Jaydon & The Hooker

I had to blog this story before I forgot the exact words...
Jaydon just ran in here with his Thomas & Friends trains. He made a really long train by attaching all of them together with their hooks. He comes over to Jeremy, extremely frustrated, and says, "Daddy, I don't like this Thomas!" Jeremy says, "Well, you have a million more. That one is special - I fixed him with the cool silver tape." (Obviously, Jaydon's trains have been through some tough times.) Jaydon throws the train down and says, "I DON'T LIKE THAT THOMAS - I want Thomas with the hooker!" He is saying this and sticking his butt out - like to show us what a "hooker" (hook) is. He ran back in his room, and Jeremy and I just died laughing!

Jacoby Cade is trying SO hard to sit up. He does not want to lay in our arms to drink his milk anymore, and it looks like he's doing sit-ups if we try to put him in his Baby Papasan chair or swing. That boy is a wiggle worm! He almost fell out of the Bumbo chair at Andi's house earlier this week. He arches SO far back, and if it wasn't for his fatty legs to stop him, he would have more than likely, fallen out. We did notice Addy (Andi's daughter) leaning back really far too though, so note to all parents...Keep an EXTRA close eye on children in the Bumbo once they are in the 4-month range. :)
I've had a few people say that Jacoby will be crawling soon, but if he's anything like his big brother, he won't ever crawl. We were so worried about Jaydon because he completely skipped the whole crawling thing. Then 3 days before he turned 8 months old, he took 7 steps on his own. At 10 months, he was walking all by himself, and at 11 months, the boy was off & running. We'll see if Jacoby follows suite...
I do remember that Jaydon sat up on his own sometime around 5½ months. Jacoby is 10 days away from 5 months, so we'll see where he's at in a few weeks. I just don't like putting him in that sitting position yet because it looks like it hurts his back.

Jaydon went to the dentist yesterday and did SO much better. Going to the dentist with Jaydon is like being dehydrated while sitting naked on a camel in 130º weather in the middle of the Sahara! (Nice analogy, huh?) What I'm saying is that it makes you sweaty and tired to take Jaydon to the dentist. Because of his sensory issues, it has taken us 3 visits to FINALLY even get him to sit in the chair. We were able to get x-rays with ease this time - only front ones, no bite wings. He has 2 teeth that should be falling out VERY soon, and the permanent ones are right behind. He also has all of his 6-year molars, and still no cavities. The dentist always comments on what "beautiful white teeth with no spaces" Jaydon has. I can only pray that his permanent teeth look the same. Jeremy has REALLY pretty teeth and never had any braces or dental work, so I'm hoping Jaydon's will be the same way. He even let the hygienist brush his teeth (not quite to the cleaning stage yet) and the dentist rubbed fluoride on them for the first time ever. SUCCESS!
Oh...and the dental bribe yesterday was a trip to Target. Did ya REALLY think he did THAT well on his own? Since his Speech teacher was out of town in Chicago this week, he didn't have speech, so I felt obliged to take him to Target after the dentist - especially since he did so well. We get there and he is STILL asking for Donald & Douglas, (remember the ones that are $19.99 each?) he also wants Rex, (the dinosaur from Toy Story) and then he wants the Doc with red tires from CARS. (The Doc he has now has black tires.) So we find Donald and the Doc with red tires...which by the way looks IDENTICAL to the one he already has with the black tires. God FORBID you tell Jaydon they are the same though - woah, they AREN'T the same to him! We go up and down EVERY aisle looking for the dinosaur...twice. Jaydon says, "Okay Mommy - I give up. We can go home now." SWEET!!! Now I know what to do to get him to leave somewhere...just have him walk up and down the aisles for a while!
So the brat got $30 worth of toys. How many of you guessed that I would eventually give in? THEN as we are leaving he says, "Mommy, you can just order Douglas & Rex on the computer." Spoiled rotten, technologically advanced children that we are raising these days!

Have a great extended/holiday weekend...
I'll talk to you on Sunday after our trip to Hoffbrau & The Colonial.