Tag: jacob
Being a Dad at Thanksgiving
December 10th, 2009, No Comments
Over Thanksgiving this year, we took a train trip to visit Terah’s family in Indiana. Here’s the story of the trip.
The Train to Indiana
Our last train trip (to Chicago) was in May, before Oliver was born. Jacob always has enjoyed the train, but this time — wow.
We told Jacob about the trip the [...]
Change
August 4th, 2009, 4 Comments
There’s a lot of change going on lately.
Jacob used to go to daycare twice a week, but with Terah being a full-time stay-at-home mom, that’s not happening anymore. Thursday was his last day there, and I think he and I both are going to miss it.
Jacob always got to ride with me to and [...]
Oliver
July 10th, 2009, 8 Comments
Some of you may know that Terah and I have been expecting our second child. Terah had been scheduled for a C-section, but the day before it was to happen, she woke up at 1:30AM with contractions.
We made some hurried phone calls (I was supposed to pick up her mom at the train station [...]
Jacob and Music
June 16th, 2009, 3 Comments
Jacob has been getting into music lately.
He really likes our digital piano (an oldish 88-key Roland model, complete with integrated floppy drive). He likes playing it a bit, but he likes experimenting with it more. It has some features where it can generate a beat or an accompanying tune in various keys, which [...]
Sleeping
May 22nd, 2009, No Comments
Two nights ago, Jacob had been really resisting going to bed, despite the fact that he was really, really sleepy. I walked in to his room and found him literally sleeping standing up. He was standing on the floor, with his head resting on the couch. I picked him up to put [...]
A Few Snippets of Jacob
May 12th, 2009, 6 Comments
It’s been awhile since I posted some Jacob updates. He’s 2.5 years old now. So here we go!
Here’s what I think
A recent conversation after Jacob had been misbehaving.
John: I think we should have some consequences for that.
Terah: Do you think he should have time out?
Jacob, eavesdropping: I THINK NOT!
He managed to evade time [...]
QUISH!
March 14th, 2009, 2 Comments
Today, I was sitting on the couch. Jacob crawled up, and pushed me forward, saying “I go there.” He crawled behind me. Then, ready for one of his favorite games, yelled out: “QUISH, daddy!”
So I leaned back gently a bit, and said “squish!” Jacob yelled, laughing, “QUISH!” “Quish again, daddy!”
So [...]
A quick Jacob update
February 25th, 2009, No Comments
Go read Terah’s post. Sometimes a 2-year-old just has a way of making me feel so glad I’m a dad.
Jacob Update
February 8th, 2009, No Comments
Last week, we got a new HD camcorder. Jacob has really enjoyed watching video of himself on TV. He wants to watch it over and over. He’ll start cackling when it gets close to the parts he thinks are funny. He’ll jabber about it — “That Jacob funny!” Sometimes when he [...]
Milestones
January 17th, 2009, 4 Comments
It’s been quite the day.
This evening, Jacob had a new first. He requested I read him an owner’s manual for his bedtime story. Yes, I’m sure years from now, he will still remember how to operate a Motorola W376g cell phone. He had found the manual in its box and had been [...]
