Six Month Pics

Nancy had Jacob's pictures taken at a place here in Katy that specializes in babies.  They turned out really adorable, I think.

Six Months Old

This whole having a kid thing gets more fun every day.  J-Dub has started rolling over front-to-back and back-to-front.  In fact, he rolls all the way across the living room now.  He is also getting to be a pro at sitting up on his own, with only the occasional fall.  He trucks all over the house in his Jeep Walker.  He is, in a word, becoming MOBILE.  Everyone tells us to enjoy it now while he is stuck wherever we put him, because once he starts moving around, you have to watch them like a hawk.  We are starting to see what they mean.  He has, so far, rolled under the tv, gotten stuck under the couch, and wrapped himself around his activity mat.

We are, unfortunately, still dealing with the constant spitting up.  So far, the doctor has been less than concerned about it.  So we keep on keeping on, what with the 74 wardrobe changes per day and all...not counting our own when we bear the brunt of the gastroesophageal onslaught.  He will go a day or two without spitting up much, and I will make a comment like, "I think his spitting up is getting better." and never fail, he immediately begins upchucking every ounce of food in his belly, plus some that I'm not sure where it came from.  It's like he's trying to prove a point.  Point made.  I'm keeping my mouth shut from now on.

He is finally sleeping in his crib upstairs that we worked so hard on.  Better late than never. But no worries...we have more monitors than a Vegas casino.  It's just a little longer trip whenever he starts crying or his pacifier falls out, or he accidentally rolls over on his belly and suddenly forgets how to roll back over.

This past weekend, we went to Lorena to visit the fam.  We had a great time, of course.  JKW had fun and was very well-behaved.  He has had a few meltdowns at my parents' house early on, so we were hoping he would behave himself.  And he did.  He loves his M and Pa.  But my Dad never gets to hold him because my Mom swoops in any time anyone else has held him for longer than thirty seconds.  He did spit up on her once or five times, though.  So I guess it all evens out in the end.  He also had a great time with his Uncle Nick and Aunt Carrie and his cousins Logan and Brynna.  I think he managed to get some stomach contents on just about everyone, so no one felt left out.

I've shown pictures before of what the kid's hair looks like right after his bath.  Total jew fro...think Seth Rogan or that kid from Superbad.  In the past, Nancy has frantically towel dried and combed his hair for twenty minutes after every bath, so that said fro would not become permanent.  Lately, however, she has begun blow-drying it.  I'm not sure i have ever seen a 6 month-old child get his hair blow dried.  Or even heard of that.  I would imagine it is pretty uncommon.  But in his case, he definitely needs it.  And it shaves a good 15 minutes off of our pre-bedtime ritual.  You can see pics of this transformation below.   We also think it is only a matter of weeks before he will get his first haircut.  A little earlier than most kids, I would guess.

The Official 6 Month Pic



 Checking out his new bathtub

Trying it out

After the bath...the jew fro

Blow drying

The finished product

 He loves his cousins

New Toys

Jacob's Grandma and Grandpa visited him this weekend, so he had all kinds of fun. He also got two new toys-- an outside swing and a Jeep walker. His grandpa installed the swing, so it is less likely to come crashing down than had his dad put it up.  He pretty much loves his new toys, of course. Here are a few pics to prove it:

A few more pics

 At M and Pa's

 Tea Party

M and Jacob at Steak N Shake

You think Jacob is growing okay?

Makinley and Jacob Four months ago:

Now:

Jacob is now officially out of control with the shrieking. He gets excited about something, starts flailing around, and shrieks at a deafening decibel level. Sometimes it's about every 30 seconds. Like when he's watching Go Diego Go, his favorite cartoon. Here he is watching it in our bedroom:

Sometimes, he just busts out laughing, all hopped up on goofballs. Here is a tame version of that:

And another one in his jumperoo:

Christmas on New Years

We had the always entertaining Wiltshire Family Christmas on New Years this year, and it was fun as usual. Because our "Christmas Eve" fell on New Years Eve this year, we added fireworks to our list of activities. Although I did start a small fire, we did manage to shoot off the aforementioned fireworks without anyone losing an eye or burning anyone's house down. But I'm not gonna lie...we came close in both cases.



The presents were plentiful, as they always are. And I hate to see how many presents Jacob gets once he actually starts caring about Christmas. Scary thought.



I think my family thought I was exaggerating about Jacob's mad spitting-up skillz. But they are doubters no more. Everyone had at least one regurgitated baby food/formula stain on their clothes by the time we left. Logan, Brynna and Makinley all got to hold J-Dub, and they all thought it was great fun until he unloaded on their hands, clothes, and hair.


As I told you before, Jacob has had to go to a specialist for a flat spot on his head. After the last visit, Nancy has been increasing his tummy time and doing some stretching exercises to try to keep him from having to wear a helmet. They went to the doctor again today, and she said he was much, much better and will not have to wear a helmet! Nancy did such a great job fixing him, that the doctor even said she should teach a class. As much as Jacob HATED the stretching, I'm glad she was able to stick with it. And oddly enough, he loves tummy time now.



We finally found a food that he doesn't like. Avocadoes. Nancy mashed up some fresh avocadoes the other night to feed him...his first non-baby food food. He made such an awful face when she put them in his mouth, that we had to get a picture. It was hilarious, but unfortunately the camera ate the photo. I mean he was literally gagging with each bite. We haven't tried them again.


On to some pics:


Goofy Brynna



Logan



Brynna chewing on fireworks, which is oddly, not at all surprising. And Makinley




Nick double barrel Roman candle action




Scott making roman candles bounce down the street

Me shooting a roman candle at something, or someone

Logan lighting a firecracker tank

Howdy, pardner

Laura and Makinley

Jacob looks almost as big as Makinley!

J-Dub and Brynna

Logan loved holding baby Jacob, and Jacob loved him

Pa and naked Jacob

dressed up in the "fancy" clothes that his Grandma Doris made him.

Smiley, as usual