Tub Time!

Just this last week Jacoby started sitting up with confidence. And getting himself into the sitting position on his own. And getting himself up on his knees. Now he's just starting to pull himself up from his knees onto other objects. It's all happening so fast!
Jacoby has been in the "big boy" tub ever since our trip out to visit Grandma and Grandpa. After that taste of freedom and plenty of room to splash about, there was no going back to the baby tub.
Last week I gave Jacoby a bath right after feeding him his dinner. Big mistake. The warm water must have relaxed him and the sweet potatoes I had fed him only moments before came out looking not too differently than they did going in. I don't know who was more suprised - me or Jacoby!
But who wouldn't forgive a guy with as cute a face as his?

Pool Playdate

When Jacoby was 2 weeks old we started going to a luncheon at the hospital he was born in. There we met five other moms and seven other babies (two of the moms have twins!) with whom we started a play group. This week we met up at Shellayna's pool for a swim lesson.

Here's Shellayna taking Sofia for a cruise around the pool. Coincidentally, Shellayna was also in the same childbirth class that Robert and I took.
Here's Evan taking a ride in his floating crab - the cadillac of baby pool toys. Plenty of storage for toys and a sun shade to boot. Do they make these for adults? Maybe add a cup holder and we'd be set :o)

Jacoby loves to swim! He was in the pool for over an hour this afternoon! He loves to be led around the pool on his tummy - he even sticks his face in the water! Isn't quite blowing bubbles yet...but by next summer for sure.
Adelaide didn't like the pool at first, but warmed up after she saw how much fun her brother was having in the crab float. Heather (mom) brought along Paul (dad) for some extra supervision while they swam.
Last but not least, Link...he was loving that fresh pool water. Watch out Michael Phelps!

Sunday fun at the park

In the neighborhood we just moved to there's a park right around the corner from our house. There's a jungle-gym, swings, basketball court, and picnic tables. The three of us walk over there quite often. Robert can't wait until Jacoby's old enough to shoot hoops! There always seems to be a group of older boys playing a game of pick-up ball.


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Back to the Beach!

After hearing about all the fun Jacoby and I had the week before, Robert decided that he wanted to go to the beach too! Saturday we hopped in the car and headed to Crescent Beach for a fun afternoon of splashing in the surf. Jacoby is quite the little water dog!








The three of us enjoyed walking down the beach, collecting shells along the way.













The weather was perfect! We waited until late afternoon to leave Gainesville so the sun wouldn't be too intense and ended up timing it just right. The only rain we saw was while we were in the car.







Afterward, we washed Jacoby off in the shower, making sure to get all the sand out of the creases and folds in his skin.













It was tricky getting that little guy into his pajamas in the car!










Finally we got him in the carseat with his sippy, ready to head home. He was totally wore out and fell asleep as soon as we got on the road.

First Foods

At Jacoby's four month appointment, Dr. Scaccabarrozzi gave us the thumbs up to start feeding him solids. I was a little reluctant to start...mostly because I'm not ready for him to grow up yet! But we agreed to give him rice cereal on him 5 month birthday.




He seemed to like it...














...but it's hard to tell.













Publix had baby food on sale this week, buy one get one free, so I got peas, sweet potato, bananas, carrots, and apples to try in the next couple of weeks. We'll have to see if he likes foods with a little bit more flavor better!

Trip to Anastasia Island

Jacoby turned 5 months old this Saturday and we celebrated with a trip to the beach with our friends Shellayna, Sofia, Jennie, and Evan. First we stopped in St. Augustine for some outlet shopping and then headed to the beach. Jacoby had dipped his toes in the Pacific during our trip to Oregon, but the Florida beach proved to be a bit more splash-worthy...

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Check out this slideshow of Jacoby playing on his Baby Einstein gym! Still figuring out all the blogspot features, so these are actually older photos, but still totally adorable!

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Fun at Camp Invention

Brought Jacoby to Camp Invention this week. He enjoyed all the attention from the campers. They just loved trying to be the first to get him to smile!