9 more days and counting!

No pictures this week, my little camera broke, and the one I ordered should be here on Tuesday, so let's hope she doesn't decide to come before then! We've had a good week.

Jacob is still full of funny things to say, he told me he really, really, really needed some bliss, he said it was a type of chocolate, so I rewinded the TV and sure enough there was a commercial for some new Hershey's bliss chocolate...he's never paid attention before, or at least I thought, to commercials, but I can already see what's coming when they start advertising for toys!

I had my drs appointment, everything is looking good, just counting down the days until the 27th. I took Jacob in for another speech evaluation and they said he was doing well, no need for any more speech therapy, which is a good thing since insurance quit paying for it.

Rick had some work here in Houston, so was able to stay with us for a night...of course I think he had to read about 20 books!

Jacob is starting to repeat in context everything that is said, he started calling me Phoebe and Brian, Brian, and we were driving the other day and I said "come on lady" to this lady that pulled out in front of me, and he yelled it in the same tone, it sounded bad coming out of his mouth, so I know it probably sounded bad coming out of my mouth, so I've got to watch what I say.

He has been helping Brian work on Gwyn's furniture, and he can be so sweet with Gwyn and teaches her all kinds of things...although while we were out there she picked up this piece of wood and made this shooting sound with her mouth and then said "shoot bad guys" so I know he's also teaching her some not so nice things. He did tell her how much fun school would be and that there is a playground and lots of toys and lots of friends. He also told me this week he wanted more hair on his legs and his cheeks like his Daddy. Oh, and we have this lizard that for some reason is on the window outside the bathtub every night during bath time. Jacob looked at me real serious and said that he LOVES lizards and wants that lizard to come inside. I told him I didn't love them so much and he just didn't understand why.

We went to MOPS this week too, they had a recipe swap so maybe once I feel like cooking I'll get to try some new things. I had a good day on Friday, Gwyn and I went to Chappel Hill with Jason for some lunch and to drive around, and then I got a pedicure, dinner, and a visit to a craft fair that evening...my last night out!

Brian is taking him to see Where the Wild Things Are this evening, and Gwyn and I get to go to the grocery store...she thinks it is just torture not getting to go with Bubba. She also climbed out of her crib again (which is now set on the lowest setting), so we'll probably have to sit her crib mattress on the floor inside her crib since we don't have her room ready yet. She's getting so big, talking so much, she's got a little attitude, she knows what she wants, and she just loves Jacob!

So much to say...

Well, once again we have had a busy week and weekend, and we're counting down the days until this new baby girl arrives...15 more days!

I had a girls night at the house on Friday, there were 8 moms here at the house so Brian and Jacob went over to Jason's to stay the night, Jacob was so excited about boys night and made sure to tell Gwyn three times until she fully understood that he got to go somewhere cool with Daddy and she didn't. She was crying when they left the house, but was in bed at 8 and slept through all of us talking.

We also did a couple of park days and a trip to the mall this week. The weather has been either perfect, wet and rainy, or so humid and hot that I'm pouring with sweat after 5 minutes. I'll be happy when the Fall weather gets here and stays here!

After my bible study on Tuesday, we met Brian at the park to feed the ducks, it was pretty fun. Jacob was yelling at the ducks saying, "hey ducks, come over here, we've got some food for you!" Then Gwyn would yell at them, but then she started eating the food instead of giving it to them.

Jacob's friend Josh came over last week, and he had a cowboy hat on, so of course Jacob had to go dig his cowboy hat out to have snack.

Jacob's preschool class went on a field trip to the animal clinic to see a dog doctor...Jacob thought it was the greatest. He loved watching the doctor do an exam on a dog, pet a bunny, look at x-rays of broken legs and swallowed metal objects, and look in the surgery room with all the dog doctor tools. He also liked that I got to go with him, we had so much fun. Brian stayed home to watch Gwyn, and when I pulled up I could hear her yelling from outside the house, she apparently gave him a hard time!

Before we left for the animal clinic, I got to be in his class for about 45 minutes. Jacob was the weather man that day, and went to the window to report that it was sunny and then moved a little magnet to the sunny position on the poster. He said he likes being the weather man. He was so funny because he's like a totally different person in school, he acts so manly, marching around, talking in a deep voice, it was hilarious.

