nailed it

So Sunday night Jeremiah comes up to me all excited and says "mommy I ate a nail!" We went to the hospital for an x-ray and sure enough there is a nail in his stomach. I may have freaked out a little bit thinking that it was going to perforate his intestines and we were going to end up at primary childrens with more surgery. Luckily that didn't happen. They sent us home and told me to just watch him and wait for him to poop it out. The nail finally vacated the premises this morning. It has been a stressful couple of days. Who knew a nail could travel through your whole digestive tract without causeing any problems? Still, I wouldn't recommend it.

Christmas and other stuff

Christmas was kinda weird this year. Steve was in North Dakota working, so the boys and I went down to my parents house. The boys got spoiled rotten, apparently it's a Grandma's right. Jeremiah actually understood what was going on this year, so he had a lot of fun. Jacob was more interested in the wrapping paper than the actual gifts, but whatever. We had fun, but it just wasn't the same without Steve. He got back the day after Christmas, so we had a do-over.  

Jacob liked to put the wrapping paper in and out of the bucket. Who needs toys?

This was the boys Santa gift. Jeremiah has really gotten into cars lately, so he loved it. I didn't think Jacob would be able to to do it, but turns out he can do it too.

When Steve is gone he calls a couple of times a day. Jeremiah has gotten really weird about talking on the phone and most of the time just starts screaming if I try to get him to talk to Steve. Jacob loves to "talk" to Steve, but only if he is holding the phone. Jacob and Steve have very meaningful conversations. Jacob doesn't really talk so much as grunt. He would have made a great caveman.

I haven't made a cake in a while, so I decided to make a fake one for fun. I'm not really sure whether I like it or not. Too simple? I don't know. I had fun making it anyway. 

feelin the spirit

I know it's a horrible thing to say, but Sunday's are horrible. I'll give you two guesses why.

So we always sit in the back in a vain attempt not to ruin sacrament meeting for everyone else. Yesterday we were getting close to the end of the meeting and I had given up trying to keep Jeremiah in his chair, so he is playing underneath it. He starts saying "stuck, stuck" and I whisper to him to get out of there. The lady sitting behind taps me on the shoulder and is all "he really is stuck." She takes Jacob so that I can deal with it. You know how there are those two rungs on the back of metal folding chairs? Jeremiah had gotten his head stuck in between them. So here I am in sacrament meeting on my hands and knees trying to angle his head just right so that I can pull it out of the chair. Everyone around, including me, is doing there best not to laugh too loudly. Just a little humiliating. The meeting did end on a high note though, he fell backwards off of his chair and landed on his bum during the closing prayer. Thank goodness he goes to nursery for the last 2 hours.

graduation

So the last 3 years of my life have involved a lot of doctors, first with Jeremiah's club foot and then with all of Jacob's problems. Well, two weeks ago was graduation day for Jeremiah. He is finally done wearing his brace. It is so nice to have happy feet. We have to go to Primary Children's one more time in a year just to make sure his feet still look good, but for all intents and purposes we are done.

Jacob had an appointment with the gastroenterologist this morning. I was expecting him to say, hey he looks good lets see him in 6 months. As it turns out Jacob graduated too. As long as the labs look good for today, we never have to see this particular Dr again. I am totally doing a happy dance right now.

Right, so I haven't posted anything in a while, again. So here are the highlights from the last month.
My house is finished. We had the final inspection last week, and I have started to rearrange everything. You know how sometimes it has to get worse to get better? Well my house is a disaster, think tornado. Despite the mess, it is pretty exciting to be finished. I don't have to sleep in the same room as Jacob anymore, which is fantastic, my car gets to live indoors, and we finally have space for all of our stuff.

Jacob isn't a baby anymore. He is walking everywhere. He walks around in circles just because he can. He is very proud of himself.

Jeremiah turned 3 last week. Steve was home last week, so we had family over for a little party. Jeremiah got a swingset for his birthday along with some toy cars and construction equipment. He was pretty excited. He calls the swingset his little park and he has been sleeping with all of the new toys which is making his bed ridiculously crowded, but whatever.

 There was some drama with the cake. Jeremiah got a little upset that we were going to eat elmo, but he loves to eat cake so he eventually got over it.

slacker

Wow, it has been forever since I wrote anything. Tons has been going on, but I haven't felt like writing about any of it. What can I say, I'm a slacker. Oh well, here goes a quick update.

Steve started a new job in July. They pay is great, the hours are awful, and here's the kicker, it's in Wyoming. He works for 15 days and then gets 6 days off. We talked about moving there, but have decided not to for now. First of all he is working 90+ hours a week, so we wouldn't see him anyway. Second this job probably won't be too permanent and we don't really want to live in Wyoming.

It really stinks having him gone so much, I kinda like him, but the boys and I have been keeping busy which helps.

Jacob is 14 months old today. He is going to start walking any second now. He thinks it's hilarious to take a few steps and then fall down. He just started eating crackers last week. I know that doesn't seem like a big deal, but trust me it's huge. I have been trying for a very long time to convince him to eat anything he would have to chew but he wasn't having it. We've even had a speech therapist working with him to try to convince him to chew.

The other day he couldn't find a binky, so he improvised and started sucking on the handle of this wooden puzzle piece. I'm choosing to believe it means he has good critical thinking skills.

Jacob's favorite word is no, and lets just say he says it with feeling. It's weird because Jeremiah talked really early and his words were always so clear. With Jacob I don't know what he's saying most the time unless he's screaming no at Jeremiah.

I can't seem to keep any pants on this kid. He has a huge belly

and no hips/bum. He just crawls right out of them.

Jeremiah will be turning 3 next month. It would be fantastic if the terrible 2's would be over then, but I have a feeling 3 is going to be more of the same. He has been so grumpy lately. He has a really good vocabulary and is totally capable of telling me what is wrong, but he just sits there and does this little whimper/whine thing. It is absolutely driving me crazy. I can be so cute and sweet, but man when he gets in a mood watch out.

He has been holding everything over his head lately, so that Jacob can't get whatever he's holding. Not as effective when he's sitting down.

The house is oh so close to being done. Hopefully, we will be able to move in be the end of Steve's next six days home.

I figured Halloween was going to sneak up on me, so I got the boys costumes done early this year. The pictures didn't really turn out, but lets face it, asking two little animals to sit still for any length of time is just ridiculous.

There has been a lot going on around here the last month. There have been a lot of birthdays this month, so that means I have been making a lot of cake. First we had a party to celebrate Lori and my birthdays. This was our cake.

Then the next week there was a big gathering (38 people) to celebrate Steve's grandma's 80th birthday. I was in charge of the cake, and here is what I came up with. I thought it turned out pretty good.

The next week we headed to my parents house and Jacob got to go swimming for the first time. He wasn't really sure what to think of it at first, but he got into it eventually.

My mom had the most adorable baby sunglasses for Jacob. Of course he hated them and wouldn't keep them on, but it's not like babies really need sunglasses anyway.

The next weekend we had a birthday party for Jacob. He is one year old!

Steve just started a new job which will require him to be out of town a lot. The boys thought they would help him pack. They are nothing if not helpful.