Bathtime

JKW loves his bath. If only he loved bedtime as much. Here are some pics of bathtime...I can't believe it has already been 4 weeks since we met this little guy. He weighed in at 10 lbs 1 oz today, by the way.

About to go on a car ride with mama

He loves his car seat

Look at that curly hair. It's only curly when wet.

Bless you, my child

When he gets hungry, he tries to eat his hands.

Lovin' his bath

Sportin' his Elmo robe and slippers his Pa got him.

It's Football Season

My favorite time of year. J-Dub is already practicing for when the Aggies score a touchdown.

Baby Portraits

Our sister-in-law Danielle did some portraits for us, and we got them back this week. I think they turned out great! Thanks, Danni.

More pictures

Putting Out the Vibe

Aunts and Uncles and Cousins, Oh My!

JKW has now officially met all his cousins, aunts, and uncles. And he loves all of them.

M and Pa came down Saturday and helped out. Nancy and I even got to take a nap and go out to dinner. Thanks M and Pa!

On Sunday, Carrie, Nick, Logan, and Brynna came down to meet Jacob. Logan and Brynna both got to hold him, which Jacob loved. Jeff and Celeste and their kids Ethan and Emma also stopped by to visit for a while on their way through town. So at one point we had 4 crazy kids and a jealous dog running like Tasmanian devils all over the place, making all kinds of racket, playing foosball and air hockey, and generally causing chaos...and Jacob slept through every minute of it.

Jacob is a perfect baby in every way...until bedtime. He sleeps, well, like a baby all the time. But when it comes time for mom and dad to go to bed, he is a screaming banshee. We've got to work on that.

I can't believe he is already almost two weeks old. Sniff, sniff...they grow up so fast.

Now for some pictures:

Wide awake...must be bedtime

Uncle Nick and Aunt Carrie

Our front door

Brynna holding Jacob

Logan and Jacob

In our front yard

Celeste and jacob

A Fun Week

They say when you have a baby, your life is changed forever. By life, I think they mean sleep schedule. I have witnessed my wife, who had to fight hard to stay up past 10 pm before, stay up until 1:30 with no problem, sleep three hours, and get back up. I can live on 4-5 hours of sleep. Always have. But she has really had to adjust her sleepy time. But I haven't heard her complain one time. We are so in love with this baby boy that we don't even mind getting up at all hours of the night.

Nancy's Mom has been here all week, which has helped A LOT. While I would have loved to have taken a few weeks off to get everything settled down, it just is not possible. So I am glad that Nancy did not have to figure all of this out on her own. And my parents are coming down this weekend to lend a hand (they are really coming to spoil our child, but I'll play along).

We have really enjoyed having all of our wonderful friends and family come and meet Jacob. Danielle even came down today to take baby portraits. I will definitely post them when we get them back. Brooke just loves to hold Jacob, but Tyler is still refusing to give it a try.

Nancy's Dad also came down for a few days to hang out. They were all supposed to meet me at the clinic yesterday at noon to show JKW off to all my staff, but they had to turn around when I had a surgery go way longer than I expected. Nancy is going to try and bring him up tomorrow.

All in all, it has been a crazy, fun, tiring, incredible, amazing week. And we loved every sleep-deprived minute of it.