On your mark, Get set, "Go!"

In the beginning... "should I jump or should I go??"
April 2008 at Great-Grandpa and Grandma Bellows

Jayce continues to suprise us with new words, although definitely not on a daily basis. His favorite daily words continue to be mama and jump, but he has now added Go to his daily vocabulary. He refuses to say any helpful words, like milk or raisins, but instead prefers the action words. Jaeden and Joel play an eating game that starts with on your mark, get set, GO, and Jayce loves to finish the phrase with GO!!! He also loves to say the word 'Go' and then takes off running around the house. Jayce has also learned to roar, and he loves to roar at you and then runs away wanting you to chase him. He laughs the entire time while running and roaring!!

Jaeden the Ob/Gyn

Jaeden with Baby Bodie, end of April 2008.

I know it's a little early to know what Jaeden's career path will be, but if you had to decide at the age of 2 our choice would probably be an Ob/Gyn. Yes, this sounds strange for a 2 year old boy, but it is very in line with Jaeden's interest. Jaeden has been obsessed with little babies for quite a while, at least since Jayce was born if not before that. He loves to admire and hold very little babies, such as Bodie and Brandon, whenever possible. Jaeden still frequently wants to hold Jayce like a little baby, however, Jayce rarely cooperates.

About 2 months ago, out of the blue Jaeden asked when are we going to have another baby? As he noticed that Jayce is becoming more of a big boy. Of course, we told him we will have more babies, but not for awhile. Several days after that while showing his babysitter his brother's room, he said this is where the new baby will sleep (while pointing to the crib). Of course we had to tell her, we are not pregnant, Jaeden just loves babies.

Jaeden's favorite movie segment (yes, segment since he will not sit more than 15-20mins to view an entire movie), is "Baby going to the hospital" as he calls it, from Cheaper by the Dozen 2, where the pregnant daughter is rushed to the hospital to deliver the baby. He has seen this segment close to 50 times, and can almost quote the entire thing with his favorite line being "I'm having a BABY HERE!!!!"

So this morning, shortly after he woke up, we were all sitting in the living room, when Jaeden lifted his shirt and looking at his stomach, asked "How does the belly open??" Being early in the morning, I was thinking as the belly in terms of food, not babies. First I stated the belly doesn't open it just holds your food and drinks. Then he asked, "How does the baby come out?" Joel and I were both shocked to hear our 2 year old ask about how babies are delivered. We proceeded to tell him some about c-sections and I don't remember what else, but it was enough to appease his ever questioning mind!!

Words and More Words

Jaeden at almost 16 months, Jan 2007

Jayce one year ago, July 2007

This evening made me hopeful that Jayce will soon be using more words and less "ahnhn" (currently his word for everything!) and pointing. His new favorite activity is standing on the coffee table or ottoman and attempting to jump. Of course being only 14 months, he does still require help to lower himself to the ground, and is not truly 'jumping'. However, he repeatedly kept saying "jump" every time!! I do wonder why both of my kids have always been so eager to jump. A normal child is able to jump between the age of 2-3 years. Jaeden was successfully jumping with both feet off the ground several months before he turned 2 years, and it seems that Jayce will be following in his lead. The scary thing is being able to read Jayce's mind eventhough he is not talking. His face definitely reads "How do I make myself jump?"

The other words Jayce shared with us this evening were Dog and thank you. He has said thank you before, but it's been awhile, and it was the first time he said dog that I know of. At least my mom was here to vouch for these words because when I tried to have Jayce tell his daddy the words, he thought it was funnier to blow raspberries.

Another story from this morning: We were all sitting at the breakfast table, when Joel asked 'what do we do before we eat?' and Jayce instantly folded his arms, and i think attempted to say the word 'prayer' He responded much faster than Jaeden.

Memory Lane: By 15 months, Jaeden was regularly using the words - outside, elephant, horse, cat, dog, pancake, apple, mama, dada, more, all done, help, no, up, 'hold you', teletubbies
By 19 months, Jaeden was counting from one to ten.

A regular day at the Jorgensen house

So, when i have the time I will try to share the funny thoughts of a two year old. Jaeden has been potty trained since February, but just the past 1-2 weeks, he holds it until the absolute last minute usually resulting in slightly damp underwear. We typically know when he needs to go and have to persuade him to stop to use the bathroom. I use to think it was because he just didn't want to stop playing, but today I realized he never wants to leave the room because he's afraid someone aka jayce will take the toy he's playing with. Tonight Jaeden was playing with a new circus train set, jayce was in bed sleeping and we were eating dinner. Jaeden was still afraid someone was going to take his train he if left to go potty. A short while later Jaeden needed some help with a toy, and the lazy parents we are, we tried to encourage him to bring it to the table for help. Instead he told me 'don't worry, no one will take your food, i'll make sure' He always knows just what to say!!

Today was aunt mandy's birthday and jayce's 14 month birthday. He wished her happy birthday this morning in his single word language "ahnhnhn" It's amazing how different each child is. Jaeden was still not walking at this age, and jayce is running. Joel was chasing him tonight (one of jayce's favorite games), and jayce almost knocked me down while I was walking down the hall. It's amazing how fast he runs, although i know it's in the genes.
Of course, Jaeden was saying and signing over 50 words at this age, and the only two words jayce says regularly are 'mama' and 'amen' he has said a handful of other words, but only on rare occasions. Just over the past 2-3 days, Jayce has started to fold his arms for prayer. If you tell him it's time to pray he will stop and hold his arms. He then anticipates when to say amen, so it usually comes a little earlier.

On the subject of church, Sunday during sacrament meeting I was sitting between jaeden and joel. During one of the prayers, i hear jaeden whispering, "daddy close your eyes, daddy close your eyes" I had to nudge joel so he could pray correctly. Jaeden obviously knows the rules, we just wish he would chose to follow them more often.

Once we obtain some recent pics off my parent's camera, I will have more interesting things to share. The first week or two of blogs will not be chronological. I want to try and go back a blog some recent happenings.

Initial Blog

So, I have created a new blog, since we have no clue how to access the first short lived blog from over one year ago. My goal is to post at least once a week. So hopefully I will keep up with my goal. Pictures will be added more regularly as my skills improve. I created this blog (not joel) so I will remember how to access it :) We hope you all enjoy our daily moments with silly jaeden and goofy jayce. And not to be missed is the OHIO STATE inspired background. Yes, both of these pictures are over 4 months old, since we rarely upload pics off our camera, which that is to change very soon!!!