At four months, she’s 16 lb. 13 oz. She has the physical capabilities of a 6 month old. She’ll soon be supporting herself in terms of pulling up onto couches and whatnot.
Jacob is in school 3 days a week. He likes it, but he’s also ready to come home at the end of the day.
Some cute things Jacob’s done/said:
At dinner one night, we were talking, and Laureen had a dish with some lifesaver peppermints and a Dum-Dum sucker in it. Jacob had asked for candy throughout the meal, and we told him to wait until the meal was over. Laureen and I are talking about stuff, and Jacob interrupts:
“I have something to say.”
“What, Jacob?”
“I have something to say!”
“What is it?”
The next thing we hear sounds as if Jacob had auditioned for the part of Damian in The Omen: “Candy!”
He got the sucker. We nearly fell out of our chairs laughing.
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In our house, we have a loop around the downstairs half-bathroom and the coat closet. You can go around a ring and traverse the dining room, kitchen, breakfast area, regular living room, and hallway and then wind up where you started. Jacob has a LeapFrog toy on the fridge that plays various folksy farm songs. He recently started a game of setting the music to “Skip to my Lou” and then completing a lap around the loop, winding up back at the fridge. He would do this many, many times.
On Sunday night, the game evolved. Jacob and I pretended we were train cars, shuffling our feet around the circle. He directed me, “You go that way, and I’ll go this way,” accurately pointing out the directions of travel. When we met on the other side, we would crash into each other, “hooking up” like train cars. I’d then follow him back to the kitchen, shuffling right behind him.