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| He loves playing in his bed |
First time in the swing...
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| Napping at the zoo |
Clapping (I love when Emma says, "Isn't that great!")
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| Enjoying his finger foods |
Swinging Again
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| How he looked after Emma fed him for the first time |
He wouldn't do "So Big" but a cute video of him playing.
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| Check out his wild hair. I love how crazy it is. |
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| Sweetly sleeping |
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| Breakfast time with helper Emma |
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| He has the bottom two teeth as well as the top four |
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| Yes, he is chewing on a clean diaper. It is amazing what you let the third child do if they are quiet! |
At Eight Months Jacob...
- eats finger foods - O's, puffs, green beans, peas, carrots, potato, pears, peaches, bread, chicken
- has not found a food he doesn't devour
- rolls both directions and moves himself across the room by stringing his rolls together
- claps his hands
- does "so big"
- plays ball by rolling the ball back and forth with us
- plays peek a boo with a blanket
- sucks his thumb any time he gets a handful of an object whether it is my hair or a stuffed animal or a towel or Jonah's puppy
- is rocking back and forth on his knees
- sits himself up from laying on his tummy. His crib is his favorite place to do this
- loves to knock over blocks that I stack for him
- is super excited about Jonah's garage. He loves watching the cars come down the ramp.
- loves being outside and going for walks
- has six teeth
- says dada and ba. Still no mama
- he is working on waving
- loves to read..when someone actually stops to do that with him
- still is working on his sign language. I have not been as consistent with his signing
- pulls his socks off all day long and chews on them
- still loves to blow on my skin
- gives intentional kisses to mommy and daddy
- enjoys skyping and interacts with whoever we are skyping with
- has CRAZY hair. We love it and I have no intention of cutting it anytime soon. It is so funny and sweet and a great conversation piece with strangers.
- enjoys his brother and sister, but especially his sister!
- does a great job in the nursery at BSF and church
- is INTENSE, opinionated, high strung and LOUD. He is very quick tempered and I am quite sure we have our work cut out for us with him.
- has had two ear infections in the past month.
- will only calm down for Mommy in the middle of the night
- reaches intentionally to be held
- tenses up and shakes when he is excited
- is over 22 pounds and wearing 18 month clothes - he and Jonah were sharing some shorts before the weather got cooler.
