Growing UP

It seems that lately, more and more, I'm looking at Pat and pointing out something Jacob can do on his own.  As if I never thought our little boy would reach the day he would not need us to so something for him.  And he's only 2 1/2, he hasn't mastered hardly anything in the grand scheme of things... but it sure seems like a lot has happened lately.

A few days ago, he grabbed the Wii remotes, and put them both around his wrist and then tightened the straps around his tiny arms.  We haven't even had the Wii out to play with in months... and he just did it. Then proceeded to stand in front of the TV and pretend to play Wii games. We're still not sure what he was pretending to play, because the Sing-Off was on when he did this.  Maybe he was going to Dance Party.

Last night we turned off the TV and headed up stairs for bath time and Jacob was the first one to hit the stairs.  Pat, Raven and I all stayed at the bottom of the stairs as we watched Jacob climb the stairs, with perfect balance, not holding on to the wall to brace himself.  All the way up the stairs he went.  All by himself with out a wobble or a tumble.  Pat and I just looked at each other and smiled.  When Jacob got to the top he turned around with his classic "mo mon" wondering why we were still at the bottom of the stairs.  He didn't think it was any big deal that he climbed the stairs by himself, but we sure did.

He talks all the time now. Remember the kid that had to go to speech therapy? That kid is long gone. The new Jacob has arrived.  The Jacob that likes Lightning McQueen and Pauly D.