Toddlers and Minivans

Jacob has officially dove into the "terrible two's", even though he is not even 20 months old. He mostly throws his tantrums for me and gives me all the headaches. I've always heard that kids are the worst for their own parents. Why is that? We're the ones that love them the most in this world. Anyhow, being almost 9 months pregnant doesn't help in dealing with a toddler. Jacob doesn't understand that he can't crawl and lay on top of mommy, because it hurts really bad, so that of course makes him upset. He also has his own way of talking back to us, which we are trying really hard to nip sooner rather than later. He's also been waking up in the middle of the night screaming lately. At times, we've had to tend to him, other times, he goes back to sleep on his own, but needless to say, I'm being re-introduced to the world of sleepless nights and the new baby is not even here yet. I do have to say, however, his new "long, slobbery kisses" right on the mouth sure melt my heart and make it hard to stay mad at him. He can be just as sweet as he can sour.

On an exciting note, we broke down last Friday afternoon and got the ever dreaded minivan that all families are destined to at some point in time! The salesman came out to introduce himself as we were peeking in the windows and his first words to us were "you two look too young to be buying a minivan". What can I say? We're about to have child number 2 and if we're going to have a big, non fuel-efficient vehicle, gosh darnit, I want to have plenty of room inside for all the crap we're going to have to haul around. Anyhow, we're really happy with the new vehicle! It should serve us greatly over the next several years. On a side note: It's an 06 Chevy Uplander (supposedly the crossover, so it has kind of an SUV feel to it, which of course, makes us feel better as twenty-somethings.)