Babble

Jacob is starting to get the hang of consonants! We managed to capture a bit of his babble on film. (Once again, the video starts out gray for the first second... weird.)

Bounce bounce bounce!

Jacob has figured out how to bounce in the bouncer! Before he would just move his feet around randomly, which kind of worked, but he's mastered it now. Look how much fun he's having!

(The first second or two is all gray, not sure why. It looked fine before I uploaded it.)

Grandma and Grandpa babysit!

Last night Mandi and I went to see a concert! Of course, we couldn't take the boy. So it was up to Grandma and Grandpa to come visit and watch Jacob for the evening!

Thankfully Jacob was mostly on good behavior and a good time was had by all.

Grandma and Grandpa babysit!

Fun with Solid Food...

... and a tooth!
... and a visit from Molly!

Jacob has been busy in the last week or two. First of all, he is learning to master the art of the spoon. As you can see, he is still a novice, but he's enjoying himself at least! Normally we use a bib but this time we decided to let him have some fun.

Also, we had a visit from Molly! She's temporarily back from Samoa and this gave her a chance to meet Jacob for the first time. As you can see they made friends right away.

And last but not least, a tooth! It's not easy trying to photograph the inside of a baby's mouth. They like to squirm, clam up, and get their tongue in the way. So our picture is a little blurry—but it's a little tooth, poking up through the gums, and it's razor-sharp! This made its appearance on Tuesday and has been inching up ever since. It's still barely protruding but you can tell there's progress being made.

Fun with Solid Food

Video time

I've uploaded two fun videos from the past week or so.

First, here's Jacob laughing as Mom makes goofy noises at him.



Second, here is a demonstration of Jacob's prowess with water! He loves the stuff and has figured out how to drink it any way he can--sucking it out of a washcloth, sippy cup, glass or straw. We were amazed when we tried him with a straw--he figured it out on his first try!

Hangin' Around the House in Summertime

I've uploaded some random pictures from the last few weeks of Jacob doing cute things. He is progressing so fast right now; a few days ago he could only sit up for thirty seconds at a time or so, and now he can sit up for as long as he wants. And he has been rolling back and forth for months, but he's finally getting the idea that rolling equals mobility, and if he sees something out of reach, he might actually try to go get it. Now it's still pretty likely that he'll go in the wrong direction, or that he'll roll on top of his target and cry, but just the fact that he's put all the pieces of the puzzle together is exciting.

Anyway, on to the pictures.

Hangin' Around the House

Six month portraits

Jacob got his six-month portraits today and they came out great!

Six Month Portraits

Please, don't rush out and order prints of these—we've got you covered big time. We ordered lots of sheets. Just tell us which ones you want and they are yours.