Boy in a bubble

Well, I should have seen it coming. First, I perfect the whole walking thing (check me out in this secret spy video) then I figure out how to open the baby gate,and finally, I try to take over the world with my hypnotic powers of cuteness. It worked on Santa so I figured mommy and daddy would be a cinch. But they must have got an idea from some crazy scientist 'cause they stuck me in a jar to keep me outta trouble.
Now, I'm a boy in a bubble and all I can do is make funny faces and try to get out. Oh well, I'm pretty sure they'll release me for my birthday or people will get kinda suspicious when I don't show up.

this Christmas thing is tiring

Mummy and Daddy said that Christmas was a fun time of the year but they forget to mention how tiring it really is. With all the new toys, paper and boxes to play with plus all the visiting it can really make a boy tired. It seems all I have done lately is get packed off into my carseat and travel to someone elses house. Mummy tells me that there is still New Years to come when we will go to Hope and play in the snow and stay at Aunty Kim and Uncle Franks house. i don't know about anyone else but all this excitement is too much for one little boy to take, it's a good thing that Christmas only comes once a year. Mummy also told me to not forget how to open presents cause in two more weeks I will be having a birthday party and i get to have a car cake with a candle in it to blow out. This sounds interesting so I will have to make sure I get enough rest before then so i can stay awake longer.

Wow that was exciting

Well the first Christmas has come and gone and it was a very busy one with lots of memories to store away. On Christmas Eve, we went to Church and Jacob did great. He was bopping up and down in our arms and tried to have a conversation with another little girl. Then he got to sit with his cousins for a while till communion when Grandma tried to give him some bread. After Church some of my family came over for dinner and visiting (alas Jacob had to go to bed so Santa could come deliver his presents.) We woke up earlier on Christmas morning than we had all week (must have been the excitement) and went downstairs to open the gifts. Amazingly enough Jacob didn't try to eat the wrapping paper. He was most interested in chewing on hard things and some that were quite difficult to get a good grip on. He received lots of nice gifts such as a vacuum and shape sorter dump truck from Santa, a giggle and shake Elmo chair, balls, books, clothes and keepsake ornaments. He had fun that morning vacuuming the floor and putting the shapes into the holes. Later that morning we went to my sisters for breakfast and Jacob had a nap. After his nap he got to open all his presents from his relatives with a lot of help from us. His favourite gift was the drum set from Grandma and Grandpa but he also got a real nice jacket from Disneyland, a helicopter, some texture and rattle balls and more clothes, plus a pirates hat and sword. He also enjoyed his cousin Meagen's karaoke machine.
Later that day we went to Steve's Mum's house for dinner with his family. And of course Jacob had another nap while we ate dinner (yes the poor kid did get to eat that day!). Then Jacob got to show everyone how talented he is with his new drum toys and amaze them with how fast he is walking now (he sorta looks like he is a drunk circus clown). Then we got to open more presents and Jacob came away with some very nice clothes. Finally he went to bed at Grandmas so that we could visit a while longer and then we later bundled him all up and took him home to sleep in his crib.
He had a very full and exciting day and now he can play with all his new stuff and make lots of noise.

There are Santa's everywhere!

Today we had our playgroup Christmas party and Santa was there. this is the third time that Jacob has seen Santa and he was having nothing to do with him. He cried when i tried to put him on his lap so later we both went up to Santa and Jacob was having no part in getting to meet him. Of course it was his nap time and he was a little clingy and Grandma said he had a fever so that could account for his behaviour. He has never really made strange with anyone but maybe he is starting to go through that phase.
Anyway he did manage to have some fun at the party, he even did some walking, climbing and toy stealing. I believe he even tried to share his carrot with Owen. Afterwards when we got home he was more than ready for a nap and hopefully he is not getting sicker than just a cold which he's had now for 2 weeks.

My first Christmas Stocking

This morning I went with mummy and Grandma to Fabricland to pick out material for my Christmas stocking. There was all sorts of sparkly material put Mummy said i had to pick a quilted one so I choose the one with the teddies, doggies and kitties on it.
When I got up from my very, very brief nap, there it was. It looks like a big sock! Mummy tried to put it on my foot but it was way too big and I looked like a merman. She says that on Christmas morning it will be filled with all sorts of toys and goodies and that everything in it is mine to have. I wonder if it will have boxes, ribbons and ornaments in it to play with?

Keeping them on their toes!

