Church and the Party Animal
Posted by Missy Roberts at 7:01 PM About Jake
This weekend Jacob had 2 birthday parties to attend. On Saturday he went to his very first birthday party for his cousin Dylan who turned 4 years old. It was a Power Ranger party complete with a Power Ranger pinata. Unfortunately Jacob was asleep when it came time to hit the pinata, but he'll be ready next time. We all had a great time at the birthday party. Jacob got to meet his other little cousins, John Paul, Annika and Maleah (and their mommies and daddies). All the little cousins took a very cute picture together and the girls made sure to hold Jacob just right so that he was upright for the picture:)
Saturday night Jacob slept the longest he's ever slept and went the longest between feedings...a whole 71/2 hours. Mommy and daddy were so surprised. When he finally woke up and mommy looked at the clock she could not believe the time and that Jacob had slept that long. I guess partying wore him out and he knew he needed his rest for the birthday party on Sunday.
Sunday was another big day for Jacob. He went to church for the first time. When we got to church we ran into Rob and Terry DePartee (our pre-marital mentor couple). They were able to meet Jacob for the first time. We met Chris and Leann at church. Jacob got hungry just as church was about to start so mommy found the nursing room and was in there for most of the service (Jake was extra hungry that morning) so poor daddy, Chris and Leann, they had to sit in the back for nothing:( In the nursing room Jacob met a baby girl, Brooke, who is one week older than Jacob so she became his girlfriend, since he know no other little girls close to his age. Then we went to get a quick bit to eat with Chris and Leann and then we were off to our second party of the weekend.
We headed over to cousing Aiden's 3rd birthday party. He had a cool Cars theme and there were cars all over the place. Aiden had a cool house with lots of toys to play with because there are two cool boys to play with there. While at the party Jacob got to meet more of his cousins. He met Meghan, Nathan, Aiden, Bryce and Lucas (and all their mommies and daddies) and Auntie Babe. We had a good time with all the kids that were at the party. Jacob even got a cool party favor (Thanks Aiden!). Jacob was so tired when he got home that he ate and went right to sleep at 7pm (which is early for him). He even skipped his bath because he didn't give his mommy and daddy enough time to give him a bath(he's already becoming a little boy trying to skip out on baths)...oh well there's always tomorrow and mommy will make sure he gets cleaned.
Some milestones since our last update. This weekend Jacob went into size one diapers:( He is no longer in his newborn diapers. Mommy was a little sad, but also happy that her little baby is getting bigger. Jacob is also holding his head up a lot longer. He's smiling a lot more and in response to mommy and daddy talking to him and smiling at him. He has become more and more interested in his hands and loves to stare at them, especially when we are driving in the car.
In the last couple of days mommy thinks Jacob is looking like his Uncle RJ when he was a baby. Sunday at the party daddy was holding Jacob and when mommy looked over at them she thought she was looking at her younger brother when he was a baby! It's amazing how much he can change from day to day.