Headed for the Seas

Once I hit the open sea, there is no stopping me! (unless Dad catches me of course)

Aww man, Dad caught me!

10 months!

Age: 10 months

Weight: 19 lbs 2 oz

Length:

Eye Color: deep blue

Hair color: blonde

Eating Schedule: 5 oz 3 times/day, 6-8 oz morning and night. Solids at lunch and dinner

Sleeping: Jacob naps two times a day.  His first nap is in the morning and his long nap is from around 3:30pm-5:30pm. 

Clothing: Jake is mostly in 9 month clothes but we have started 12 month. 

Teeth: Jake now has 3 teeth and 1 more on the way

New Activities: Month 9 has been different from previous months. Jake has learned to throw fits, which has been interesting to watch.  He likes to throw his head down and makes a cute, pathetic noise.  Jacob knows what he wants and when he wants it! He is also in a “mommy” phase and wants mommy most of the time. He has started wanting only solid finger foods and not purees but I still give him some puree at every meal.  He loves diced carrots, cheese, pasta, and beef. He tolerated diced green beans, blueberries, banana, etc. He started occasionally sipping from his sippy cup but mostly just loves throwing it. Jacob loves to stand and walk around furniture. He has even taken a few steps behind his toys. When he says “mamamama” it’s usually really whiney and means he needs something or wants to be held. "Dada" is usually a squeal of excitement. 

We can't wait to see what month 10 will bring!

Pictures from month 9:

I love this ball!

First Easter

I celebrated my first Easter here in Saudi Arabia.  As you know, Saudi doesn't openly allow Easter celebrations so we had to do some of our own here on the compound.  Some sweet ladies were kind enough to put on a compound wide Easter egg hunt.  Mom was excited to get me all dressed up and take me out to hunt eggs. One of my favorite toys in our house are fake plastic eggs so Mom was hopeful I would be at least slightly interested.  That's exactly what I was, slightly interested.  I found myself an egg or two and that was all I needed. After that I was content to watch the other kids hunt eggs and sit and take pictures. 

One of my Eater gifts this year was my basket with my name on it.  I loved playing with it!  Mom of course made me sit with it in some strange places to take more pictures.

The next day was Good Friday but since our weekends are Thursday/Friday we celebrated Good Friday and Easter in the same day.  We started the morning by going to a service.  Here we learned the true meaning of Easter!  Mom and Dad also spent the whole week reading to me from my various baby Bibles and reminding me of why we celebrate.  

Friday morning before we left for service I received my first Easter basket! It was filled with eggs, a book, and a swimsuit!

After our service, we went over to the Perry's to continue our celebration.  I enjoyed playing with all my friends.

Brooklyn

Savannah

Jack

Gavin 

Aden

Miles 

Dan with Luke and Miles

 Happy Easter!