All about Jake: Nine months

Wowza. I can't believe Jake is nine months old. Time sure flies by.

Here are some nine month pictures. As you can see, he did not appreciate being put into his crib, not even for pictures.





He tolerated the couch a little better



Then, finally, I got a smile



At nine months:

Jake is just over 16lbs and 27.5 inches.

He eats almost all table foods, he likes feeding himself. No more purees.

He loves to play peek-a-boo.

He's pulling up on the couch and in his crib. We had to lower his crib this week.

He's just about crawling everywhere. He isn't on all fours yet, but he armycrawls all over the place.

He loves his books. And Daddy's DVD player.

He has his two bottom teeth, two top teeth are just out and there's two more looming.

For his nine monthday, we are sleep training. He's not sleeping through the night, but last night, was only up once.

Jacob, I can't believe you've been an outside baby for as long as you were an inside baby. I love you so much.

Happy half-birthday Jacob

Two weeks late. Better late than never. Right?


I've been doing monthly pictures with stickers from www.pickysticky.com but of course I lost the 6 month sticker. I know I brought it to Germany. I distinctly remember putting it somewhere safe so I wouldn't lose it or bend it. Well, on December 30th, I could NOT find the sticker anywhere. I finally gave up figuring I would find it when I got home. On the downside, I didn't find it, but I did remember where I packed it. I packed it in the enveloppe with pictures, of course after framing and wrapping the pictures, I threw the enveloppe in the recycling. Grr. At least I'm not looking for it anymore.

Which brings me to my artistic abilities. They are NON EXISTANT. Plus, I don't have markers, crayons or color ink in my printer. So I made one with a black sharpie. It's not pretty, but I figure in 20 years, we'll laugh about it.





Here's an extra of Jake standing holding on to the couch! He even let go for a couple seconds.

What you are doing at 6 months:
You love to sit up by yourself to play with your toys.
We have just started cereal. You don't seem to sure about it yet.
But you love your mum-mums!
You love when mommy sings to you. (No one else likes it!)
You roll back to belly all the time.

I can't believe my little baby is already 6 months old! Happy Half-Birthday Jacob. Love Mamma and Dadda