Check the January 2009 album. To help minimize download time, I’ve removed the albums from previous months. You can always visit them by following the Perry Web Albums link found in the side bar of this blog.
January has nearly come and gone, and it looks about the same outside as it did in early December. We are under many layers of snow and ice, not having a significant thaw since the snow started in November. Stephen has logged more than 40 hours on the tractor from plowing the driveway this season alone. He is finally throwing in the towel, and buying a full size plow for the Tahoe. It is being put on as I write this - just in time for a 2-day snow storm that has kept the kids and I housebound (once again). I feel like this has been one of the coldest winters in a long time. This month brought SEVERAL days in a row that the thermometer didn't get above zero! Poor Jake, he puts his nose to the window and begs to 'go out'. When I tell him we can't, he starts climbing the walls (literally) - driving the rest of us insane with him.
January has brought one unexpected delight. I have discovered Facebook. Mike Perry introduced it to me, and I signed on not really thinking it would be useful to me, but thought it might be handy to keep in touch with the young adults in our family who are graduating and moving on with their lives. Well - an unexpected benefit has been a reconnection with dozens of other people who are on Facebook, namely many of my classmates from high school. It has been wonderful to take a peek at the lives of folks I haven't spoken to in nearly (can you believe it?) 17 years!! So good to hear from Doreen, Elaine, and Sheri and Danielle! OMG! We are all mothers now - which I find an absolute hoot! I am really excited about keeping in touch and hopeful they all are too. For anyone not on Facebook, I highly recommend it. You would be absolutely amazed at who is on there!
Jordan, now in the final quarter of her 1st year (tearful whimper), is growing like a weed. She is getting increasingly sure footed. She makes her way hand over hand from one end of the couch, around the coffee table and to Jake's toy work bench on the other side of the room. She amuses herself for extremely long periods of time, going from one toy to another all the way around the room. She has started to pick up Jake's bad habit of clinging to my leg every time I sit down to the computer. Hope she drops that quicker than he did! Also, suddenly I’ve noticed she is becoming a better sleeper. She is going down at naps and bedtime with no trouble at all – so nice! She is still getting up multiple times during the night, but that even seems to be less troublesome than before. She is nearly done nursing (again, tearful whimper). Not sure if it’s me or her – but neither one of us seem to have much time for it anymore. Jake nursed until he was 12 months – so this is a little early. But I guess that’s the way it goes. She waves enthusiastically to new comers, and she tells us ‘soooooo bigggg’ with her hands over her head. She also started this head shaking thing, which I’m not sure what it means (if anything), but she thinks she is cool when she does it and we give her a reaction so she keeps doing it. She listens when Jake talks to her, and she tries her darndest to keep up. She climbs on him, grabs at him and wants to wrestle with him! Gives me a heart attack because let’s face it – we know how Jacob is! So far, only minor bumps and she keeps going back for more, so go figure. You’ll see in the pics – he loves to push her, and she loves to get pushed.
Jacob’s hair is getting long, and so are his legs. I feel like his paints are too short, and yet the waists fit fine. He is suddenly showing a little more interest in things like play dough, shaving crème, painting, coloring, and writing. Maybe because of the long winter days, or maybe he is getting old enough, but that is a fun development. He knows all the letters of the alphabet solid, and he is on his way to naming the first letter of words by sound. He will be reading long before kindergarten, I’m sure of it. Still not potty trained, and I was ready to divorce him last week after music class. The kid is absolutely unbelievable. Like we always say – when he is good, he is sooooooooooo good. When he’s not, run away! He has mastered the computer games I have for him, and the one Alice gave to him for xmas. He listens to his CD’s without end, and knows which songs are on which CDs by the picture or the color on the CD label. He tells us which ones he wants to listen too. When he wakes up in the middle of the night, sometimes he demands a different CD in order for him to go back to sleep. He tells us “the duck one” or “the bird one”. Ridiculous! He loves to help cook, and he actually helps me set the table for dinner. Today, he made his AND my bed as a surprise, while I was in the shower. Like I said, when he is good he is sooooooo good!
A stomach bug made its way through our house like a freight train. We all had it, so hopefully its behind us now. Stephen is back on days since the beginning of the year. He hates it, but taking it one day at a time. A nice bonus will be the extra in his pay check which is always appreciated. Next month, Dad is planning to be here to finish the mud room! We all can’t wait. Of course, we’ll send pictures. Take care and have a happy valentines!
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