Brad, Erika, and Maddy came over for dinner on Sunday night, the kids played so well together and it was great catching up. Erika made a candied apple pie for dessert, and it was delicious!!

Funny things Jacob said this week:

He was gone in the bathroom for a little bit, and I didn't think he was using the bathroom, so I asked him what he was doing in there and he told me he was just hanging out...apparently he was because there wasn't a big mess or toiletpaper everywhere!

He asked if the napkins were free at a little burger place we went to after church on Sunday.

He told Gwyn after she had her next birthday and then her next birthday she would be 3 and could go to tadpoles.

He told Brian he didn't want to give him knucks (tap knuckles like a high five) because he said so.

He told me at the mall that he was teaching Gwyn to play hop socks (hop scotch).

Busy, busy, busy

This week has been a busy week and weekend, we had a Mad Science birthday party which was fun, and Jacob got to make some slime and watch some cool experiments with dry ice. Brian worked on Gwyn's furniture for her room, I cleaned the house (this is a daily thing that you can never tell that I do!), Brian and I were able to go watch Jason play at a theater downtown, I took the kids to my bible study and to MOPS this week.

It was Clifford day at school, they made little dog ears and had to bring pictures of their pets or pictures of pets they would like to have. Jacob took pictures of some frogs and a lizard he (or I should say, Claudia) caught in Florida. I peeked me head in at the end of the class and Jacob was standing in the middle of the circle telling his class all about his frogs and lizards and how he caught them, it was pretty cute.

Brian takes Jacob to Tadpoles (a thing at church on Wednesday nights for Dads and 3-6 yr olds), this week he was in charge of craft, I tried to talk him into doing volcanos...which I tried out on Carter and Jacob, but he decided to do paper bag puppets which was a huge hit.

Here is a picture of Gwyn from the snake party last week that a friend of mine took.

We went to our Sunday school class picnic at a great park in Katy, the kids had so much fun and the weather was so nice...no pictures, sorry. We are getting ready for this baby, I am slowly making some progress on "nesting" and getting some cleaning done that needs to be done. I've started to pack a bag for the hospital...it is getting close now...22 more days!

Snakes and Super Jacob!

This picture is of the kids watching Dora...they are addicts.

Today we went to a snake birthday party...yes, there were real, live snakes there and surprisingly, Jacob held one! My friend Julie came late to the party so that she could miss the snakes, and she asked Jacob about the snakes and he told her there were big ones and little ones. He liked the little ones, and wanted nothing to do with the big ones. Gwyn even reached out and pet one once, I was a little nervous, but I kept my distance! Jacob said the snake was trying to lick him.

Jacob prefers to be called "Super Jacob" and he wears his Spiderman mask (which he will be for Halloween) and his cape that Emily made him for his birthday every single day. He runs in, puts his hands on his hips and says "SUPER JACOB!" It is pretty funny. One funny thing this week is that he though some shrimp and crabboil mix (basically salt and cayanne pepper mix) was like fundip and tried some....it didn't turn out like he expected, and I figured his mouth burning was punishment enough for getting into it after I told him to go put it up.

Brian started on some of the furniture for Gwyn's room and Jacob LOVES being outside in the garage "helping." Brian gives him some scraps of wood, a tape measure, and a pencil, and he uses his toy hammer to build me a house, isn't that sweet! Here he is hard at work:

Gwyn likes to go out into the garage to see what is going on, but prefers to be inside with me, usually cleaning! She makes sure she gets in at least 50 books a day, and has no problem bringing a stack to sit in front of whoever comes over to visit. When Jason comes, she is relentless on him, and has him reading to her non-stop, the same book again, and again. I hardly got any pictures of Gwyn this week, she loves to say cheese when you take the camera out, but nothing holds her attention for too long (except for Dora), so here are the only two pictures I was able to get of her this week (she's big into juice and snacks):

All Aboard!

