Halloween

We didn't celebrate Halloween ourselves, nor did we pass out candy to the neighborhood kids, but I did put Jacob in a giraffe costume for a couple hours just because I felt like taking a picture. He got this as a gift. It's really a sleeper with a hood he got at a shower.



My aunt Jean also made Jacob a monkey "sock puppet" hat. Jacob didn't really care how cute he was and just wanted to suck his hands. I think he was hungry when I took this picture.

like father like son

I found an old picture of Larry as a baby, and it reminded me of Jacob. Even the hands and facial expression looks like Jacob. The only things I can say are from me are most likely the red hair and a dimple on one side of his face.

Two-Months Old!

Today Jacob is two months old! I can't believe it. We just got home from the doctor where he received three shots and had to drink something else. The first round of shots went okay. He did cry for quite a bit later, but after he fell asleep in the car he's been fine every since. Here are some of his stats:

Weight--14 pounds and 1/2 ounce (93rd percentile)
Height--25 inches (off the charts)
Head--31 cm (73rd percentile)

Other than that, things are going well health wise except for a little baby acne! He even got big-boy band-aids on his shots! I was impressed, but he didn't seem to care that he got a band-aid for the first time. They always made me feel better after I got a shot!

Cousins!

Today Jacob's cousin Matijs came over for a few hours. Jacob seemed to enjoy watching his big cousin play in the exersaucer and crawling around. Tijs kept looking at Jacob and smiling back at me. He also liked putting his mouth on Jacob's baby Papasan because he liked the vibrations! It was fun to have both of them here, but I know when they are older, they are going to be so much more work because they are going to get into a lot of trouble. They are only 8 months apart, so there will definitely be more play dates to come!

First Road Trip

On Saturday, Larry, Jake, and I decided to drive down to Escondido. It was a spur of the moment thing (Larry had the next week off of school). We were talking about what we wanted to do that day, and I said I wished we could go walk by the beach. Larry said, "Well, we could go visit Rhonda in Escondido." I thought we were crazy, but I started packing up Jacob and getting everything ready. We left around 5:15 that night (I figured Jacob would sleep most of the way, and I'd rather him sleep when it's night) and stopped in Monrovia for the night. That left only a two-hour drive the next day to Escondido. We did go to the beach but it was more so just to see the beach. Jacob didn't even get to touch the sand. I forgot my camera, so I can't document the trip. Monday we stopped by Calvin Christian and saw my old students. Jacob slept the whole time! Then we drove back to Patterson. It was a VERY quick trip, but Jacob was fantastic and slept so well in the car and in his pack 'n' play. I think he was actually better on the trip than he is at home! (He rarely sleeps during the day except about ten minutes after I feed him...) He also learned to find his hand and suck on whatever fingers he can get in his mouth!

Six Weeks!

Jacob is now six weeks old. According to weighing myself holding him and then subtracting my weight, he should weigh around 12 1/2 pounds now! His pant size is still 0-3 months, but most of his onesies and sleepers are now too small. He even fits into some 6 month clothing. He is pretty long in his torso. Here are just a few random photos I've taken lately.



Bath time. I love his froggy towel. Jacob has no real reaction to getting a bath. He neither likes it nor dislikes it. I think he's still deciding. He just sits there and kicks his feet a little in the water.



I just bought Jacob one of those activity "gym" things. He really likes it and is starting to play with the toys above his head. He especially likes the part that plays music and lights up!



I'm a mean mom and wanted to go to the bathroom before I fed him. Apparently Jacob hasn't learned to be patient yet.

Baptism--October 4, 2009

What a busy weekend! On Saturday, Jacob had a baby shower at his Beppe Zylstra's house. There were so many people to hold him. He got some great presents which he and his mom are very excited about! Even his Aunt Rosaline, Great-Aunt Donna, and cousin Sarah came from Southern California. Then, on Sunday, Jacob was baptized at Trinity Reformed Church in Modesto. He complained through the whole thing because he was hungry! (He's always hungry about twenty minutes into church.) Anyway, it was another exciting day for him. After church, we went to Pake and Beppe's house again for a wonderful ham dinner which Jacob slept through (Mom was excited about this!). I guess he was pretty tired out from all that excitement.

Jacob was pretty tired by the end of the day as you can tell.