August 21, 2011
Noah and Jakob have a couple sets of matching pj's so I finally made Noah wear his (even though it is STILL 100+ outside) because Jakob is such a chunk that he is already growing out of his. It took me forever to get a somewhat decent picture of them together because Noah wouldn't be still...big shocker there. He was bouncer all over the bed. When I would finally get them in a good position, Noah would move before I could get the camera ready. However, the shot above was pretty cute. In the best picture that I got Jakob was spitting up so it was a little gross even though they were both smiling. I chose not to share that...
We are still rolling around here in the Bradshaw house just trying to wait out the ridiculous heat so we can have a life again. Noah is DONE with staying in the house and so am I. We keep each other pretty busy though so I guess we are surviving. It's just too hard to try to get Jakob out in this so I don't even bother. We've had a few nice days lately so we try to take advantage of them when they come along and do some fun things. But, for the most part, this summer has been pretty uneventful (except for the new baby, of course).
Jakob is great and growing like a weed! I finally broke down and pulled out all of his 3-6 month sized clothes because nothing fits him anymore. I was shocked when I tried on the 3-6 month size and it actually fit him. He is just 8 weeks old!! I can't believe he is that chunky already! He has fat rolls EVERYWHERE, which I love! He's very cuddly, squishy, and sweet. Everything that a perfect baby should be! Plus, he just gets cuter every single day! I can't decide who is cuter, Noah or Jakob...I guess that's not fair. They are both the cutest little boys on the face of the planet to me! Jakob already has a much different personality than Noah does. He is a lot quieter (Noah was already cooing nonstop at this age). Jakob coos some but not very much. He likes to grunt a lot more. He doesn't really cry much still but is VERY loud when he does. He is also much more laid back than Noah was (and still is). He will lay pretty much anywhere and doesn't wiggle a whole lot. I just remember Noah was so wiggly and active! I never could do much with him because he just wanted to be moving! Jakob is pretty happy just hanging out. He loves to be talked to and sung to, and he really gets a kick out of watching Noah act like a nutcase all day.
Speaking of Noah...
He is good as well. He is starting to talk my ear off...I knew this was coming because he's always been so loud but now that he can actually say stuff he expects me to respond to everything that he says. If I don't, he just repeats himself a million times yelling "Mama!" in between the repeats. I've been catching him doing some really sweet things lately. The cutest one is the other day I walked in his room and he was sitting on the floor holding his Buzz doll like a baby and patting it's back saying, "It's okay Buzz, it's okay Buzz." So sweet! Now he does that to Jakob everytime that he cries. He says, "It's okay baby" while he pats his cheek. Then he usually gets a little rough and scratches him. At least he's trying!! He's also into kissing everyone's "owws". If he sees the tiniest little thing on my leg or whatnot, he kisses it then runs to his room to get the "medicine". He comes back with lotion or whatever he found in the drawer and rubs in on the "oww". He's also become really afraid of spiders and thunderstorms. It's weird because those are probably my biggest things too. Maybe I passed it on to him...who knows. But if he sees a spider he flips out. He calls them "Itsy's" like from the Itsy Bitsy Spider song and says, "Itsy go home" if he sees one. Ha! It actually rained a couple of night this past week so bedtime was pretty nonexistent. He HATES thunder and doesn't even like the rain. He just repeats, "Rain, all done" over and over.
Noah loves to snuggle with Jakob in the recliner (which also happens to be Jakob's favorite sleeping spot)
Playing with the "big truck". We made the "trash" and that kept Noah entertained for hours.
This is what Noah does while I'm feeding Jakob...you should see his room if you think this is bad
First time swimming! My parents were up here for a few days this week so we took advantage of their hotel pool and Noah went swimming. We went two different days and the first day he was a little scared of the water when we first got there and wouldn't really go in. After a few minutes with a little coaxing, he warmed up to the idea and by the time we were done on the second day, he was dog paddling across the entire pool by himself. I was a little impressed I have to say.
First time swimming! My parents were up here for a few days this week so we took advantage of their hotel pool and Noah went swimming. We went two different days and the first day he was a little scared of the water when we first got there and wouldn't really go in. After a few minutes with a little coaxing, he warmed up to the idea and by the time we were done on the second day, he was dog paddling across the entire pool by himself. I was a little impressed I have to say.
Jakob's first time at church! My plan was to take both of them to the nursery but when I got there I just couldn't leave Jakob yet! I took him with me and he was fine. Noah got moved up to the 2-yr old room and had a blast! When I went to pick him up though, I couldn't see him anywhere. I was actually getting a little worried when they brought him up to me and I saw that he was soaking wet. Apparently, he was involved in some sort of water incident with another little boy. I'm not sure who was at fault but my guess would be that Noah wasn't totally innocent. He did get a glass of water dumped on his head though. He probably liked it and I thought it was pretty funny. Just a taste of what's to come I'm sure.
