Since my last post so many things have changed. We have purchased a new home so our growing family has a comfortable, safe place to grow. My belly is growing daily and the newest addition is quite happy taking up residence in his new home until he's ready to join the world. Jacob's vocabulary is so extensive now. He is thriving daily and turning in to a little man.
The house: It's a beautiful 2 story home in Canyon Hills. We have 2 parks, a clubhouse with pool, elementary and junior high school within 5 minutes walking from our front door. We have made vast improvements in the short time we have lived there. The interior of the house was just painted and now it's time to hang pictures up and make it our HOME. We can't wait to bring baby Derek home to his new house and Jacob and Kila are loving having the extra space and the front/back yard to play in. We are all enjoying our daily walks to the park. It's been a life blessing to get this house.
My belly/Baby Derek: There are already subtle differences between Jacob and Derek. During Jacob's 18 week ultrasound he was very active and was a "show off" sucking his thumb and waving hello. During Derek's ultrasound, the was shy and was turned towards my back and then flipped facing my front. Very uncooperative. It took two session to get a facial shot. I was POSITIVE he was going to be a girl. The two pregnancies were polar opposites. Jacob was a breeze and I was able to work with no problems but with Derek, I was tired, sluggish, sick, etc. We are so blessed to be adding another baby to our family. He is kicking like crazy and enjoying living in his mommy's belly. Since Jacob came 6 weeks early, the doctors have decided to watch me starting at 32 weeks to make sure Derek doesn't come too early but will most likely come early as well. At least we can prepare this time.
Jacob: Ohhhhh Jacob. He's enjoying his terrible 2's. He likes being able to make his own decisions and be able to tell me what he wants and doesn't want. At times it's tough because the things he wants may be dangerous and may cause him to get in to trouble but he needs to learn that his decisions have consequences. I don't let him get hurt but we explore both sides of the decision making process. He loves to tell people "no" even if it's supposed to be yes. I guess he just likes the word. He is at the stage where he pretends he doesn't hear me so he doesn't have to do what I say or he will look at me to let me know he heard me but do the EXACT opposite of what I have asked him to do. I love that he is becoming an individual but man it's tough at times to be patient. His vocabulary alone has expanded. Here are the following words: Mama, Dada, Kata (Kila), Mama (Grandma), Papa (Grandpa), soap, choo choo, berries, toast, fruit snack, milk, juice (water), flower, sand, shovel, bubbles, no, yes, can count to 11 (skipping 1), down, up, dog, ball, truck, track, pooh, piglet, owl, tigger, rabbit, tigger, mickey mouse, donal duck, pupo (pluto), goofy, buster, qad (quad), wok (work), hot dog, cheese, chicken, fan, please, thank you, ur welcome, toes, arm, face, hair, ear, nose, cheek, neck, leg, eyes, chin, boo boo, monkey. That's all I can think of at the moment. He has learned to tell between his left and right side. Since we found out we were pregnant, I have stopped breast feeding Jacob and we were really working on getting him to go to bed without the rocking and shh-ing; but now as I get bigger he's wanted to be snuggled and rocked. We read books and I rock while I read and he usually passes out before I finish reading. We talk to him about the baby and he knows there's a baby in mommy's tummy but we know he's going to have a hard time sharing his time with his lil brother. He is making new friends at the house and at the new park. He shares even when other kids don't want to share. I'm amazed daily at what a gentleman he's become. He is shaking people's hands and telling them "nice to meet you". It melts my heart.
Well that's been a general recap of the latest events. I hope to keep up on our blog.
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