Picture Day

We took the boys to Sears for pictures today. Jacob was great but Jayden was a bear. But we got some good photos and my wallet is $200 lighter.
Today, I was talking to Jayden about how his Daddy is my husband and I am Daddy's wife. He didn't really understand because he was telling me that Daddy is his husband. I told him, "when you grow up, you will find a girl that you really like and want to spend everyday with so you will marry her."
"I am going to have ladies."
"You are?"
"Yes. Five ladies."
"Are you going to be a player?"
"Mickey Mouse is a player."
Ah, yes, we somehow always come back to Mickey Mouse.

We are going to have a busy day tomorrow. We are starting a parenting class tomorrow after church. I also checked out "The New Strong Willed Child" by James Dobson.

I dropped my cell phone...

in the toilet. Now it doesn't work so Josh is going to go to Sprint for me tomorrow. Maybe he can just tell them it fell in a rain puddle or something.
If you need to talk to me, call me at home.

Its been a long time...

Wow-so it has been awhile since I blogged! I won't try to write everything that has happened since my last post but some of the highlights are...
I turned 27 and Josh gave me the best birthday ever! He took me shopping and then surpised me by renting out the wildlife museum's aquarium room for a private dinner for two catered by my favorite restaurant-Oceans Zen. So we were eating watching sharks and fish and other stuff swim by. I will upload pictures sometime. It was amazing!
We went to Jeff City for Labor Day weekend. On Saturday, we drove to Kirksville with one of my bestest girlfriends, Leslie, to attend our friend from high school's wedding. Dawn was a beautiful bride and it was fun to see her. We are going to have to have a girls night out sometime soon! Of course it will be in Jeff City since it is the most central spot for us.
Jayden and Jacob are so fun. Jayden told me that I needed to be "bidient" to him. Of course, I corrected him on that. He was trying to decide what to be for Halloween today and he told me that he wants to be a fireplace or juice box. Umm, I am not sure how to make those happen for him! We will have to come up with another idea. One last Jayden story. We told him that he could drive a car when he is 16. Apparently now 16 is the magic age for everything. "When I am 16, I can pour milk." Today he told me that he IS 16. I am not sure which he wanted to do-pour milk or drive the car. I am think he wants to drive the car! And we still aren't potty trained. I refuse to talk to him about it.
Jacob is growing so fast-he started eating rice cereal because he already weighs 17 pounds!!! He is rolling over and sitting up and is still very much a Momma's boy but he does love to play pattycake and listen to Daddy sing (I am not sure why!).
Signing off-I will try to be better about posting more frequently!

All hail to the little prince on his throne!

We got Jacob a new seat for infants today.

The potty train has derailed!

Grrr! Jayden had completely regressed in his potty training efforts in the past couple of weeks! But today, I feel that things are finally looking up. Although he has had a couple of accidents today, he has told us at least three times when he needed to go. He just yelled out from his bed "Oh no! I have to poo-poo! I need to go poo-poo!' And he made it-no accident! I am so happy!

Side note: Jayden told me "I hate you" today. Well, he was saying to either Jacob or Mommy, I am not sure which. Where do they learn this stuff? I know that he has no idea what it means. In fact, he was "trying out" the phrase by whispering it first. I told him that those are mean words that will hurt a person's feelings so he should not say that to anyone. I also told him that if I hear him saying that, then he will get yucky sauce (vinegar) on his tongue as a punishment. I knew that the day would come when he would say that but I didn't think it would be so soon. They pick up things so easily-from me ( I had to stop saying "crap", well I am trying to any way!), friends at church, and tv.

Jacob is getting so big. He is smiling and cooing and even giggling some. He is still a mama's boy and I love it! He is so sweet but has a temper.

We have a very busy week ahead. Should be fun but hectic. I sortof like being on the go!

Every morning when I wake Jayden up, we lay in bed and talk about what we have to do that day. This morning I told him that we need to pack to go to MeeMaw and Pop's house tomorrow. That prompted a conversation about what we like to do at MeeMaw and Pop's house. We talked about the tractor, about MeeMaw's new car, his new blue car seat that he is very excited about, toys, and making Pop's bed (I don't know what that is about.)
Then Jayden sat up in bed and said "I like Pop. I like his beard."
Me: "Yes Jayden, Pop has a nice white beard."
Jayden: "I want a beard."
Me: "Well, when you are older you can have one."
Jayden: "Pop is old."

Sorry Pop!

Jacob is the winner!