Rick and Sue were down last weekend and we went up to Zube Park for a train ride. Jacob loved it and afterwards when we were driving to the park for a picnic lunch, he said "Mommy, I need to tell you something." I asked him what and he said, "I want to ride that train again." We waited in line for about 30 minutes, but by the time we left the line was past the 90 minute mark, so there was no way we were all going to last for another ride. It was fun. Here is a picture from the ride itself, it was pretty long and lasted between 10-15 minutes and went through the woods.

Here are a couple of pictures of the kids at the park, they love the park, which is why we frequent them weekly, especially now that the weather has finally broken!

I did get to see Christina and Murray's new baby, Tyler this week, he's so cute and just tiny! I can't believe we are going to have another one 5 weeks from today! Sue helped me clean out Gwyn's closet, so I now have some room to store/hang some things for the new baby, so at least I feel like I'm making some progress. I've also accumulated (over the past 2 weeks) a jumbo pack of size N, size 1, and size 2 diapers, so I'm at least feeling like I'm doing something to get prepared! Here is a picture of her new things:

I thought Gwyn looked so cute in this outfit that Rick and Sue had gotten her and she's wearing a bow that Erika Mulsow made her. Of course I took at least 15 pictures and not one of her smiling!

Jacob's new favorite word of the week is awesome, it was pretty funny, but he also learned the word stupid, which wasn't so funny. He is just talking so much and he says he LOVES everyone and everything so much. He loves his kids shows, he loves us, he loves Gwyn, he loves chocolate milk, he loves his dog??, he loves his books, etc. He also asked Brian why God made him. Oh, and miraculously after correctly him constantly, he now says please and thank you and no thank you for just about everything, and everytime he does I make such a big deal about how nice he is that he just keeps doing it! Oh, and I got a call from his teacher, and when I saw it pop up on caller ID, I thought, great, what did he do, and she was calling to tell me how good he was and even used the word angel (to which I couldn't contain my laughter), but it did make me feel good that she went out of my way to let me know how well he was doing in class. Oh, and since there is another Jacob in his class, he's learned his last name, which he thinks is Katahungry!

Gwyn loves Dora and she is constantly saying "Oh Man!" which is what Sniper the sneaky fox says (Jacob calls him the stinky fox). It is hilarous and I've got to get a video of her repeating it. She still loves pigs and dancing, when any music comes on she says "dance!" and starts shaking it. She also wants to be first at everything. I made the mistake of telling Jacob to get up into the car first, and ever since then she demands to be first at everything, especially with the book she has picked out to read.

We got this video of Jacob riding his John Deere tractor. John and Claudia got it for him when he was 1, and it is still getting constant use. It is also a favorite toy for Gwyn, but she's not near as fast as Jacob, and yes, he has crashed before, but surprisingly it didn't do too much damage.

Why Daddy??

Jacob is in a very entertaining phase right now. He comes up with all kinds of stuff, asks questions, and just says and does things that only a three year old can do. We went to look at this house over the weekend, and Jacob kept saying "it stinks in here" when Brian and the realtor were looking in the attic, and he said "there is poop in there" talking about the laundry room which had a spot on the floor...needless to say it was a bit embarrassing, but he just says what he thinks!

He's been asking alot of why questions, which creates even more why questions from his little copycat Gwyn. He asked Brian why he drinks coffee, why is it hot, why he put milk in it, why he stirred it with a spoon, why it turned colors, all in the course of about 5 seconds he can ask about 20 questions! Gwyn really does say and do EVERYTHING that Jacob does. He'll say he wants to watch kids shows, and then she starts yelling "kids shows, kids shows, kids shows." She loves Dora the Explorer, and always asks for "Dora!" She is still in a yelling phase, and reading books can be funny at first and then a bit annoying since she yells whatever animal she sees and then makes their noise for you. She keeps getting louder until you acknowledge what she's doing, it is pretty funny.

After Labor Day, Brian told Jacob that he had to go back to work on Tuesday and he couldn't stay home because he had to go make money...Jacob said "I don't like money, I want Daddy to stay home." It was really sweet, to which Brian's response was that Mommy likes money!


