Rolls and Dessert

As I may have told you all before, Jacob has learned to roll from his back to his stomach! What a milestone to celebrate, right? Well, I would have thought so too, however, the first time he did this was in his bed, in the middle of the night. He would then wake up during his light phase of sleeping and cry out for help in getting back onto his back. Needless to say, this has been a stumbling block for his sleeping through the night. The first time he did it in bed, I thought, oh, that's so neat, he's learned something new. Now I kind of wish he'd never learned it. Or at least waited until he'd been sleeping through the night awhile to pick up this new trick. Such is life though, right? Last night before I went to bed, I peeked in on Jacob and he was laying on his stomach. My first thought was, I'll be up in a few hours when he awakens and I'll have to turn him over. Then I made the decision that he was either going to have to enjoy sleeping on his stomach, or turn himself over. Luckily, I think for both of us, when he awakened, he didn't cry out or anything, because I really didn't hear him until 8:30 this morning. What a great night it was!

Onto dessert. I'm involved with a recipe club with my church. Wednesday night was dessert night. Unfortunately, not many people showed up. However, we still had great desserts with those who did come. I made a chocolate cheese cake dessert, Heidi made a banana split ice cream pie, and Summer made a cherry cheese cake dessert. Funny that there were two cheese cake type things. Anyway, here's a picture from our night:

Saturday's surprise

This morning started out as a very bleak day to end a very long and lonely week. Brad has been on a tough rotation this month and having worked Monday through Friday, he had already put in 68 hours. I was scheduled to go to April's house to work on quiet books that she, members of my family, and I are making. She called and said her son, Tyler, was sick and that we would have to postpone our sewing date. So I began the normal routine for the day by feeding Jacob. I was thinking to myself, as I was feeding him, what will I do all day by myself at home with Jacob, since Brad had left for work around 6:00 am. Normally, it is just Jacob and I at home, but it's especially boring and uneventful to spend a Saturday at home alone. As I was feeding Jacob his cereal, we heard the front door creek open. To our surprise and utter joy, Brad was walking in the door, and it was only 10:00 am! What a wonderful, glorious surprise.

The surprises don't end there, though. When Brad got home, we decided since it was such a nice day and we weren't sure if he would have to go back in to work, to make the most of the time we had together. So, we put Jacob in his stroller and headed out for a walk. We walked around our whole neighborhood (which isn't very big). Toward the end of our walk, we saw a sign for a moving sale taking place in a cul-de-sac. We peered down the street and it didn't look like there was any kind of a sale going on. However, we were feeling adventurous, so we headed down into the cul-de-sac. To our great surprise, there was a moving sale and they had two good-sized dressers for sale. We have been looking for dressers since we bought our house and hadn't ever found any that our budget could afford. We checked out the dressers and decided to make the purchase. They each cost us $20 and they came with mirros, to boot! We were also able to purchase a fairly new wheelbarrow, a pick ax, and a hoe. But the best surprise was the dressers. The people holding the sale were even able to bring them to our house. When we got them home, we cleaned them out and then added them to our spare bedroom. What a huge improvement! Now I have space for all of my clothes and so does Brad!

After we cleaned out the dressers, I was sitting in our back living room with Jacob. He was playing with my hair clip. At one point, he dropped it and while trying to pick it back up, knocked it futher from his reach. Then he did something he's never done before, he leaned forward to reach it. Forward so far that he went up on his toes on his right foot. Then, next thing you know, he's up on his toes on his left foot too...with his hands planted firmly on the floor. He stayed like that for quite awhile. Long enough for Brad to come in the room, see him up on all fours, and even seach the house for the camera to document Jacob's first attempts at crawling, or a form of it. As shown by the photograph, he did not actually enjoy the experience. What another fun surprise, he's actually attempting to move around on his own, without the use of my or Brad's fingers as part of his mode of transportation.

Shortly after Jacob's attempt to crawl we decided it was such a nice day outside, that he and Brad should enjoy the baby pool we purchased last week and didn't get to use (because of the rain, which you may remember from last week's blog). We also bought Jacob a bathing suit last week so he would have something to wear in the water, other than his birthday suit. So we got Jacob changed and Brad put on his bathing suit and they got in to enjoy the beautiful weather. Jacob splashed and drank the water from his hat and had a fun time playing with his dad.

All in all, this Saturday turned out to be filled with surprises and fun times.

Saturday at home: Our first blog

Our first attempt at blogging. Here we go!

Today was an unusualy Saturday, Brad never had to go in to work. We started our day by getting some chores done. Then, we went to Wal-Mart, probably the greatest store ever invented, and bought a new kiddy pool for Jacob. It's been so hot here that we thought Brad and Jacob might enjoy a dip in the pool. Wouldn't you know it, today it decided to cool off and rain. Hopefully soon we'll get to use the pool and post some pictures.

Speaking of the rain...we went to the movie rental store and got a movie. On the way home, Brad wanted to look at Rangers...the truck of his dreams. While we were looking, it started to rain. By the time we got home, the rain had ended. Actually, we drove south and it hadn't ever rained at our house. So, brilliant me, I decided we should go for a walk around our neighborhood. Halfway through our walk, it started to spit rain. Three-fourths of the way done our walk and it was really raining. So, we began to run. However, I was laughing so hard that I almost wet my pants and that makes it really hard to run. We made it home, both completely wet. The only one who stayed dry was Jacob because he was in his stroller, also in his carseat, so he was totally covered...lucky kid!