he must be faking it

we were convinced that jacob was teasing us as he limped around this morning, babying his right foot. but after 5 minutes or so, we were pretty sure that his 2 year old mind couldn't have held on to it for that long, and we knew something was wrong. we checked his leg and foot thoroughly for ouchies, a bite, a splinter, swelling, any kind of pain whatsoever- to no avail. an hour later, as jacob was no longer trying to walk but now crawling everywhere he went, is when we were worried enough to call the dr, who told us to head on into his office, he wanted to check it out for himself. so after jacob's nap we headed to the dr's office. we were quite baffled, as was the dr, since jacob seemed to have no pain, but would still not bear weight on his right leg. jacob even crawled around the exam room floor. (jesse and i were sure that we would get to the dr and jacob would miraculously be healed- you know like when you take you car to the shop and suddenly it doesn't make "that noise" for the mechanic). the dr diagnosed it as toxic synovitis and said the only treatment was ibuprofen. well, it seemed to do the trick. jacob got his first dose at the dr's and by the time we were home he was walking much better, and after dinner he played as if nothing had ever been wrong. i did notice the ibuprofen must have started wearing off by bed time, because i saw a little bit of limp. another exciting, exhausting day in the life of jacob benjamin pié. boy was he thrilled after dinner when he got to enjoy the sucker from the dr's office!

so we've notcied a lot more interaction between jacob and kate recently. she will giggle when he giggles, and he will squeal when she squeals. they go back and forth and it's pretty darn cute. he hasn't really paid much attention to her in her 9 months of life, but now we are starting to really enjoy watching the brother-sister relationship as they become more aware of each other.


she studies her big brother as he does everything- she has even been so bold as to try to share a toy with him (aka steal it out of his hands). jacob has started "mothering" her as she is now getting into things and places in which she doesn't belong. "no katie pie. no touch!" where has he heard that before??!
here's kate this morning playing with her brother's guitar


(sorry- her face is a little blurry- i never claimed to be a photographer- i am more of a point-and-shoot kind of a gal)

and here is baby-zilla, knocking down the beautiful road that jacob (aka mommy) built

"maybe brother won't see me if i try to grab that block over there."


on the 4th of july, it rained all day and we never got to use our sparklers. we found them last night and daddy and jacob enjoyed the sparklers for a bit (a 12-pack's worth of time). jacob was loving it!