Total meltdowns!

It was a rough morning for Jake. He woke up early, just before 7am. We had breakfast, played with his mega blocks, hung out with grandma, then we went outside to take a walk. Instead of taking the stroller, I just walked in the village with Jake, he likes to toddle around.
All was going great until we saw a cat.
Then Jake wanted to pet the cat.
So he ran after the cat.
Of course, the cat ran away.
Cue complete and utter meltdown.
He cried and cried. It was so sad.
Then we finally made it home, he had another meltdown and didn't want to go outside.
We went to play outside, all he wanted to do is pull the window screens, and had another meltdown when I wouldn't let him.
Then we went inside and he sobbed in grandpa's arms.
We had an early lunch and early naptime!

He actually woke up from his nap in good humor. We went for a walk (with the stroller this time), Jake helped Grandma with the dusting, watched some football, had supper, bath, bottle, then bed.

But I tell you, if Jake can get this worked up over a cat, I'm not sure I'll be able to handle the tantrums when they come! LOL.

Wing night!

I love Wing Night! Last night was wing night, Andrew babysat Jake. He did a pretty good job, we were a little late getting supper organized, so he took care of that too.
Today, my mom got up with Jake and let me sleep in...it was absolutely divine! Then we went for a walk, it's gorgeous here, 15 degrees Celsius, and it was sunny, this morning anyways.
We went to the American base to run errands and have Burger King for lunch. Jake was good, there's a park next to the grocery store and he loved to run around.
I love these overalls!
When Andrew gets home from school, Jake goes right to him and gets a hug. He actually does this to everyone coming home, yesterday, he got mad at my mom for talking to my dad. It was his turn. LOL.
I call this Jake's "gangsta" look.



Reclining on the couch with his grandpa.

Back at daycare!

Jake has started going to daycare a third half-day so I can have extra time at the gym.
He goes on Thursday afternoon as well now. Despite not napping, he did very well. He even had chocolate cake as a snack, it was someone's birthday. Then, he was absolutely wired all evening. Just running around from one end to the living room, screaming and being silly. It was pretty funny.
I learned a lesson today, always, always put either snow pants, or waterproof pants on an independent toddler. I let him walk to the car, and he jump and fell into a puddle. I had a change of clothes with me, changed him, then after daycare on the way home, he sat down in a puddle. Silly boy!

Good intentions

I fully intended on posting pictures of today, but somehow I lost them. Boo!

I'm sure I'll be able to capture the essence of them later on. He's bound to play again.

We had a regular day, slept in until 830am. Played inside, played outside, did not nap, napped during our walk, had supper, and went to bed at 7pm.

All in all, it's great to be back into our regular routine post holiday!

Last pictures from Austria

These are the last pictures from Austria. Then I'll go back to regular posting about our daily lives.

That was the beds, they sleep four, but since Jake and I had our own room, I got the whole bed to myself!

Christmas Day Pictures!

Happy New Year!

We had a great New Year's Eve Party.
I have no pictures of Jake...aren't I awful? We had a good 45 minutes of fireworks at midnight and I fully expected Jake to wake up and come participate, but he proved me wrong and stayed sound asleep during the whole thing!
We had a pretty relaxing day today!

Happy New Year and have a great 2011!!!