Michigan Tech Takes Second At GLI

Michigan Tech may not have won the GLI (Great Lakes Invitational) tournament since 1980, but they sure gave the other longstanding attendees a run for their rankings. MTU beat #5 MSU 4-1. Was this a fluke? It only took to the second night to determine that in the championship game against #1 ranked Michigan. It was a hard fought game which was sent into overtime and then double overtime with 0-0 ties. It wasn't until about 3-1/2 minutes into the second overtime that Michigan stepped up and made the winning shot. You gotta love rooting for the underdog which is definitely an understatement in this instant. Being a long time Michigan fan myself, but on hiatus for the day, I made comments about feeling better about MTU's loss than Michigan's win. How can it take two overtime periods to score on a little school in da U.P. when you are ranked #1 in the nation? I look for a fall for the maize and blue as well as the the green and white of MSU...

Let's Go Tech!!

Jacob is going to root for his daddy's alma mater today!! We were a little preoccupied last night with Christmas at grandma's to watch that Tech Huskies beat the #5 ranked MSU Spartans 4-1 at the GLI (Great Lakes Invitational) Tournament. The Huskies of Michigan Tech wil go up against the #1 ranked Michigan Wolverines in hockey tonight. I don't think Jacob's mommy realizes who Tech plays tonight as she didn't say anything about him wearing his Michigan Tech shirt and also didn't say anything about changing him before heading out to Aunt Abby's today. Let's hope that Jacob will continue to root against Michigan for just this one day out of the year while we root for the underdog.

LET'S GO TECH!!!

Jacob's Three Month Dr. Appointment

Not sure why, we I guess we figured we would be up anyway... Jacob's three month well baby appointment was this morning at 8:00 am. We didn't think we would need to wake a sleeping baby, but we did. Still not back to his routine, he had a feeding at 5 am and then was put back to sleep. So, we woke him up and changed him while the truck was warming up! He didn't fight us a bit which was good for all of us...

Jacob is doing great as he is getting bigger and gaining weight. His weight and height on right on the average line. He is now 13 pounds, 5-1/2 ounces and 24-1/4 inches long. The only issue that keeps occurring is gunk in his eyes and more so in his right. We thought that maybe the increase was due to him being a little sick since his mom and dad are. The doctor said that he has probably developed an infection and a resistance to the type of drops were using. So, a new prescription was written and filled. We may be fighting this for up to 9 months while the tear duct is clogged. It is possible that we may need to go to an opthamalogist to have the tear ducts cleaned out, but the doctor said that it is rare.

One thing that we have noticed in the last week or so, maybe two is that Jacob is definitely drooling often. Although babies start getting teeth around 6 months on average, it also common to have teeth come in as early as 4 months. So, I guess we just wait and see what happens. It is really hard to believe that our son may have his first tooth in a month!!! Things are definitely going by quickly and he seems to grow right before our eyes. Many have said they don't stay small for long and we have always agreed, but until you see a baby on a daily basis, you don't really realize the full meaning of the comment.

Oh, yes, Jacob did get a shot, but only one this time. At his 4-month appointment, he will have a replay of last month and get 4 shots again. He has been a little out of sorts today, but not near as bad as when he had the 4 shots. It could be because of the shot, but we think there is still some recovering going on from Christmas.

SO!!! Whew!!! Now I think I am all caught up with goings on of the Holidays so far. Nope, they aren't over yet though... We are heading to my mom's tomorrow to celebrate Christmas with her and my brother's family. Signing off for now...

AAAAaaaahhhhh!!!!! A Day Of Relaxation!!!

The day after Christmas was a day of laziness and relaxation for the most part. It was so laid back that we didn't even step onto the porch to get the paper or the mail. A little picking up around the house was done and some simple meals were made, well except for maybe dinner by dad, but still relaxing.

Jacob was still not himself for the day as he was just exhausted and slept the day away. There was some concern that he wouldn't sleep at night, but he did fine. The routine that we found him get into was definitely skewed a bit, but wasn't too bad. It was definitely a needed day to get some energy back and for Amy to continue fighting off her cold.

Christmas Night

After being on the go all weekend and now week, why stop now? Some laundering of Jacob's clothes that were "soiled" in the morning was done so that we could head out once again. We ventured down to Monroe to see Doug's dad's family for the evening.

