The past few months have rocked Jake's world. At first, he could care less about the babies. Then he'd get annoyed with them and would steal their bottles and run away. Eventually, their crying got on his nerves and he'd say, "Babies! Stop Crying!"
But after a few weeks of getting used to them being around 24-7, he decided he totally loved them. He plays with their ears as he walks by (a sure sign that you've got his approval and love :) and he cuddles them and says "Ahhhh. Baby loves Jakey!" As they get more interactive and fun, Jake loves them more and more. And it makes us so happy.
Jake really has been a trooper. He pretty much entertains himself and is a good boy while I take care of the babies' never-ending needs. Of course, youtube videos and chocolate helps :) But really he is such a good boy and my best buddy. So here are a few little tidbits/experiences/funnies/facts about my besets boy Jake:
Funny things he's said lately:
"Ah nuts!" (Quoting Monster's University)
"It's spooky! Halloween Town! I Jack! The pumpk..." (Jake absolutely LOVES Nightmare Before Christmas and quotes it frequently--though at first he couldn't really say the word pumpkin and it would come out as pumpk. Halloween is by far his favorite holiday.)
"Come here, come here." As he waves me over.
"The Lina (Caroline)", "The East (Easton)", "The Chloe (Chloe)". (At first everyone's name had "The" in front of it. So cute, but he's outgrown it.
We were playing with the play phone in his play kitchen. He answered it and said, "Hello? Chloe's House?" He loves his cousin Chloe and playing in her room.
The family was sitting around talking and somehow the word "butt crack" was brought up. Jake immediately yelled, "Butt Crack! Butt Crack!" It was hilarious and a good reminder that little pitchers have big ears.
I did something Jake did not like, he yelled, "No, Mommy!" Wow, that caught me off guard.
"Nah-wits lights!" (Christmas Lights)
Every Sunday before church, I talk to Jake about sharing in nursery. After I picked him up from nursery one time, he told me, "Share...toys! I nice." It makes my heart melt to hear him talk to me and tell me about his day and that he was being kind.
"Stop it!" --This one makes me rethink the words I choose to say to him. He's definitely mimicking me now.
"Jakey wants milk. Jakey wants bwanket (blanket). Jakey, Jakey, Jakey..." He talks about himself in third person. It's quite funny and adorable. And I love that he thinks his name IS Jakey.
"The pew-pew." (Guns are pew-pews. Cuz well, that's the sound they make!)
Jake broke his arm on January 25th when he was jumping on the bed and roughhousing with Scott. Urgent Care thought it was Nurse Maid's Elbow. We ended up taking him to the ER and it was broken! It was a rough, painful experience for Jake. Poor guy. He got a cool orange cast though and liked to tell everyone the whole story of how it happened: "Jakey jump bed. Jakey fall off edge. It hurt!"
We've been pretty cooped up in the house with the twins, and Jake was really wanting to go outside and do something. My mom was leaving to run errands and Jake saw and ran to her and pleaded, "Jakey needs out! Take Jake!" hahaha. It was hilarious and so, so sad at the same time. Now that the weather's warmer, the babies are older and there are no longer construction workers in the backyard with big tools, we hang outside a lot more :)
"Another Baby?" Sometimes Jake forgets that there's two of them.
"Ruuuuuby."
Jakey wants another tookie!" (cookie)-- He's a demanding little soul.
"Woot Beer (root beer) and Toke (Coke)."
"Where gramma go? Hey, come back!!!"
"I got turkeys!" --Meaning: I'm ticklish. This is probably my favorite of his sayings.
Defiant, spunky, silly, smart, sweet and affectionate, energetic but cautious, possessive and stubborn, picky eater! A nut head!
His Favorite Things:
Drinks with a straw. If he sees a big drink with a straw, he WILL steal it and drink it til its gone.
Pirates of the Caribbean song. He loves to sing, "Yo ho! Yo ho! Pirate's Life Me!"
Playing with his 7 month old cousin, Ryder. He thinks Ryder is just hysterical.
Swimming! Clothes and all, he will get right in.
Making gun and car sound effects. Such a boy.
Angry Birds and Bad Piggies. He is OBSESSED. He would sit and watch YouTube recordings of other people playing the games ALL DAY if I let him. So he has also become very possessive of the computer--or "puter." Case in point: One night, Jake came and slept in our bed. Early that morning, I was changing Ben. Jake suddenly woke up and sat straight up and yelled, "NO! No MY puter!" Then went back to sleep. OBSESSED.
Ears. He still has an ear fetish and likes to grab our ears or kiss them or just play with them. He'll walk by the babes and just touch their ears in passing.
Chocolate, candy, soda. It's a never-ending food battle with this one.
Being outside.
Kissing, rubbing and smelling my arms. :)
Falling asleep in the oddest positions and locations. He's started to refuse taking a scheduled nap. So instead, he basically just falls over in exhaustion wherever he's been playing: grandpa's office chair, exercise equipment, my bedroom floor.
