Grandpa's birthday

Today was my Dad's birthday so we all went over to play at their place and then went out to dinner. Ethan got to play with his truck and gas tank from his birthday and Jason had his wagon and golf clubs. It is so hard to get them indoors lately. Jason screams and throws himself down. You can hear him 12 blocks away. They start normally at 6:30 in the morning wanting to go out. I can tell you I am not normally ready to start chasing them that early. It doesn't matter. I do love being here in the country since they can run around while you watch from the porch and there is no danger of traffic. With Tanner, the fence and gate, you at least have a good chance of catching them before anyone enters. At Mom and Dad's they have the entire big driveway to ride on and the backyard with grass is a nice draw. I'm working on that at the farm still.

So there is still not much talking going on with Jason. Mama and more, duck and Daddy and sometimes the occasional socks. Don't ask why these seem to be the words of choice. He still signs more, all done, up and down most times. As for teeth, we only have the two bottom teeth and the top two that are over halfway in. He can use them well though...he bit Jeff on the shoulder when he took him out of the car the other day. I think Jason was as shocked as Daddy that it hurt. He hasn't done it since.

Some other observations you have to endure before you get to the pictures.

He loves to take baths. This is a good thing until the bath tub is empty and every time you enter the bathroom, he tries to do a header. Or until you take him out and he screams like you are torturing him. He loves to brush his teeth. However, he won't give it back and he screams when you take it away. Did I mention how utterly piercing this scream is? I have started using other things he loves to avoid this. "Jason, do you want to go say good night to Tanner? We need to get out of the bath to go see him." I better be ready to catch him as he launches his way towards me. Tricky Mom.

"Jason, do you want to open Mommy's bathroom drawer and put your toothbrush away?" I say as he is running out of the room because I had the audactity to reach for it. Ooh...the forbidden drawer.,..must open it and throw toothbrush in....get a peek at the items I can't play with. He comes running back to do it. Score 1 to Mom.

He loves fruit...all kinds. And it is the only thing I can keep on his tray. When he is bored with other food, it gets launched. He could care less about cake and cookies but did have his first lollipop recently. Required an immediate bath.

Bed time. I can't say how easy this is without jinxing us. At 7:45, we get him some milk, read him a story and put him in his crib. Yep, awake. He hugs his puppy and puts his pacifier in and burroughs down and listens to his music and goes right off. YES! He doesn't sleep really sound but moves around a lot and always puts himself back to sleep. We hear from him around 7:15 or so if Ethan doesn't wake him. Now, we are talking about weaning from the paci...will let you know if that changes the sleep habits.

Jason blows kisses, waves bye bye to everything and everyone and gives the best hugs. He is fascinated with the horses and loves throwing the ball for Tanner. He can play Simon Says and knows his body parts and animals if you ask him which is which in his books. He hasn't learned as many words or objects as E had at this age but he is fabulous at following multi step commands and doing puzzles. They each have their strengths. Lungs are equal on both. Drat.

Jason can run now and is all over the farm. Comes with me to the barn, walks down the driveway and is very independent. He waves bye to me like I am going to let him go off by himself. Ya right. Not until he is 21. :-)