The Amazing Ian Jacob

This is what it’s like when we go to bed. This entire conversation happened in the pitch black of the bedroom in our bed. Some notes for those following along at home. He has a video from Aunt Trish that has holiday/snow themed Thomas the Tank Engine shorts on it and in one of them [...]

At the exact moment I was taking this picture, Ian was peeing on the floor next to his train table. I thought he looked awfully intent on the trains. At first we were hanging out in the garage with Daddy and Travis. Travis and Ian were throwing the ball around but Travis said he needed [...]

I used to be self-conscious about my squinty-eyed smile. Have you ever tried to keep your eyes open while smiling if you’re a squinty-eyed smiler? You look like you were in mid-smile and someone grabbed your ass. So over the years, I’ve learned to embrace the fact that my eyes disappear when I smile. I’m [...]

I keep calling her Grandma, but Ian calls my mother Mamaw. And while I call my father Granddaddy in written form, Ian has decided that his name is Pop. So on Sunday we were at Home Depot and they had a ton of Christmas trees all lit up for sale. When I saw one that [...]

The three of us woke up at 10am today. As in an hour after 9am and a full three hours after when we normally get up on “school days”. Ian had gone to bed the night before at 11pm so it kind of makes sense that he slept 11 hours. And Rich and I didn’t [...]