Baby's First Thanksgiving

This November has gone by very quickly. Jake got Croup and shared it with me and Spencer, so a large part of the month involved doctor's visits for Jake and sickness for all of us. But other than that, we have a happy boy who is trying to roll over, but has not yet. 

He is also growing fast. He had his 4 month doctor's appointment on December 6th and he's 7.7 lbs (91%), he's 25.5" and his head is 16" (16%). 

 Jake keeping warm in his Daddy's jacket at church.

 I tried really hard to figure out how to get this picture to turn, but everything I tried failed and it is still upside down!

 

So here's the evidence - pictures of a happy baby. Unfortunately, I didn't take any Thanksgiving picture. Spencer was the last person to get sick, so he stayed home in bed for the holiday. Jake and I went to Spencer's brother's and then his grandparent's houses for dinners. We are really looking forward to Christmas now - Colorado here we come :)

October & Jakes first Halloween

I don't know how to turn this photo.

Anyway, at the beginning of the month, we went to Spencer's mission reunion and took some pictures.

 

Mid-October, my friend Amy got married, Spencer walked Jake around temple square during the wedding. Jake smiled every time they heard the choir singing.

My parents were at the wedding and got to see us too.

Here's Jake in his pink swing. KSL. He enjoys swinging when he's tired but not ready to sleep. Laura babysat for us this month so we could go to a concert and we came home to him being good in the swing.

Here's Jake as a bumble bee with Dad. 

 And here's Jake sporting his 'baby's first Halloween' and pumpkin given to him by his great Hess grandparents

Jake is getting better at sleeping. This week (first in Nov.) he had 3 nights of more than 9 hours of sleep at one time!

We give him time on his tummy, but he cries the whole time

he likes to be in the moby wrap. Last Sat. we cleaned the church and he got to go with his Dad in the moby around the building

His dad is teaching him how to sit up and he keeps getting better

he loves to play and talk

We just love our growing 3-month old (nearly 17 pound) baby. We feel so blessed to have him!

 

 

 

 

September and Jake

Jacob has grown quite a bit over the past month. He is starting to smile, hold up his head, and even laugh. He's starting to enjoy bath time (or at least not scream through it), and Kristin has gotten a little more accustomed to the nightly feedings.

Spencer is keeping busy with school and looking for a job related to his degree.  He is a great Dad and loves spending time with Jacob.  Kristin, besides being Mom and doing lots of baby laundry, is keeping busy with her online teaching and has recently started to try to work on her dissertation again; however, it has proven to be a tad difficult...I have no idea why.

Here are some pictures from this month.

This is Great Grandma Nona Hess holding Jake at his first outing to Bear Lake. Jake did very well and Kristin enjoyed all the extra babysitters and extra sleep.

Jake often sleeps on Spencer while Spencer does homework or plays a game.

This is the first and last picture of Jake in the swaddle blankets. Within an hour of falling asleep in this swaddle, Jacob pulled out his arms, and by the time Kristin came to feed him two hours later, he had kicked off the whole thing. He just likes having his arms free when he sleeps I guess.

Jacob at church -- he typically eats during part of sacrament and then sleeps on Spencer the rest of the 3 hours.

Jacob's first sport's paraphernalia from Aunt Tara. 

When Jacob is awake, he really likes to hold his head up and bop around.

Despite our best efforts to file or cut his nails, Jacob scratches his face in his sleep (he has done this since he was born). The gloves from one of Kristin's classmates seem to take care of it.

 

And here are some pictures from Jacob's baby blessing on August 25th. Both of our parents came from Colorado along with David (from California) for the weekend. All three H. Scott Hess' were there with wives and Scott III had all his kids along with Laura, Julie and family.

Jake in his blessing outfit...he slept through his whole blessing.