What?

Another Jakeism: he says "whaaaaat??" He only does it when we tell him something he doesn't want to hear. It is so funny, I burst out laughing when he does it. Then he tells me "it's not funny!"

Jake is growing both physically and mentally -- fast. He says new phrases everyday and we don't know where they come from but he does say them at the most appropriate time.

We sold his crib today. I feared that he would get possessive over it but when I told him it was for a baby, he was ok with it. In fact, he wanted to see the baby. I told him that it was still in her mom's tummy but he didn't care. He wanted to see who was getting his old bed. Eventually, seeing the mom was good enough. Later in the night, he found the pillow that was on his old crib. It was a pillow that inscribed "I am stronger than this cancer, YES I AM." Anne gave it go him when he was in the hospital. Jake decided it was a good idea to give it to the baby.

Jake is gorgeous, smart and fun. But we have discovered he is very thoughtful. Who could ask for anything more. Especially from a 2 year old.

Diapers no more.

We passed another milestone. Jake is officially potty trained. The key was standing up. He did not want to sit down. There were a few accidents and we went through a lot of changes but it took all but two weeks to get it down.

We will be gladly putting the money we spend in diapers in Jake's college fund.

Jake is so fun.

We had a great time in St. Louis. As soon as we checked into our "St. Louis room", Jake found a cozy chair in the bedroom and made it his own. He put his favorite blanket and his stuffed animals on it mark his territory. We visited the St. Louis Zoo. It is free to get in but $11 to park. I think that's fair. It's an old zoo but big and clean. The train ride was cool because you get to see most of the zoo on the ride. They had a stingray event where Jake got to feed and pet them.

We also went to the city museum. That is a strange place. The first floor is made up of mazes and slides made from recycled materials. The second floor is an acquarium made up of strange collection of mammals as well as sea animals. It seemed as if it was built with things discarded by other acquariums. The third floor was made up of slides for children.

Jake also took a picture of his blue bear in the hotel room. It's his best yet and I thought everyone should see. Blue bear is his favorite toy and buddy. Jake was slowly growing out of him when he turned 1 years old. However, when he started to get sick and during his stay in the hospital, blue bear was his safety blanket. He loves his bear.

We're going on a trip

We are driving to St. Louis tomorrow to visit their zoo and acquarium. Jake is excited and wanted to leave tonight. We started potty training today. I couldn't have picked the worst time, he is on steriods and we are going to be in the car for 2 hours at a time for our trip tomorrow. Jake did really well with it today. I think he was annoyed that I kept asking him if he had to go every 10 minutes. I was even annoying myself.

We will take some good pics and report back.