Better

Better day today with the Jakers. Omma went out for dins with the ladies so it was just me and Jake after I picked him up. We came home, did some house stuff, ate. After dins he was crying. He wanted his omma. He pointed at the door, cried, and said "Omma!" I took him for a walk, but it didn't help, he cried almost the whole night. I held him as he cried and sang songs. At one point he pointed at the bed. I put him in and he was out.

Out.

Song of the Day: Morrissey: That's Entertainment

Boozoos

Picked up the Jakers early this afternoon, but I didn't take him to the park. I decided to head back to Hawaii Kai to get the car washed. When Jake was 5-6 months old, I took him through the car wash and he hated it. He screamed, hooted, and hollered. I was a little scared to take him through, but I did and he was fine. He was actually curious about the whole ordeal. As a reward for being a curious kid, I took him to Bubbies for some mochi. He was on cloud nine. Funny bit is that the 16-ish year old girl that was working there was wearing a Black Flag t-shirt. I asked if she really listened to them (never seen a BF t in Hawaii) and she said "Not lately b/c I'm too busy. I do like oldies music though." I was shocked. Oldies?! They're not oldies! Man, I felt like a fogey.

Song of the Day: Black Flag (of course): TV Party

Me & Mrs. Jake

No blog last night b/c I went to the baseball game. Jake went to Sunhee and Lina's to hang out. I took The Bus home so I didn't get in until late.

Today was all me an Jake. Mom had to work all day, so it was just the two of us from 6 to 6. We took it slow in the AM, I made Jake's breaky (figs, cheese, and tomatoes) and I had a grilled cheese. He was restless so we went to see nana at work before his swim lesson. He fell asleep on the way so he didn't get to say hi. Although it was a rainy day, we went to his swim lesson regardless. The pool is heated and he really likes the water, so we went. There were only 3 out of about 7 kids there, so it was nice. He really is good in the water. Afters we went to see mom, ate lunch and headed home. He slept on the way, but only for a short while. As mom was on her way home, we went shopping for dins, came home, he had a bathers with mom, we ate and he slept.

Oh Wait..he had a haircut too! He looks awesome. He's so easy in the chair too. He just sits there, staring at everyone.

Good day.

Song of the Day: Band of Horses: Is There a Ghost?

Oh, The Pain

The picture doesn’t tell the story of today. It was actually a Jake and me day in the afternoon because mom took the other car. We spent it together, first at the house, where we cleaned and read a book. At one point Jake decided he wanted to call mom, but I was using the phone so he went through the stages that eventually led him to the tears you see here: longing eyes; incredulousness that I would deny him the phone; crocodile tears; full on wail. What happened next was interesting. I told him, “Jake, I’m using the phone, you’ll have to wait. Can you wait?”

He replied (sans tears), “Ung (yes).”

I said, “Can you stop now?”

“Ung.”

"Can you hug daddy, say sorry?” He hugged me and that was that.

I hope I handled it the right way.

Later we took a walk to Safeway where we met mom. We brought sushi home for dins. Slept well.

Song of the Day: REM: Everybody Hurts