Jase Cuts Daddy's Hair

So Jase haaaaaaates getting his hair cut. Hates it. Roob made a deal with him the other day that if Jase would be good for his hair cut (Roob cut it) then Roob would let Jase cut his. Can I tell you how INTO THIS Jase was? LOL! You'll notice in the video that Jase was pretty much copying what Reuben did and said to him word for word. Adorable!

Look A-Likes? You decide!

I took this picture of Ian the other day (about 7 weeks old) and I remembered having a similar one of Jase when Jase was about the same age. I had to dig in my ol' files and find it. I think there are tons of similarities and some differences, too. Like their overall face shape (oval-ian- vs. circle-jase, and side curls-jase- vs. straight hair-ian). Check it out!

Ian...
Jase...

Here's another couple "look-a-like" shots...they both are wearing the same Nike hat. Funny how time flies soooo fast!

Ian...(4 weeks old)
Jase...(2 weeks old)

Jase on the Trike

Jase learned how to pedal the bike all on his own! So cute!

Jase & The Dentist (and other tidbits)

Yes, I forgot to take my camera along. Oh well, I guess it didn't matter much anyways bc Jase refused to sit in the dentist chair. When asked, he just sweetly said "Nooooo" with his lips puckered out (it's a cute way he says no, I should try to get it on video sometime). The night before at home we played "dentist," and I put a lamp in my face, laid down, and let Jase poke around in my mouth with a toothbrush. Then we did it to him, too. I think that helped a bit. In retrospect, I think it would have been good to have him actually watch me getting my teeth cleaned so that he would have a chance to get used to the experience and the dental staff before they tried to look at his teeth.

Anyways, he did sit in the regular chair and show the hygienist (and dentist) how he brushes his teeth. He even opened up his mouth for them to look at. They said he had a bit of crowding with his teeth (whatever that means), but until the permanent teeth start coming in (around age 5-6) we wouldn't know for sure if he's going to have crooked teeth or not. Poor Roob had lots of teeth problems when he was a child, so he is worried that Jase may have inherited this from him. But for now, his teeth look great and that's good news. The dentist also felt his jaw and said that it feels like it's aligned well (phew). Then Jase got to pick a prize out of the big treasure chest they had (he chose a squishy green ball) and got a cool new toothbrush to try out! By the time Jase was done, then he wanted to play around with the equipment some more. The hygienist let him push the buttons to move the dental chair up & down, and he actually sat in it! So I think next trip will be better.

After the dentist trip, we went to Target. They have Toy Story 1 & 2 for sale in a DVD/BluRay disc combo set. Each movie also includes a free movie ticket to Toy Story 3 (coming this summer to theaters)! If you buy both 1 & 2 at Target, you get $10 off. Also, I check a website called "slickdeals.net" where I found more coupons that Disney is offering for another $10 off for each DVD. So basically you get $30 off if you buy 1 & 2. I have been wanting to get these movies for Jase bc I hear how much little boys just loooove Toy Story. I was sooo excited! So we go to the store and sure enough they only had Toy Story 1 on the shelf. Everything else was sold out. Blah blah blah of course. So we go to customer service and this poor girl spends like 30 minutes (seriously I still am not sure why this took soooo long??) calling other stores and checking to see if they had it. She called about 4 or 5 stores and one of those calls was to store about 20 min away. Whomever she spoke with there told her they had some but they were on hold. When she hung up and told us that, we said "I thought y'all couldn't hold sale items?" and she said, "Oh yes, you're right. Weird." So we just took our little selves straight to the store that was "holding" some (because ALL of the other Target stores were sold out). I walked in and explained to customer service what was going on. She said they didn't have any on hold but she'd check with electronics dept. So I went over there and a guy met me there. I relayed the info that we'd been told at the other Target store, and I said "If y'all are holding any I'd like to buy a copy of both Toy Story 1 & 2 bc you're not allowed to do that." So he opens up the bin and sure enough, there was a set that was wrapped with a note that they were holding it for someone. AH HA! So he asked me if that is what I wanted and I said, "YES." Done. He took the note off and handed them both over to me. I was soooooooo excited!! In case you didn't know, Toy Story has been NO WHERE to be found on the shelves in any stores for quite some time now. I knew that when Toy Story 3 came out they'd re-release the other videos...I didn't want to lose out on my sweet coupons either, so all in all it ended well. I got the videos for a STEAL (both for under $20, and they each come with a regular DVD-good for car-and a BluRay disc-good for the house, oh AND 2 free tickets to Toy Story 3) AND Jase now has a totally awesome Easter present. :) To infinity and beyond!

