Weekends with the Wiltshires

A couple of weekends ago, we tried swimming with Jacob. We did a lot of swim lessons last year, and he loved the water. However, he seems to have forgotten his love of water. But, he definitely looks cute in his swim gear!

Here is his new swimsuit...



And wearing his puddle jumper...



He was also not a fan of the puddle jumper! Oh well. First thing, Monday morning, I signed us up for swim lessons again, so we start next Monday.

Here are just some other cute pictures from our weekend. Jacob loves him some ice cream, but specifically the cone.



And, he also likes to sit naked and eat cookies. Don't worry, I cropped the original picture...but he was buck naked eating his cookie.



This past weekend, we were headed to College Station. On Friday, I drove Jacob and Shelby up to my parents house then headed back to wait for Randy to get off work. Then, we headed up to College Station to meet Jeff. We went to see the Spring Game, Maroon vs. White, of course (White won, if you care) because Randy gets 'almost' as excited for Spring Game as a regular football weekend. I posted on Facebook that we were headed to College Station to act like college students again. On Friday, we got to College Station around 9pm, ate a late dinner and were all in bed, asleep, by 11pm. That was similar to a lot of my college experience (I've always gone to bed early) but I'm pretty sure Randy and Jeff's college experience did not consist of them being asleep by 11pm on a Friday night.

Saturday, for the game, it was a beautiful day and we had a great time.
We met up with some other friends who brought their 3 year old and 14 month old boys to the game. It really made me miss Jacob, but also made me understand why he is too young to go. The 3 year old did really well, but the mom didn't get to see much of the game because she was keeping the younger one out of the sun. Maybe when Jacob is 10 we will allow him to attend a game!

While we were gone, Jacob got spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa. Here is a photo view of what he did (snapped by Grandma, and Jacob was rarely smiling but she assured me he was having fun).

Grandpa read him books...



And they chilled on the stairs. I'm pretty sure Jacob is just plotting to get a hold of his beer...



They went to Lowe's...



And ate ice cream...



Debra and Craig (my cousin and her husband) bought him a froggy lawn chair that he LOVES.



And, he tried to wear Grandpa's shoes...



They watched tv...



And, finally, smiled for the camera. Hmmm...their living room floor looks very familiar to me...it's a mess!



This upcoming weekend, we are headed to the lake with some friends to celebrate some birthdays. We will be taking Jacob to Austin where M and Pa will watch him (along with Makinley and Molly) at Laura and Scott's house. It seems they are going to have their hands full, but they have assured us that they want to do this! I'll let you know how it goes...

~ Nancy

Things I forgot - 21 months

I blogged in a little bit of a rush yesterday, so there are a few things I forgot to mention that he does. Sorry if this is boring to you. I promise another blog this week with pictures from the past 2 weekends!

He also says "Yo". Really, it's more like "Yoooooooooooo" like his NO started. It's a few syllables long and takes a few seconds for him to get it out. I think, but am not sure, that it's for Yo Gabba Gabba. But, often, it's just because it's cute!

He also signs "more" and "please". He was a little slow on learning more, but caught on to the please part very quickly.

He no longer cries when I drop him off somewhere. He goes to Kids Club at 24 hour fitness, Adventure Kids when I need a haircut or pedicure, and the daycare at MOPS. He is so excited to go into each of those places and never looks back. However, he has started running away or throwing a minor fit when I pick him up. I've had to go into the Kids Club and drag him out like a sack of potatoes. Oh well, I'd take that over crying any day!

He LOVES to dance except when I want him to. It took me a while to get a video of him dancing the other night. Randy put it on Facebook, so I assume everyone has already seen it. In fact, my mom says she has watched it about 25 times!

I'm sure there is more, but hopefully I didn't forget anything major. He's still talking about Boppy today, too. (???)

Since blogs aren't complete without a cute picture of him, here he is eating lunch today.



~Nancy

21 months old

On Saturday, Jacob turned 21 months old. This was the first time I was not able to get a picture of him on the actual day. Randy and I were in College Station (more on that later), and Jacob spent the weekend with my parents. I've become a little OCD about his monthly pictures (which I will be happy to be finished when he turns 2) so I didn't want my parents to shoulder the responsibility of getting his "official" picture. So, here it is (taken 1 day late)...



There were (as usual) more than a few takes. So, here are some of those.

It began with crying (of course)...



And then holding his collar like he's cool...



And, one of my favorite smiles...



And one where he is actually looking at the camera...



We choose that first one based on smile and looking more like the other 20 months or so!

