Follow the Yellow Brick Road

My mommy's favorite movie is the Wizard of OZ. She loved watching up with my grandpa (as she has told me). In honor of her love for the movie we dressed up like the Wizard of OZ characters. I must admit that I don't really know anything about the movie. Mommy says I am too young to really appreciate it. Though she promised me that some day I would get to see it. Grown ups have no appreciation for my intelligence. I mean come on people. I write my own blog (and have since I was just weeks old) I would think that would get you some respect but no.

I guess I will have to wait to see what it is they have dressed me up like. Maybe it's better I don't know how much they have embarrassed me! Though I will say that they are just as goofy looking as I am.

Here is the photo evidence of what happened.....

Buy Locally

This is my first opinion piece. When I started writing it, it was not my intention to really talk about my opinions but it ended up being that way. It is my opinion that everyone should buy produce at their local market. There is my opinion. Do with it what you will!

I believe this for several reasons.

1) my mommy and daddy told me to

2) It puts money into local families hands and

3) It is better for you and the economy all around.

4) I just personally think it is fun. My mommy straps me in and away we go. Looking at all the wonderful sights.

Here are some pictures of the farmers market.Here I am checking out the sweet potatoes at one of the stands. They are grown here locally in Greensboro and sold at the local Farmer's Market. My mommy and Daddy and I got some sweet potatoes to make some food for me. Yeah! I will let you know how it turns out.

Looking at all the pretty flowers they sell at the market. We are going to make some pretty flower beds at home. Once we have some more time.Here is the bounty of our morning at the market. We will be eating lots of yummy things from these fruits and veggies. I will get to have the potatoes and the squash and I think mommy and daddy are planning on having the cauliflower, eggplant, green beans, broccoli and the apples. So if you have a farmers market near you....you should visit it. It's fun.

My Day in Numbers

4 months= how old I am

14 lb 6oz = how much I weigh

25 inches= how long I am

1= number of times I peed on the doctor

2 = number of shots and cool band aids I got

2- number of cool parents I have that went with me

30 %= The percentile I am in the weight category...down a little from where I have been. Got to step up the eating.

Life is Hard

For those of you who fallow my blog and thats probably most of you that are reading this...lets face it thats why you are reading it, I apologize. It has been 10 whole days since I have written a blog post. Not acceptable. All I have to say in my defense is that life is hard. Really hard. You big people just don't know what my life is like. I have this toy that my mommy and daddy put me in and its really hard work. I jump up and down working really hard and I never seem to go anywhere. So I just gave up where I was.

Pumpkin Fail

Parents are a lot of work. They are never satisfied and always want to create moments. I mean why does every baby have to have pictures in front of a pumpkin? Is it some sort of right of passage that I take a cute picture in front of a round orange vegetable? For decades parents have been propping up their young children so they can have some sort of keepsake like every other parent. For decades babies have been the subject to this abuse and I Jacob Max Eddy will no longer stand for it. I have decided to take a stand. I therefor refuse to be pictured like some puppet next to the pumpkins. Here are pictures of my escapades and stand against baby cruelty. Cute picture....You want a cute picture hunh? Yeah right. Give up. I will not be subject to this.

I eventually won and mom gave up taking pictures of me and just decided to take pictures of the pretty pumpkins.

Fall

I have noticed something lately. Its pretty crazy. I don't know if you all have noticed but its not as warm as it was before. When I wake up in the morning there is a little chill in the air....and you know what? I like it. I get to wear lots of warm and snugglie things. I also get to hide some of that extra chub in big polos and sweatshirts and cozy things. Any one with me on that one?

Happy Fall!

Birthdays and more Birthdays

There are a lot of important people in my life that have Birthdays this month. I wanted to post some pictures in honor of all those people. The first is a picture I took to send to my Grandpa in Maine for his Birthday. Though the Soxs maybe out of it this year, I have faith in them. And my parents have already told me no Yankee fans as girlfriends. They said anything but a Yankees fan. I think there is some history there. Redsox and Yankees must have some sort of thing going on. Guess I will learn more about that in the future.The following pictures are from another Birthday in the family in OCtober. Its only the 5th and there have been several important Birthdays in the family (and I hear another important one coming up soon). I went to my cousin Caleb's 4th Birthday this past weekend.
This is me sucking my thumb (all the cool kids do it). I was resting up before the big festivities.
This is me and my cousin Caleb. I'm looking down at all the cool toys he got for his Birthday. I may or may not have been looking for ways to make a great escape with all the loot. If he asks I have no comment.I smiled for the camera much better this time.
Thats Caleb with his Batman cake. It was blue on the inside. Everyone else at the party got to eat some but me. I feel kind of left out of all the festivities. They could have at least put that cool blue color in my bottle. Since their cake was blue.

