Feeling H-A-double P-Y!

'Cause it's Jacob's birthday! Actually, we had the party this past Saturday, and it was really a lot of fun. We usually go through the whole thought pattern of 'well, we did this for Elias, but we've haven't really done this for Jacob' but I have to say, J's 1st party was just as big as Eli's. You'll have to check out some pics on flickr. We went with a construction theme party, and Zach even got into the decorating! I guess it was a theme near & dear to his heart, since we've been on a remodeling kick for over a year. It's hard to find time to get things done with 2 little ones running around! Added to that the rain that falls anytime Zach has time to paint outside, & I think I'm destined to live with a crazy-colored house for a while!

On other news, J had his one year check up yesterday, & I mentioned to the dr. about him not wanting to drink milk out of a sippy. Apparently, he decided that he'd prove me wrong last night & drank 2 cups of milk out of a sippy cup yesterday! Whoo! No more bottles for us! Sometimes I feel a little sad that we are moving so quickly out of the baby stage, but him being able to feed himself & hold his own cup is a great thing. He's also decided that he doesn't want any more baby food, he'll have what we're eating, thankyouverymuch & he'll feed himself, too. I wish he had decided that before I bought baby food! So now I'm trying to make dinners that he can eat if we cut it up, and try to shove some baby food into him between grownup bites.

We also took our first trip to the zoo with the boys. Somehow, between remodeling, moving, having J, etc. we never managed to take Eli to the zoo. So J's birthday seemed like a perfect opportunity to take them both. We had a great day as a family, though the zoo was a little pitiful. There are a lot of birds, snakes/spiders, & monkeys, with a rhino & giraffe thrown in for good measure. No bears, & the elephant & gorilla have recently passed away. There were a couple of lions & tigers, but they were being lazy. The kangaroos were being lazy, too, but it was cool to see the kangas up close. I've heard the Chatty zoo is even more pitiful, so I think the next zooventure we have will be in Hotlanta. I remember going to the National Zoo in D.C. as a child, so I guess my zoo expectations are rather high!

Halloween is Saturday, & it will be interesting to see how we fair. We're going as the Imagination Movers, & hopefully Elias will want to wear his costume, Zach will be happy dressing up, & Jacob won't have a meltdown before we go anywhere. The next post should be very interesting!

So Much to Write...

And never enough time!

Jacob will be 1 next week - big construction party is all planned! We've been to the pumpkin patch - check out picture on my flickr page. Jacob has 2 bottom teeth, and seems to be working on the top 2. He's still not walking by himself, though I think he could if he just would.

Elias keeps getting bigger and bigger. He's so much more conversational now. Last week, he told Zach where to find his pjs, which pair he wanted, & when Zach held them up he said, 'yep, that will work!' Too funny! He's also become really concerned when we're up on ladders or step-stools (which is most of the time, since we're painting the outside of the house!) He'll look up at you and say "Be careful up there, pay attention to what you're doing." and once even told me to come down from up there & offered his hand to help me down. I have no idea where he comes up with it all! He can count to 12, and knows how old he is, and how old Jacob will be. He knows his colors and shapes, though he still likes to call round crackers (ritz) oval crackers. I think he just likes saying oval! No potty train yet...maybe one day?

Jacob has become more conversational, too. He only really says MaMa or DaDa clearly enough to make out, but he'll just babble away & then look at you as if you should know what he's saying. He loves chasing Elsie around, and has really started looking at books. One of his favorites has a little mirror in it, which he thinks is hilarious! He's also eating everything in sight - potatoes, green beans, banana, you name it, he'll eat it. Luckily, he seems to be slimming down rather than getting chubbier! The only thing he's not fond of is milk in a sippy cup. He'll drink juice from a sippy, but not milk, unless it's in Elias' sippy, which is just like his. Otherwise he wants his milk in a bottle, thankyouverymuch!

Whoosh!

The end of summer flew by...I think I was a bit optimistic in hoping I could maintain a blog while raising 2 little boys. Jacob will be 1 year old in less than a month! He's so close to walking, and still doesn't have any teeth. Hopefully in the next few weeks we'll get a couple, or there will be a lot of toothless smiles in his first birthday picture!

Elias is getting his 2 year molars in, whoa, 2 boys teething! Most of the time it's not bad, but the other day while we were getting groceries Elias bit his finger while trying to chew his tooth through! Oh, the wails! He has become quite a conversationalist, and while I understand most of what he says, there are still some phrases that escape me!

There is so much more I could write about, and yet, so much I've probably forgotten, too. I guess just check out my flickr page to see what all we've been up to. I hear Jacob (oh, now Eli, too) waking up from naps, so I guess that's all for now!