Ha ha I'm so smart. I have figured out how to open up the baby gate that mummy and daddy have across the living room stairs. Now whenever I want I can push open the gate and climb the stairs and boy am I fast. I am also really fond of getting into things and moving them around such as the laundry hamper, my toy box and the boxes mummy gives me to play with. I know how to tip them all over and climb on top of them to reach things that look fun. Lately I have also been walking more and ya know what it's almost as fast and as fun as crawling. Mummy and Daddy keep saying some words to me when I am just having fun and then they move me or take away my fun stuff. Like the other day I was playing under the Christmas tree when an ornament fell into my hands and i didn't even get to slobber all over it before mummy took it and hung it much higher. I think they are stunting my exploratory growth stage by taking away all the fun things.

P.S a note from Jacob's mummy and daddy- We have now attached a bungie cord to the baby gate so that he can't get it open and crawl up the stairs. Of course now we get to listen to him having a temper tantrum cause he knows that it should open.

The process of decorating

Well the folks needed my help the other night to put the decorations up on the tree and since I have discerning taste I was only too happy to help.
Here I am looking for the perfect ornament to hang.
p.s -I have been told that I resemble Santa Claus in this outfit!

Once you find the ornament you want you need to test it for durability.

Then you need to make sure that it is hanging just right.

Then once you are done you can stand back and admire your handiwork.

And hope that some of those presents are for you!

I'm getting big now

Today is Jacob's 11 month birthday and we went and had him weighed and he is 22lbs 3 oz. He has learned some new tricks the last couple days. One of them is how to climb into his bouncy seat and stand in it to reach books off the table. He also stands up on an overturned pampers box and waves his arms around like he is an ape. Right now he is amusing himself with a wrapping paper roll waving it around and hitting things with it. It's amazing how much fun kids can have with garbage!
Last night when Jacob had his bath he was playing like he normally does when all of a sudden he squats and drop a log. Except it wasn't a log but more like an explosion! We have been waiting for the moment when he would do a number two in the tub but this was more than we anticipated. Thankfully Steve was bathing him and he got to clean the tub and all the toys up afterwards.
Jacob has discovered the fun of nudity and whenever he can get the chance to go "au natural" he goes for it. Last night he was having fun again with the roll from the wrapping paper and playing in our duvet. There were a couple wet spots on the duvet from drooling or at least that is what I hope it was!

We haf a cood

Well we are starting the month off with another cold. We have gotten one every month since August and when one of us gets sick the other one gets it too. Right now it is Jacob's turn but I can already feel it coming on. The poor kid woke up at 11pm last night crying and snotting all over the place. We managed to get him to fall back asleep with a dose of dimetapp and he slept till 8am. Of course even though he is sick it hasn't stopped him from getting into trouble. I was taking my shower this morning and so I put Jacob in his bouncy seat and not 5 minutes later he was crawling out of it so I had to get out of the shower dripping water everywhere to make sure he didn't fall out. I get back in the shower hoping that I can get the soap out of my hair before he decides to do something else. Well his something else is to stand outside the shower door and pound on it and then when that didn't work he decided to try and pull the soap basket down from the back of the toilet, then it was taking the toilet paper off the roll. Let's just say I think i got the soap out of my hair and that Jacob ended up wetter than me from me jumping in and out of the shower. If that wasn't enough, while I was trying to get dressed he is standing under the cat perch stretching up to pull Sassy's tail. The kid doesn't know when to stop and i figured that he would be all tired and clingy today. Thankfully I finally got him back down for a nap with lots of cuddles. I wonder who's going to look after me when I get sick????

Yucky Food vs Jacob

Jacob didn't really care too much for eating his lunch today so I decided that since I was having no luck getting it into his mouth that he could do it himself. This is what happens when your child doesn't like what is being served!

I think he won!

Wow there are alot of Santa's

Today i went with my buddies to visit Santa Claus. Now I am a little confused cause yesterday I saw Santa with my kitties and this Santa that I saw today didn't look like the other Santa. So could it be true that there are lots and lots of Santa's and if so does that mean that we get lots and lots of presents from all these Santa's? I hope so cause I really like the boxes these presents come in.

I met the cat Santa!

Today we took my kitties to meet the "Cat Santa". My cats don't really like to ride in the car as much as I do so I had to talk to them to help them calm down. Mummy and daddy couldn't understand our secret language which sorta sounds like this meowwwwww mmm umm umm meow but the cats enjoyed having the company in the back seat. When we arrived at our destination we walked into a building that looked like it was outside but not as cold. Then we met the Cat Santa and mummy and daddy had to dump the kitties out of their houses (it looks like a fun trick and I can't wait to try it when I get big enough to lift the kitties). Whisper pee'd her blanket and then she had to sit on Santa's lap. Daddy held me and Frisbee but she wasn't cooperating so then Mummy gave daddy Sassy and she took Frisbee. Then we all looked at the camera and smiled. Mummy and Daddy said they have been taking the cats to see Santa since they've been married and that now I get to come along. As we were leaving I heard mummy say that next year we would be bringing a doggy with us, I wonder if they have a Doggy Santa too!