Winter non-Wonderland

This morning Jase woke up before me. I was up at 3 in the morning with horrible heartburn due to eating spaghetti the night before and not taking a heartburn pill. OOPS. Anyways, I heard him playing in his room so I went in there to go get him (we've taught him not to come out of his room until mom or dad comes in there to get him). When I opened the door, at first I didn't see him. He had climbed on top of the changing table and was laying there on his back playing with the powder and said, "Hey mom, can you change my poo poos?" Ha. Funny. Ok, so I did. I'm still not exactly sure how he got on top of that changing table, though. It's pretty high off the ground, so that's not good. Anyways, being as pregnant as I am, about halfway through the diaper change I had to go pee really bad. I finished him up and left for about 1 minute.

Upon returning, half of his room and everything in it was COVERED in a blanket of powder. ARGH!!!!!! He had shaken powder from up on top of the changing table and it was in EVERY nook and cranny you can imagine. GRRRREAT way to start off the day, right? I'm so pregnant that it is just uncomfy to get on my hands and knees and try to use all the mini vac attachments to suck up powder from the furniture. I was beyond irritated (but this time I tried really hard not to fuss too much at Jase like I did the other day--heh heh). Oh, and for those of you who don't know, his room has black furniture in it--so you can imagine having a white powder snowfall in there was just awesome.

At least it forced me to dust. :)

Gimme a Break

So today for the first time in months, I was able to do something without Jase by my side. My Realtor license is up for renewal in a couple of months, so I have Continuing Education requirements I must complete by then. My friend Jenny offered to watch Jase for me while I was gone. She is usually home during the day like me, but what's even better is she has a little 5 yr old boy who's still at home (so Jase would have a playmate). Jase had only been over to her house once before (with me) to visit, so I was unsure whether or not he'd be comfortable in her house. We barely even walked in the door and Jase was off! Ha ha ha! He took right to her little boy and they started having such a good time playing. Too cute! The cool thing about Jenny's house is they have a flight of stairs going from one family room down to another. Somehow they rigged a slide down the right-hand side of the stairs--so you can just slide down instead of climbing the steps! I think Jase must've gone down the slide 500 times! I chatted with Jenny for a bit, then I had to sneak out. Jase didn't even notice I left. Hee hee. She said he did so well and had such a good time. He even went down well for his nap--but instead of sleeping he just chatted and sang for 45 minutes (we both think he was just too excited being in a new place and having so many fun things to do). Anyways, when I came to pick him up he was sitting at the table eating a peanut butter & jelly sandwich and some other snacks. He was so cute when he saw me (awww). I stayed for a while and talked to Jenny while I watched the boys play. Jase was so hyped up and excited, it was cute for me to see this. I am soooooo happy it went well! I don't know how to explain my happiness about this.

Even though I just went to what would typically be a "boring" real estate class, I loved every second of it. I learned a ton about FHA loans, the teacher was great and it was just nice to be able to have some "Amiee" time...so it does a mom's heart good to know that her son was having just as much fun (probably more) without her :) Yesterday was such a TERRIBLE day. One of those days where everything seemed highly annoying and I felt like I was just going to flip out at any second (may have done that once or twice anyways). Today was the opposite. It was the BEST day!!! I think my favorite part was that tonight during dinner I looked up at Jase in his highchair and he was falling asleep! Ha! He never does that! I knew he had so much fun and played so hard. Speaking of, I am going to go put him to bed early so I have to go! Heh heh. Thanks again, Jenny. I am so hooking your family up with a yummy dinner!!!!

Jase got a Haircut!

