Jake's Big Days

These days Jake wakes up about 7 or 7:30 am, eats his first bottle, and heads to the gym with Andrew and I.  When we get back, he does his own "working out" on his little gym.  He kicks and bats at those toys like crazy.  Then he usually falls asleep.

He has really taken to moving around while he plays and sleeps.  He definitely was not facing that way when we put him on his toy gym.  The same thing seems to be true every night- we put him to bed about 9:30 pm, and he's usually in a totally different position when we check on him before going to sleep, and in yet another crazy position when we go in to get him in the morning.  Sometimes he's done a complete 360 in his crib or has his legs up on the slats or has just moved to a completely different place in his crib.  I still haven't figured out quite how he does it.

When Jake wakes up after his first nap, he gets another bottle and usually moves to his swing to play some more.  After awhile, he zonks out again.

The next few hours while I work, Jake eats bottles, plays for awhile, then falls asleep again.  By the end of the day he's usually taken about 5 good naps.  I hope he appreciates that, because someday he'll want just one short nap and it won't work for him!

It's a happy time in the Olsen home when Andrew gets home.  Our dog Kyle about loses his mind when he sees Andrew pull in and hears him coming up the stairs.  He's gotten really good at recognizing our car pulling into the parking lot and gets particularly excited with the little "honk" that comes with locking the doors.

In the evening Jake has play time with Mom and almost always gets to spend some fun time with Dad too.  He gets a bath every 2-3 days (or else his skin gets too dry) and by the end of the days has eaten 5 bottles.  He gets 6 oz every time, but always has one or two bottles that he doesn't want to finish.  He finishes his last feeding around 9:30pm and loves watching his mobile when we put him in his crib to go to sleep.  He is growing so fast and getting sweeter and cuter by the day.  We are so smitten by this little guy and enjoy so much being his parents!