For those who thought that I couldn't possibly make a bigger baby than Jayden, you were wrong!
Jacob had his two month checkup last Thursday. He weighs 14 pounds, 10 ounces at 10 weeks old. So I decided to check Jayden's baby book and see what he weighed at two months. When Jayden was 11 weeks old, he weighed 14 pounds, 5 ounces.
So, we have a new winner in the chubbiest Tarbet baby contest!!!

4th of July

We had a wonderful holiday, just hanging out as a family. We grilled burgers for lunch and steaks for dinner. We also made homemade ice cream and fried strawberries.
We finally replaced our outdoor furniture. Ours was damaged by ice and the insurance company gave us money to replace it (along with fixing the water damaged caused by a leak this winter). We found a great seet that we loved and it was on sale. Even better, it was an additional 30% of the clearance price!
Jayden loved the fireworks and Josh worked on teaching him the pledge of allegiance. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the...What else?"
When he was playing outside on his slide, Josh heard him say "Oh my gosh! Holy cow!" THe rest of the day, the phrase was shortened to "Oh my cow!" He cracks me up!
We put him down for a late nap and let him stay up late shooting off fireworks and watching our neighborhood go NUTS with fireworks. There was a huge one that went off on the next street over. Josh told Jayden "That was a hundred dollars right there!" After that, everytime a firework went off, Jayden exclaimed "it's a thousand dollars!!!"
It got loud and crazy in our neighborhood around 10:00 so Jacob and I went inside and watched from my bed.

As I am writing this, I am sitting next to Jayden, the play dough man. He is singing "Do Lord" and saying "Don't cut me. That makes me sad." Jacob is taking a litle nap and has a doctors appointment today. He is going to get shots. In the words of Jayden "That makes me sad."

I love having a two-year old...

most of the time.
Jayden makes me laugh so much. So here are some stories about our little man.
We are potty training (which some days are beter than). When he has an accident he has to stand in the corner for two minutes with his nose on the wall. He knows better than to go in his pants, that is why he is punished. Here is a picture of Jayden in time out.

Another potty training story, MeMaw and Pop were visiting and helping Jayden in the bathroom. He said "my pants are wet." Pop said "No, I don't think they are." Jayden got stern and pointed his finger and said "They Are WET!"

We went to JeffCity and Shelbina for Gpa Tines estate sale and went to visit Grandpa in the Villa. Jayden got to ride on Pop's new tractor. It is a John Deer. For a little while, Jayden insisted that it was a a John Brown tractor. Now he is obsessed with John Deere and anything that is green and yellow must be a John Deere.

It has been interesting to see how he is taking on more and more traits of a first born child. He is so particular about keeping things on a schedule. I just wish he was a little more picky about his toys being picked up.

I am strongly considering putting him in preschool in the fall. He seems a little bored at home and is such a social kid. We are taking a gymnastics class this summer. I will keep you posted about what we decide.

Jacob is growing so fast-we make chubby babies at our house! He has started sleeping better at night-another 5 hour stretch last night! Yea for Mommy!!

stuff-I will add more later!

We survived a week without Josh. His parents came down to help me manage the boys and I think that is the only reason I did not go insane! For Father's Day, I painted and decorated Josh's office. Friday, I picked him up at the airport and we drove to Jeff City. Then on Saturday, we drove up to Shelbina/Shelbyville for Gpa Tine's estate sale. It went well and the house sold. Joyce was so glad to get the day over. It was hot, hot, hot!
Today was a crazy day getting the boys back on a schedule. We are getting there though.

Dr. Jayden

So, today, Jayden became Dr. Jayden.
Jacob was fussy all morning, so I gave him some gas drops. A couple hours later, I went to the bathroom and I heard Jacob start crying very hard and coughing. I ran out to find Jayden standing over his baby brother with the bottle of Mylocon drops. "What are you doing?!!" "I giving him medicine." I snatched the bottle out of his hands to find that it was half empty. "How much did you give him?" I demanded. "I gave him many." he replied.
I rush downstairs and called poison control. They reassured me that everything would be ok and that Mylocon drops are non-toxic and that there was no harm done.
I really think that he was trying to help. When Jacob had cried earlier, I had given him medicine so when he started crying again, he gave him medicine.
We had to have a talk about not giving baby Jacob medicine again. Only Mommy or Daddy can do that.

Josh is 30!

We celebrated Josh's 30th birthday this weekend. I arranged a party for him and about 40 people came, including Josh's parents. Josh had been dying to get an ipod but I convinced him that everyone thought it was a big joke to tease him about being the last person to get one-even his parents each have one! John and Joyce gave Josh his gift, which was a framed picture of the two of them. Then they gave him his real gift-an ipod. As you can see from the picture, Josh is going to have to fight Jayden to get to use it! Maybe Jayden needs one now!
Jacob is growing so fast! He will be one month old this week and I can't believe how fast time flies, especially when you are sleep deprived! We gave him a bottle for the first time yesterday and he did well but was still hungry after eating so I still had to feed him!
I came down with a cold on Saturday and stayed home all day yesterday resting and trying to get over it without taking medication. I finally gave in a took a child's dose of a childrens cold medication last night and it helped. Hopefully Jacob and Jayden will not get sick. I think that I have already given my bug to Josh.