Upon our arrival, we were greeted at the door with many Holiday greetings and congratulations as this was the first time that many of our relatives met Jacob. We quickly moved to a room that was off the beaten path so there would be less commotion. We didn't mean to intentionally hide out, but it seemed to have just worked out that way. It made it a little easier to keep an eye on Jacob too!!

Jacob was definitely a hot commodity to be held and talked to. Yep, he was literally hot. Okay, so part of it was because of the wood burner, but we thought some of it might be Jacob getting sick too. We stripped him down to his diaper which immediately put a smile once again on Jacob's face. He enjoys getting naked for some reason... This held Jacob's fussiness off for a little longer, but you could tell he was done with being overstimulated. Jacob was definitely not feeling like himself as he was wimpering a bit and needed some time alone. We would have loved to had stayed much longer, but with mom definitely being sick and needing rest (dad not too far behind her), we made the tough decision to call it an earlier night than anticipated and headed home. Many understood and were surprised we even made the trek down there. It is something that we look forward to and wouldn't have missed even for bad weather...

So on the road home once again... Just as the night before, Jacob was ready to just be home and fought falling asleep for about 20 minutes before he succumbed. Fortunately, it wasn't the 40 minutes it took from the night before on the way back from Ohio. We were able to get home in a timely manner, but still had some difficulty calming him down and getting him to sleep. After a couple of hours, he was able to sleep the night away.

We wish to apologize to those in Monroe that we didn't get to say hi, much less good bye to as we snuck out the front door for an unplanned get away. (We intended to go through the group to say good bye, but Kookie offered the front door as an easier way out. Thanks Kookie!)

Jacob's First Christmas Morning/Afternon

Christmas day started off by getting up and feeding Jacob just like any other day. Unfortunately, Amy's cold had gotten much worse and dad was feeling some added ill effects of his as well. It was time to take some stuff so that our travels would hopefully not make us get worse...

Time to head for Grandma's house and their traditional Southern breakfast on Christmas, so Jacob didn't get to open the gifts Santa had left for him. Jacob was none the wiser this year as he was just hanging out and caring about where his next bottle was coming from. I'm sure he will understand a little more about what is going on next year.

The breakfast was great as usual just as everyone has become to know and love. After the feast, we shared our gifts and enjoyed each others company. To everyone's shagrin, the visiting didn't last near long enough as we needed to get home and the sister-in-law's family also had other engagements to attend as well.

So, we made the trip back home once again. Have you been sensing a trend for us this year? Yes, there has been a lot of traveling. On the way home, neither of the older kids were very much into sharing our gifts with each other, but we needed to for Jacob's sake. Granted, we could have done it some other day and were already pushing it to the afternoon, but his mother would know and she wanted this one to be special for him, even if he doesn't realize it, so we sucked it up and gave Jacob Christmas.

Surprise, Jacob didn't really know why all of these colored papers were flying all over the place, in his lap and his "Frankie dog" was beebopping presents around him. Frankie definitely understands what Christmas means though, after all, she is 13-1/2 years old (no, not dog years... ;)!). It means if she can get through a little bit of paper, she gets the goodies. This year was much better as Santa brought her chocolate chip and vanilla creme filled cookies (don't worry, they are dog friendly!).

Jacob did enjoyed opening gifts as there were a few smiles from him. It wasn't long and he was out like a light for only about 10 minutes though... There was just too much to see in the living room of "babydom". Dad worked on putting some stuff together eventhough Jacob is a little too small for much of it, but it won't be long and he will be too old for it.

On The Road Again!!

Christmas Eve followed suit with the prior two days. It was time to be "On The Road Again". This time, mom and dad were definitely fighting off colds that they both had started. Mom was first... :-P!

The trip to Ohio was made so that Jacob could spend Christmas Eve with his cousins and grandpa. Fortuantely, we didn't have to deal with any "weather" like we did for the last trip at Thanksgiving... It was nice late afternoon/evening. Gifts and pleasantries were exchanged.

After dinner, who would have thought that a part of "Twas The Night Before Christmas" could really become a reality with Sydney and Colton. Their dad, Jerry was the first to make a comment that there must be something wrong because we didn't here them. Colton received a Lego swamp boat. Colton's potentially future engineering sister was taking her time putting it together while Colton closely watched and took note on what his older sister was doing. Sydney was doing a great job and paying attention to detail. She wasn't able to get it done before we all had to leave and make the trek back home, but it definitely gave new meaning to "...not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse..." Yes, Santa did come the next morning to reward their great behavior :D!!

