How time flies,,,

September

It has been a while since we posted. We have been quite busy here in the Morris household! Football season started so we are enjoying football Saturdays! Jacob wears his Auburn outfits on Friday to school and on Saturday. Here is our favorite pic from the first football weekend! Thanks Aunt Emily and Uncle Ryan for the outfit!

The biggest thing that has happened is Jacob started crawling! He is ALL OVER THE PLACE! We have invested in a gate for the living room. He is 100% all boy. He is into everything and wants to explore everything! We are constantly chasing him around. He loves his toys and his little cars. He has found a little one that he likes to carry around.

A few weeks ago, we decided to go to the zoo on Sunday. We wanted to test out our new (bought at a consignment store) jogging stroller and spend the day outside. It is finally starting to get cool here in Memphis. We had a blast at the zoo. Jacob loved to look around and see all that was going on! Here are a few pics from our trip!

After a few hours, he passed out asleep! What a day!

The day before we had also gotten him a new "seat" for his tub. He LOVED it!! He splashed in the tub and had so much fun. We take baths with it now and he loves it! Here is his first bath in it!

The other big thing in our household, is that Jacob cut his first tooth last Saturday! He has a little one coming in on the bottom. We had a time with it as it was really bothering him and his mouth was hurting him. But it is now in and he wants to still chew on everything! I can't believe how much he is growing up and how quickly! He is starting to pull up on things and likes to stand up.

WATCH OUT WORLD, HERE COMES JACOB!

Big Week!

We have had a mighty big week here in the Morris household! Jacob is officially crawling AND sitting up! It is so amazing to us how quickly he learns things. He is getting fast crawling and we are already having to put things up! He loves to go into the foyer and hit his hands on the floor. He loves the noise it makes. He also loves to go in there and "talk" and his voice echo. He loves it. He does pretty much the same thing in the kitchen. It is so fun!

He is really good at sitting up. He balances pretty well and loves to play with his toys!

I decided since he was sitting up well to put him in one of the wooden high chairs at a restaraunt. I had a work dinner Thursday night at The Grove Grill. It is a nice restaraunt so I was just hoping Jacob would be good. Well...my little angel was an angel! He flirted, smiled, played and sat like a big boy in the wooden high chair.
He is growing so fast!

I took Jacob to get some 6 month pictures made....they turned out great! He was soooo good! Here are a few!

He is too cute (I know I am biased!0

We are having a blast! He is almost crawling! It should be any day now!

We are having fun at home! Jacob's favorite new toy is an old remote we took the batteries out of! He will play with it for hours! He went for his 6 month check up and is now 17 lbs 10 oz and 27 1/2 inches long. He is right at 50th percentile for both! He is growing fast!

We went home over the Labor Day weekend and Jacob got to visit with ALL of his grandparents and great grandparents! What a treat it was! We were tired by the end, but so thankful for all the time we got to spend with our family!

We are getting our running shoes ready for when Jacob starts crawling!

Watch out world, here he comes!

I have had this in draft form for a few weeks....it is old now but thought I would still post it!

We have had a fun last few weeks! Jacob is still teething, so we have found our new best friend....teething tablets! Ms. Roberta at school told us about them and they are great! Of course anything he can put in his mouth, he will. This includes his hands and sometimes he tries to put the whole thing in!!



Anyway, about a week ago, they told us at school that he had been getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth. We hadn't seen it for ourselves so we weren't too sure about it. But low and behold...he is!! He has started getting up on his hands and knees and sometimes rocks back and forth and then falls down. He doesn't stay up too long, but it is a great start! We are excited!

AUBIE

One of my favorite memories from childhood was going to the Auburn Football games to watch my godmother, Missy, cheer. I remember getting a paw print panted on my cheek and picking up Auburn cups after the game with Miss Peggy. I remember watching homecoming parades and drinking lemonade!!

Well, after my brief stint as an Alabama fan, and Josh's obsession with Auburn football, it wasn't too hard to go back to my childhood days of cheering on the Tigers! Now I have new great memories of tale gating and going to the games with Josh, mom, Ryan and Emily!