Gwyn is a little spitfire, she has so much energy and personality and is just talking non-stop. I tried unsuccessfully to take her pacifier away, which she only uses at naptime and bedtime. My thinking was if there was enough of a break (6 weeks from Tuesday, by the way!) between her having her pacifier and the new baby (which we now call Nuny because that is what Gwyn calls the bunny Ruby on Max and Ruby - a kids show that Jacob likes), having her pacifier, then she would realize that pacifiers are for babies and not need it anymore. Anyway, I laid her down in her crib and she asked for her paci, I said you are big girl and you don't need that and I turned around and walked out of the room. She went nuts! I was standing outside and heard her not just crying, but screaming at me. Then she quit, and I thought, what an awesome mom I am...then she came walking out of her room with tears in her eyes, her lip stuck out and was asking for Daddy....she had climbed out of her crib! I asked her if she was mad at Mommy and she said yes. I tried to put her back in her crib and she just flung her leg over, held on to balance herself and then flung the other one over and lowered herself down. I then had to get Brian to lower the crib to its last notch, which she can't get out of right now, and we gave her the pacifier. I guess she'll give it up when she is ready, and from now on, I'm not messing with a good thing. She will just tell you when she wants to go nite nite for naptime or bedtime, you walk in, give her the pacifier and lay her down and walk out and you never hear a peep out of her until morning. I'm going to count my blessings that she goes to sleep and sleeps so well, and let her have her pacifier until she's ready to give it up.


Our week was pretty busy, I had my Bible Study kick off on Tuesday, Jacob was in school Wednesday and Friday, and Jacob had a drs appointment on Thursday, and I had my OB appointment on Friday. This coming week is even busier, so we are REALLY looking forward to Rick and Sue visiting Friday-Sunday, and then Brian and Rick are going to the Cardinals vs Astros game on Monday evening (the tickets were birthday presents from Sue to both Brian and Rick), and Brian has been looking forward to it.


No pictures this week, my small camera is messing up (it has lasted just over 3 years and has pretty much been usued constantly and carried around in my purse getting banged up), so I've just posted a few videos this week. Enjoy!

Back to School and End of Summer Fun

Well, since the last blog, we had a fun little stop at Jacob's friend Josh's lemonda stand to benefit Alex's Lemonade. The kids were more into their new puppy and the free lollipops, than the lemonade, but it was pretty cute watching them stand in line.

We went to our friend Nicholas's 2nd birthday, it was at a bounce place, but they have some playground equipment inside. Gwyn wanted to spend the whole time in the house, but HAD to have her Daddy in there with her, and since she has him wrapped around her finger, Brian spent a majority of the time hanging out playing house with Gwyn.

Sunday we made the trip down to League City to visit Brad, Erika, and Maddy. It had been awhile since we had seen them, and the kids played together great. Jacob and Maddy had weekly playdates until they were 1 year old, and it is amazing how much they are growing up. Gwyn just tried to keep up! Brad cooked some crab for us and it was YUMMY!

We also went to visit Jacob's school, since he started back last week. We went up on Tuesday and spent almost an hour playing in his room. His classroom has a science center, a hamster, a dress up area, a puppet area, lots of toys, a "home" area, and two different craft areas. He was super excited for school on Wednesday, was a little scared about going in, but on Friday, he walked right in like a big boy who didn't need his mommy anymore! I was proud and sad at the same time. Gwyn REALLY wanted to go, I had a hard time keeping her under control because she wanted to go to "scool too."

We had a great rest of the week and weekend. Here are a couple of pictures that I thought were cute. This one is of Gwyn getting to play with the waterhose...she usually doesn't get to because Jacob LOVES the waterhose, so this was a rare occasion, of which went sour really quickly when she couldn't control it and soaked herself and got REALLY upset...I missed a picture of that.

Jacob is getting into dress up, big time. Here is him on a typical day:

Here is Gwyn on her zebra rocking horse. She gets a little out of hand on this and has gone over backwards several times, she loves her "zeba."

We went over to Jason's place on Sunday evening to swim and eat pizza! It rained a bit on us, but we had fun! Oh, the first picture up top is of the kids drinking some undiluted kool-aid that Brian gave them, needless to say, neither came up for air until they had drank it all!