Second Day Of Holiday Travel

Sunday was no to be out done. The family truckster was loaded up and we were off to Jacob's great aunt Laura's for a gathering of his mother's, dad's side of the family. It was a little chilly out, but Jacob was all snuggled up in his car seat and cover and was none the wiser to very cold day.

Jacob was immediately one of the centers of attention as there was another and even newer baby than he at the gathering. Finally, a younger woman to hit on... Unfortunately, to his dismay, this one isn't available to him as it is his cousin. Samantha is half his age (6 weeks) and basically snoozed the day away.

There was much conversation by the adults upstairs while the kids were in the basement terrorizing each other... ;)! Okay, so maybe they were and were just having tons of fun with their cousins. Next year, they will have two more following them around... ;)!

The main event and the much anticipated "gift game" ensued. Numbers were drawn from 1 to 25 and Amy picked 24, while Doug was happy with his 2. In case you haven't played the "gift game". It is like a white elephant game with presents around $10ish. Each Santa then picks a number out of the "hat" (bowl in this case :-P!). Starting with the highest number, the first contestant chooses from any of the 25 gifts under the tree to open keep... Well, not so fast because here comes contestant number two, which can then either pick a gift from the 24 under the tree or steal yours because they want it. If contestant number two steals your gift, then you have the option of picking another gift from under the tree or stealing a gift, but you can't steal back the gift you just lost. Amy is "known" for her competitive and ruthless nature when playing this game. It is all in good fun of course, but she does get her share of harrassment... With a high number and choosing first, Amy picked a gift of pedicure stuff. The game became rather uneventful because there wasn't the much anticipate wrath of Amy and losing your gift. One poor soul did get his "pocket picked" many times, but he was thankful almost every time. He kept getting tea and coffee type stuff of which he didn't drink. Other than that, not a ton of gifts were exchanged. I offered to steal Amy's gift so that she would owe me HUGE, but there wasn't any interest. This is just not like her as she is usually coming to me bargaining and telling me which present to steal. With #2, I pretty much had the pick of any with the possibility of just losing it again. She was too busy with watching Jacob watch everyone else. He just can't miss a thing. Finally, it was Doug's turn. Rather than steal the gift that he wanted most from his brother-in-law (a bbq temperature fork) and risk the chance of eating steak tar tar (sp?) or sushi from the grille, I left that alone as well as the other gifts out there to go for the tree. A shriek from Amy, "What are you doing? Get ...such and such gift..." Well, after not bargaining and I myself eyeing up a small wrapped package, I continued on my way to the tree. Upon opening the gift, I found it to be a nice set of photo coasters, but where would I ever find any pictures. Many were agreement as I received much harrassing especially everyone knowing that I didn't have any younger subjects to shoot. After losing the gift in a few exchanges, I was able to get it back. So, if you come over, you will be able to see the coasters and see if I was able to find any pictures.

After the gathering of family and fun, were off to Frank and Michele's house for another little gathering for a friend that was in town from Tennessee. It was great to see Paul, Liz and the boys as we haven't seen Liz and the kids since they moved to TN. I was able to see Paul a couple of times as he was part of the Bourbon Tour in May and was also at our 50th Reunion for the fraternity. 4 of the 5 Bourbon Tour participants were at the gathering, so of course, what did we drink? A little bourbon that was purchased while on tour. Discussion of the next "boozapalooza" as it was dubbed by Greg, a non-participant at the first event, has begun. So, to all those fraternity brothers out there, we are planning on heading to Bardstown, KY the week after Labor Day, 2008 for the Bourbon Festival.

The party at Frank and Michele's was kinda funny. The girls were gossipping in one room, while the boys were tossing around stories in another and the kids (less Jacob) were in the basement. It kinda reminds you of stereoptypical Jr. high dances (well, at least of years ago as they may have changed now) with the boys on one side and the girls on the other.

It was great to see everyone at both parties as we don't get to see any of them enough. We were home late evening and were able to get Jacob to sleep relatively quickly. The day definitely pooped him out...

The First Of Many...

The first trip of the second wave of Holiday visiting started on Saturday. It began with a stop at Grandma's for lunch and then off to a former neighbor's home. Jill and her family were in from North Carolina and hadn't met Jacob yet.