At 21 months, he is really getting better at talking. In the last two weeks, he has stared saying "up" and just this weekend, started saying "yummy", "yucky", and "boppy" (or bobby...not sure). We have no idea who or what boppy is, but he has been talking about him/it a lot lately. Everyday, I hear him try to say a new word, so I know it's only a matter of time before he is talking my ear off!

He also finally got his bottom, left lateral incisor. He was way late on getting this one, and we wondered if he even had one. But, it's there, and popped through last week. So, that is all of his teeth except his 2nd molars.

He is now 34 pounds, 3 ounces (as of this morning).

He has recently become obsessed with his magna doodle. He draws on that thing (and erases) like it's his job. Here he is making a desk out of his scooter so he can draw more easily...



I also bought him a travel magna doodle (after having to take that bigger one to the grocery store twice) but when I first bought it, he would not leave it in the car. So, here he is in magna doodle heaven...



We have been out of town the last two weekends (once with Jacob and once without) but I'm going to save those for another blog! Hopefully, I'll get them done this week.
~ Nancy

Celebrating Easter with the Wiltshires

This is the part 2 post of last weekend (because I have so many pictures) and our Easter celebration part 2. The little ones (Makinley, Molly and Jacob) all slept in a little on Sunday morning (thank you!) so we finally got stirring and waited for the other cousins to come over. When they got there, we had another Easter egg hunt. Jacob did only slightly better with all of the competition. He started before he was supposed to and quickly began chowing down on some Jelly beans.






When the actual hunt began, he had a lot of help.



And actually deposited a few eggs in his basket that he, once again, refused to carry.





Here he is finding a candy egg since the other eggs seemed to go VERY fast!


I helped him spot this one and thought he could reach it.


Just. a. little. too. high.


So, Momma moved it for him.


And, yet another deposit in the basket.


Since the egg hunting goes so quickly with the bigger kids around, we had to bust out the 6 dozen or so confetti eggs we had. I'm not sure if the bigger kids or adults like these better...



Pa loves to video every family get together so this is what he was doing. M was still in her gown, so I'm not allowed to post pictures of her. :o)



If you remember, at Makinley's party, I only got a picture of Logan and not all of the other cousins. Well, this time I managed to get a picture of everyone BUT Lo. Here is Brynna in her cute Hello Kitty outfit that Jacob and I picked out.



Here's sweet Makinley.



And sweet Caitlyn who tried to teach Jacob to talk later in the day (picture at the bottom).



Crazy little Chase.



Another shot of Brynna and Makinley.



And precious little Molly. This was after the egg hunt as she was sleeping during the hunt and was hungry when she woke up.



And, two sweet pictures of Jacob and Randy.






Jacob got to do a lot of new things while playing outside at M and Pa's house. He got in and out of their cozy coupe (like he does at home) a few times.


Drove the motorized princess 4 wheeler. Randy is now convinced that he needs his own motorized vehicle...probably not a princess one.



However, he doesn't drive very well and ran into a lot of things, including the fence.



His legs are long and often dragged the ground. Randy tried to show him how to ride with his feet up. This didn't last long but looks funny!



He also climbed on and tried to drive the lawn mower that is broken.



Brynna decided to play on the same lawn mower and be in charge of Jacob for a while. I was just happy that while she was in charge (this time) her arms were around his torso and NOT his neck.



And Jacob found a swing that is just his size and loved it.



Last, Pa took all of the kids on a ride on the lawn mower that actually works. They all loved it!!









This year, we never took Jacob to any bluebonnets to take pictures. So, I consider this his bluebonnet picture of 2012. Never mind that he is not even looking at the camera (the main reason we never tried this for real!).



Once the front came through (literally minutes after the outdoor fun), we all huddled inside to play. Caitlyn decided to try and teach Jacob some new words with his magna doodle. She had about as much success as I have, but she was oh so sweet and Jacob sat there with her longer than I've seen him do in a long time. She tried to teach him cat, house, horse and castle (and I'm sure others I forgot).


Brynna got to hold sweet Molly.



And Logan tried to teach Randy some tricks on Angry Birds. A few months ago (maybe a year ago even), Randy introduced Logan to Angry Birds and he loves it (notice Lo's shirt). However, Logan's theory is to try a level once or twice, and if you can't get it, spend the $0.99 to buy a golden eagle (or something like that) that basically lets you pass the level. It's funny to hear them talk because Randy wants to pass the level without "cheating".



Jacob had a great time with the glow in the dark drawing board



And tried to catch the fish.



After all that, we had a huge lunch and we had to head home. It was another great, crazy, and fun weekend. I'm not sure if M and Pa's house is the same for the next few days after we all leave. Those little kids (and us big kids) can make one huge mess!

We had a blast though and can't wait for Logan's birthday in May!

~ Nancy