Just when you think you’ve got your kid figured out, they change! Jake’s sleep schedule is off the hook! Gwamma and Gwampa came over for some grilled pizzas, and the crack baby was up until 9pm! All this on less than one hour’s nap since this morning! Anywho, he’s quite fun to watch when he’s all jacked up on sleep deprivation! What a beautiful night!!!

Recently I’ve noticed little marks on the crib railing. I assumed it was from us bending over the crib to lift Jake out and scratching it. Little did I know that beaver-boy has been standing up in the crib and gnawing on it like an animal! Now I know why they sell crib rail teething guards at Babies R Us! I think I’ll save $25 and just smear Horseradish on it!:)

It was a fairly uneventful day. Jake went shopping with Mama and Gwamma. The highlight was when he took a dump that looked exactly like The Blob from Gigglesnort Hotel!

I am thankful for: A healthy wife, family and child. My body healing. And, the fact that life is just warming up! Have you ever had the feeling that you’ll be in a completely different place one year from now? It’s quite exciting!!!

Today was a great big family day! We got to see almost everyone on both sides. Jake stayed awake for 8 hours straight, and turned from angel to demon around 9pm. So the only happy face you get to see tonight…is mine!!!:)

We’re Lamda Lamda Lamda, and….

Today was a tremendous day for writing in the baby book! (Yes, with all the documenting we do on this kid, there’s also a baby book:) First, Jake pulled himself up to the standing position in his crib! Then, after we made his big, stuffed toy horsey give him a few pecks on the cheek, I said “give your horsey a smooch, Jake!” He leaned in and smooched the horsey right on the nose! (Funny, it didn’t work on his Mom or I:) And lastly, he learned how to clap his hands as we sang Lamar’s rap from Revenge of the Nerds. He grinned every time I said “Omega Muuuu’s!” It’s so much fun watching this kid evolve!

I’ve said this before, but… THANK YOU to all the Mommies out there! Guys CAN NOT deny that taking care of a child is a full time job!

Single Moms, Moms with multiple kids, working Moms…heck, even single DADS, you ROCK!!!

Without my wife, Jake would probably be eating french fries, watching Snakes On A Plane right now while I typed this! The house would be a wreck, the flowers would be withering, and raccoons would be living in the laundry room!

If you think I’m grateful, it’s because I AM!!!

Lately I’ve been thinking, to train my kid to be a kid, I have to THINK like a kid! Any of you that know me might say I’m already there! I mean, I need to conjure up my imagination again! To remember what it was like to dream BIG, and think back to the time when there were NO limits!

So, since playing drums for Pearl Jam probably isn’t going to happen, I started thinking, what is my dream from this day forward? It simple. I want absolute happiness. And, I want to make a living using nothing more than my creativity. The how’s and what’s aren’t there yet, but that’s the dream.

I will wholeheartedly encourage Jake to use his imagination to the fullest! To create the picture in his mind of what he wants to be and drive straight to it! Sometimes life puts a few speed bumps on the path you intended. I hope to be there to steer the little man around those obstacles, and ensure that he never loses track of what makes him happy! Oh, and ground him!:)

You can do it little buddy!

Jake is growing so fast, I have to look back at pictures to remember how small he was! See if you notice any difference between 5 days old, and 8 months old? Can you say, natural born stinker!?:)