5 months!

Apparently I never did a four-month update for Johnny.  So, we'll do a five-month one!  At four months he was 25.5 inches and 16 lbs, 14 oz!  Now, at five months, he is 26.5 inches and 18 pounds!  He consistently grows one inch a month and at least a pound in weight.  Because he is rather large, he wears almost all nine-month clothing, especially if it's a one-piece outfit. 

He still really only gets breastmilk.  He does get formula quite often when we are out and he needs to eat NOW!  I've tried to feed him solids many times (the doctor told me to...), but he keeps sticking his tongue out so I can't get the spoon in.  I'm guessing that means he isn't ready.

As far as skills, he can roll over when he wants to, but most of the times he is on his stomach he cries until someone flips him over.  He is starting to roll to the side quite often to find a toy.  He can sit up by himself (for very short periods of time) if I prop him up with his hands on the floor or in his lap.

Sleep: He is a bad nighttime sleeper.  Well, that's not true.  He sleeps fine; he just wakes up ALL THE TIME!  Lately it's three or four times a night.  My new policy (as of two days ago) is that if it's been less than three hours since I last fed him, I'll try to make him cry it out.  He has been going to bed around 8 and gets up around 6:30 ish.  I like these times the best because then his naps work out around 9:00, 12:00, and 3:30. He doesn't nap very long--maybe 40 minutes at the most. 

Well, here are some pictures of my handsome little boy.  I'm told his ptosis is getting better (droopy left eyelid), but you can judge that for yourselves.  Pictures are where it is most evident. 



sitting up by himself



5-month photo shoot at JC Penneys

Bath time!



Baby's First Christmas shirt from Beppe (Larry's mom)



After his bath... to go on a weekend trip to Sacramento

Trick or Treat!

This year we decided to take Jacob trick or treating for the first time.  A couple of weeks ago, I got a bag of boy clothes from my sister, and there was a cow costume inside...

John wore a giraffe sleeper that someone gave me when Jacob was born.

Jacob mostly enjoyed going to the houses.  He especially liked ringing the doorbells.  There were a couple of houses that he was really scared to go near.

Halfway through, we came back to pass out some candy.  I noticed John was really sweaty, so I changed him into a cow outfit.  For some reason, he always falls asleep when Larry carries him around...

Once we got sick of walking around, we came back to pass out candy.  Jacob LOVED it! 

He stood waiting at the door for the rest of the night passing out the candy.  He even passed out the candy he got from other houses! 

One time, he got bored waiting so he laid on the ground.  But most of the time, he stood in the doorway yelling "C'mon guys!", encouraging kids to come to our door!  It was a great night!  Well, except that Jacob cried when we decided to shut our door and turn out our porch light!

A Day at the Beach

Over a week ago, it was a nice Saturday morning.  We were just relaxing at home in our pajamas...

Larry and I started discussing what we could do that day.  After much consideration, we decided to go to...

the beach!  We packed up the kids and the car and headed to Capitola, one of my favorite beaches.  Because we live in Santa Nella, the beach is about 85 minutes away! 

John seemed pretty happy with our decision! 

And Jacob loved playing in the water.  He and his daddy walked all the way to the pier.  This picture reminds me of my single days in San Diego when we'd see "hot dads" playing with their little kids at the beach!  We can't wait to go back, but next time I'm bringing a little baby tent so John doesn't have to stay in his carseat the majority of the time! 

Daily Life

I just thought I'd put up some pictures and a video of this week.  We pretty much stayed at home this whole week, had some company from Holland, and recuperated from the wedding last weekend. 

Jacob talking to mommy

Like father, like son part II

For all of you who say John looks like Larry, here is a comparison. 

I see it mostly in the forehead and eyes.  John's nose is definitely wider than Larry's, though.  And, the area under the nose looks very similar as well. 

Three Months Old!

Today baby John is three months old!  Time is definitely going faster the second time around.  He goes to the doctor in a week, and I think he has grown a lot.  I'm pretty sure he weighs over 16 pounds already, and he's in all 3-6 month clothing (and has been for a while).  He's even outgrowing some 3-6 clothes. 

Overall he's a pretty good baby.  He still wakes up twice every night, though.  I'd love to start making him cry it out a little, but I don't want to lose my milk supply.  For a while he was easy to predict as he'd do the eat-play-sleep pattern every three hours.  Now, he's starting to stay awake longer and sometimes doesn't sleep between feedings.  Just when I got him figured out he threw a wrench in my schedule...

I thought I'd include a few recent pictures of my little guy.  Enjoy! 

Read my shirt!

Already trying to copy his brother...

Look at his foot!  He did this himself!  Later it was off...then back on again!

Pumpkin Patch (Fantozzi Farm)

This past Saturday we went to Fantozzi Farms in Patterson (where we own a house that we don't live in).  I saw an ad in the paper that it was their opening day, and it looked like they had a lot of things for little boys.  They also have a corn maze for bigger boys, but we decided not to do it this year mostly because it would have cost an extra 8 dollars, but also because Jacob wouldn't care anyway.  Here are some pictures of our fun day!   

The cow train--the cars barely fit a grown man



Poor John had to stay behind with his mom

Instead of a sand box, they had a corn kernel box--very fun and VERY dusty!

Pumpkins!  Although we didn't even buy one...

Corn Cannon--you shoot corn and try to hit a target.  Jacob and Larry did not win...

Hay bale pyramid