Jakey went Potty!

Tonight we put Jakey's potty seat on the big potty for the first time. He climbed right up there and sat down. We handed him a toothbrush per his request and a juice box, and he went pretty much right away! He knew just what to do...we will see how it goes from here on out. We can only HOPE it was as easy as tonight. ;) Yeah...um...right. Ok, so we know it will be a trying process but we have finally started!

Several weeks ago he began grabbing his diaper and saying "dirty" at times when he was either extremely wet or dirty (I'm assuming just b/c he was uncomfortable). Of course, he didn't do it too consistently but he seemed to be aware of it on his own w/out any prompting from us. About a week ago we bought his potty and finally tonight we put him on it! Sorry it has taken us awhile to get on board, Jakey! I have been dreading starting this for months.

Now you are caught up, we'll keep ya posted!

*Feel free to leave us any tips that you think might help!! (All I can say is that it is Thanksgiving week and we're going to attempt staying home as much as we can stand it this week to be near the potty. I haven't decided on diaper free/pull-up/etc while we're at home yet. Any suggestions? It's just that pulling off and re-fastening a diaper seems like too big of a pain to me!)

WISH US LUCK!!!! =)

*UPDATE* How's day two going, you ask?

Well, let's see. We spend until about 2pm out with friends, so Jakey really didn't get a chance to go potty until this evening after his nap. So, he's stripped down naked and he sits on his potty in our guest bathroom. He then gets up and runs like a bullet through our house back to our master bath. He walks in our bathroom, facing the toilet and pees (standing up, of course) on the rug that surrounds our toilet!!! Think he watches Daddy much? I don't know what to do with this child!! But I thought that was really cute, funny, and smart!! He totally knows what he's doing, he just needs to be a couple feet taller, right? Well, as my friend Rachel says, "We will try again tomorrow." =)

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! I will try to do a thankful post and some Thanksgiving memories/photos later this week!

The "FI-TRUCK HAT!!"

Ok, so not the most exciting post ever! Jakey got this fireman hat when the library had their fire safety even a couple of months ago. Recently it got cracked and is now in the trash. So now that it is gone I thought I should atleast post and save a couple of pics! It made me a little sad, it was something he played with daily. In fact, it was one of his first non-girly dress up items, since he loves to play in Mommy's shoes and with my makeup brushes. Hehe.

It looks like Mama will be on the lookout for another free (or cheap) "Fiii-truck hat". I just thought he looked so cute always wearing it!

PS- I know the term firetruck hat is not a totally accurate way to describe it. However, he is pretty much obsessed with anything with wheels and that is how he put the fireman/hat/truck/ theme together, and it has just stuck. =)

Oh, Jakey-- you crack us up!!

* Anytime the phone rings (even at other people's houses) Jake runs to the phone and says, "Papaw!!" Earlier this week it was a telemarketer and he cried when it wasn't Papaw and he didn't get to talk. Several times a week we call and bug Papaw when Jake has a "needing Papaw" meltdown. :)

* One night we were over at our good friends, The Lee's, hanging out and we could tell Jake was getting tired and he'd been having teething problems. He dug through his bag and found the infant tylenol and brought it to me holding it in his mouth. We all got a good laugh!

* We don't know if he's just stubborn or not very good with "G" sounds. He has said Papaw for months and flat out will not usually say Gammie or Granny. He will see his friends pictures on the computer or around the house and say them all (it's not like he doesn't know his grandmothers!), but will usually call my mom Baby or Be-bop! We all laugh but she doesn't want us encouraging him.

* I love watching any type of talk shows with Jakey in the room, because no matter what he's doing if the audience claps he will stop what he's doing and clap very enthusiastically!

* We will never tire of hearing, "mo, pease!" So, if he's in the 5th grade and that is how he pronouces "more, please" then it's only b/c his parents thought it was cute when he was a baby and decided not to correct him. ;)

* The other day Jeremy and I were having a conversation. I'm guessing Jake was tired of listening to us because he just blurted out, "yeah, yeah..." I really don't know where he got that but we were both cracking up!

* Lately I've been having to tell Jake to be careful a lot. He usually replies with, "don't fawwl".

