Jacob's 1st Christmas

Hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did. Nana and Grandpa drove 13 long hours to join us for Jacob's first Christmas. We all had a really nice time together relaxing, eating great food, and spending time as a family. We captured a photo of Jacob in an outfit my sister sent that is truly adorable (a little big that is why he appears to be quite large in the photo, he is a big boy but not that big). The shirt says "All I want for Christmas is my Auntie". The other photo shows how much fun he is having with the play mat Auntie Jessica and Uncle John have so graciously given us amongst numerous other items and clothing (we are so thankful for everything they continuously let us use).

Jacob is keeping us entertained day in and day out since he is staying awake longer throughout the day and becoming more talkative and chatty as well as laughing; he is really a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone for the all generous Christmas gifts you have given to our family, we are so thankful.

First Shot

Today Jacob received his first shot and he amazed me as usual. He did not mind getting poked one bit. I took him into my work for the shot so it was nice to see all my co-workers and they were so excited to see Jacob and are just as impressed as to how quickly he has grown over these 9 weeks since birth. On Tuesday, we had his 2 month check up and the little man tipped the scale at 13 pounds 13 ounces and is now 24.5 inches. This puts him at the 95th percentile for both his height and his weight. Let me tell you...I can feel all 13 lbs 13 ounces of him especially lugging him around in his carseat.

Jacob is now 8 weeks old and doing really well. He is cooing and smiling more and more everyday and laughing, which you can see in the photos. He is discovering his hands and trying at times to suck his fingers. He has his 2-month-old check-up on Tuesday and we will find out his weight then; he is pushing 13.5 lbs according to our scale so he has no problem with gaining weight. His length is probably around 23.5 inches or so. He can fit into some 6 month old clothing currently. He is working on tummy time everyday and his head and neck control is getting better everyday. When Don and I talk to him he smiles so he recognizes our voices and loves to be sung to. We are having so much fun with him and cannot believe how quickly he has grown but we are loving every minute of being parents