Sept. 14th, 2006

Teenagers..........
I have thought about teenagers since I had my first son, 16 years ago. Thought about what he would be like. Who his friends would be. Who his first girlfriend would be.... and IF I would like her. Over the years this is something I have worried about. Do all Mothers worry about such stuff???
Well, this summer it seemed my oldest found a first girlfriend. Or she had finally found him. Guess it started years ago... with the first week of 6th grade. The girls just started calling. Different ones every night. Several a night. I remembered some of the names.... but my wonderful son, just didn't like talking on the phone. He would be polite and say hello... maybe a sentence or two more... then gently set the phone down. Later I would walk by wondering why the phone wasn't on the hook and pick it up and some poor girl would just be talking.... not even knowing that he wasn't on the phone. Well the calls ended as soon as they started. Can you blame them?? I can't. I wouldn't call either. BUT one girl... called again. And again. About 3 times a year. I guess just enough to make him understand she was still interested.
I thought maybe "love" had bloomed this summer. She started calling. He started calling her. They would talk for hours on end. Sometimes long into the night. Guess her Mom was relaxed as we were about summer hours and lenght of calls. I had never seen him "talk" so much. To anyone. Excupt his Auntie Karla. The went to the movies. (I drove) And I told him- in my opinion, if he paid.... we (Dad & I) considered it a "date". Although he kept saying they were just friends. We said that was fine. I thought.... he has a girl friend and I LIKE HER!!! Everyone liked her. She had something in common with everyone. BUT she was so much like him. Liked the same music... sports... (and actually "knew" about sports and the people that played them)

He decided he didn't have time for a girlfriend and school. So she doesn't call anymore. I miss her calls. She talked to all of us. Even his younger siblings.... how to get over the depression of all of this??? I don't know. At least I have Jakoby to keep me busy. And my oldest has his school work to keep him busy.

:(

Wonder what else these teenage years will bring????

My sweet, sleepy baby... 

Sept. 12, 2006
Naps, sleep, rest-time... what exactly are these? Are adults aloud to do these things??? I wish I had the time. Jakoby is adjusting well to his new enviroment. I am assuming the rest of us are adjusting well to him. I haven't heard any complaints. Had him to his 2 week check up... and he didn't gain any weight. He didn't lose any, but he didn't gain any. So my happy, sleepy (sleeping 5-6 hours at a time, getting up only 1 during the night) had to change his schedule. Doc said leave him sleep at night, but wake him every 2 hours during the day and nurse him. So what do you think happened???? He now gets up every 3 hours to eat EVEN at night. But I am happy to say he did gain some weight. He went from 8lbs 6oz to 9lbs 2oz. in one week.

I have been wondering, ok pondering (if that is how to spell it) how my Mom felt when she had me as an infant. Being that this seems like a first born all over again with the age differences between Jakoby and Ian, Jesse & Hannah..... I wish I would have talked to her about these things. She had me when she was 42. I was the only kid home... the rest were at school, just like here. It's amazing the questions you think of when you can't ask them. Why don't you think of these things earlier???

Well I would like to type more, but I have to get dinner going... and Jakoby will be awake soon..
again.
:)