"Mr. Attitude"

Well, nothing to exciting has been happening recently since my last post. Except Brandon has developed this "Mr. Attitude" thing where he always has to have the last say, he is always right and mom and dad don't know anything! (We are excited for the teenage years, when it is bound to get worse). You will try to discipline him and he will usually look at you with this very serious face and say "NO!" or "STOP!" This morning as I was trying to round both of them into the car as it was pouring down rain, Brandon started to jump in the puddles (of course) and when I asked him to stop he first pretended that he couldn't hear me with this mischievous smile on his face. So I asked again and the crinkled his face up and goes, " No mommy, I'm ok!"

Tonight we tried to work with him some more with potty training and he went twice in the big boy toilet and he even wanted to put the elmo underwear back on rather then the diaper. Which I thought was a good sign...but sadly elmo got dirtied! He is so proud of his elmo underpants (as he is modeling off here). He did get to put a couple stickers on his potty chart :) VERY EXCITING!!!

Jacob's crawling has become second nature to him now. If you set him on the floor now he usually takes right off! (It's hard to keep the toys placed nicely in there totes anymore). He has gotten very good at pulling himself up to his knees (as you can see below) and he loves to stand! He is still very much a daddy's boy! They love to cuddle together at night and take a nap together (I snapped a shot of it tonight) it really is very cute, they even snore in unison sometimes! :) Also, Jacob is becoming to really enjoy his blankie now (and I took a picture for you grandma). Well, I hope all is well with everyone!

The Magical Blankie

A race car driver or maybe a drummer?? Brandon is thankfully getting better at sharing his toys with "Jakie" (as he calls him). Today Jacob started pulling himself up on things...maybe he will be an early walker?? If I remember right Brandon was around 11 months before he started to walk. But Jacob is really showing signs that he just wants to take off! It's remarkable how different your children can be! Jacob had another tooth pop through beside the other one...but to our disappointment it went back underneath the gum. Hopefully we will see some more come through. It would be nice to be able to let him eat the some of the same foods that we do because he wants to so badly.

We have also discovered Brandon's "magic blankie". The blue blanket that he totes around (I'm sure you all have seen it, it travels almost everywhere with him) that blanket calms Brandon down and helps him drift off into Brandon dreamland. Well tonight Allen was trying to get Jacob to wind down for his late afternoon nap and he just would not do it. So, I gave him Brandon's blanket and BAM! He was out! (Note the picture above). Even though his Great-Grandma Gage made him a very nice blankie that he can cuddle up with he still prefers his brothers. Brandon has also taken a liking to dumping his toys out all through out the living room and then climbing in the tote (as seen above)...thankfully he is getting more helpful with the cleaning up aspect afterwards!!

I also wanted to let everyone know that Allen figured out how to but videos on here!! So, those pictures on the main page are videos that you can click on and watch for your enjoyment! Right now there is one of Jacob crawling, Brandon playing video games like his daddy and one of Brandon using the spoon for the first time! Enjoy!! Hope all is well!

Busy Busy Week

Jacob has had a VERY busy and exciting week. First he learned to crawl and then tonight I noticed he FINALLY got his first tooth!!! YA!!!! I was getting worried we were going to have to feed him baby food forever. :) Well as promised I am going to post some pictures up. (The middle picture made us think of Grandma Sheryl...Brandon was attempting to read to Jacob even though Jacob was more interested in eating the book :) We should be so proud!!) (The last picture made us think of Great Grandma Gage it is Jacob "flying" and trying so hard to do so!!) There are many more new exciting pictures as well I will have Allen put them up on Flicker soon. Brandon is doing great...really expanding his vocabulary and Jacob crawling is really keeping him on his toes :) Hope everyone is well.

3.2.1. we have take off

well Jake moves quite fast in the crawling dept. hes already on his hands and knees. He is very happy about this because he can now go anywhere he wants and get toys on his own. But that last thing, the getting his own toys does not go over well with Brandon. Brandon get very upset and tell Jake "sit baby sit" all the while Jake just sits there and smiles at him. He also started with the da which makes me very happy. Im trying to figure out how to load a video on here and will put one up someday.

Potty training nightmare

We tried to work on potty training this weekend with Brandon...it did not go the best. We went out and got him these cute big boy Elmo underwear and he was SO excited to wear them and even more excited when he had them on; but needless to say he peed on the living room floor right after he went in the big boy potty! So, we decided yesterday (Sunday) that we were going to try a different approach and we told him that we were all out of diapers and that he had to go on the big boy potty and then we put him in some long pants and tucked the pant leg into his socks and shoes so if he peed he wouldn't like it...WRONG!!! He did pee in his pants and it did travel down the leg into the shoes but all he did was say yucky and walk funny! Later that night he peed all down my grandma's hallway of her house (sorry again grandma). Allen and I just don't know what to do...any suggestions??? I wish kids just came potty trained!! :)
On a happier note, Jacob crawled for the first time on Saturday!!! He also now says "Mama"! He is still very much a daddy's boy but yet his first word was mama! I hope all is well for everyone...I will try to post again soon and put some pictures up.

"Have a good day mom!"

Today as I was leaving from dropping the boys off at daycare Brandon turned to me, waved and said, "Have a good day mom." I stood there for a moment, my jaw hanging open, thinking; "Where did my little boy go to?" "When did he get such a vocabulary...he is only 2!" As I was driving home I was pondering...if I get this emotional about "have a good day mom" what am I going to be like when he starts school or gets his first girlfriend or even when he moves away from home...*sigh* Everyone tells you when you first have your child that they grow up too fast and I guess that never really hit home until this morning. It's inevitable and as a mother you want them to grow and learn of course, but at the same time you think where did my little boy go?
Well, enough with my ramblings, the boys are both doing great. Jacob is trying so hard to crawl. He even took a couple of steps forward with his hands the other night!! I don't think it will be long and he will be off! Then nothing will be safe with two children on the war path!! (So, sorry to anyone that maybe visiting our home, I'm sure it will be disastrous with toy clutter as soon as both boys can move around!) Hope all is well with everyone!

Disagreements and Star Wars

Well not much has happened since the last post. Except innocent Brandon (as seen in the picture here) got into another fight at daycare yesterday...over whose mommy was cooler (over course it is his :-)) I feel sorry for the babysitter some days. Brandon and that 3 yr old boy clash, they always have.

Jacob however is doing great and the babysitter says he is a saint there! He has pulled himself up to all fours a few times and rocked back and forth so I'm sure it won't be long before he is crawling all over and getting into things!! We got both of their halloween costumes last weekend and Allen finally got his wish after years of begging...Star Wars. Brandon will be Darth Vader and Jacob Yoda. We just have the lightsabers left to get. I hope everyone is well and shall post again soon!