Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Crawling is for suckers!
Jacob is walking more and more the past couple of days. He has taken several steps at a time, and will walk to something he wants, not just to people. He is very excited about his new talent, as are Mommy and Daddy! Sometimes he will stand and clap for himself. We think he is going to be ready to show off for everyone at his birthday party.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Walking Video
I have a video of Jacob walking. It's a 2 minute clip, and the walking is at the end. For the rest of it, he's playing and just being his funny self. If you have high-speed internet and can watch it, enjoy!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
11 Months Old
I ask this all the time, but where has this year gone? In one month, Jacob will have celebrated his one year birthday! He is having a grand old time this summer. We go on a lot of outings, and he is learning more and more each week. He really impresses us with the things he can figure out for himself.
What does he do all day, you ask? His favorite thing to do is walk. He walks along furniture, along walls, and most importantly, holding on to one or both of a grown up's hands. Even though he takes some steps on his own, he still prefers to hold on or crawl. When he does take a few steps though, he gets a huge smile on his face. He knows that he's doing something impressive! He also loves to play with his toys. It's fun to see him get more involved with his playing, instead of just chewing on them. What else...he LOVES his books. We read to him, but he recently learned how to turn pages, so he will often sit and just turn pages in his books for several minutes at a time. His favorite book is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
Our biggest accomplishment in the past month is SLEEP! He finally takes naps in his crib, after 10 months of needing to be held. Not only that, but he suddenly takes predictable naps. I can expect when he will start to get tired. I don't know where he learned this from, because he seemed to enjoy keeping us on our toes. Night sleep is greatly improved, too. He still doesn't sleep all the way through, but he consistently gives me a 4-5 hour chunk during the night. I think we're making great strides toward sleeping all night. To put it in perspective, 6 weeks ago he was still waking up 5+ times per night. I suspect he still wakes up, but is getting better at putting himself back to sleep. He has been learning so many new things lately, and all the "experts" say that babies wake up more often when they're hitting milestones.
We are so proud of our big little boy. He makes us laugh, and he makes himself laugh. We love the little personality that he is starting to show...although we also know that he is going to test us with his tenacious ways. Start the countdown: 30 days until Jacob turns one!
What does he do all day, you ask? His favorite thing to do is walk. He walks along furniture, along walls, and most importantly, holding on to one or both of a grown up's hands. Even though he takes some steps on his own, he still prefers to hold on or crawl. When he does take a few steps though, he gets a huge smile on his face. He knows that he's doing something impressive! He also loves to play with his toys. It's fun to see him get more involved with his playing, instead of just chewing on them. What else...he LOVES his books. We read to him, but he recently learned how to turn pages, so he will often sit and just turn pages in his books for several minutes at a time. His favorite book is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
Our biggest accomplishment in the past month is SLEEP! He finally takes naps in his crib, after 10 months of needing to be held. Not only that, but he suddenly takes predictable naps. I can expect when he will start to get tired. I don't know where he learned this from, because he seemed to enjoy keeping us on our toes. Night sleep is greatly improved, too. He still doesn't sleep all the way through, but he consistently gives me a 4-5 hour chunk during the night. I think we're making great strides toward sleeping all night. To put it in perspective, 6 weeks ago he was still waking up 5+ times per night. I suspect he still wakes up, but is getting better at putting himself back to sleep. He has been learning so many new things lately, and all the "experts" say that babies wake up more often when they're hitting milestones.
We are so proud of our big little boy. He makes us laugh, and he makes himself laugh. We love the little personality that he is starting to show...although we also know that he is going to test us with his tenacious ways. Start the countdown: 30 days until Jacob turns one!
Mmmm...I love my puppy!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Pictures and more pictures
I haven't added new pictures for awhile, so here are some recent ones:
Checking out Uncle Ty's new leaf blower
Checking out Aunt Jena's elephants
Using his walking toy...ramming into things
...He can also stand by his walker
Playing with his bouncy seat (it's more fun now that he's too big for it)
Playing "find Daddy"
See? He likes his shoes better than the last post. They're delicious.
Walking with Grandma
Friday, July 20, 2007
First Steps!
Big news!!!
Jacob took real steps tonight. He did it with both of us home, so we were able to see at the same time. He was standing up, and finally decided to go for it. He took about 4 steps all in a row. We were so excited! We immediately tried to get him to do it again, and he took some more steps. Then I ran to get the video camera and we tried it again. No luck. It was getting close to bedtime, so we didn't push him too much. Hopefully he'll be so excited to do it again, and then we can capture his great accomplishment on camera.
All that work he's been doing (and everyone else) of walking around holding onto fingers has really paid off! Is this really the beginning of his toddler years?
Jacob took real steps tonight. He did it with both of us home, so we were able to see at the same time. He was standing up, and finally decided to go for it. He took about 4 steps all in a row. We were so excited! We immediately tried to get him to do it again, and he took some more steps. Then I ran to get the video camera and we tried it again. No luck. It was getting close to bedtime, so we didn't push him too much. Hopefully he'll be so excited to do it again, and then we can capture his great accomplishment on camera.
All that work he's been doing (and everyone else) of walking around holding onto fingers has really paid off! Is this really the beginning of his toddler years?
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Way Behind Again
Sorry there haven't been any new posts for awhile again. It's very hard to find time, with all our outings, and Jacob constantly eating or snacking, and then wanting to be on the move all the time! I used to be able to surround him with toys (when he couldn't move), or at least let him crawl around the room and he would be content. Now, he wants to walk around holding onto my hands all day long. I'm not really complaining, just explaining why there are no exciting updates in the past 2 weeks. I promise, I'll find time this week for pictures.
Big news of the week: his 8th tooth FINALLY poked through today--we've been waiting on that for about 6 weeks. I also caught a glimpse of what appears to be a molar starting to grind its way in. It will be awhile, but it's definitely started to move--this also explains why he's been such a cranky pants lately. We figured it was something to do with teething, but he's never been a constant screecher like he is these days.
Big news of the week part 2: Jacob got his first pair of shoes! He's been spending so much time on his feet, we decided it was about time he get used to wearing shoes. He really looks like he has big feet when he has them on, and he seemed to find them very clunky at first, but he got used to them. We got him some fancy-pants Stride Rite shoes, since it's his very first pair. They're an early birthday present.
I think this picture is pretty funny. He really doesn't hate the shoes as much as it appears. It just wasn't the right time to be taking pictures.
Big news of the week: his 8th tooth FINALLY poked through today--we've been waiting on that for about 6 weeks. I also caught a glimpse of what appears to be a molar starting to grind its way in. It will be awhile, but it's definitely started to move--this also explains why he's been such a cranky pants lately. We figured it was something to do with teething, but he's never been a constant screecher like he is these days.
Big news of the week part 2: Jacob got his first pair of shoes! He's been spending so much time on his feet, we decided it was about time he get used to wearing shoes. He really looks like he has big feet when he has them on, and he seemed to find them very clunky at first, but he got used to them. We got him some fancy-pants Stride Rite shoes, since it's his very first pair. They're an early birthday present.
I think this picture is pretty funny. He really doesn't hate the shoes as much as it appears. It just wasn't the right time to be taking pictures.
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