This past Sunday Jake did a lot better than the previous week. Going to church in the middle of the day really messes with his schedule, and he's a boy who likes being on a schedule. It works perfect for us during the week and actually helps me get my work, but watch out when he's not eating and sleeping at the right times! The previous week he was the grumpiest I have ever seen him- crying and everything. Although Sunday's can be a little rough, I LOVE dressing him up for church :)
The day after he turned 8 months old, Jake figured out how to go from laying down to sitting on his own. And now he does it over and over and over. I'm not sure what he's thinking, but to me it seems like he lays down just so he can sit up again. He's pretty proud of himself, and we're pretty proud of him too.
Here he is the first time we came into his room after his nap to find him sitting in his crib.
And now that he can sit in his crib, he's been working on climbing more. Our furniture is all pretty big, which makes it taller than the typical couch, chair, etc. He's not quite big enough to reach it and pull himself up on, so he's been practicing in his crib.
He also LOVES bouncing on his mattress. He bounces up and down and looks like he's going to fly forward, but so far he's been able to keep his balance. He can really get going, though! He's going to love jumping on his bed when he figures it out!
Jake also loves playing with me, Andrew, and especially Kyle. He loves when Andrew has him chase Kyle around and laughs harder than any other time when the dog coughs.
Our best estimate as to his weight is 20 lbs (we weigh ourselves and then hold Jake and weigh ourselves again), and our best guess of his height is 30 inches. Andrew estimated that at Babies R Us when we went to get Jake a toy there based on the 12 inch tiles on the ground (no, he didn't actually lay Jake on the ground- just hovered him above). Unfortunately he was already too tall for any of the bouncing toys that hang over door frames :( With how he loves to jump, bounce, and kick, I'm sure he would have loved that, but apparently we waited a little too long.
This summer my mom has come and stayed with us quite a few times. She's only a couple hours away, so she'll drive down and often stay a couple of nights, taking care of Jake for us while Andrew does his school work, goes to class, etc, and I get lots of work done.
It's been so fun to have her come and stay! We all love it- Jake gets tons of attention, Kyle gets played with more than typical days, Andrew and I are able to get tons done, and we all eat great because she takes more time to prepare good meals than we can!
This week was the last time she'll be able to come for awhile, as she works for he school district in Wadsworth, and school is back in session tomorrow. We're bummed out but enjoyed her summer break as much as she did!
Andrew, Jake and I also finished the first Hunger Games book this week. We LOVED it. Jake enjoyed being read to while rolling all around and Andrew and I really liked the story. In fact we read super late Sunday night into Monday morning because of the Labor Day holiday. Then we woke up and read it some more.
We went to the water park for the last time of the season (Labor Day is the last day it's open- boo) and Andrew read to us while I drove. After we got there we stayed in the car an extra 5 minutes or so to finish the chapter. A little ridiculous? Probably. But we definitely enjoyed it!
Our friends are letting us borrow the next 2 because we were WAY down the reserve list and the library and couldn't wait any longer! Andrew's picking them up on his way home from school, and I'm certain we'll be working on Catching Fire tonight :)
Life is going well. It's crazy and busy, but it's so fun to be a family of 3!
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