Baby Blessing

Jacob was blessed in church by his dad this past Sunday, April 26. We were glad to have Luke's parents come out again for the weekend, along with Grandma Martha. We had a fun time spending more time with them, and Grandma loved holding Jacob practically the whole time!



The blessing itself went well and we are grateful to all the friends that we have that were able to be a part of that. I feel bad that my family could not be there for the blessing, especially my dad, but I know at least they wanted to be there. I'm still really looking forward to coming home and seeing my family in July!


Anyway, Sunday was a big day for Jacob and he was so good, as always. He looked like an angel in his little white outfit- I didn't want to take it off at the end of the day! And it's even more sweet that it's the same outfit that Luke wore when he was blessed. I can't wait until we can find some pictures of Luke in his outfit so that we can compare them to Jacob!

We miss daddy!

We have been so lucky that Luke was able to get 2 weeks of paternity leave and spend so much time with us. It worked out great that my mom was able to be here the week of and week after Jacob was born and then Luke had his 2 weeks soon after that- so I've had a lot of help and company! We had a lot of fun just relaxing and spending time together as our new little family! I'm sad now that Luke has to go back to the real world, and then out of town three weeks in the next upcoming month for work! :(
We've loved taking walks together with all the nice weather we've been having and Jacob loves riding in his new stroller!

Easter

Jacob's first holiday! I was finally able to make it through church the whole time and so it was Jacob's first time being at church for 3 hours too. And he did good, he's always such a good baby, and was good about being passed around when everyone wanted to hold him. And I was excited to show him off in his cute little Easter outfit, it was the first thing I had bought for him- well besides all the furniture and stuff. But since I'm afraid he may not be able to fit into the outfit again, I felt I needed to take advantage of the opportunity to take way too many pictures of him. So here are just some of my favorites...

Bath Time!

So we ran out of Newborn size diapers the other day and had already come back from the store and didn't want to go back just for diapers. And we had plenty of other diapers in size 1, the next size up. And Jacob seemed to be getting bigger so we thought he'd be ok moving up a size. But that was a mistake.... As soon as Jacob got a messy diaper, he got everything messy- his clothes were dirty all up his back, the swing he was in- it was all over, the diaper didn't hold a thing- it was just too big and baggy!
Luke was the one to notice it but it was too much for him so he handed him straight to me, and all I could do was laugh and say "it's bath time!" So of course we got it on video, but I think I'll spare Jacob's dignity. Needless to say, Jacob was not very happy.

So Jacob has not really enjoyed his baths so far. I started out just doing the sponge baths but he has not enjoyed his little bathtub either so I've had to just continue washing him at the sink as fast as I can. I guess he doesn't like feeling cold and wet. At least he's always happy when we're done!