Some Videos for You!

Jacoby is 5 months old!!  He has changed so much just during this month.  I was looking at some of the videos we've taken of him and on October 1, he was just starting to figure out how to roll over and now he's rolling over like a champ!  I was trying to pick out which video to put on here and ended up with 5!  As you can tell, Jacoby is a huge source of entertainment for us!  Here is his 5 month picture taken with his elephant and then be sure to hit play on the videos after the picture.  Stay tuned as we'll have some pictures from Jacoby's first Halloween posted soon.  I'm also adding some new photo albums - look for September and October pictures on the right side of the screen under photo albums.

4 Months, Rice Cereal, and a Happy Baby!

Jacoby turned 4 months old on Sept. 18th!  He's growing very quickly!  This is his 4 month picture with his elephant.

We started him on rice cereal and he's starting to get the hang of it!  He gets quite messy, though, especially when he sticks his fingers in his mouth full of cereal.

Adam wants to make sure that Jacoby becomes a Red Sox fan at an early age.  I think it's working...

Jacoby likes to play in his jumperoo, but I think I let him play a little too long on this particular day!

I've tried so hard to catch a picture of him smiling big, and I finally got it...

Here's a little video of my baby boy laughing.  His good mood came out of nowhere.  He had been screaming his head off, I picked him up, he spit up all over both of us, I set him down to wipe us both off and then this is what he did...

And lastly, I finally finished the wall art in the nursery- here it is.

New Pictures

I took Jacoby to Sears today to get his 3 Month pictures taken.  What a difference from the last time we were there.  Last time, he fussed the entire time... today, he laughed and smiled the whole way through!  He was definitely a ham today.  I added all of the pictures from the session in my photo albums on the right side of the screen.  If you haven't looked at those photo albums lately, I also added some more July pictures a week or so ago.  Here's one of my favorites from today.

Jacoby is 3 Months Old!

Jacoby turned 3 months old on August 18th.  I haven't taken him in to get his professional 3 month pictures yet (hopefully we'll do that sometime this week), but I took my monthly picture of him next to his elephant.  It's amazing how quickly he is growing.  I included his 1 month picture right after the first one so you can see the difference.  (Notice also how much less hair he has now than he did 2 months ago!)

Jacoby is enjoying his jumperoo now.  He loves staring at the toucan hanging above his head and playing with a noisy ball.  He actually reaches out and touches the ball!

Another cute thing that Jacoby has started doing lately is putting his arms up behind his head.  When he eats, he almost always has one arm up touching the back of his head.  When he sleeps or is getting sleepy they go up as well, but he even likes at least one arm up if he's just laying around.  Here's a picture I caught of him doing this on the floor.

Adam and I picked out this hat for Jacoby before he was born and I just couldn't wait to try it out on him.  It's a little big, but I think he looks pretty cute!

This last picture is of Jacoby with his dino-pal and matching pjs.  The dinosaur has a crazy laugh when you squeeze him and Jacoby was making the funniest faces, but I couldn't quite catch them on camera.  You may be seeing some pictures in the near future of Jacoby wearing a dinosaur costume!!! :)

This past week was Adam's first week away at the police academy.  Jacoby and I did pretty well here by ourselves, but we sure did miss Adam!  There were a couple of late nights, but we made up for it by napping during the day.  We also checked out our new snazzy Newburgh Walmart that opened this week.  Adam is leaving at around 3 am on Monday to go back to the academy for week 2 of his 16 week training.  I'm hoping this week goes by as quickly as last week did!  Maybe I'll work on getting some videos on here this week. 

Doc Visit and Cricut

Jacoby had his 2 month well visit last week. He weighs 13 1/2 lbs. (we thought he weighed more) and is 24 1/4 inches long. He is in the 75th percentile for both. The doctor thinks he has acid reflux, which explains some of his fussiness. We started him on a prescription and I think it's starting to help. Poor guy. He's doing a lot more kicking and "talking", but is apparently camera shy, because he stops as soon as I pull the video camera out every time. I'm still working on getting a good video. Oh, Jacoby is also balding. He saw cousin Elaina's "do" and thought he'd copy. :) Here are a few pictures of our boy. I love his shirt in this first one!

He has found a new friend. Jacoby usually smiles when this monkey gives him kisses.

Prince Jacoby. I don't know why, but I think it's hilarious when I'm changing him and his shirt gets stuck on his head.

This is for Aunt Glo and anyone else who likes to scrapbook. I started working on Jacoby's scrapbook with the help of my new Cricut (not the bug, the die-cut machine) that Adam got me for my B-day. Aunt Glo and the girls also gave me a ton of supplies for my baby shower. This is what I try to do when Jacoby will actually take a nap in his crib. (He's a bit of a Momma's boy.) Here are a couple of the pages I've done.

2 Months Old!!

Jacoby turned 2 months old on July 18. It has been the best two months of our lives! He has grown and changed so much in such a short time. Jacoby now weighs about 14 lbs. and eats like crazy! Here is his 2 month picture. I'm going to take his picture next to his elephant each month to show how he's growing.

Jacoby is "talking" and smiling at us a lot more often now. I videotaped him smiling in his play gym this morning and thought I'd share. I'm new at this and haven't taken the time to learn how to edit videos yet, so I apologize for the length and quality... and for my annoying voice! :)

Matt, Victoria, and Elaina's Visit

My brother, Matt, and his family came for a visit last weekend. It was their first time to meet Jacoby in person and we were especially excited to see Elaina and Jacoby together! Elaina was very sweet with him.

On Saturday, we went out to dinner at Biaggi's to celebrate my parents' 30th Anniversary. Sunday was my 27th birthday (as well as Bill Cosby's as I learned while watching a Red Sox game). We had an awesome dinner at my parents' house then went out to see "The Proposal" that night (very funny). My parents enjoyed babysitting BOTH of their grandchildren for the first time together.

On Monday, we went to Sears for some family portraits. Jacoby was not in a good mood, but our photographer worked her magic and managed to calm him down for each picture. I wanted to know if she would come home with me! We ended up being very pleased with our pictures, especially the ones of the babies!