Indian Summer

The last few days have been a gift! Warm weather and sunshine are always welcome. I worked today (Monday), but got to enjoy Sunday outside. It was one of my most productive days in quite a while. Not to mention a mood lifter! I started out at 9:00 by cutting down perennials while Jacob took his morning nap. It was a mad dash for an hour and a half until he woke. Then we went to Rutland for a few groceries. He fell asleep on the way home so I parked out back while I carried the groceries in the house. I proceeded to wash the car while he slept in his car seat! After waking he watched from his stroller while I finished the perennials. We also did lots of laundry and went for a walk. When Ted got home we tried to go for a hike at Pico but it cools down very quickly and Jacob wasn't dressed warm enough to be out for that long. So we walked around at the bottom throwing the ball for Pili. Since she couldn't swim in the pond she decided to roll in the pool of muddy water to cool her hot body. Needless to say, she got a bath when we got home (Thanks to Ted!). What a great day!

Where did the real Jacob go?

This was a first! Usually Jacob+tired+high chair = fussiness, but last night this was happening:

Another tooth!

Tooth number three has arrived! The upper left incisor. Yesterday you could see it and today you can feel it. It looks like it must be really painful. No wonder he is still not himself. And his nose is still very stuffy. Of course he had just started sleeping pretty well in his crib in his bedroom and now this. We are trying again tonight but for the last two nights he's been in bed with us. My poor baby... I just want him to feel better and be happy.

Sick again...

Well it started out as a hoarse voice, on and off for over a week. Now its a full blown stuffy nose. We saw Dr. Adams this morning. She said it's the parainfluenze (I think) virus and that sometimes they get croup along with the hoarse voice before the cold comes. At least he didn't get that part. So unfortunately he had to miss swimming this morning. Instead we took a shower. He liked to watch the water hitting the floor. The good news is that his ears and lungs are good. And he now weights 22 pounds and is at the 85 percentile!

Apples and bananas... so yummy!

Notice the vulture lurking in the background just waiting for any bit of food to hit the floor!

Messy boy!

Dada carved Jacob a great jack-o-lantern. Notice that its smile is the exact same size as Jacob's!

After dinner it was time for a cookie... followed by a tubby, of course!

Weekend's over

Saturday was quite a bust with the rain but we got a big grocery shopping trip done. Thankfully Sunday turned out to be much better weather wise and Jacob had a fun date with two new friends, Ruby (5 months) and Kellam (2 months). They were all so cute together. Jacob's got a few months and quite a few pounds on them... we'll see if it lasts. It was great to get together with some other moms and talk. It made me feel a little more normal. :-) Hopefully we can have a regular play date.

And now the sun is rising over Pico. It's cold but the sky is blue. Hopefully something fun will come along!

Oh yea, Jacob has perfected his raspberry technique! Messy but very cute!

Halloween is coming!

Jacob is excited......