Day Eighty Five.

Our spunky little three year old!Jacob is growing up quickly. Since he turned three he has become quite the conversationlist and he asks such insightful questions.
"When can we visit God at his house? Does he have a backyard"?
He loves Ben so much. He doesn't do anything without thinking of his big brother first. He loves dinosaurs, garbage trucks, toast, rice milk and anything Gramma bakes him. His favorite thing to do is go outside and he loves to go for walks with Grammie. Jake loves to be a helper with anything. Giving him a job to do is as popular as giving him a cookie. He likes to run errands with me and reassures me that "I will not run away from you Mommy!" with a smile...only to dart off in the opposite direction as soon as he says it. Strollers and "child leashes" are still apart of his life as a result. I hope that this phase is coming to an end, he is keeping me on my toes...literally.
Jake is doing well in his speech therapy and has learned the joy of speaking with consonants mixed in with all those vowel sounds. He asked for some "Ju" yesterday and then smiled shyly and said "oh...I mean....juiTH". He is so adorable. He has a little friend named Hannah who he just adores and continues to introduce his "Baby THITHTER; Baby Ewwa" to everyone he sees...including people we see daily and know he...and her...quite well. He is just so proud of her.
Jake is still wearing diapers but making small and steady gains in the toilet department...I think we will wait until short weather to really give it a good try. He sleeps with Mommy and Daddy every night now. He is the squirmiest little sleeper! We can carry him back to his room again and again but give him an hour and he is back again. He sleeps with a ceramic bunny, a stuffed lamb and bunny and a fleece blanket as his growing collection of security items and sometimes has to make a few trips back to his room but he never leaves anyone behind. I don't really mind him sleeping with us, he is warm. And adorable.