* We read books pretty much at some point every day. One of Jake's faves is "Bunnies are for Kissing". There is a page where the Mommy bunny and Bunny are planting vegetables in their garden. On this particular page there are little carrots sticking up out of the ground. Jake points to them and says, "Wittle treeees!!" Hehe

* This morning as we walked out of Jake's room and into the front hallway and entry the sun was beaming in through the glass and window over the door so brightly. Jakey walks out squinting and says "It's hot outside, Mommy!" (actually today it's in the 50's)

*Last week we are relaxing in the living room after dinner and we hear Jake in our room being pretty quiet. All of a sudden we hear, "dangous, dangous, dangous!!" As we walk in to see what he's doing we see that he is plugging in and unplugging the vacuum cleaner. Yikes!

* On a similar note, he will tell himself "don touchhh, don touchhh!" when he touches something he's not supposed to. He will go up to his room and turn the switch on the back of his fan all while telling himself not to touch it.

* Recently while at the outlet mall he saw a couple of older toddler's/preschoolers in a stroller. I think that they were twins and they each had a paci in their mouth. Jake's in his stroller and starts pointing at them and saying, "Awwww baby!!! Babies, awww!"

* Every night after kissing Jakey goodnight I lay him down in his crib. We have this game where we kiss through the railing and he moves all around his crib and I have to catch him while his face is mashed into the cracks where I can kiss him. When we finish and I stand back up, he will say, "Mo, mo kiss Mommy!" It melts my heart almost every night, but the first time he did I just started laughing I thought it was so cute!

* Recently while I was at Canton, I got Jake a backpack so I could start carrying a normal purse again. The day after he got it, I got him out of the car first before I got out his backpack. He was so upset I left his big-boy backpack in the car that he immediately said, "No, pack-pack! pack-pack!!" He is normally pretty laid back and he was so yelling at me before I even had a chance to get it out. I thought it was so cute how fast he was attached to his "trac-tor pack-pack".

I know there are so many more cute stories, but I wanted to write a couple down so we could remember them in the future!

In a Nutshell

He loves driving his hotwheels/matchbox trucks on the furniture.

He was helping Mommy w/this little project for Gammie. =)

He loves dressing up in his "fiitruckk hat"! And don't forget the tractor!

He closed himself in Daddy's closet, and when he came out this is what he was wearing. Can't believe he could walk in Daddy's size 13's.

"Hewow!?"

his favorite food! with meatballs, of course!

This is the perfect glimpse of our baby boy at this age. He is happy, crazy, silly, funny, entertaining, sweet and affectionate. He loves talking on the phone and runs to the kitchen desk when the home phone rings. He points out every sliiiide, track-ttor, truckks, bus, bikkke and fietruck we see while in the car. He loves anything with wheels. He also loves to help me out, and even helped me put an uppercase living expression on a platter for my mom. =) He loves to ride things that are not ride-ons (aka the bus above). He is more fun every day. He knows so many of his friends names (even that aren't in his class/age group) and surprises us by saying them perfectly occasionally. He loves to talk, dance, climb, drive, hide, lock us out of our bathroom, and run laps around the living room. He will go to the playroom and play with all of his toys by himself for long periods of time. He still loves to eat and sleep and is such an easy baby! I think technically he will only be our baby for a couple more months before he turns 2, however, I will not stop calling him my baby at that time...he will always be my baby!

Speaking of growing up, we purchased a potty this week! He has been off and on telling me that he's "durtty!" (even once or twice when he was just wet) I think he's just trying to tell me when he's uncomfortable. We're going to try out the potty very soon!!

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Fall, too! =)

Halloween 2010!!

A super sweet moment with Daddy and Jakey

water was desperately needed after his first butterfinger!

one of the only times he acted a little shy...Mommy loves her Mama's boy =)


picking out candy after saying "trick teat" to Mrs. Jenn (maybe we should've practiced before we were on our way there) =)



Not the best pic of Mommy or Jake =(

One adorable Scooby!

In front of the Alarid's Mystery Machine! Jakey, Velma, Shaggy =)

Scooby with Raggedy Anne and Andy

LOL!!

Scooby and his love........Tinkerbell =) What a pair!