cooo and ahhh

If you listen closely, you can hear Jacob talking to his mommy.

Play Date w/ Sophia

Jacob was sooo excited to hear that Sophia was coming over for a play date - excited to the point of exhaustion. Or maybe that was Jacob's way of playing hard to get. Either way, he was gentleman enough to make a debut so that we can take a picture of them together.

Its Easter!!

Jacob got dressed up today!!! Coordinating with Papa, Jacob wore a button down shirt with jeans. He looked so handsome.

It seems the dinning area at Nonna Concetta's house gets smaller and smaller at each holiday. This Easter we barely fit at the table. And the noise level was certainly higher. But Jacob was content as he played in his chair, laughed for Francesca and slept when he got tired of all the commotion.

On Saturday, newly engaged Nishimoushi and Damien came over to visit Jacob. Jacob was on his best behavior while Damien cooked up a traditional French cuisine. Nishimoushi was able to get some very large smiles and even laughs from Jacob. He is beginning to show his happy personality.

Here's a photo which Damien took of Jacob with his mommy.

Family photo

We love company

These past few weeks Jacob has been enjoying the company of family friends and lots of walks in the park. He is growing fast, he now has the ability to cry with tears and his salivary glands are maturing- so he has lots of drool. At his most recent doctor's appointment he received his first set of vaccinations. Since then he hasn't been the same...in a good way. He is now much more responsive and the very next day he smiled!

Paul and Jake are just chillin'.

Lori and Bryan's visit sparked Jacob's first argument over a girl. Bryan had to warn Jacob of the consequences of feeling up his wife. Did I mention Lori and Bryan are expecting a little one of their own? Here's Jacob warm and cozy as Auntie Ali allows mommy to take a break.

Cuzin Call

Jacob finally met his younger cousin, Michael. It was the first time all of his cousins on his mother's side were together. The video below provides a sample of the noise level. It seemed Michael was perfectly happy sleeping through the noise, Jacob wanted to make noise, Elizabeth tried to quiet Jacob and Alyse and Joseph were playing on their own extremely high level of noise. If we had the noise dosimeter I am sure it would show that we were in violation of some sort of noise ordinance. We'll have to buy ear plugs for the extended family when holiday dinners roll around.