I have a great husband. We've been remodeling our house and Ty has worked non-stop for a few months now trying to get it all finished. Everything was finished on Friday so this weekend we've worked on hanging pictures back on the wall and moving everything back into its place. Sunday afternoon we were working on the office when I realized poor Jake had been neglected all weekend. Not really neglected, but we'd been so busy working that we hadn't spent any real quality time with him. He'd heard a whole lot of "Jake, don't touch that" and "Jake, put that down" all weekend. So to remedy the situation I thought we needed to take a family outing. I absolutely love flying kites so that seemed like a fun solution. Ty really wanted a Sunday nap but instead took Jake and I to the park with Jake's Mickey Mouse kite.
We learned a few things during our kite excursion. One, you need wind to fly a kite. It turns out that Houston may not be the best kite flying city. Remember I grew up in Oklahoma so wind is pretty much a given any day. Two, toddlers don't really fly kites. Jake wasn't interested in the kite in the least, but he did LOVE running up and down the hill and having Ty chase him. They played and played and rolled down the hill and we pretty soon forgot the kite. BUT, we had a fun family day outside. I really appreciate Ty for giving up his plans on Sunday and having good family time. He is such a great dad to Jake as is evident everyday when I see how excited Jake is to have Ty home from work. He loves his daddy :)
Jake still LOVES his pacifier...loves it. We were doing well for awhile at limiting it to bedtime, but I've regressed. We've had a busy fall and it was much easier to give him his "binky" when he was upset at times. When Jake wakes up every morning, he throws the binky back into the crib. After breakfast when we're upstairs getting dressed for the day, he'll take it back out of his crib and is ready for his day. We're working on leaving in the crib! Jonesa found this shirt for him, I thought it was really appropriate. I had grand visions of Jake not having his pacifier when Grace comes, but we'll just wait and see...
