MR. INDEPENDANT

The word "Stubborn" has taken on a new meaning and level the last few weeks. Jace has to do everything on his own or he lets us know about it. I don't know what I did, but he is very adamant about what he wants. I am choosing to think of this as a positive thing instead of focusing on the power struggles between us. He has always been this way since very early on. He is very smart and I know he will be determined to be what he wants to be and do what he wants to do in life.



This morning in particular he fussed and fussed at breakfast and so I took it as he was finished eating and let him down. He quickly ran over to the table where J and I were eating and proceeded to whine wanting to get up on the chair. That is where he wanted to finish breakfast.

A few hours later we went to the splash park. For the most part he did his own thing on his own time. Every little bit he would come over to me pulling on his diaper. He doesn't like swim diapers, they bug him. When we were getting ready to go, he almost had the whole thing off.
When he woke up from his nap he was eyeing the bagel I was eating. I love Asiago Cheese bagels and decided to give him a little try. That was the end of that. He insisted on holding it himself (which I usually wouldn't have done but it was a bagel), and ate almost the whole thing until he handed me that last soggy, gnawed on portion when he was done. He thinks he is too big for bite sized pieces now.
I unloaded the new box of diapers and Annie was there so I put her in the box. He quickly started pushing the box out of his room and around the house. Annie could not get out and was stuck at the mercy of a one year old.
He continued pushing it where he wanted to until he got tired of that game. When he came in my room a minute later I went looking for the box and found that he had pushed Annie into a dead end corner and left her there. (Pay no attention to the sewing mess in the back, I've been busy.)This is one of my latest projects. I made a new Diaper and Wipes holder because my other one is getting pretty worn. I love how it turned out and it is cuter in person that in this picture. It looks kind of blah and boring but it isn't.
I love that he is so determined. I need to follow his example and stop procrastinating some of my other projects.