Jacob's 11 Months Old!

(From my journal to Jacob)

Happy 11 month birthday! One more month and you're a year old! Wow. Lately you've been shutting doors and then immediately crying. You don't like being shut in rooms. You cry even if I'm in there with you. It's pretty funny. Last night you went from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. without eating. I'm so proud of you! You only woke up twice. Not bad at all. I love you!

Jacob Can Walk!

(From my journal to Jacob)

Oh my goodness! I think you just took your first step!!! I was sitting at the computer and I saw you standing out of the corner of my eye. Then you took a step (maybe 2) and touched my leg! Yay! I'm so proud of you!

Naps Feel Good

(From my journal to Jacob)

You are so cute. We bought you a little papasan-type chair and you just lounge in it and water Baby Einstein. You squeal and wave your arms and legs when it comes on. You're holding your feet right now. You can stand long enough to clap and say, "Yay." We think you're steady enough to walk, but you're still afraid. You've been going from midnight until 8 in the morning without eating. It's very exciting! I'm trying to give you bottles as often possible with breast milk and whole milk to get you used to it. You still prefer nursing and won't take all milk bottles. You're pretty routine about sleep now. First nap - 10:15, second nap 2:30 or 3, and bedtime at 8. You nap for 45-75 minutes.

Daddy Takes Over

(From my journal to Jacob)

You hold the remote control to your ear like it's a telephone. I say, "Hello? Hello? Jacob!" and you smile. It's so cute! Your dad and I tried something new last night. I fed you at 11:30 when you woke up, but after that, your dad took over. At 2, you woke up. He went in and held you, and then put you down. You cried for 4 minutes and then slept until 6:15. He went in again. You cried for 10 minutes and slept until 7, which was our goal. We're trying to get you to sleep through the night without a feeding. Last night was very promising. I thought I'd have to feed you or that you'd at least cry more. Not bad at all!

Random Photo: Jacob and His Dad

The Judges Were Paid Off

(From my journal to Jacob)

You can stack 4 small blocks on top of a bigger one. You're cruising a lot. Lately you go down for naps and bedtime with little to no fussing. You didn't win the baby contest (the older babies did), but we did run into Bennett S., and the two of you shared Cheerios and cereal puffs. You love playing with Brianna. The two of you get along really well. You love to play the piano and recorder. You want to climb everything.

You don't like wet diapers. You used to not care. Now you pull on it. You still scream during diaper changes.

We love you! We're starting to think about a baby brother or sister for you. Oh yeah, you wear a 4.5 to 5 size shoe!!!

Jacob is SO Big!

(From my journal to Jacob)

You're 10 months old! That's crazy! You climbed stairs on June 13th. You could match colors about then. On your Playschool Ride/Push toy, there's a green triangle opening, a purple square opening, and a blue circle opening. A lot of times you can't get the shape in, but you do put it on the correct color. I thought I saw your lower right incisor on June 28th, but I might have been wrong. You're drinking out of a straw. You love to say "yay" and clap your hands. It's more like, "Aaaay." We do, "How big is Jacob?" and "So big!" with your arms up now. It's so fun. You squish your head kind of onto your shoulders so you have a double chin when you do "So big." You play peek-a-boo by ducking under furniture. It's so cute! We can always still see your fingers. You tried to play with the cats a couple of days ago. Oh, about a week ago, I said, "Can you say 'Momma'?" You smiled, and said, "Dad." You did it again later that day. I know it was coincidence, but it was pretty funny. You climbed up onto the couch a week ago and again today.

You LOVE Cheerios, and that's about it. You're still not a big eater. We're happy to get one size 2 jar down per meal. Saturday you're going to be in a baby contest at the Marion County Fair. We thought it might be fun.

Lately you like to do a little laugh out of nowhere just to make us laugh. When you're thinking about doing something bad, you slap your hands on top of each other.