So normally I hack at poor Jase's hair with scissors and the end result ranges from "yikes" to "decent." I decided to go into town today just because I was bored and I got this idea to take him to a place called "Cookie Cutters" and finally get a professional to cut his hair. Last time he got his hair cut by our friend Kami, he was at least 1 year old and he had a major melt down. It was horrid. So I had NO CLUE how he'd do today. I let him watch a video online (before we left) of 2 other toddlers getting their haircut at this place to try to get him hyped about it. I think that actually helped a little. The entire place is catered to kids so I thought this could be a great thing. First of all, he got to pick out his own DVD to watch (there is a flat screen TV directly in front of the "car chair" he's sitting in) and then choose a cool car to sit in. He was way into that! The car even had foot pedals in it. Here's a picture of him testing out his ride with his "before" hair:The stylist asked me what I wanted done. I told her I basically wanted it shaped up and shorter, but not too short. I had a mental picture in mind which wasn't exactly how it turned out...but you'll see soon enough. She asked if I wanted clippers or scissors--but I don't know! I don't know anything about boy haircuts (note to self: must learn soon). So she grabbed a pair of clippers and called them "tickle machines" and let Jase touch it, etc (cute). He did SO GOOD while she started buzzing up the back of his head. The attachment she used looked big to me, so I was not prepared for the shock of how short the back really was getting cut until I saw it. OH MY!
Once I saw how short she cut the back, I knew it was going to be a hundred times shorter than I wanted bc now she was going to have to make the top match the back. Panic panic panic! And Reuben is going to kill me! Besides my panicking, Jase was doing really well. He wasn't so sure about the cape at first until we showed him how he could get his arms free and I also told him it was like a bib. That worked.
This face is the result of him looking at himself in the mirror. Fascinating. Truly. Hee hee. (I blurred out the stylists face for her own anonimity. She was a cute girl, though.)
Getting closer to cutting the top! Jase was still being so good for her. He was watching "Lord of the Beans" by Veggie Tales.
Around this point she asked me how much I wanted off the top. I showed her but somehow what I showed her and what she did were two completely different things. Mmm hmm.
I asked Jase to smile for me. This is his cutie patootie forced smile. Ha ha ha, I love it!
Back to watching Veggie Tales again...gosh this boy is cute. The only part of the haircut that he didn't like was when she switched to some tiny clippers and tried to trim his hairline by his ears. I had to help out by kind of holding his hands, etc, bc he was shrugging his shoulders sooo much and she couldn't cut the hair. He whined a little bit but he got through it just fine. He also complained when he got hair on his face or in his ears--at one point he said, "I'm dirty! I'm dirty!" That made us both laugh. :)
He's all done! Not sure why she kind of slicked his hair to the side, but whatever. It actually photgraphed strangely for some reason bc it looked much cuter in person. I was still in shock over how short it was and how grown up he looked, though.
Then after he was done, he got to pick out any color balloon he'd like AND choose a sucker. Awesome! (once again hair photgraphed very strangely??)When I got back into the car I started crying. I was so upset that it was so short AND it just kind of hit me how "grown up" he now looked. Plus I'm pregnant and get extra crying rights--and I also realized a new baby is about to take over the "baby" slot and Jase will be put into the "big boy" slot. It's so emotional! What do ya do? Anyways, I took these pictures once we got home and after I spiked it up a bit. MUCH MUCH better. It is starting to grow on me! I can't wait to try a little mohawk!
I guess you could say here is the "after" picture!

Big Boy Bed: the nap...and Church

The Roobenator was in charge during Jase's nap today. He said he stayed put and went right to sleep! Weeeeeee! I went in and got him about an hour and half later before he woke up on his own. He was so funny! I said, "Do you want to go to church?" and he was freaking out excited about it (I wonder how long this will last?). He JUMPED out of bed, slid down the stairs and straightaway grabbed his shoes for me to put on. Too cute.

When we got there, he was the "star" of sacrament meeting. After each song was sung, he'd clap really loud and say "Yay!" (He even did this after a young woman played a musical number on the piano). Then after the prayers he would say "AMEN" really loudly and do it after everyone else had already said it. At one point, the teenager in the bench in front of us had been entertaining Jase and making him giggle. This was towards the end of the meeting and then someone gave the closing prayer. So Jase saw the teenager bow his head and close his eyes. Then he turned to me and said, "Mommy, he's sleeping! Wake him up! Wake him up!" Bwhahahaha! I was cracking up. While they were passing around the bread and water, Jase would say "The bread is coming! The bread is coming! Put it in my mouth!" and also "The water is coming!" OH and I forgot one more thing. The girls sitting in the bench behind us had fairly loud (and slightly annoying) singing voices. We probably sang a total of 3 hymns during the service. Each time we sang, Jase would spin around so fast and stare at them, all the while saying "They're singing! They're singing!" That was a little embarrassing, just because I don't know them very well. Heh heh.

The Big Boy Bed

This is how Jase "smiles" for the camera. It's hilarious!I will be the first to admit that I was not really ready to do this. He's growing up too fast! I heard some bangin' and clangin' up in Jase's room this afternoon and went up to find that Reuben had taken off one side of the crib and made it into a day bed for Jase. Hmm. So I guess we're going to try it out :) I think he will be pretty good about staying in it to go to bed at night but the cruddy thing will be in the morning. Normally he'll lay there and play contently for at least 30 min+ until I come to get him. Now I think he will be coming to get ME out of MY bed in the morning. NOT COOL. In fact, I am dreading this. I am also dreading what will happen for naps...man!

So we took a quick trip into town to BabiesR'Us to see what kinds of guard rails they had so we could put one up to keep Jase from falling out of the crib. Apparently all the "cheaper" models are only made for twin beds and cost around $30 (what I was expecting). What I wasn't expecting was that the rail made to attach to cribs that convert into daybeds was $74.99!!! WHAT!??!! For $75 I will let Jase fall out of the bed! Call me crazy! So we didn't buy anything. Ha ha ha. We put him to bed about 30 minutes ago and so far I am pretty sure he went right to sleep (awesome). Now the real test will be what happens in the morning. We hid a video monitor in his room so we can watch and see what he does. OH, and about falling out of the bed...we put a big soft blanket down on the floor just in case he does (mom, don't panic). But the bed isn't really that high so I think if he does fall out he'll be okay. We're going to see how he does and then come up with some other solutions if necessary. In the meantime, enjoy this cute video of him I took while we were setting it up this afternoon: