More peas, please!

This week, we started trying to feed Jake with a spoon. We're not doing it everyday yet, but just letting him practice. We tried rice cereal first, but he cried everytime it hit his mouth. I guess he's not going to be a cereal fan...at least not for now! So, we tried a little peas tonight. He made the funniest face...as if we'd just given him some terrible medicine! But, after a little while, he got used to it and finished his plate! :)
Here's a short clip. Enjoy!!

Jake and Santa

Jake got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time tonight! Greg and I took him to a restaurant in North Little Rock that was hosting Santa for kids. There were so many cute babies there!!

I'm pretty sure Jake was telling Santa that he wanted that hat OFF for Christmas! :)

The Big D

Greg and I took a little weekend get-a-way last weekend to Dallas. Greg had to be there for work, so I went along to do a little shopping and get some much needed rest! I missed Jake so much while we were there, but it was a good weekend for us both. Jake stayed with Greg's parents and had a great time!

While we were in Dallas, we stayed at The Gaylord Hotel. What a place! They had so much family stuff going on....Christmas trees everywhere, breakfast with Santa, a life-size gingerbread house, lunch with The Grinch, displays EVERYWHERE to take family photos...I could go on and on. They also had The Grinch Ice Exhibit. It was created by the chinese and brought here. Its an entire "village" made of ice to replicate the Grinch movie. It was amazing, but COLD. We had to wear parkas into the exhibit!

The Christmas Tree at The Gaylor Hotel...well, at least one of them!

The Ice Exhibit. Literally, all ice! Amazing!

This is ALL ICE!!

Its going to be a whirlwind December for us...like most of you! Traveling, Christmas parties, shopping, etc. Then, in January, I go back to work. Boy, that will be a change! I haven't done 8-5 since July!!! But, I'm looking forward to returning and getting back to a daily routine. Let's hope Jake adjusts easily!

Just a cute pic of Jake!

Thanksgiving and Shots...but not at the same time!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving this year. We certainly did. The holidays are always full of family and DRIVING! We hit up Greg's family in Carlisle Thanksgiving day and headed to Marion that weekend for some time with my fam. Jake was so good the entire time...even with his cold. He's been a little sick this past week, and its really thrown his schedule for a loop. Oh well! He's getting better every day, but now I have it. The cold actually started with Daddy, then Jake and now Mom. "Welcome to parenthood," I'm told.

This picture was taken while Angie, Greg's sister, was talking to Jake. You can tell he's very interested in what she's saying!

The Veazey women

Jake and his Veazey cousins, Morgan, Caden and Madison. All three show Jake so much attention and love! He's a very, lucky little guy!

Jake with his Aunt Peggy. They were doing a little catching up!

Dadoo, Greg's dad, feeding Jake.

Uncle Kevin, my brother, taking a little nap with Jake.

After naptime, it was playtime!

Granny, my grandmother, and Jake

Jake turned four months old on the 28th. He's getting so big and is such a good, little guy. He has a very relaxed personality and loves to smile and talk to anyone! He will just stare at people and watch them talk....so sweet. We had our four month check up today...so...SHOTS! Ugh. At the two month check up, he didn't fuss much, but today was a whole different story! I have NEVER heard him scream like that! He screamed for about 2 minutes and then he was fine. While two minutes doesn't seem long, it seemed like an eternity to these new parents. I HATE HATE HATE shots!!!

Jake weighed 16 pounds, 12 oz. (90th percentile)

He is 25 1/4 inches long. (75th percentile)

His head is 16 3/4 inches. (25th percentile)

So, I knew today would be rough...with shots and all. But, I had no idea how rough! Jake really gave me a run for my money this morning! First, he awoke at 4 a.m. laughing and cutting up. He ended up getting upset when no one wanted to join him for his little play time at four am. So, I got up and went in to get him back to bed. I discovered he had busted out of his swaddle and had quite the look of pride on his face! So, I rocked him for a little while and that was getting nowhere fast! So, I decided, in a moment of weakness, to feed him. Finally, he was back to sleep. He slept until 8:15. Greg got him out of bed, only to find he had leaked out of his diaper and he, the bed and his jammies were soaked. So, I ran him a bath...I couldn't take him to his 9:30 doctor appointment smelling like tee-tee! Well, at this point, we need to leave the house in 30 minutes! I had a wet head and Greg was already dressed in his suit. So, I get Jake undressed and quickly set him down in his bouncey while I got the bath water ready. In a matter of SECONDS, he has pee'd all over the bathroom and pooped himself! So, Dad cleans that up while I put him in the bathtub. I'm halfway done bathing him when I noticed MORE POOP floating in the tub! GROSS!!! So, I grab him up and start screaming for Greg! I start screaming, so Jake starts screaming. I'm in my robe, a towel around my hair, holding a naked, screaming baby above a poopy bathtub! Ugh. Now--we have 15 minutes before we need to leave.

So, we take Jake to the kitchen to finish the bath in the sink. Greg gets him dressed, while I rush to finish getting ready. WE MADE IT TO THE DOCTOR ON TIME! Of course, she was 40 minutes late, but that's ok! We love her anyway!

ughhhh.......now he's down for a nap and I'm exhausted! :)