The Amazing Ian Jacob

We stopped at the car wash on the way home to freshen up the van. Ian normally gets a little worried when those big brushes start slapping the windows but I told him the van was getting bubbles just like he does. “Oh! Bubbles!” And suddenly it was all okay. So when we got home, [...]

Every once in a while Ian will get picky about food. And every once in a while I feel bad for letting him eat a cookie before dinner (so that he eats more cookie than dinner). But nights like tonight make me happy. He devoured about a cup of my homemade guacamole, fistfuls of spinach, [...]

We went to pick up Ian today together but I went in first while Rich re-parked the van. I love sneaking in and seeing how he’s playing with the other kids and then seeing his reaction to realizing I’m there. He was over in the corner at a table with one of the twins and [...]

We learned this morning that Ian apparently knows how to hug. He got a hug from one of the teachers at school and then started going from kid to kid giving hugs. When everyone realized there were free hugs being handed out, they rushed over. Ian tripped, though, trying to hug one of the twins [...]

Ian has started figuring out that people besides Mama and Daddy have names. Unfortunately we named our dogs Mollie and Dante, which to a toddler sound like Mommy and Daddy so it’s a little confusing. He also calls Mollie “Bob” because our neighbor’s dog has that name and they’re both black. Actually, most dogs are [...]