You Won't Believe!

Yesterday Jase had the cutest little bout of pretend play. He grabbed the hose attachment on the vaccum and told me to come and help him put "gas" in the "car" with it. The car was our loveseat sofa. Gas tank was a plastic bowl. So I started helping him and he was making gulping sounds. When I started to wiggle the hose he said, "No mom! Don't move it or the gas will spill out!" Uh, ok. So then he asks me to come sit down next to him in the "car." He asked me for the keys and started up the engine. Vroom, vroom. I turned to him and said, "Jase, where are we going?" and he said, "Mom, I am taking you to the greatest restaurant you won't believe!" "Oh where??," I said. "Chopsticks!," he replied proudly. (Chopsticks is a newer Chinese place out by us that we've been to 2 or 3 times but it's been a few months since we've gone there). This whole pretend thing was cracking me up! He was so into it. So then we have to take off our seatbelts and get out of the car. He then has me walk over to a small child's picnic table which ends up being our table at the restaurant. We got our "menus" (plastic candy wrappers) and ordered our food. I got lo mein noodles and he got some kind of roll (LOL). We started pretend eating and I asked for a taste of his. "Sure mom! It tastes kind of spicy. And salty," he says. So funny! Then he makes a quick "call" to our waiter to let them know we are done and we are leaving. Bwhahahah! I had to post this bc it was so cute to see him that imaginative. He doesn't do things like this very often.

Jase, 2 yrs +7 months

How cute is my big boy getting? Oh man, I can't even stand it! Good thing he's cute, because he sure can be a little devil at times. He is going through that "independent" stage and "finding his voice," and let me tell you, he sure has found it. I get to hear things like "get away from me!," "go away!," "Nooo, I wanna do it!," on a daily basis. Sigh. But besides all the new-found sassiness, he is just darling and cracks us up! I love his funny personality!I love the look on his face here! He was sitting at his "jasey-sized" picnic table ($50 at Sams, best purchase EVER) while I was snapping pics of him! I've been taking so many of Ian lately, so I thought I better catch up on Jasey!
Hammin' it up on the boat just a couple weeks ago...
Here are some things Jase has been up to these days:

• He finally got over his fear of riding the power wheels tractor (thanks grandma). He goes full speed and all over the yard!
• LOVES to do pretty much EVERYTHING by himself. Even if he can't do it, he still wants to do it. This causes some major headbutting from time to time. I try to let him do as much as possible, but sometimes I just do NOT have the patience.
• Shows ZERO interest in potty training. Ok wait, not exactly true. He has tried to go a couple of times but nothing has happened. I haven't really pushed it too much just bc I am really busy with Ian and don't have the time to dedicate to it just yet anyways.
• Had his first major ear infection last week. What a mess! He had a super high fever (103) for 2 days so I called the doctor. Both ears were infected and both ear drums had ruptured! Poor baby! He was MISERABLE. So was I. We are almost done with the round of antibiotics and ear drops and he's doing much better. But he still has the stinkin' lingering cough (3+ weeks now) that caused the ear infections in the first place! Geez!
• He loves to say "one more time" and "last time" about 1,000 times to get you to do whatever it is he wants you to do like a billion times. But he says the word "time" in the cutest way, so it's entertaining when he does it. :)
  
• He asks you the same question about 50 times in a row (so fun, not).
• He'll say funny stuff like "I lost my mom" or "I lost my shoes" if he can't find me or them.
• He knows all of our full names. So adorable.
  
• He is wearing a size 4T in shirts and 3T in pants now. Size 8 to 8.5 for shoes!
• When Ian cries, he will tell me "Mom, go check on the baby!," or "Mom, go give the baby his nunu (binky)." Sometimes he'll even cover his ears.
• If he wants me to do something and I'm holding the baby, he'll say, "Mom, can you put Ian down?," or "Mom, go put Ian in his seat!" Heh heh. Bossy little thing, ain't he?
• He loves having Grandma Jenith come visit. She comes up every couple of weeks to help me out. Lately he's really been soaking up the attention bc I've noticed he's finally starting to get a bit "jealous" of how much of my time Ian takes up. Of course this makes me a bit sad, so I do what I can to make up for it.
• He loves meeting up with Grandma Connie & Grandpa Larry for dinner! He knows right were they live, too. If I drive by he'll say "Hey that's Grandpa's house!"
• He's looking forward to PawPaw Ron's visit (my dad) in a couple weeks! So am I! We don't get to see PawPaw that often, so when he comes up it's a real treat. Jase even remembered that PawPaw had a Blackberry phone from last November. (Reuben got one from work and he said, "Hey that is PawPaw's phone!") I couldn't believe he remembered that!
• He LOVES playing outside!
• His favorite thing to eat is probably pizza.
• He weighs 38.5 lbs. Not sure how tall he is--for sure over 3 ft though. I need to measure him.
  

That'll be Stupid

So Jase is starting to pick up "less desirable" words for kids to say--but it sure is pretty funny. Here's what he said to me yesterday.

"Mom! Mom! I gonna turn off the light (just the one in my room)! That'll be stupid!"
"Mom! Mom! I gonna put the lid back on! That'll be stupid!"

I tried not to let him see me laugh. I just said, "Oh ok! That'll be fun!"

Then later as I was driving to hang out with my friends, I put on my Carrie Underwood CD since the radio reception is pretty much static until you get into "town." I listen to the CD pretty frequently. Anyways, I was singing along (of course, car karaoke all the time) and all of a sudden I realized a small voice from the back seat was totally singing along with me!! What?! SO CUTE! He knew tons of words to a few of the songs. He even said, "Mom I like this song!" Adorable. I love it.