Cathy. She's a kindergarten teacher with a magic touch - Jacob adores her. Ellie's in love with her dog (named Jake!) so it's a love fest every time we go over there.
Then Jacob's friend Devon made a stop here on his way home from daycare, so we all took the boys down to the park to play and swing. Since Kate hadn't brought Devon's stroller, we piled both boys into the wagon. This was Devon's first Radio Flyer experience...he seemed relatively unimpressed. He kept leaning back into Jacob's lap, trying to snag Jacob's sippy cup. Eventually The Boy got wise and stuck his arms out to prop Devon up.


Jacob is really walking well now, and is incredibly fast. The house has never felt so small. He loves to climb on things, and seems to have no fear. Wednesday Tim had Jacob at Vet's park, and Jacob scraped his face up while climbing up the bleachers. Has that made him more cautious? Not the slightest bit. I feel like I shouldn't take my eyes off him for even a second.


Fave foods: crackers, pear juice, milk, asparagus, cheese, bread.
Words: mommy, daddy, squirrel, cracker, bottle, baby, ball, ellie, bye bye, hello.
He knows his nose, his hair, his mouth, his belly button, his socks, his feet, his diaper.
He loves to try to make me and Tim kiss each other.
He falls asleep every night to the continuing saga of the Magic Frog, as told by his Daddy.
His favorite song is Old MacDonald.
He walks around singing this 2 or 3 note phrase all day.
When he's feeling particularly generous, he gives us big wet kisses.

We sure are in love with him!

13 months, 3 weeks. The Boy is so mobile now! He did his first serious walking on his first birthday, and has been confident ever since. It's getting harder and harder to keep up with him in this little house. I can't let him out of my sight, for fear that he'll pull a chest of drawers over on himself (almost did that last week) or yank a plant down (did that Friday) or throw a cell phone in the toilet (did that last month). Oh how I wish we had a bigger house, or at least a lot less stuff for him to get into!!!!!!!!

Today we had a freak snowstorm, so Jacob and I were stuck in the house all day. Normally on Mondays we head over to Gymboree for a little open play time with all the stay-at-home moms and their kids, but the roads were too treacherous. So I blocked off the exit from the living room and got out the blocks and the legos and the board books and Baby Doolittle DVDs and did my best to entertain The Boy. We had a ball, although I definitely got the feeling that he would have been happier yanking books and CDs off the shelves in the guest room.