5 months old!!!!

I cannot believe that my baby is five months old!! It completely blows my mind. Just a short five months ago, he was inside my belly, kicking me like a crazy man. Now, he kicks me like a crazy man on the outside of my belly.

Jacob is getting so big, it makes mommy crazy. He still has no teeth, but his gums are all bumpy and swollen. You can see them, they are right there under the gums, but they haven't decided to come out. This is making some very long days for mommy. Jacob wants to gnaw on everything, including his toes! Which we now realized we have and love to taste!

He is also moving like crazy. Mommy can't let him be alone because he will roll across the apartment. He loves to roll, roll, roll. And is quickly trying to crawl, but he's just not there yet. Mommy would prefer if he takes his time on the crawling part. She thinks he's growing way to fast for her! He won't be a baby much longer!

Jacob loves his vegetables. Mommy and Daddy are trying to make all of his food home made, but there are a few vegetables we have to buy. But so far he loves everything. He has a great schedule which we stay to most days. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner with two snack bottles in between. We still get mostly breast milk, but mommy unfortunately finally dried up, so breast milk is running low. This makes mommy sad, but she did good for five months, especially just pumping. She is going to use up all the frozen milk, which should last a couple more weeks and then just formula for Jacob. It's a sad day for mommy. But a good thing because mommy will have more time for her little man.

Well! Until next time! We are doing great!

Family Visits!!!!

This past weekend we were so lucky to have Uncle Josh, Aunt Kristy, Grandma, and Kohl come to visit us! It was the first time Uncle Josh had ever been out here to visit, which made it super exciting. The big kids went to Waterworld on Saturday, and Grandma stayed home with me! And we had some great quality time. Though I was teething horribly and pretty cranky all day long. But Grandma still loved on me and gave me squash and prunes for the first time! I thought they were yummy!

Mommy got her first day "off". Thank you so much Grandma! She really needed a little break. It's so hard when you are so far away from family. It was much appreciated!

We are doing great with our solid foods. We have mastered peas, squash, sweet potatoes, prunes, and today mommy gave me green beans. I made lots of funny faces. But they were still pretty tasty.

I am sitting on my own for the most part, as long as I have a little support.
We are also rolling both ways now. I am not a tummy time fan, so rolling isn't my strongest area. But today I showed mommy that I no longer like my back either and rolled over onto my tummy, both ways. Mommy and Daddy better watch out!!! Because here I come!

We Can hold our Bottle!

Last night daddy finally got a picture of Jacob holding his bottle all by himself! He has been doing it for the last week, but it's hard for mommy to take a picture when she is holding him!

We also ate some tasty home made peas for the first time today! We did pretty good. No funny faces! And he wanted more! So we had some more! And some of mommy's yummy milk to tie us down for a couple hours!

Four Month Check-Up

We went to the Doctor for our 4 month check-up. Dr. Barry says we are doing wonderful!

Baby weighs 15.2 pounds (60%). Is 26 1/4 inches long (93%).

It appears we are going to have a tall little man.

We were happy and showing off to Dr. Barry until the nurse gave us our shots. Then we weren't very happy. Mommy hates shots. And to watch her baby get them is almost worse than her getting them herself. Baby doesn't seem to like them much either. He was an emotional wreck for the following four days.

My poor baby. :(

In other news. We have successfully mastered all our cereals and are ready to move to vegetables and fruits!

Four Month Photo Shoot

While we were home in Nebraska, Daddy thought it was time for another photo shoot, which I couldn't deny because Jacob is growing so fast. Here are some photos around Jacob's Grandparents home. He did a great job! and so did Daddy.

Fourth of July

As always, Fourth of July is a huge holiday for my family. We went home for an entire week and it was a much needed vacation. Jacob got to meet all his cousins again for the second time. He got to meet Gavin for the first time though, and they will be great friends. I know. It was awesome to see family that we haven't seen in a very long time. I got to see my cousins, who I nannied when I was in high school, and how big they have gotten. They made me feel old. They are all so grown up, in high school, jr. high, and starting middle school. I missed them! Every one loved Jacob and were so happy to see me as a mama.
We spent the entire week hanging with family and friends. It was great! And very sad to leave!

