New Tricks

Go Aunty Em!

This is the beginning of his pouty face. It is shortly followed by a crinkled nose and a nasal whine.

Exhausted after our flat tire and using Hil's fingers to comfort himself to sleep

I just have to say, this picture proves that he is more of a spoofhound than a hornet!

Elise looks ready to listen!

Strainer or hat? Hard to tell sometimes.

One of these shoes may fit better than the other...but he will try them both anyway.

Just waxed it and gassed 'er up!

Jacoby's new tricks include:

• Fake screaming...it is very high pitched and usually comes out when someone "finds" him while we are playing



• Singing sort of...very soft and sweet and completely adorable. When we sing or he hears music, he usually waits until we are done and then copies us. I LOVE it!


• Dancing...his dance moves are expanding. There is more than arm swinging now, because we have twirling in circles and knee bends as well. In fact, I walked in on a dance party with the other toddlers at the sitter's the other day. Too cute!
  
  
• Words...his communication is expanding by leaps and bounds. The favorite word is still "that" when he points to things, but he has started repeating what we say quite frequently. He generally won't repeat it again after that, but it is still fun to listen to him. Today, in fact, he said, "no, no, no" back to me. It was a struggle not to laugh!
  
  
• Getting out of his Little Tike Cozy Coupe unattended...This is quite an accomplishment because it was such a frustration before for him to get his foot stuck! He still doesn't know how to push it forward, but he loves to sit in it and open and close the door



• Drinking whole milk out of a sippy instead of formula from a bottle...We started that about a month ago, so I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before.
  
• Sitting in a big boy chair...Jacoby now LOVES to sit in the recliner or any other adult seat. He puts his hands behind his back and just smiles. In fact, it is generally a sure-fire way to end his fussiness.

• Today, I would put my hand over his to get some food on his fork. Then, he did the cutest thing that any child in the entire world has ever done (maybe a biased opinion): he mimiced me and started pretending that his fork was an airplane. I hadn't even done it today! Really, I about died laughing. I will have to make sure I am recording next time just in case.


• More, but I can't remember it all right now.

I Didn't Want To Wait As Long As Last Time...

Because I am shamed by how long it took me to post anything the last few months, I am attempting to do it today while we are on SPRING BREAK and Jacoby is napping...although I should be picking up my house.

This morning, we went in for our ultrasound. It was originally supposed to be Wednesday after school so Zach could go, but once I realized that it was Spring Break, I called and fibbed (just a little) and said I could only do it on Monday morning of this week...because that is 2 less days of waiting.

I was disappointed with Jacoby's ultrasound that we found out we were having a boy and had to wait 30 minutes until we left to really react or say anything. I wanted to be able to go crazy. SO, we had the ultrasound technician write it on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope. We went through the rest of the appointment but anxiously had it awaiting in my hands for the moment we got into the car. During the ultrasound, the technician kept saying, "Wow, this is one mobile baby. I can't get it to sit still for a picture." Really...she said it multiple times. I should have known then what had gotten ourselves into.

Finally, closing the car doors, we tore open the envelope and there was the phrase, "Its a boy" We screamed and looked at each other with wide eyes, but immediately, I am embarrassed to say that we began analyzing the note. First of all, the lady didn't even use correct punctuation by forgetting the apostrophe because "Its" in that sentence is showing a contraction, not possession. Second of all, there was no exclamation point or anything! If it were me, I would have put smiley faces and exclamation points all over the place! (Didn't she realize we would be putting it in a baby book to save for years and years???) Regardless, we were super excited. I cried just like I did when I found out Jacoby was a boy, because it suddenly becomes that much more real that there is a tiny child miraculously growing inside of me and no matter what I do, I am not in control of this child's life. What a relief to know that God is sovereign and I am not. Our kids could be in seriously trouble if I was.

We made our phone calls and stopped for lunch on the way home from Liberty, as well as a pit stop at T-Mobile so I could finally get a new phone. (That is an entirely different story...) When we picked up Jacoby, we told him he was going to have a little brother and he started laughing and throwing his head back and clapping even though he had absolutely NO IDEA what was going on. He was observant enough to realize that everyone else was excited, and that is all that matters when you want a reaction out of him.

I was so impartial to what gender I was hoping for. Of course, at some point, we want a girl. However, for Jacoby's sake, I so badly wanted a boy. I just keep thinking about how Jacoby and this baby will be close just like Zach is close with his brother. They can share a room and sleep in bunk beds. We also realized that if/when we do have a girl, she will have 3 examples of Godly men in her family instead of just 2. Zach may have his doubles team and Jacoby will luckily have at least one boy to be buddies with since every other baby in the family will be girls!

I think I am rambling at this point, but you should know that I am suddenly very self-conscious of my grammar and typos since I criticized the ultrasound technician. So, please don't judge me if I make a mistake. :)