Get your Jacob fix

Erin emailed me this picture while I was at work last week. Jacob has learned to stand up in his crib, but he doesn't know how to sit back down. So, he cries until we rescue him. His joy at our entrance is self-explanatory.

Jacob has many "firsts" to report: crawling, holding his own bottle while feeding, teething (two and counting), new noises, and a large expansion of the menu. He continues to express his happy personality with coughs, growls, grunts, hisses, squeals, and other consonant sounds.

Jacob and Erin spent a week in Texas visiting family. Jacob loved spending time with his cousins. They did everything together, including bath time ...

We went swimming as a family at the end of May. Jacob loved splashing around until he wore himself out and slept the rest of the time. Erin and Jacob have season passes to the water park and Jacob is using his newly discovered pointing finger to point at people, floats and especially birds whenever they go.

Tonight as we were eating dinner we were listening to music and Jacob started moving to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. He apparently really liked the song.