March 9, 2008...Dooby Dooby Moo

I spent over 8 hours in the playroom with Jakob yesterday. I'm sore. I woke up this morning really feeling some muscles that I didn't even realize I had. It's all that bouncing on the ball..that darn ball. Jakob sure likes to bounce on the ball.

The jumping has slowed down. We don't do a whole lot of that anymore. And really, there's not that much bouncing anymore. It was just the 8 hours that got me.

Jakob has a new obsession...a book called "Dooby Dooby Moo". It's a riot. He has me read it to him, then he just turns the pages a bunch of times and then he reads it to me. "Dooby, dooby moo, the cows snore. Fa la la la baaaa, the sheep snore. Whacka whacka quack, duck snores." He has his favorite parts...like when the "animals ran to the talent show desk and signed in" and "Duck really wanted that trampoline. He jumped on stage and sang Born to be Wild". I started a couple weeks ago REALLY acting out the story...very dramatic. Apparently, he loves it. He now does all the acting and just giggles. He watches my every move and looks in my eyes non-stop. He's so connected and is truly enjoying every second of interaction. Last night, I couldn't get him to come upstairs to go to bed. Finally, I grabbed the book and he followed me up. He took it to the bedroom and placed it right beside by the bed. Then he climbed in and went to sleep with a smile on his face. He's a trip.

Learning to be more present is the most important lesson I've ever learned...what a difference it makes when I'm with him. To go in that playroom and not think about anything other than just being with him is the greatest feeling ever. I never realized how not-present I was until I tried to be more present. I was constantly worrying about this or thinking about that...all stuff I couldn't do a thing about at the time...just wasted mind-chatter. It's something I think we all are guilty of most of the time. Thank God for Oprah and Eckart Tolle...bringing it to the masses...

In other Jakob news...he's becoming so much more flexible, he's trying to say every word in Dooby Dooby Moo and lots of other words too, he's pulling me all over the house to play with him and he's so interested in everything I'm doing. He's joining my world more every day. It's so wonderful. I couldn't ask for more. Thank you, Son-Rise.