Jacob's New Room

Jacob moved into his new room on Saturday night. He's been pretty excited about it. Once it was painted, we started letting him explore and play in there, and started talking to him about how it was going to be his room. Once the bed was assembled, he was really excited. One of the first things he did was jump on it. On Saturday, he helped put up his Curious George wall stickers, and then he was really excited about his room. We decided to try having him sleep in there that night.

He did great! We were nervous that he might be afraid of a new room, and being out of the crib that he's slept in for 2 years, but he acted like we were making a big deal out of nothing. He loves sleeping in his new bed. We're expecting a few bumps along the way, but it seems like he was ready to make this move and is enjoying his new living space. So far, night sleep has not changed. He goes to sleep just as easily as he did in his crib. I've noticed that he likes to sleep by the rails, probably because they remind him of his crib. Naps have been pretty good too. Yesterday it took him 90 minutes to settle down and I wasn't sure he was even going to sleep, but eventually he did. I guess sometimes you just have to jump on the bed and run around your room before you can fall asleep.

Here are a few pictures of his room. The wall color is pretty true to life. We were going for a dark blue that wasn't too dark, and has a touch of gray to it. I'll have more later. The Curious George ones didn't turn out because of lighting issues.

Jacob's new bed, with a quilt that he got when he was born

Close up of his new sheet with cars and trucks--very exciting for him!

Some of his room accessories: plastic drawers (his new dresser that can't crush him), floor mat puzzle, and toy bins. He loves to put things away and then dump them out again. We also took the closet doors off so he can't pinch his fingers.


This is his new lamp. It looks really cool in his room (he even said so). I hope to get a good picture of it one of these days.

Christmas 2008 Picture Extravaganza

First, a few pictures from before Christmas:

Helping Daddy eat some "burger and fry" from his favorite fast food restaurant



Reading his favorite piece of literature--the trash and recycling collection schedule



Doing some coloring and showing us his "Where is it?" pose. I don't remember which color he was looking for.

December 23 - Our Christmas

Sharing some juice with Puppy at breakfast


At the Children's Museum: waving to all the people and cars below



Showing Daddy how to ride the bus (this was Daddy's first visit to the Children's Museum, so Jacob had to show him the ropes)



Doing a little grocery shopping...


...before cooking Christmas dinner


Jacob the science kid, discovering that water will weigh down a shovel and make it tip over


More water fun



Checking out his stocking - yay, new crayons!



Showing off all his trains (he got 3 new ones). He also got some new Curious George books and some slippers from us. His big present is a big boy bed, not pictured because it is not put together yet. We'll have pictures of his new room soon!

December 24 - Schoenbauer Christmas

Grandpa, Uncle Mike, and Jacob playing a rousing game of "Scene It?"



Jacob attacking his cousin Libby with a giant bear



The big present of the day: a big truck with cars inside!

December 25 - Boyum Christmas at Aunt Jena and Uncle Ty's house

Playing with his cars at our house. Jacob was very lucky that Uncle Mike and Aunt Katie dropped the truck off at our house. It was somehow left behind at Grandpa & Grandma Schoenbauer's.


Jacob helping to make muffins. He loves to stir the batter. He also loves to taste it. Strangely, he doesn't love eating the finished muffins quite so much.



OK, now we're at Jena and Ty's house. Jacob got some help opening his presents from Claire and Gracie.



Opening his big present - an oven! Yay, now he can cook for us. I need to get a picture of him with his other very large present, a Coca Cola bear that is bigger than he is. He loves to wrestle with it.

December 27 - Christmas in Iowa

We spent over an hour putting the oven together once we got home, so that Jacob could play with it the next morning. Here he is checking it out.



Aunt Jena & Uncle Ty gave him some pots and pans to cook in.


Turning up the burner



Christmas at Great-Grandpa & Grandma Kuehn's house, sitting with Mommy's cousin Tony and waiting patiently for presents. Jacob had a lot of fun playing with the "big kids" and was very upset when it was time to go home.


Checking out his new toy, fridge phonics. The letters are all magnets and there is a base to put them in, which tells you the sounds each letter makes. Jacob loves this!


He also got more magnets, letters and numbers. Everyone seems to know how much he likes learning these days!