It hasn't even been a full week yet. The time is dragging by! I have been trying to stay busy, but at night after Jacob goes to bed it gets pretty lonely. Only about 178 days to go. I'm sure once the holidays start to come, time will fly by.
I cut grass!! This is a huge accomplishment for me. I have never in 28 years cut grass. It's a man thing in my book. Men take the trash out and mow the yard. But without a man around, I'm left to do it. It wasn't THAT bad at all. I might have looked like an idiot driving around on the mower in a few places more than once, but I got the job done. That's all that matters. Since our yard is so big, I have to do it in sections because of Jacob. So yesterday I did that back, and today I did one side of the front. I even went yesterday and bought a trimmer/edger because the one Aaron has is gas and very hard to start. I bought the new Black & Decker Grasshog. It was easy to assemble and very easy to use. So not only do I cut grass now, I also edge! Oh yeah!
Jacob now has two teeth! The other night he was a little cranky and chewing on his hand like crazy, so I gave him some teething tablets. While putting them in his mouth to dissolve, I felt something sharp next to his other tooth but it was shorter. Another tooth has popped up! I can't believe how quickly he is growing up. Everyone said they grow up quick, but I didn't really believe them. I feel like I don't have a little baby anymore. He now sits up like a champ. He still occansionally wobbles back and forth, but for the most part he is really good at it. I even put him in the shopping cart at Lowe's last night for the first time. I probably looked like a first time mom trying to get the shopping cart cover on the cart and then trying to get him seated and buckled in. I swear it took me like 10 mins to figure this out. But he was in there, protected from the dirty germs with his new shopping cart cover. He seemed to like it until he got tired and cranky. Then it was time to go home.
He is slowly starting to crawl. Meaning I am going to have to start baby proofing some things soon. He only crawls backwards by pushing himself back right now. He starts to go back and forth with his body in the crawling position, but doesn't know how to push with his legs to go forward yet. So he ends up pushing with his hands backwards.
I swear he can say mom and mama now. He hasn't said it and looked at me yet. But when he is tired and starts to whine, he says it. Or maybe it's just the way he whines. But it sounds like he is calling for me. I think it's cute, even though he probably has no clue what he's saying.
Jacob has really begun to eat like a big boy. He loves his food. Hince the fact that he is getting so big! He barely fits into 9 month clothes anymore. I went to walmart yesterday to get him some more food, but they didn't have much selection of the brand I use. I really hate Gerber food..it's expensive, and compared to the brand I use it doesn't have the same nutritional value. So now I am going to start making my own baby food. I've done a little research on it, and it seems farely easy. If he keeps getting more teeth like this, I'm sure he will be able to start eating more solid foods in the coming months. Which will make my life a lot easier.
Other than that, Jacob & I are doing pretty good. We miss our daddy like crazy. But we are counting down the days until he gets back. I think it's like 178 days left. My parents will be here in two weeks for Labor Day weekend. So that is something to look forward to. :-)
New pics of the wonderful little man!
This isn't a good pic, but you can kind of see his tiny mowhawk..finally getting more hair on top!
Here is the link to youtube of a new video of Jacob that I took today..enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgKdlz2n9mM
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