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I started saying that last night & it’s continued into today. Mom is very happy that I am getting more “words” so she’ll be able to tell the doctor all about it! Right now, I can say “yes”, “uh-oh”, “mamama”, “dadada”, “nana” (yes, he does say it)…and, he can sign MILK and MORE…although, he pretty much just uses milk lately. He’s gotten very good at asking for milk. When I started using the sign, Mom would give me milk pretty much on demand. Now, I just use the sign when I am in my chair & want milk. I got it down!

Mom is glad that she doesn’t have to listen to me say “no” like all the other children, too…I still haven’t started saying no.

Here is a photo from today…it’s been raining & raining lately (good for the garden!!!)…so, it’s cooler here! I get to wear the dinosaurs again!

That’s it for now! ~ Jacob.

For our friend’s - their daughter Addie has AS (Angelman’s Syndrome) - and they are doing a fundraising walk on May 17th…

If you want to donate to their team (we are a part of it), you can click on the link below. We’d appreciate the support!

www.firstgiving.org/addiesangels

If you do give, let us know…we’re curious!

And…hopefully, Mom will get some photos posted today! She’ll be back-dating them, but that’s okay! ~ Jacob.

We REALLY need a new camera…BAD! The batteries CONSTANTLY die in the camera we have…hours after putting them in…I think the camera no longer shuts off when closed. So…I hope to use part of our ECONOMIC STIMULUS package to buy one…I’ll be taking recommendations for the next week or two…until the $$ shows up. Thanks to geniuses like my brother, we are even going to get it EARLY!They even give some techie ways to spend that $$ burning a hole in your pocket!

So…we went to the farm on Friday…by “we”, I am talking about me and Jacob…Fleeta thought about coming, but she & Bill were leaving on Saturday, and she had a lot to do. Heather was going to come too, but she got stuck at work. Boo-hoo!

Jacob has a BLAST playing in the dirt! He really loved it…and, I got almost everything in the ground! And…that’s why I was upset about not having power for the camera…I wanted photos of Jacob playing in the dirt & what I got accomplished in the garden! Oh well…there is always next time!

Hope you are all doing well…what will you be buying with your economic stimulus??? leave a comment! Melissa.

At least, that is what Alyssa & I think. It’s the best *free* item we’ve ever received…from our neighbor, Donnie.

Here, you can see how much we enjoy the couch:

And, Mom got a few photos of us doing other things, as well…we had a happy day playing in the living room, today!

I know, I’m a handsome guy, huh??? Now, if I could just stay on my own two feet all the time!

Yup…she caught me, she finally caught me smiling & not turning my back to the camera.

She did it not only once, but twice!

 That’s the photo shoot for today! ~ Jacob.

There ARE things growing in our garden, now! We got the peat & compost down & I combined it all with the horseshoe hoe ALL BY MYSELF! No tiller needed here - it was a good workout, too!

I put the lettuce plants & the one basil plant I got at the sale at Crabtree Farms in the ground as well. Also, we got a few marigolds from a fellow gardener…he’s a Master Gardener as well…we’ll be getting to know him well! Oh…and, carrot & corn seeds went in as well!

We plan on getting back out on Friday morning to plant more things…that are bought at Lowe’s! ~ Melissa.

No photos…as, it’s just a mess! But, we weeded everything out of our 4 foot by 50 foot plot today! I say “we” because I have a partner in crime - Heather. I know Heather from church…and, I’m very excited to have this “excuse” to get to know her, and Luke (that’s her little guy) a little bit better!

As I said, it’s a mess - we had a TON (well, not quite) of weeds to pull out. Yes, the soil was tilled, March 1st! So, we have to clear it away again…we found ANTS in our plot, so we’ll be waiting until Tuesday to put the compost & peat moss down. I bought the peat & some lettuce starts at the plant sale…I think we’ll be getting the rest of our things at Lowe’s, with a coupon, of course!

I’ll keep you posted, as this is how I hope to keep track of our adventures on the farm, as well!

So…my appointment yesterday at the doctor wasn’t flying colors, but I’m still alive!

They are worried about my weight…so, I have to return in one month for a weight check.

Then…I’m not “saying” enough words…so, if my vocabulary isn’t 3-6 words by 18 months, I’ll be going to see a speech pathologist. Well, I’m trying to work on that goal already by saying the word “YES”…he’s repeated it over and over tonight…sure does beat hearing the word N-O!

Photos will be posted soon…Mommy promises! ~ Jacob.

I wonder if I am even cut out for this “mom” thing…this morning, it’s been a little thick. My darling son has decided it is sooooo cool to SCREAM about everything. He didn’t want to eat - anything, mind you, not even the things he likes - this morning. I decided to put him in his crib for a time-out, one minute, because I needed it for me. Both of the children were crying at 9am - I say both, because I take care of a friend’s daughter twice a week - so I put them down, but they didn’t go to sleep. We got up after ten or fifteen minutes, but, again, I needed it for my sanity. Of course, Alyssa didn’t complain after a couple minutes, but Jacob screamed the entire time. They played for a while, nicely, after that…then, we went to take a nap at 10:10 or so…and, they are both sleeping. YES!

Today, I have a many things on my list to do…laundry, ironing, sewing…etc…the list continues. I have some things to need to get done for another job I’m going to be starting, and this weekend I have to work some athletic events on Saturday. Two different ones, mind you!
I also hope to get a post about Monday up for everyone…I took photos & need to get them posted!

More soon…and, hopefully from a  sane person! ~ Melissa.

Here are some random photos…Alyssa was here today!

This is where all the fun takes place! As you can see, Mommy had picked up most of our mess! It’s usually a lot more messy than this!

This is me, getting into trouble…

As you can see, I’m really, REALLY good at it…I got up here all by myself!

And, what else is better than a cookie on Income Tax day??? Mom made some really good ones!

I really enjoyed it! So…what did you do on Tax Day??? ~ Jacob.

Well, down here in the dirty, you pay for tax on your last total, after coupons, but before your CVS ECBs are used. Today, I ended up paying $7.54 OOP for a transaction - granted, I got $25 worth of stuff, and $15 ECBs printed out - but, I wasn’t happy about it. I wouldn’t use my $10 ECB to pay for $6.89…and, then pay tax on that $6.89 without getting the $3.11 cents to use again!

So, when I went back up - because we needed milk for Jacob & for us - I got better…I did more math before getting to the register - and, you know what, I ended up needing $9.73 before tax…used a $10 ECB & paid $1.30 OOP…and earned $5 ECBs…I heart CVS! For this purchase, I got: Gerber Banana Puffs ($1.59), 2 Deodorants for Shad (0.82/each - these were 75% off!), 2 Nivea shaving gels ($2.69 each), Aquafresh Toothpaste ($3.49), Bliss Trial chocolates (0.50), 2-12 packs of Diet Coke ($4.99 each), and one gallon of Skim Milk ($5.19)…I had coupons for the Diet Coke (free!!!), 0.55 off the puffs, .50 for the Bliss chocolate (free!), $3 off the toothpaste (fifty cents! - and, my favorite kind!), $5/$25 purchase for CVS…I used my $10 ECB & got $5 back! It was a great transaction! I heart CVS…but, I’ll be waiting until we need more milk to go back!!! And, to hit up the deals for next week…

Say it with me…you are going to start shopping CVS! Melissa.