7 months old

Jacob turned 7 months old yesterday. It's amazing the progression he has made in a month. He is crawling now and he loves to babble. He also loves to make high pitch noises. It's actually pretty funny. He is getting two more teeth in....his eye teeth on top have broken through but aren't quite all the way in yet. He is eating more baby food now. He started eating cereal and fruit at daycare for breakfast and then he eats a fruit and vegetable for dinner at night. He's starting to get the hang of it, but he likes to grab at the spoon. I think he wants to feed himself. I think we'll try to wait on that a while.

Above is Jacob's favorite position when he is on the floor. He just props himself up and hangs out watching whatever is going on.

He likes to crawl under his jumper and play with his toys.

He's ready to crawl.

Thanksgiving

We had a very good Thanksgiving. We had dinner at Grandma Sharon's house and it was great food. Grandma Priscilla came up for a visit. It was lots of fun. She and Greatgrandma Doris spent the day with us at Grandma Sharon's. We ate and chatted and played. We played so much that Jacob thought he'd miss something so he didn't take a very long nap. We did more visiting on Friday too.

Here's Jacob and Grandma Priscilla hanging out in the chair before dinner.

Six months old

Jacob turned six-months old on Wednesday. He had his checkup on Thursday. He got his usual shots, plus he got the first dose of the flu shot. He did really good. He is getting his first two teeth. They started coming in last weekend. They are really pushing through. He is definitely a growing boy. Here are his six-month stats:

Weight: 21 lbs 7 ozs -- 95th percentile

Height: 28 inches -- 98th percentile

Head: 17 1/2 inches -- 90th percentile

I snapped a picture of Jacob with his mouth open. You can kinda see his teeth.

Random pics of Jacob and Adalee

Jacob is trying out his solids. We've tried rice cereal, peas, peaches, and applesauce. He's doing a good job with it. He likes the cereal thicker and the fruits are a bit sour to him. He makes the sour face when he eats.




Here Ade throwing herself back like she loves to do.



Jacob and his awesome smile!!



Here they are having a wrestling match!! :)

Here is Grandma Sharon with the kids at the bowling alley.

Jacob and Adelee are having a crawling race.

Halloween

Here are a few pictures from Halloween. Jacob was a bow hunter and Adalee was a cow.

Trying to crawl

Jacob is getting ready to crawl as you can see in this video.

Halloween at Daddy's Work

On October 19th, the guard base had Halloween for all the kids. Jacob and I and Grandma Sharon went up for the event. It was a good time. There was a lot of kids there with a variety of costumes. Jacob is a bow hunter and Jackson (the son of one of the women Jeff works with) is a tiger.

Here daddy and Jacob in their camo again.

Jacob's First Deer

Daddy got a deer the other weekend. Jacob got his first pictures with a deer. He's even all decked out in his camo outfit just like daddy. He doesn't know what to think about the deer.

4-month checkup

Jacob had his 4-month check-up yesterday. He his healthy. He is progressing and developing has he should be. Here are his stats from the appointment.

Weight 18 lb 12 oz 95th percentile
Height 27 inches 95th percentile
Head 17.5 inches 90th percentile

4 Months

Jacob is 4-months old already. I can't believe how the time has gone by. He is growing by leaps & bounds. He loves to babble and he has the cutest little giggle. He has started to roll over just this week. He can roll from back to tummy and tummy to back. It's so fun to watch all the new things he can do. He loves to stand up on our laps and jump. We got him a new jumper activity center a couple of weeks ago. He seems to really like it. Once he gets use to it, I think he will jump in it more. That's all for now.

Cousins Playing

Grandma Sharon babysat Jacob and Adalee the other weekend. I got some cute pictures of them playing together.

1st Twins Game!!

We took Jacob to his first Twins game on Sunday. I think he enjoyed himself...he was really good. I think we may have been on TV, but no one saw the game to verify. The girls right behind us were on TV, so I don't know if we got in the shot. After the game, they allowed all the kids to go out on the field to run the bases. We took Jacob down too and I ran the bases with him. It was a good time.

We made a Circle Me Bert sign, but I don't know if we got circled!!

This is down on the field before we ran the bases.

Here we are at home plate after the trip around the bases. It was lots of fun. I think I heard Jacob giggle a little on the way around.

Here we took a picture by the TC behind home plate.

Jacob was so pooped, he fell asleep in the carrier on the light rail ride back to the car.

Here Jacob is with his baseball cap on taking a snooze on the car ride home.

Visitors

We had visitors from Oregon this week. Aunt Sheila and cousin Danielle came to visit on their way to drop Danielle off at college in Minot. She will be a freshman this fall. Sheila and Danielle spent all day Monday with Jacob. He enjoyed the day, but in the pictures he's a little tired so he wasn't in the smiling mood. He had so much fun that he slept the entire night, didn't wake up until 5 am, which is when I normally get up. He hasn't done that again though. Hopefully we're getting there. Thanks for the visit guys!! :)

11 Weeks

Jacob had his 2-month check-up on Monday. He weighed in at 15 lbs 5 oz and is 25 1/2 inches long. He is growing like a champ. He is in the 95th and 97th percentile for weight and height respectively. He also got his first set of shots. He did very well with them. He just cried for a little bit and wasn't real fussy later or the next day. He is making more noises now and smiling lots and laughing a little. That's the update for now.

Going to Ellen's Shower

We went to a shower for my cousin Andy's baby Ellen today. Jacob enjoyed his time with Great-Grandma Doris. She held him and played with him for quite sometime. She made him smile and laugh, it was so cute.

Here is a picture of Great-Grandma holding both of her Great-Grandchildren.

Here I am holding cousin Ellen.

Here's a picture of the 3 babies that were at the shower. Dawson, Ellen & Jacob.

Here are a couple of just the two cousins, Ellen & Jacob.

2 Months Old

On July 12th, Jacob was 2 months old. He is growing and growing!! We go in for his 2 month checkup in a week. We will then get to see just how much he is growing. Here are some of his 2 month pictures.