Saturday morning thoughts...

Well, my bloggy thoughts are really random this morning, so I figured I’d just make some bullet points. There’s nothing totally exciting going on at the moment, but here’s what’s going on with us…

·      I was awakened this morning by little smooches on my cheek. Jakob has figured out how to pucker and smooch (like real kisses instead of open mouth ones) and I’ve just been waiting to get one myself (he kisses his Buzz Lightyear all the time, as well as his Toy Story alien) so what a happy morning I had getting my first smooch : )
·      Jakob did qualify for the Early Steps program. He did awesome on his motor skills (almost 100%!) but obviously failed the communication part of it. A therapist will be coming 2 times a month to work with Jakob and also to help me learn to teach him.
·      Of course the day after everyone came to the house to evaluate Jakob he started saying so many more words, and even repeating things we will say. He started using the word Dad and Momma, we always knew he could say it, but he just never used them. He still needs some work, but I’m seeing progress (yay!)
·      We found a small (fake) Christmas tree in town for only $12!!! I was so happy when I saw it and definitely pleased with the price. We put it up yesterday along with a few other decorations and Jakob was so happy. He loves Christmas trees : )
·      We put up a blow up snowman in the front yard (gamma sent it last year) and Jeremy took Jakob out to see it last night. It’s one of those ones that you plug in and it blows up and lights up. Well I guess the wind was blowing and the snowman looked kinda creepy. Jakob would scream anytime Jeremy took him anywhere near it. After they came in Jakob would walk over to the (open) window and look to see if the snowman was still there. If you asked him if he wanted to see the snowman he’d say no-man and start crying (lol)
·      I tried tofu for the first time yesterday. If you know me very well then you’d know I don’t like anything that jiggles when you eat it (i.e. jello). I used to not even eat yogurt, but when I was pregnant I loved yogurt and I can eat it, but I don’t really because of all the sugar it has. -Sometimes I eat greek yogurt.- Anyways I found these tofu shirataki noodles at the grocery store so I decided to try them. They are super low in carbs and sometimes you just feel like eating some mac and cheese, ya know? The noodles were not that bad. They were a little jiggly and not quite hard enough, but I think I could get used to the texture. I made them with alfredo sauce but next time I will try them with regular cheese sauce for mac and cheese. I told Jeremy we have now become “those” people. The kind who eat weird things (i.e. crispbread, tofu, hummus) or maybe not so much weird things but we just eat way different than the average person. It works for us though, and I’m hoping that Jeremy won’t have to battle diabetes (or at least not have to deal with it at a young age) like most everyone in his family.
·      I’m down to 123 pounds! 3 pounds from my goal weight!!!
·      I’ve been off my thyroid meds for almost 6 weeks now and things are all messed up again. I am going to have to be on medicine for the rest of my life, there’s not a doubt in my mind. I may only have to take one or two pills a week, but I need them. I am having all the old symptoms again, including a super late cycle : ( I’m o.k. with taking the medicine though because I know it helps and I feel so much better.
·      Oh! One more thing. Remember that job? The one back home that we were wondering whether we should even consider taking because it was only for 2 years? Well it’s been put on another 90 day hiring freeze. We’re beginning to think that maybe God is trying to tell us something…