The kids were very anxious to meet Jacob as Jill's sister lives next door and was at her mom's as well. We pulled into the driveway and we could here the girls screaming "The baby's here! The baby's her!". It wasn't long and they saw the baby and proceeded back outside to continue enjoying the snow before it melted.

It was very nice to see Jill, Spencer, Alan, Madison, Emma, Allison, Jeff, Joy, Joel, Phil, Vicki, Ralph and Sandy. Emma was the youngest and the most into Jacob. I think it was because she was between Jacob's age and all of the older kids were having bigger kid type fun. Emma was cute as she loved to kiss on Jacob and was very gentle. Emma is three years old, while the rest of the kids are at least twice her age.

Thanks for the hospitality and we wish you safe and happy travels home!!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Cruisin' The Metro Area

Amy asked if Icould please take Jacob for the afternoon on Friday since I was getting off early for the rest of the year. Doug obliged so that she could have a break and pamper herself a bit.

I got home a little after 1:30, loaded up Jacob and all of his peripherals and we were off ourselves. Amy was right behind us out of the driveway and was off to the mall for some expected pampering.

Amy was able to get a manicure, but not to her liking. Not sure if it was the language barrier ;)! or if the woman was just plain stupid, but Amy's nails do look nice, just way too short even if you have a new child... So, Amy's trip wasn't as relaxing and pampering as she would have liked, but she was able to stroll through the mall free as a bird, people watching while eating her hot pretzel.

Meanwhile, Jacob and I were cruisin' the area. Sorry, can't tell you where yet because Christmas is just around the corner. I can tell you that strollers are smaller than carts to get around, but still not as small as not having anything... We had to eat once while we were out, but Jacob was his laid back self and enjoyed being out with dad. I'm sure it was a switch for him considering that his mom had him out shopping just about every day for the past few weeks.

Will blog when we can, but we won't be home much the next week or so...

Jacob's First Christmas Pictures

So this is Jacob's first Christmas as if that what was difficult to deduce... ;)! Of course, we wanted to document his first Christmas with a photo or two. Fortunately for us, we didn't need to make any appointments with any photography studios and then wait for two hours past our appointment time to get pictures taken (yes, this happened to a cousin. I'm assuming this could be a common occurrence).

Why didn't we cross our fingers and hope that Jacob wouldn't be fussy and would be a very happy boy at the right time so we could get great pictures? Simply because we are able to take pictures in our own bedroom. Yes, our bedroom may be a mess for a few days because of the equipment all over, but it allows us to have a few mini shoots while Jacob is "cooperating". This potentially avoids all of the turmoil of bundling up and heading out to a local business and can also potentially save money too! Not making any sense yet?!?! We are taking advantage of putting together our own studio. Only drawback that we found is not having some one behind the camera instead of everyone in front of it can cause the need for more pictures to be taken. It still beats waiting beyond our scheduled time and hoping Jacob cooperates. We also then have all the rights to the pictures so that we can do whatever we wish with them.
Here are some more of the photos that we took during several photo shoots this year. Some of which was trial and error and others just trying to get what we wanted...

Jacob Sees Snow!

Okay, so those not in our area may not know, but we experienced getting about 8 or 9 inches of snow on Sunday. Although we trekked out in it for a birthday party, Jacob wasn't able to experience it much. He didn't get to experience the full effect yet, but at least he was bundled up and went for a brief walk outside to go to the neighbors and back. As you can see, the snow plows were still checking out the area to be sure there wasn't any more of a need to push away a few more snow flakes and/or snow banks.

Jacob Attends His First B-day Party

The family weathered the storm and made the snowy trek to the big metropolis of Ann Arbor for an afternoon of zapping fun. Why? Sydney turns nine and had her party at the Zap Zone with her friends (almost all boys...).

Jacob was a real trooper all the way there and didn't make a peep. There were many little crashes along the way, but he kept his stride and didn't fear daddy's driving... It took us longer than the norm, but we made it safely.

All had a good time!! The kids really enjoyed running around zapping each other in the maze of glowing darkness. Oh wait!! What's this taller kid doing? Is it... maybe, um... Is it really...?!?! Yep, it is Amy getting challenged by Sydbear to a game of Dance Revolution. I won't say who won, but the dancin' fool Amy was scored 'F' on each of her rounds (oaky, so I have been corrected... She scored a 'C-' on her final attempt). In all fairness, she wasn't usually paying attention to the game and didn't know how it worked until the 3rd round. She was too busy watching Jacob smilin' and winkin' at her on the sidelines. Just wait Jacob, mom has been known to have a LOUD cheer... ;)!

