Fall Fun

October was such a fun month and Jakob is growing up so fast!  At the beginning of the month, he started with his fifth word, "ga".  Not sure what it means but he typically says it when he is taking his bottle in the morning.  On approximately October 12th, he decided to start crawling "normal" instead of the army crawl.  Of course, he often gets tired of that and goes back to the army crawl because he has become a speed demon at it.  On October 13th, Jakob started walking with the help of his new truck and he did even better when Nana and PaPa brought him a car on October 27th. It was a warm enough month that we still enjoyed walks outside as well as a couple of fall festivals.  

Getting ready for our early morning walk in PJs.

Fall festival at the fire station on October 13th.

Practicing for Halloween...

Halloween party/Baby shower at a friend's house on October 27th

Walking with his truck

NICU Anniversary

On October 30th, we celebrated Jakob's one year anniversary from coming home from the NICU!  We allowed Jakob to celebrate with a cupcake and Mom and Dad sang to him for his "NICU Birthday".

Fall Festival At the Farm

On October 19th, we had a playdate with Jakob's NICU friend, Sophie.  We went to Daniel's Farm near Sophie's house and had a great time seeing the animals and playing on the tractors.  Unfortunately the strollers were too wide to fit into the straw maze.  Jakob loved petting the kitten but was oblivious to the cow that was about to lick his face. :) Despite the cold, a great time was had by all!

September Surprises

Jakob was full of surprises in September and made great strides.  On September 1st, he took his first step at the couch so he is officially "cruising", although his cruising has been few and far between.  On September 8th, he drank from the straw for the first time and is now a pro on the sippy cup although he still prefers the bottle.  On September 10th, Mom found him sitting up in his crib in the morning and towards the end of the month, it was common to find him standing at his crib, peering over the edge.  On September 18th, he (finally!) picked up the bottle on his own and started drinking from it.  He had been starting to climb the stairs assisted in August but on September 25th, he managed to sneak by Dad downstairs and climb the stairs by himself to get to Mom upstairs.  Thankfully no falls!  We also had a lot of fun in September playing outdoors, taking wagon rides and had a visit to the zoo with NICU friend Sophie.  He also attended his first wedding (Daddy's cousin Matt) and got to visit Kansas City, MO and Overland Park, Kansas in the process.  Jakob never passes up an opportunity to play with Mom or Dad's computer, open and close doors/cabinets or stick his hands in the toilet.

Watching the sea lions at the zoo with Mommy

Smooches from Nana after the wedding

Playing in the grass

On an evening bike ride with Dad and Mom