All BOY Oh BOY!!

Yep, that's Jake, ALL BOY!! He has become a rock collector, a ball thrower, a soccer player, and a stunt man. I think I've already mentioned his fascination with rocks and how we can't go on a walk without coming home with one... or two. It seems the bigger he gets, the bigger his rocks get. We've been able to take a lot of walks since it's still 70 degrees here (Winter..what??)

Next, his kicking skills.  This is what he will look like when he's 4 yrs old playing on his soccer team.....

Now his balancing skills.  Such a little daredevil!!



Mr. Independent.... he still LOVES to eat and now prefers if we let him do it himself...  Mom and Dad have to take over and speed things up at times. 



How much do you love Mommy???

Finally just some great Christmas pictures....
An amazing family from church fix their backyard up like the Griswold's every year for kiddos to visit.  It's inflatable decorations complete with fun Christmas music and peppermint sticks.  Jake LOVED his first peppermint stick! He had SO much fun.  Though it's 70 degrees during the day the nights are still cold.  It didn't phase our J-Man ONE BIT! He could have stayed out there all night.  Isn't he a cutie!!

Catching Up.....

Sooooooo.... it's been a while, sorry!!  I'm not sure where the time has gone.  I can't believe I totally missed his 13 month post.  I kept thinking I'll get it done tomorrow.. tomorrow.. tomorrow.. Well, the next thing I know it's time for his 14 month post.  So here I am.

I want to start with just a quick update on Jake's Long Q-T diagnosis.  He just had another cardiologist check up and his EKG was COMPLETELY NORMAL!!  Dr said if he had just walked in the office with no previous diagnosis that LQTS would be no where on the radar.  THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN!!  You don't "get better" from LQTS, it's a genetic disorder.  Of course that's according to the "worlds" standards.  We are believing with our whole hearts that our boy has been healed and we continue to wait on the day when the Lord tells us to get his genetic testing redone.  PRAISE GOD!!!!!!  What a way to start a blog huh??  You know that was TOTALLY worth the wait!  :oD 

Now in other news, where to begin??  Jake is constantly on the move!  Dancing, kicking/throwing a ball around, jumping in his crib, pushing a car, (container lid, phone or whatever else he can push), or looking at a book... yes, he even does that one the move, yet will lay down in the middle of the floor at times for a short rest.  He is such a funny little man.  He likes to "crash" Mommy and Daddy and LAUGH so hard.  He loves to play peek-a-boo, patt-a-cake, wheels on the bus, Happy and You Know It, Twinkle Twinkle, and the ABC song. 
He is such a cooperative little boy.  Yes, he has his moments of fits, but all in all he'll do what we ask him to do.  He's really good at cleaning up his toys at night before bed, bringing us something if we ask him for it, he ALWAYS says/signs Thank You when someone gives something to him, I LOVE that he doesn't have to be prompted anymore!  He has left the Christmas tree alone, but sometimes asks if I'll take an ornament off so it can take a ride in the train around the tree.  When we say it's nap time he will walk into his room to get his blankie and paci.  (The boy LOVES his sleep). 
We're still working on having patience when he asks for something.  He's pretty sure if he says "Cheerios, Please" then they should INSTANTLY appear in front of him.  He's also pretty sure if he just says "________, Please"  we'll give him say his 5th banana of the day after we've said no.  Still not a fan of getting his diaper changed, but has gotten better about it the last few days.  We're also working on breaking a bad habit that MOMMY started.  I realized the other day that any time we're in the car I've handed him a snack trap of cheerios.  Well, now EVERYtime we're in the car whether going 1 min down the street or 20 min across town, he expects to have that cups of cheerios.  He gets VERY mad when he doesn't get them, but even that has gotten better in the last day or so.  He seems to pick up on things pretty quick.  Don't get me wrong, he tests his boundries now and then like all kiddos, but not very often.  I'm bragging huh???.... Well, he makes it easy to do!!  It just amazes me that we have crystal down on his level along with picture frames, electronics, DVD players etc, and he knows to leave them alone.  We are SO very blessed with a SWEET HEART!! 
He is an observant little booger too... He's always watching.  (Sometimes that can be a bad thing)  He learns  routine and how things work after about one take.  It took him no time at all to see how to turn the Christmas train on and off, let the water out of the tub, bring Mommy her (thankfully empty) coffee mug, open/close the blinds (though he can't reach the pulls to do it himself), turn toys on and off and open and close the DVD drive on the computer (he knows now that that's not a choice though)  He seems to pick up cause and effect really fast too.  He's a quick learner.
Of course his FAVORITE thing is still being OUTSIDE!!  As much as I enjoy winter, the fact that it hasn't shown up in Lubbock has worked in our favor.  We still spend a lot of time outside each day.  ROCKS... ROCKS.. AND MORE ROCKS.... the boy LOVES ROCKS!!!  He WILL NOT go out without QUICKLY finding a rock to carry around.  He'll carry that rock until he finds another that he likes better.  On rare occassions he'll have a rock in each hand or give one to Mom or Dad to carry for him.  He's so funny b/c he just lights up when he finds that perfect rock... so funny!  He loves it when airplanes or the canadian geese fly over when we're outside.  He watches the birds from the windows in the mornings when it's still too cold to go out... or Mom is still in her PJ's. 
The Boy is ALL BOY when it comes to eating.  He eats ALL DAY!  He's a little bottomless pit.  There are very few foods that he won't eat.  He always eats a BIG breakfast, usually oatmeal and an english muffin topped off with a banana and milk.  Lunch is often left overs from the night before, a bean and cheese quesadilla or just a simple PB&J.  Always followed by fruit of some sort.  Dinner.. well, dinner is whatever Mom makes.  In between meals there are snacks of cheerios, teddy grams, goldfish, grapes, kiwi (when we have it) crackers and cheese, yogurt, muffins.... you name it.  We TRY and keep it as healthy as we can.
**other things I don't have time to write about**
He's doing better with "stranger danger"  He did GREAT in the nursery this past Sunday
He LOVES his books!!
He enjoys watching other kids play and loves it when his friends come over to play
He knows more signs that I can remember at one time
He LOVES music
He's interacting more with Joey.  Likes to play ball with him... as well as you can play ball with a blind dog..
Dinks mostly water, no juice... he's just not a fan
No more nursing... :o(
He has 8 teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom and his 2 left molars) He has 3 more teeth coming in... poor guy...
Still takes 2 naps 9:30-11:00 and 2:00-3:45/4:00
Bedtime is 7:30 Wake-up around 7/7:15

Guess that's it for now.  I really am going to TRY and do better and blog more than once a month.  There is A TON more I want to write in detail about, but I'm thinking this entry is long enough and I'm thankful you've stuck with it.  Enjoy the pics!!  You should be proud, it's not NEARLY as long as it could have been being as it's covering 2 months instead of just one.