An Update on Life

I sit in a quiet house tonight as Su gets a much needed "girls night" with her friends. I enjoy coming home "early" these days and spending some time playing with the boys and giving her a break. Life is obviously busy and I'm not posting on the blog as much. So I thought with some quiet time, I'd bring everyone up to speed on life with anything that pops into my head.

Jacob is certainly evolving into a "big boy." He's got more and more of a mind of his own each and every day. I only wish I could think of some of the funny things he says, most of which might not be understood on this blog. He's thoroughly enjoying sports right now, much to the delight of his father. He likes to hit and throw the baseball, hit the golf ball, and kick the soccer ball. His favorite television show is American Idol and I wish I was joking. Tonight, he said the best singer was "Rob," whoever that is. Jacob has become scared of things gs as well. Yesterday, he told me he heard noises in his mouth. There are always noises in his room and well as EVIL SHADOWS!!! He and George have a love-hate relationship. Well, fortunately George loves Jacob...however, Jacob chases George one minute and is running from him the next. Jacob pees pees on the potty fairly regularly. No poo poo yet despite our bribe of five M&Ms for a successful try (he gets two for pee pee).

Patrick is growing older as well. He is flipping over in his crib. He doesn't like that too much...yet. When he gets tired, he plants plenty of wet ones on his parents. We think he is close to crawling. For now, he rocks on his knees in that crawling positions. Patrick loves to pull hair, faces and whatever he can get those rough hands on. His top two teeth are coming in and we think a third on the bottom.

As for me and Su. Well, I work and so does she (the free kind). The end!

I'll close with the funniest video ever posted on this blog. Just watch and see.

Babe Brister

Proof

It looks painful but the big fella's doing OK.

There's A First Time For Everything...

...that's the old saying, isn't it? If so, today Jacob experience his first real "injury." He ran into something in one of the play rooms at school and split his eye open. Su called me with the news and fortunately I was able to get to school within a matter of minutes (I work just around the corner.) We spent about three hours at the ER and Jacob has his first three stiches. He continues to amaze me with how brave he is. His only tear came from an injection to numb the stitching. He did say as we left, "Don't want to go back to hospital." I don't think any of us do! I will get a picture of the injury although I don't have one yet.

However, I can't go this long in between posts without sharing some image! This is Patrick last week for his eight month photo shoot. Neithe of us can believe it's been eight months. Patrick is a very hardheaded, energetic, physically strong youngster. He wears me out after a couple of hours. I truly don't know how tiny Suzanne manages an entire day....still, we love him very, very much!

Buddies

I know, I know...it's been a while and there's a lot of catching up to do. You see, everyone's been healthy for a whole week and I don't know what to do with myself.

Things About Jacob

I know, I know...I still haven't posted holiday pictures (there are none of New Year's). I'll get to that this month. I promise! Hehe.

This will keep everyone entertained for a few days anyway. It was ripped directly from our friends, the Parnells. We both thought it was a great idea. We asked Jacob a series of questions regarding his favorite "things" at age two to see what he'd say. I was suprised at how well he understood most of the questions. All of the answers, obviously outside of "age," "height," and "weight" were his, with no prompting from us.

Jacob Brister
Age: 2.5 years
Height: 3 feet
Weight: 30 lbs.
Favorite color: Brown
Favorite food: Meatballs
Favorite drink: Milk
Favorite dessert: Cookies
Favorite book: Frog and Toad
Favorite show: Barney (urghhhhhh)
Favorite movie: Toy Story 3
Favorite character: Buzz Lightyear
Best friends: Ms. Alexis, Erica, Reece, Lila Bennett (two people one word), Patrick
Favorite place to go: Starbucks
Favorite animal: Animal crackers (it's really Corduroy, the teddy bear)
Favorite songs: Duh-duh-t (I refuse to even admit what this is), Wheels on the Bus
Favorite game: Trains
Favorite toy: Vacuum (urghhhhhh)
Favorite place to visit: Nana and Pawpaw's
Favorite place: Nana and Pawpaw's
Favorite football player: Drew Brees

The Walking Wounded--An Update Head Count

The following have now experienced "The Bug" in some form or fashion:

Jacob Brister-12/23
Davis Brister-12/24
Suzanne Brister-12/25
Patrick Brister-12/26
Nicole Hebert-12/26
Peggy Hebert-12/27
KK Hebert-12/27
Betty Brister-12/27
Ron Hebert-12/28

Amongst the soul survivors:
Ward Brister
Renee and Bill Clements

My ultimate goal after my illness was to make sure to avoid soon-to-be-mommy Renee at all costs to keep her from getting sick. So by those standards, I'd say Christmas was a rousing success!

I will get the few pictures I took online here at some point. At this moment, we are preparing for our trip to Children's Hospital for Jacob to get tubes in his ears. It's early in the morning so say your prayers if you view this late.