Before I get too sidetracked, here is last week’s photo- Mommy with Jakob at 51 weeks.

We had a great weekend with family, and celebrated Mother’s Day by attending an engagement brunch for my cousin and his fiance. We napped, which was wonderful, and in the evening we went to my parents’ house for supper. Absolutely no knitting was done on Mother’s Day, and it was alright with me. (Did I mention the 2 hour nap?!?)

Today was fun and full and busy. Jakob’s playgroup decided to meet at a local park instead of at one of our homes, and I got my sister to come along and hang out with us. Jakob doesn’t seem to enjoy the swings as much as he used to, but we had a good time sitting in the shade under a tree with about 10 other moms and kids. I drove my sister to work, then went upstairs in the mall to visit my brother (who would kill me if I was in the mall with Jakob and didn’t go visit him. By the time we got home we were right in time to meet Maaike and go to the park with her and her daughter, then I brought Jakob home and gave him supper. He hadn’t napped this afternoon so he went to bed a little early and I was able to enjoy a nice supper with Yannick and then some knitting/TV time.

I’ve got a busy week ahead of me and a lot of rearranging to do at work tomorrow since Yannick moved my entire office area to create a play area for Jakob. Tomorrow is the MKG meeting, Wed I might have supper plans, and Thurs is the West Island Knits meetup and/or the supper plans from Wed if they get pushed off. Friday Yannick and I were thinking about going to the movies, and Saturday…

…Saturday is Jakob’s first birthday. I know.

I’m going to bed.

I’m working on feeling better, thank you all so much for the well-wishes. Turns out that Jakob and I have been giving each other the same cold, only I haven’t treated mine as well as I’ve treated his, so mine turned into a sinus infection. Blech. I’ve been sleeping as much as possible, which is why I haven’t been posting. I’ve actually been in bed by 10:30/11 every night- crazy, I know. I also took Tuesday off work and sent Jakob to my sister for the day so I could sleep, which is the reason I think I’m feeling better. It’s a viral infection, so I can’t really take anything for it. Blargh.

So what do I owe you?

-last week’s Thursday photo
-today’s Thursday photo
-the rest of the WEBS trip & stash flashing
-a photo of the cutest daddy & baby knits
-talk of what I’ve been working on

Anything I’m missing?

…sinus pressure has taken over my face…my ears tickle…my throat is sore-ish…and I’m bone tired…

…send tea or yarn…

I saw these photos on my cousin Amy’s site and couldn’t resist stealing them from her.

Three generations are represented here, the fourth one (my generation) is missing ‘cus we were the ones taking the photos and trying to get the kids to smile.
From the left-
my mom, my great-aunt Rhoda (Reta’s sister), Jakob, my paternal grandmother Reta, Sean (Robyn’s son), my aunt Carol (Robyn’s and Amy’s mom, Reta’s daughter and my dad’s sister).

The two bubbies with their grandsons- my mom and her sister-in-law.

These photos were from the seder on Sunday night at my aunt’s house. There was much food, not much knitting, and some hockey.

(Note: I didn’t take this photo, it was sent to me in an email).

(Note: I didn’t take this photo, it was sent to me in an email).

Here’s Mommy with Jakob at 48 weeks. We’re at work, and this is proof that I do occassionally wear my hair down. (I always regret it. Jakob is FASCINATED by my hair and can’t leave it alone when I wear it down. He always stares at me like he’s amazed, and can’t stop touching and pulling it).

…will probably be able to:

-play patty-check (clap hands) or wave bye-bye CHECK– he’s been waving for over a month now, and all of a sudden on Monday he started clapping his hands. All you have to do now is say “clap clap” and he’ll clap for you. My little trained seal…

-walk holding on to furniture (cruise) CHECK – his favorite thing to do!

-point or gesture to something to get needs met NOT REALLY – does reaching count?

(I don’t know why Yannick always looks like a deer caught in headlights in these photos)

…may possibly be able to:

-pick up a tiny object neatly with tips of thumb and forefinger CHECK – for months now

-stand alone momentarily CHECK – but not of his own will. It scares him.

-say “dada” or “mama” discriminately NOT REALLY – sometimes it sounds like he’s trying to say “papa” or “cat”, but he’s not really calling anything by a name. He says babababa and dadadada and blablabla all the time, but no “mama” or “papa” yet.

-say one word other than “mama” or “dada” NOPE

…may even be able to:

-stand alone well NOPE

-indicate wants in ways other than crying CHECK – among other things, he shakes his hand when he wants his bottle (we sing “shake shake shake, shake your bottle”)

-“play ball” (roll a ball back to you) CHECK – we play fetch. He throws it, we chase.

-drink from a cup independently CHECK – he drinks from a cup alone at every meal, and only spills it when he turns it upside down to look at the bottom of the cup.

-use immature jargoning (gibberish that sounds as if baby is talking a made-up foreign language) SOMETIMES – he’s definately babbling in a more speech-like way lately

-say three or more words other than “mama” or “dada” NOPE – unlike the girl in our playgroup who is 9 months old and can say “book” and “duck” (with comprehension), Jakob is still wordless.

–respond to a one-step command without gestures (“Give that to me” – without hand out) CHECK – if you ask for a kiss he’ll grab your face and kiss you. He’ll also clap when you ask him to, or wave hi/bye.

–walk well NOPE

All in all, not bad for 11 months old, I think. I won’t go on and on about how big he’s getting, and how time flies, because you can imagine it yourself. But I will say that he’s absolutely my favorite person in the world right now. Every time he wakes from a nap, while a part of me wants a few extra minutes alone, the rest of me can’t wait to run into his room and see him smiling at me. Can’t wait to pick him up and get smothered in kisses. Can’t wait to see what he’ll surprise me with today.

Some of you guessed right! There were 3 of me in the old Zellers photos. I tried to trick you by putting photos that weren’t taken the same year, but some of you figured me out anyways. For those who need help:

There were 2 of me in the upper flyer photo.
I was 2 years and 1 month old when this flyer was printed, so I was probably a few months younger when the photos were actually taken.
I see a lot of Jakob in my old baby photos. I have some others packed away somewhere that look exactly like him! He definately has my mouth, that’s for sure.
I think he’s going to end up with my buck teeth too. 🙂

There was only one of me in the second flyer:

I’m not sure when this was printed, but I would guess that I was between 4 and 7 years old.
Uhm…so I’m not a natural blonde.

I was going to post these last night, but instead chose to take a really long shower and curl up in front of Big Brother with my knitting. (I know, I should have taken the shower after Big Brother to get rid of the dirty feeling, but I hadn’t thought all the way through).

In any case, here’s Mommy with Jakob at 47 weeks.
I swear he looks like a teenager sometimes.
It doesnt’ help when we dress him like this. Holding him in this vest is like trying to hold a cuddly marshmallow that gives you kisses- it fills up your arms and you can barely hold on…but it’s worth it!

Remember when I posted Jakob’s modelling photo and I told you I used to be in the Zellers flyers myself when I was little? My mom found the photos! I’ve scanned them for you here – can you find me?