Seven months

I love this age.  I’m getting so much love back from my baby it makes all the hard work worth it.  Jacob is so entertaining he cracks me up every day.  When I put him in the exersaucer at work, he puts his arms up and rocks the thing so hard I'm certain he’s trying to tip it over.  And he Loves looking at himself.  I have a bunch of videos and photos of him in my phone and if I ever need to divert his attention, I just turn on a video and he watches proudly and giggles at himself.  He’s holding his own bottle now and he sprouted two bottom teeth.  His favorite foods are yogurt and carrots, which is awesome, because I love it when babies get the little orange nose.  But, he pretty much eats anything I give him.  I love the personality he is developing, too.  He’s so silly and gentle and sweet.  Sometimes when I cradle him with his bottle, he reaches up to get my hair, but he doesn’t pull it.  He just examines my hair and face with his tiny fingers.  He’s doing the army crawl to get around now.  He always goes straight for the stereo receiver and for some reason he loves cords.  Last week we had our first Thanksgiving.  It was awesome to see how happy he was with the family; everyone loves him.  He has gotten pretty tight with puppy, too.  She brings him her toys hoping he will throw them.  It’s a disturbing sight to walk into a room and find your baby on the floor chewing on a dirty dog toy.  But, I throw the toy and he laughs every time she brings it back.  He’s going to be staying with the babysitter a couple hours this month so I can get out and do some social things for the holidays.  Hopefully I can have a good time without my little sidekick. I'll be thinking of him the entire time.

Jacob fact #6:  Jacob does Not like Patsy Cline..

Scarf made by Mommy.