New portraits!

Mandi took Jacob into Babies R Us yesterday to have portraits done. I was really pleased with the results—he was a lot happier than the previous portraits so we got some really great pictures out of it. Here are the winners:

4.5 month portraits

I'm Mobile!

Jacob is rolling now. A lot! It started two nights ago when he flipped himself over in his crib while swaddled. We can't swaddle him anymore. Now anytime you lay him on his back, he tries to roll, mostly onto his left side. He's pretty fascinated with his new trick.

Belated Update

It's sure been a long time since the last update! I bet barely anyone even checks the site any more.

We've had a busy few weeks. Jacob had a stubborn abscess on his bottom which wouldn't go away—we'd give him antibiotics, it would vanish, then the antibiotics would run their course and it would come back. Turns out he had a fistula (click here if you want the gory details from Wikipedia or here for Emedicine if you have way too much time on your hands). Now this is easily treatable, but it requires surgery including general anesthesia. It's an outpatient procedure and the doctor was experienced in this sort of thing but still, Mandi and I were worried sick.

Fortunately, there were no complications and Jacob did fine. He woke up screaming at the top of his lungs but hey, I can't imagine that I would have handled the situation any differently. It will be a few weeks before he is fully recovered from the surgery but so far he is healing up as well as can be expected.

At present, Jacob is two days away from his 4-month birthday, and in 12 hours I will be leaving town for a week to attend a conference in San Francisco for work. Mandi's mom is coming down to help take care of Jacob while I'm gone.

I've uploaded a random collection of pictures from the last month:

Vroom

Push-ups and 3 months!

Happy 3-month Birthday, Jacob (a few days late)! Wow, he has grown and changed so much!

We have been giving Jacob tummy time now and then so he can practice pushing up and build up his muscles. He is already starting to get the hang of it! And in my opinion it makes for some great pictures:

Push-ups

Jacob also loves to watch hockey with us as we cheer on the Ducks. Go Ducks! Jacob pushed himself up enough so that he could watch the game while on his tummy. Go Jacob!

Smiles!

Mandi and I propped up the camcorder and tried to get Jacob to smile. It was a challenge, since the camera distracted him, but I think we got some good results anyway:



He also giggled last weeked, just once, but we haven't been able to get him to do it again. Another thing that happened a while back—two weekends ago!—was a visit from Luke, Heather and Wendy Brannon. Here are some photos of that. (Try getting two babies to stare at a camera simultaneously! Good luck!)

The Brannons visit

Aunt Anne and Uncle Kevin visit!

This Saturday, Anne and Kevin decided to drop by and say hello to their nephew:

Anne and Kevin visit

Jacob was in a good mood; it was lots of fun!

Back to work!

Things have been a little hectic since Mandi went back to work! We haven't been taking quite as many pictures as before. But now that it's the weekend, I've had a chance to experiment with something new--actually taking the video from my new (and barely-used) camcorder and uploading it to the web!



Cool, huh?

You can view it larger by clicking here but honestly I think it's a little blurry that way.