And the Two Shall Become One

Jacob has recently started doing something interesting.

If Lesley's in the living room with him playing and I'm in the kitchen cooking supper, Jacob will take her hands, stand up, and "walk" her into the kitchen to be next to me.

Or, in the morning if I'm playing with him in the bedroom and Lesley is in the bathroom brushing her teeth getting ready for work, he will crawl to the bathroom door, open it, and sit on the threshhold so that he can see both of us.

Or, at night when we have Jacob in bed with us, he will get upset if he doesn't have one hand holding Lesley's and one hand holding mine. Holding just Lesley's or just mine isn't good enough. He has to be holding both before he settles down.

Jacob expresses in these moments a profound truth. For him, Lesley and I are not two separate people, but one. He becomes distressed when we give the appearance of separation or disunity.

I believe babies can see things adults forget to see. It's nice to have him around to remind me of the things that I should see.

Happy Birthday!!!

Now, here's a kid who knows how to eat a cake!

Before:















During:

After:

Seriously, both hands...one bite...it was over. And Jacob has discovered his favorite food. He loves it. He can't get enough of it. And the best part is, two hours after his sugar overload, he's out cold for a nice long nap. Now I know what to do when I want to take a nap but he won't settle down.

I'm joking, of course.

He got some great toys. A toy telephone, which he apparently already knows how to use. The first thing he did when we got it out of the box was hold it up to his ear. He got a ride on/walk behind toy, which he loves. A mizzou tiger with a tee shirt so that he'll be ready for New Year's Day and the Cotton Bowl. A fire truck, which he dances to. A ball popper, which we found is as much fun for his 12 year old cousin as it is for him. Spider Spud, not from dad, but dad is good with it. He got an aquadoodle, not aquadots. And from Grandma and Grandpa, beer money for college.

All in all, I'd say he had a pretty good birthday. Mom agrees.