After the party, we went out to a Chinese dinner and then headed home. By this time, the roads were pretty good and not filled with too many slow pokes... It was a nice adventurous day out in the snow....

Oh What A Night!

Yesterday was a great day, even with it beginning to snow later at night. Grandma came down and a couple of long time friends came up from Monroe to meet Jacob. We were able to hang out, visit, play some cards and eat dinner without any problems. Jacob was very happy and easy going. After dinner though, he started getting fussy, but it didn't seem like a big deal. It started snowing and everyone decided to get a jump on getting home before it got too bad.

Right after the company left, Jacob decided he no longer needed to be polite as he began to scream bloody murder!! He wasn't really acting hungry, but was working on chewing his fists some. It was about time for him to eat, so we tried even though we knew the scream was something different and that he was not feeling well. We did give him some gas drops thinking that that might be it. They didn't really seem to help, but if this was gas, it was the worst he has had it since he was about four or five days old. He did seem to settle down a bit, but we think it was just because he was TOTALLY exhausted. So, we decided to finally sit down and watch "Hairspray" that we borrowed from Amy's mom...

We started watching "Hairspray" and were about 10 minutes into it when another episode of uncontrollable crying began. This time it was just as bad or worse. We again tried bouncing Jacob and even used the inverted arm hold (not sure what it is called, but I am doing it in the picture). This went on for quite some time and we started pulling books out and going online. We also notice that he has been drooling a little more. Also, when we tried feeding him, he would gag and not want the bottle at all... And don't even think about a pacifier... That flew across the room before we could even get it near him. After about 45 minutes of bouncing him around and me singing Christmas Carols to him (no comment... and yes, the neighborhood dogs were just a howling pleading with me to stop ;)!) Jacob finally settled down again. He started settling down just after Amy said let's take him to urgent care. Although Jacob has never been there, it was what he needed to hear.

After taking over 4 hours to watch a 2 hour movie, it was a little after midnight and the questions arose about what to do for the night. Amy, of course, was holding him and didn't want to put him down because she was afraid that he would wake up. We have been working to get him to sleep in his crib for longer periods and although he was sick, I thought we should at least try to put him in it because he was so tired and so was Amy. After some discussion, I forced Amy to put Jacob in the pac 'n play in the living room. We decided that we would keep him on his stomach because that had been the only way we could appease him. Mom didn't really like the idea, but she has recently told me to be a little more firm on things, so I did... I think she knew I was right, but still wanted to be an overly cautious mother.

Amy was paranoid about Jacob sleeping on his belly overnight. So, she was on the couch watching him all night to make sure that he was still breathing. Her fear has been instilled in us by doctors, nurses, books, etc. that this is one of the reasons SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) occurs. Jacob was layed down a little after midnight and then woke up at 6:50 am because he was hungry. So, Jacob slept the night through for the first time while Amy didn't get a wink (well, okay she dozed off twice for about a half hour and woke up freaked out wondering what she would see...).

I'm sure we will be discussing what to do for tonight, but I am thinking Jacob will be sleeping somewhere on his stomach while mom is anxiously watching over him to make sure he is breathing. With giving Jacob many gas drops and finally getting relieved, we think it was just a really bad bout of gas. We are going to give him gas drops as a precaution and will go from there...

Smiles And Giggles...

How Big Is Jacob?

Busy Time Of The Year!

I'm sure everyone is very busy this time of year with putting up decorations around the house, holiday shopping and visiting family and friends. We are no different even with an almost 11-week old... Yep, can you believe it?!?! It is hard for us to believe!! We have been very busy with the holidays and getting Christmas cards, etc. ready. Amy is working on the Christmas cards as I am typing this and Jacob is getting ready to again. He ate two hours ago and jumped up to 5 ounces then and sucked it down like a champ (4 and wanted more, so 5 he got...). Let's see what he wants/eats this time!!

Jacob has really changed in the last week and a half or so. He has definitely found his hands and very much likes sticking them in his mouth. He has also started to grab onto things like rattles, fingers, etc. and working on putting them in his mouth. His alertness and following/hearing mom and dad's voices has become greatly more noticeable. He has also been moving his head back and forth rather rapidly at times to check out places that he hasn't seen before. He seems to be very inquisitive of things.