Ever since Jacob was born (even before) we have been anticipating taking him to Auburn! His first trip was in May for Ginny and Robby's wedding. It was a short trip and he was young, but he did get his Auburn stroller!! We are eagerly awaiting Jacob's first football game! I know Josh can't wait to throw the football with him!

Well, as fate would have it, Jacob got to meet Aubie last weekend! I was in Tuscaloosa for a camp at the University of Alabama. Josh and Jacob were in Birmingham and ended up driving down to pick me up (I know, I have a very sweet husband!). Well, being in mom mode, I realized that Aubie was there for Mascot Camp! I sweetly went up to Benji and Adam, the Mascot instructors and asked them if we could get our picture made with Aubie and they said no problem!! I quickly called Josh and told him to bring Jacob's Auburn shirt!

We waited anxiously for Aubie to "get ready." I guess he had a hard time picking what shirt he would wear (you have to read the shirt on the pictures)! Aubie finally came out to meet us and it is something I will never forget! I guess as a parent, I remember the great memories my parents gave me and am eager to give those to our son. I am sure it is a story that we will tell Jacob when he is old enough to understand. Aubie came out and was so great with us! He waved to Jacob but didn't come over too quick so he wouldn't scare him! He came over and sat down on the floor and I knelt down with Jacob. He looked at Aubie and reached out to feel his face.

We proceeded to slowly get Jacob closer to Aubie and he wasn't scared at all! Just really curious! (Don't forget to read Aubie's shirt.....toooooo funny! I can't believe he had that at camp!) We slowly got closer and were able to put Jacob in Aubie's lap! He was so great!! And the rest of the mascot staff were such a great help trying to get Jacob to smile and look up!

We took several pictures and Jacob was great!! We stood up and got to take a great family picture! I am sure it will grace our house for many years to come!!

I just wish it was a few months later and this could be our Christmas card! But for now it will have to just be our "Happy Football Season" picture!! It was truly a great experience! I don't think Josh and I could keep the smiles off of our faces the rest of the day! Hopefully it is just the first of many Auburn and Aubie pictures for the Morris family!!

Why I love mornings

I have always been a morning person. Thank goodness Josh is too. We always feel guilty sleeping in after about 8 am or so. Well, we are glad that Jacob has turned out that way too! Now my mornings are even more special because of our "routine" with Jacob! Here is how it usually goes:
I am usually ready by the time Jacob wakes up. Josh usually goes into his room and gets him. It always brings a smile to my face when I see the two of them together in the morning. Both with their "just woken up" eyes and smiles on their faces. Jacob's smile in the morning makes my whole day! He is so happy and excited for what the day has to come! The three of us usually swap good mornings, etc for a few minutes and then Jacob gets a bath. Here are a few picturesthat we took first thing in the morning:

We started giving him a bath in the morning and he seems to really like it. He got a "big boy" bath tub that he enjoys. We are so glad he likes the water! Jacob and I usually have several "conversations" about the day and how he slept that night while he gets "fresh and clean." For some reason he LOVES being wrapped in his towel! He smiles and laughs and doesn't mind it at all! We think he would stay like that all day if we let him! He talks like crazy on his changing table while we get him dressed for school. Here is a picture of him in his towel (you can tell he loves his fingers right now!):

After that, he gets a bottle and cereal. He is doing really well eating his cereal and fruits! So far we have fed him bananas and peaches. We should have had the camera ready on the peaches. His face was so funny! (We will remember that next time we try something new!) There are some pictures below of him in his highchair. Emily's coworker gave us a smaller one and it is PERFECT for Jacob right now!

After he eats, he plays in his bouncy seat for a little while so I can gather any last minute things for the day. Then it's off to school! I can't tell you how much I enjoy our morning routine. He is so smily and talkative and it just makes my day! I hope that we can continue this as a family as Jacob gets older, as it is such a joy!