It's Good To Be Jake Allison

It's been awhile since my last entry so a lot has changed. Jake is now 4 1/2 years old, as he calls it "the bigger 4." Jake still stays home with mom so he has the life. I mean THE LIFE. He wakes up around 9, 10 or 11...whenever he feels like rolling out of bed. He lounges in his jammies while breakfast is served to him on a tray. Then he plays video games, watches TV, has snacks handed to him, maybe plays in his room, and maybe a trip to the store where he gets a treat, hot tub, bath, more games, reading, back in the cozy jammies and cuddles up with mom when he feels like resting. It's good to be Jake...

He chooses his breakfast, usually eggs or pancakes or bagels, or cereal. He loves fruit too. He loves kiwis and blueberries. His favorite foods are bagels and cream cheese, Chinese orange chicken- he calls it "wet chicken"-chicken nuggets, vegetables like red peppers, carrots,pretty much all fruits and vegetables, orange juice, pizza, noodles, salami, lil smokies, and whatever is on my plate.

He loves to play Wii or his DS gameboy. He likes me to watch him play Wii. His favorite games are: Lego Star Wars, Sonic, Super Mario Bros. His favorite TV show is Wild Kratts. He also loves Batman. His favorite movie of the moment is "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules."

For Christmas this year Jake asked Santa for a Nintendo 3DS and a Batman guy. He got both. He loves them to death. He also received a 3D Mario Land DS game, Star Wars DS game and big stuffed Mario (from Grandpa Allison and Grandma Carol), Sonic Black Knight Wii game, Skylanders Wii game, Broncos uniform, Minnesota Vikings Jersey, Pillow Pet & Mr. Freeze (fom Reese), Power Ranger Wii game and a book (from Grammy & Grandpa), Halo guy (from Aunt Leslie), Marvel Super Heroes magnetic dart board, Star Wars Lego and Hot Wheels (from Noyes family), a Robin Lego mini figure (from John), and lots of stocking stuffer toys and candy. We went to the Rooses' on Christmas Eve and several family members told me & Mike how impressed they were with our boys; how well-behaved they are. I got a card after Christmas from Aunt Pam and she wrote Uncle Tom was still talking about how impressed he was by John and Jake. That makes me proud of them. (It must be all the yelling and threatening I do at them everyday lol:)

Jake loves to go to the hot tub and jump in yelling "cannon ball!" And he holds his breath under water now. He likes to run sprints and show me how fast he runs. And he does run fast! He's got a lot of energy. He's always jumping around and doing gymnastics moves and he loves to dance. His favorite song is "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. He demands it played in the car. Too funny.

John is still the center of Jake's world. When John is at school Jake asks a few times if it's time to go get him yet. "Now is it time??" When it is time, Jake stops whatever he is doing immediately and gets ready to pick John up from the bus stop. He hugs John BIG when John gets off the bus. Same thing when we drop him off at the bus stop in the morning. He hugs John and says "I love you" and waves and blows kisses til we can't see John through the bus window anymore. So sweet. Will they always love each other this much? I hope so. The boys get along pretty good. They fight and yell but they get over it fast and play constantly together. They like the same stuff.

The boys still love to wrestle each other. But they love to wrestle their dad even more. They team up on him and Jake says he rescues John from dad. He loves to climb all over dad and sit on his shoulders. He loves his daddy. Jake is over the infamous cold-shoulder stage but he still gets really mad at you for the littlest reasons. If you say something he wanted to say first or help him too much with something he yells and says, "I'm mad! Yew didn't wisten!" But he says it with a lot of rage. He'll stomp upstairs to a self-put time-out and then appear about 5 or 10 minutes later with the sweetest most infectious smile and say, "Mom, I'm sorry." And all is right in the world again and he is happy as can be.

Jake is still a tiny guy. I think he weighs 31 lbs or so. He's skinny with 6-pack abs, maybe 8-pack. He has a tiny body but he packs a mean punch. Watch out. We went to Big Al's a few weeks ago and dad bowled a terrible game. I was winning big and loving it so I made fun of Mike laughing and called him a "loser" (it's rare that I am better than Mike at something sport-ish so it was a glorious feeling) and it was as if a switch went off in Jake's brain. His smile vanished and his brows lowered and he came at me like a freight train. He punched me! And he said, "DON'T CALL MY DAD A LOSER!!" He was so upset. Then he got in big trouble because nobody punches mommy. But it was kinda funny because he was defending his dad and just lost his cool. Hmmm, sounds a little like stories from his dad's childhood...hence his nicknames: Mini-Mike a.k.a. Chachito.

Jake is very sweet and kind and happy and affectionate most of the time. He is the best hugger ever. He loves to hug. I can look at him when I'm stressed or tired or annoyed and he gives me the biggest eye-squinting smile and it makes me smile too. Jakey!