Jacob is remembering what is coming next. The good things like hearing the bottle getting shaken when he is hungry and crying. He really calms down when he hears and sees what is going on and patiently waits because he knows what is coming next. He also remembers the bad like getting drops in his eyes. He has been starting to put his hands/fists in his eyes when the drops are a comin'...

Amy and I were joking about not blogging in a while and that of some of you may be going through withdrawals... You know who you are... ;)! Amy wanted me to wait, but I felt the need to make some time and get something new added. Stay tuned for some Christmas photos that we have spending time on this week. Amy and I are torn about putting any of them up because we would like the Christmas cards to be the first time you see, one, two or many of what we have taken... So stay tuned for pictures to be revealed some time in the future... Maybe even before Christmas... :-P!!

Elf Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Elf yourself a Merry Christmas season. If you are looking for a giggle then you have came to the right place. I received an e-mail from Amy's niece, Sydney that really got our interest. I won't go into details of what she sent, but the link is on the left. Amy and I had such big smiles on our faces that we needed to steal her idea and do one of our own. So, Elf Yourself A Merry Christmas.

Jacob Gets Bit!

Jacob has been officially bitten by the cold bug. Mom thought he was really congested because of his noisy breathing. He was also coughing more and appeared uncomfortable. Of course, he was and has been "clingy" and making noises. Not sure if it is because he is feeling icky or he is figuring out he is making noises...

So, off to the doctor Jacob and mom went. He was pretty fussy until the doctor came in and wasn't fussy until she left. Mom thinks he has a crush on her ;)!

Jacob was checked out and his lungs and assured mom that Jacob is fine and the weasing is just noises coming from deep down. Sometimes these noises can sound like weasing, but is nothing to worry about. The doctor was surprised that his rash in different areas is still there. What she didn't know is that it did go away, but has come back. Once again, she noted that Jacob has sensitive skin and is something that we will be struggling with. This wasn't anything we were worried about, but she did suggest another over-the-counter ointment that we can use and also told us that we can grease him up more often, especially in the drier months. Jacob's eyes are also pretty goopy still and has a mild infection in his eyes causing the goop. Once again, partly due to his tear ducts still not being fully developed. So, we are back to putty drops in his eyes four times a day, for seven days. Also, Jacob was weighed and is now 12 lbs, 7 oz.

Jacob has been awake most of the day today even with being sick. He did take a nap of daddy's chest for close to an hour this evening, but has been hanging out on the floor for about the last hour. Hopefully, he will be getting tired soon, so that everyone can head to bed for at least three hours...

Hanging Out Under The Tree

It has become that time of year when Frankie's chair heads for the basement and she becomes lost. Not to be outdone this year and since there aren't any presents under the tree yet, Frankie has made herself very comfortable under the tree. Frankie, at 13-1/2 years old, has been handling the new little wonder pretty well. I think she has adjusted well and has adapted to mom being home all of the time and having a noisy little one around too. She still doesn't go around Jacob too much, but is still very curious of him, but also cautious. At least now, she has figured out how to sleep and/or relax when Jacob is having one or more of his "moments". Frankie is now getting her play time in too when she is feeling up to it.

What's Jacob Doing?

Jacob is progressing right along and is now smiling on his own in addition to when he is stimulated. They are definitely precious and can be bigger than life. Mom thought she has caught Jacob with a couple of short giggles too. There are some definite changes happening again this week. He is definitely more alert and regularly turns his eyes and head to follow mom, dad or any other person that may be walking by and follows voices. Mom has also thought that Jacob may be finding his hands although she didn't think he realizes that they are attached to him. He is doing a great job holding his head up and we/I have been using a bumbo seat to help start building up his back muscles for sitting and continuing to work on his neck muscles as well. He doesn't stay in it long though.

Jacob is currently fighting to not get a cold. His eyes have been red and puffy a bit and definitely goopy! It may be a losing battle as it appears he may have already been bitten by the cold bug.

A couple of days ago, Jacob had his first boogie. Mom was proud as it was a good one...

Only other news is that mom is working with Jacob on the floor and working with him to push off of her so that he scoots along the floor on his back. It is the distance that you are thinking, but it does turn him on occasion. He has also turned a little in his crib as well.