Jacob's Beak-il

We celebrated Jacob's first 100 days as Korean tradition goes. A Beak-il dates back to ancient Asia, when babies were known to pass away at early ages. So when a baby made it to 100 days, they were more likely to live a long life. So that's why they celebrate 100 days in the Korean culture. We decided to not do a completely traditional celebration, and instead opted for a BBQ, that way friends and family could come celebrate. And Jacob wore a traditional Korean Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing).

I am huge on making sure that Jacob is fully aware of both his backgrounds. I am 100% German and Jae is 100% Korean. It's extremely important to both of us that he learns about both cultures. I can't wait to learn Korean with him.

Here are the pics from the day!

Three Months!

Our first smile on camera

Jacob's first camera smile! It took me so long to actually get one on camera because he was very quick to change expressions. But here it is! He's so adorable.

Day at the Park

When we made to two months, it was time to go out and do a photo shoot! That and every body needed to get out of the house! We went to Wash Park, where a nice little pond is located, took Jacob for a stroll and then decided it was photo shoot time. He had changed so much in two weeks.






All in all it was a fun day! We got some great pictures, and had a great day outside.

The day we came home from the hospital.

We got to come home on March 3rd from the hospital. Man were we ready to get out! I didn't want to stay two days, but supposedly they make you stay that long your first time delivering. Oh well. It was 70 degrees and beautiful when we got out. Jacob slept the entire car ride home. And when we got home, Grandma and Grandpa were there to meet us and our new addition to the family.

Jacob's very beginning

Jacob Aiden Junho was born on March 1, 2010 at 4:13 pm. He was a week early. However, a planned week early, for the most part.
I had a great pregnancy. I never once got morning sickness, though I have to admit, I did get slightly nauseous at work a few times, but I was surrounded by food, so it was going to happen. I never swelled, or had a horrendously sore back. I only gained 18 pounds. It was basically smooth sailing. I was lucky.
He was a super active baby, constantly moving around to make his presence known. It definitely shows today that his personality started out in the fetal stages.

The day Jacob was born, it was snowing. A thin layer of snow coated the streets and the houses, as we drove to the hospital. I was happy. Snow was a good sign for me. It made me think of rebirth. Fitting for the days agenda.

We got the hospital at 6 am. Checked in and they prepped me up. I wanted a natural delivery, no medicine to interfere with what my body was naturally equipped to do. I was already 5 cm dialated when my doctor checked me. My water hadn't broke yet, so they decided to break it, to get things moving along. That was an interesting feeling; like a giant pimple inside me. I started walking the halls to get my labor to progress. Unfortunately, two hours later, I hadn't started contracting enough, and my doctor wanted me to start pitocin.
For those who don't know what that is, pitocin is a natural occurring hormone in women's bodies that stimulate labor. They can synthetically clone this hormone and give it to pregnant women intravenously, to progress labor.

Let's just say after that, there was no going back. The pitocin only took 20 minutes to kick in full raging contractions. I went from having contractions five minutes apart, to two minutes, and within an half an hour, 1 minute or less apart. I didn't want an epidural, but I caved when my dialation still hadn't progressed after two hours of these types of contractions. My uterus was taking over my entire body, and I didn't have time to refocus between each contraction because they were so close together. So I got the epidural. It was bliss once I laid down on the bed, but twenty minutes later, I was 10 cm, and it was time to push.

This is where I decided the epidural was worth it. I was heartbroken when I dialated so fast after receiving the epidural. I will always wonder if I would have waited just a bit longer if I could have made it. But the epidural allowed me to enjoy the final moments of being pregnant and in labor. I started pushing, and within minutes, his head was out. I pushed a total of ten times. He was a champ. The next thing I new, my baby was on my chest, crying, and oh my was he beautiful.

Jacob weighed in at 7 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. His apgar test was a 9. He was perfect in every way. I was a very proud mama.

Better late than never

As a mom, I realize that I am probably about 8 months late on this whole blog thing. I should have gotten on this a long time ago, that way it would be easier for family to track my rapidly growing baby. But I am here now, and I have a blog for my little one, and my family can keep track of him...now. So better late than never. Time to play some catch-up!!!!!