Bye bye!

We're off to our first vacation as a family....not only are we taking our first vacation we are DRIVING! First stop, Six Flags Magic Mountain then to sunny San Diego to visit with some friends!

Wish us luck!!!!!

Time Flies...Happy Five Months, Bug!

It's hard to believe that almost five months ago, I went to bed after having a glass of wine expecting to have four more weeks of pregnancy bliss to wake up the next day to my water breaking and welcoming our son later that afternoon. They told me time would fly but it really has! Jacob is doing all sorts of fun things...except rolling over which he did at four months then has been protesting the act since then!

Here are the highlights:

1. Laughing uncontrollably when he does something funny or your laugh at him when he does something funny.

2. Finally likes tummy time and is doing this cute swimming thing. Maybe he'll start crawling before he rolls over again....

3. Started teething. No teeth yet but he is a drooling machine!

4. Talks/babbles like crazy. Sometimes at night when we put him to bed and he isn't sleeping yet, we can hear him just talking away on the monitor. It's so cute...it's the sweetest sound!

5. Happy baby pose...just like the yoga pose, he has discovered his feet and toes. It's so cute when he grabs his pants to help pull his feet closer to his hands. Then he just stares at his feet as he curls and flexes his toes.

Here are a few pictures of Jacob including the monthly birthday picture...he is getting SO BIG! And he's got crazy hair!

August Fun Time

I've been kind of slacking on the posts this month so I'm posting a couple of things back to back....

This month, a person that is super special to me, my Aunt Shar (yes, she is white but she's as close to blood as they come), came to visit for just a night. She met Jacob when he was four days young at my baby shower and was surprised to see how big he's become in just a few short months. We had a nice time catching up...we haven't spend quality time like this in a long time. Thanks for visiting and come back soon!


We also started Gymboree classes. I'm part of a couple of mom's groups but Gymboree has been a nice addition to our weekly activities. It also turns out that a number of the moms that go to Gymboree are also in my mom's groups and we've formed our own playgroup which has morphed into a walking group.

YUMMMM! Prunes!!!

Well, our little guy is a great eater and has been eating almost 36 oz of milk a day so that's not been a problem for him. Instead, he has a little tummy problem and doesn't "go" regularly...as in, sometimes he doesn't go for NINE days!!!! (If you had asked me a year ago what the hot topic in my life would be I would never have answered "POOP!"). Lucky for us, that only happened once but he definitely doesn't go daily or every other day for that matter.

So, while most babies start eating baby food by eating rice cereal, Jacob has been a daily regime of prunes. He loves them, is a great eater and can't get enough! And that little magical fruit has put poop back on our radar everyday, sometimes multiple times :)