Each day a little more happens

We are pleased to report a few pieces of news from Jakob. First, each week he's spending a little more time with the next room up from his current one and will soon be transitioning fully. This will bring new challenges for him as he continues to develop. We're excited because his educators said his development took a huge increase over the last 10 days. He's talking more (lots of babble, but more words have emerged) and growth milestones are becoming easier for him.

This week, our Parents as Teachers mentor came to see us and was very pleased with Jakob. She had him color paper which we folded and then he problem solved how to get into a pretend mailbox and retrieve it. He's stacking objects and recognizing himself and others when he sees photos. We love how well he's doing!!

This week Jakob started saying "Dude!" as well as knowing that the number "2" comes after the number "1" and we're pretty sure he's saying "Chechnya" (yes, like the country) but we're not sure why.

In a few weeks we have an update meeting with his daycare educator to talk more about what they're doing and will be doing so we can reinforce it at home.

We're planning a few trips to take place this summer and spring. One with our friends the Irwin's (http://www.itsallaboutbella.com/) to the Deanna Rose Farm and another hopefully to Omaha to see our friends Scotte and Annie and their new baby (she's due in a few weeks).

But for now, we'll settle for the amazing amount of sun, sandals and super fun with the little boy.

More soon.