Our weekend

We had a great weekend. Oma Lisa came down for a visit and Jayden was so excited to see her. And Jacob got to meet his 'omi". We had a nice visit-it was great to spend time with her. We are planning to go up to St. Louis in June.

Yesterday was church and of course mother's day. We went out to eat and then Josh let me lay in bed and watch a movie with Patrick Dempsey in it! That is a good husband. We also went to a graduation party at park and Jayden had a great time playing the dirt and going down the slide. He tripped on the curb at our house and got his first skinned knee. No bandaid though-we are terrified of them.

We are gearing up for Josh's 30th birthday party this weekend! He really wants me to tell him what he is getting for his birthday but I am keeping it a secret. I did give him one present-lawn service for the summer so that he will have more free time with the kids.

here is a picture of Oma Lisa and the boys and Jayden and his booboo.

Another crazy day...

We had another crazy day today. Jayden, Jacob and I are working to find our routine. We took a walk today-it is hard to push a stoller with a baby and toddler in it up a hill! Jayden is such a good big brother and is very patient with Jacob and I as we are figuring things out. I am so proud of him.

We had some scary news yesterday. My Aunt Diana was in a car accident yesterday and was air lifted to a hopital. Initially, we did not have much information and thought that she was going to be rushed into surgery. But she is a fighter! A little internal bleeding and a crushed pelvis, which will be a challenge to heal from. If you are reading this, please keep her in your prayers.

Happy Early Mothers Day to me!

Josh got me a laptop! I am so excited! I might actually be better about blogging and checking my email now since I won't have to go up to my office.
Yesterday was my first day with both boys on my own. Things went great. Today is a different story. Jayden is a pill and Jacob is gasy. Lovely! Jacob goes to the Dr. today for his two week check up. I am interested to see how much weight he has gained.
I am operating on about 6 hours total sleep in the past 48 hours. Yikes!!! I am hoping to get a good nap in this afternoon and do some catching up this weekend during nap time!

THANK YOU!

A huge thank you to everyone who has been praying for our family over the past few weeks. Daddy's struggle with cancer ended March 18, 2007 at 2:15 am. The following week was a blur. Dad's funeral service was perfect: non-traditional in that his prayer buddies delivered a tribute to Dad that gave a strong presentation of his amazing faith in God. Jennilee also spoke and did an amazing job. I knew better than to get up in front of a huge crowd and try not to cry!
Burial was in ElDorado KS. Dad's brother, Randy, arranged for a "missing man" airplane flyover as tribute to Dad. It was incredibly touching.
Anyway, thank you for all of your support and prayers.

Jerry-Dad update

For those of you who know Dad, you should know that he is in his last days. After battling cancer for 10 years, we are drawing near to him finally being pain free. Obviously, this completely stinks for us but he is ready. I am at home today but am heading back to St. Louis tomorrow. Jayden is going to MeeMaw and Pop's and Josh has training for his new job in Kansas City this week.
I think that the hardest thing of all was when Jayden said good bye to his PeePaw Jerry. He doesn't know that it was the last time he would see PeePaw. He kissed him and said "Bye-bye my PeePaw Jerry. Love you." My heart breaks for him-PeePaw Jerry and Jayden are very special buddies.
I am so thankful that my Dad knows Christ and for all of the things that he has taught Jennilee and me. We are who we are because of his teaching.
I so admire him because he is so strong. Mom dying took so much out of him but he never neglected his girls-he held us extra close and finished raising us. I don't think that we could ever be ready to say good bye but here we are.
Please pray for all of us and especially for my little baby Jacob who is still growing inside me. I worry that the stress will hurt him but I know God has this covered.

Baby Mine

Jennilee made this for me because I didn't think that I had many pictures of me with Jayden. This is Jayden from labor and delivery until about Christmas of this year. Time sure flies!

Pregnancy

This is what pregnancy made me do today:
I am hungry. I need a snack. I go downstairs and eat two brownies (they were actually pretty small.), a piece of chocolate cake, a sugar cookie, and two dove chocolates. All of which I topped off with a small salad. I have no explaination other than pregnancy.

PePaw Jerry and Jayden are Friends

Jennilee made this little movie about Jayden and PePaw Jerry