So there is it is my celebration of other people's Birthdays in the past week. I know the last few months have all been about me so I am trying to focus on other people too so I'm not so selfish sounding all the time.

Just Hanging Out

I don't really have much to say. Its been cold and rainy for a few days here in Greensboro and so I haven't done a whole lot. Adventure has been put on hold. Basically I have been just chilling which sometimes happens in life. But to tide my readers over for the week I have a photo shoot I did with my Daddy this morning. Tyra eat your heart out!

Food, what's that about?

So all this time I have been getting food from my bottle or mommy. When I am hungry she takes care of it with little work from me. I'm so important that all I have to do is tell them (by crying) and they feed me. The big people around me are not as important as I am because they have to feed themselves. No one does it for them.

Well things in my life changed dramatically this week. My mommy put some food on my spoon and made me eat it for myself. Here are some pictures of my adventure with that spoon thing. Enjoy!

This is me staring at my mommy. Wondering what she was doing with that bowl and spoon.

Hmmm. This is really interesting. What are you looking at?

Maybe if I rub my fist in it, it will be really fun.....

and it was fun!

Happy Birthday to Me

On my 3 month birthday I thought I would share some of my reflections with you all. Three months to most of you is nothing, but to me it feels like a life time. (thats my attempt to be witty at a young age). I can't believe how fast the time has gone and how much has changed. I asked my mom to share some of her thoughts to go with mine. We have put together thoughts on the day I was born and today.

WARNING: This post might be a little sappy

June 22, 2010: Thoughts from my Mom

Jacob, this is a picture of me holding you for the very first time. I don't know if I spent the next 18 years of my life if I could describe to you what that felt like. Your Birthday feels like 3 days smashed together into one long day. I won't bore you with all the details of your birth, but I was very happy to finally meet you. After all the crazy things I put you through in the womb, I was sure you would come out holding dumbells and reciting geometry proofs. Your Birthday was filled with so many highs and lows. When I went to the hospital they thought something was wrong with you because you had gone to the bathroom when you were supposed to. That was scary but turned out okay. Then there was finally getting to meet you which was amazing. You looked so much like your daddy. Then they took you away from me to the NICU and it went back to scary. Though I knew you would be okay. In that amazing day I felt so much love from our friends and family and realized how lucky you were and how lucky I am.

June 22,2010: Thoughts from Me

Wow what a day! I woke up this morning to my mommys belly pushing on me every couple minutes telling me to get out and then really early in the morning she kicked me out of my home. I was all warm and snuggly in there and then they kicked me out to a cold place with lots of people looking at me. I was pretty excited though to get to finally meet my mommy and my daddy. I had been wondering what they would look like for a long time.

This is a picture of my daddy coming to visit me in the place that they took me when I went away from mommy and daddy for a while. It looks like we were talking about something pretty deep.

September 22, 2010: Thoughts from My Mom

Three months have gone by and I can't believe how much you have changed. If you were to look at me over any given 3 month period most people would hardly say I changed. You on the other hand are a new person every morning. Its like magic over night you learn to do something new. No matter how hard my day is and how many teenagers swear at me or frustrate me you truly know how to relieve my stress. Whether its sucking on your thumb or your whole fist you can truly entertain me. I wasn't sure how I would feel about being a mom. I'm not a touchy-feely person (I'm not a hugger), I'm extremely stubborn and I have not held a baby since I was in middle school. I can tell you know that I'm still not sure if I am any good at it but I love it. I know I will be forever learning and these past few weeks have been hard. I'm trying to figure out how to be a full time mom, full time teacher, full time friend, full time wife, full time dog trainer and full time adventurer. There are days when I feel like I'm failing at all of them and others where I feel like I might be able to just pull this off. There are two things I can promise you 1) I will give you must best 2) You will always have adventure in your life.

September 22. 2010: Thoughts from Me

Like I said...a lot has happened in three months. I won't recap it for you since I have blogged about most of it all along for you. I will just say that life is pretty cool and everyday I learn something new. I am currently working on rolling over, sucking my whole hand at once and grasping for things. I will keep you updated on how it goes.

Fun at Carowinds

I apologize for the gap in posting this week. It was a long one. It all started last Sunday when my grandma called to tell me that my Blog had been deleted. Apparently someone hacked into mommie's email and as a result they shut down my blog for suspicious activity. After some time and work on mommies part the blog was restored and I am back in business.

So after all that has been said.....I wanted to share about the fun day that my family. Last Sunday our family traveled to Carowinds (which is an amusement park for those of you far away). These are pictures of me riding on the rides having fun. I believe everyone should take a day and relax and hang out with the family. It is good to take time out of your busy schedule and just kick back and relax. We all need some time to rest and have fun with our families. I highly recommend it. The next time you feel tired. Take some family time. It will restore you!

Here is some video of me on the antique car ride. Just through Snoopy Town at Carowinds.

I did have many ladies looking at me. Thats what happens when you have cool shades and are driving an antique car!

So happy...

I finally figured out how to get sound on the blog.....I'm learning!

The Importance of Studying

I am here with a public service announcement to all my fellow children of the world. You need to study to do well in school! It may sound simple but apparently the youth of today have forgotten this simple truth. What to do with kids these days? I learned this while helping my mother grade her Honors Algebra 2 tests this week. It took her forever to grade them since they were so bad, so she enlisted my help.

This is me taking a break. I got so tired of writing, "split your absolute values". They all forgot to split their absolute value equations. It was frustrating! I hate when people do that!
Man this kid made up his own math. It was like no math I had seen before. He added 3/2 plus 5/11 is some how 3/7....what is with that kid?
Man this teaching thing is hard work. Here I am still plugging away....If I never see another Honors Algebra 2 test again.....it will be too soon!

So lesson learned, make sure you study. It makes grading a whole lot easier for your teachers!

Snuggie Life

I apologize for my slackness in posting on my Blog. I have been very busy these days with school, hanging out with my mom and dad, sleeping and eating. Even with all these escapades I have managed to add a few new things in my life and I wanted to share one of my favorites with you. I have been reading other people's blog (to see the competition out there!) and have noticed a lot of product reviews, so I thought I would do one myself.

Disclaimer: I was not paid by any one for my opinions and they are not necessarily the opinions of my parents or friends.

My new favorite thing is my Baby Snuggie. While it is not Snuggie brand it serves essential the same purpose. It keeps you warm and snugglie while keeping your hands free for many activities. This affords me the freedom I desire while keeping warm in over air conditioned places.

Notice how my hands are kept free for thumb sucking. A very important activity that I enjoy having the freedom to partake in whenever I want with out having to rearrange blankets.
A close up of the freedom I have found in my baby snuggie. THe thumb sucking is a new favorite of mine. I will post more on this later.

If you are of the adult variety you might like the snuggie pictured below to keep you warm.I included this picture below because of the craziness of it. While doing research for this story I came across this, which is entitled "Baby Snuggie". I am not really sure how I feel about this. It's a little creepy looking. That baby looks like he is growing out of his mommy. I do realize that I grew inside my mommy for a long while, but never coming out of her like some alien. Sounds like a weird horror movie if you ask me!

Splish Splash

My adventures in pools. I think pools are pretty cool and here are my adventures in them. This is going to be mostly a picture post. Life is busy and makes me tired. When your fingers are really small it takes a lot of work to type a lot. So I hope you can sit back relax and enjoy the pictures of me. You can narrate what I was thinking for yourself. You people are creative make something cool up!

My Daddy and I at the pool in Maine. Maine pools are a bit on the nippy side!

I think someone was saying something very interesting to me while I was in the Maine pool.

This was my visit to the NC pool. They like to keep their pools warm down here. Though my aunt Barbara mentioned something about the pee in the pool. I'm not sure exactly what she meant by that.

Its sunny down here so my mommy made me wear this goofy hat. She is so uncool.

All My New Friends

I was born at a very fortunate time, since I have lots of friends my age to play with. I'm excited to teach them all the things that I have learned in my time here in this world. These are some pictures of me new friends and my advice for them as well....

This is my second cousin Sydnie. It took me some time to figure out that relationship. She was born a few weeks ago. Notice how I am twice her size. She is tiny.

This is my friend Harrison. I didn't get a picture of the two of us together yet, but here he is in the hospital. He was just born a week ago.

I want to share what I have learned with my new friends, so Harrison and Sydnie here is what I have learned in my first 2 months.

• Food is great. Make sure you eat lots of it. I have found the more I eat the more rolls I get and people seem to think my rolls are cute.
• The big people go crazy when you smile. All you have to do is turn up the side of your mouth and they think you are amazing. They take pictures, show friends and laugh themselves about it.
• Blowing bubbles in your bath tub is so fun. Just release your butt cheeks and let the fun begin.
• You have to keep your parents on their toes. I have found peeing and pooping on them or when they take my diaper off is a fun way to keep them guessing.
• Your thumb can be an awesome sucking toy. Its better than the pacifier because it is always with you. You don't have to rely on those crazy parents to have a pacifier with them. You carry your thumb with you all the time.

Those are the biggies that I have learned in my two months of life....I hope that helps little ones.