Jacob is 3 Months Old

Jacob is now 3 months old!  We are so happy to have him in our family.  He is a very happy and content baby and loves to smile and coo at Tony and I and especially his Grandma Peterson and Grandma Gatherum.  What a cute kid!

Easter Sunday

We spent Easter Sunday just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather by going on a long walk.  It was so nice to get out and spend some time in the sunshine.  

Here are Matt and Pauline (Tony's parents) taking a break after only one lap around the track.  They were sure tired by the time we got back to their house.  

Matt even fell asleep on the driveway!

Tony and I took a break from our speed-walking to get our picture with the Bountiful Temple in the background.

Jacob was just enjoying being outside. 

While we were walking, Brett noticed that there was a kite stuck in a tree and decided to go rescue the kite!  We kept thinking that we should take a picture of Brett in the tree because it would be the last time we would see him not in a whole-body cast.  Luckily, he returned to the ground safe and sound.  Way to rescue the kite!  It turns out that the kite didn't even belong to the people who he rescued it for.  But, they didn't seem to mind flying it once it was back on the ground! 

Missing Tony

Tony has gone to California for work again, and we are really missing him!  He is such a great Dad!  I usually don't have to worry about bathing Jacob or putting him to bed because Tony does all that for me.  Usually as soon as he gets home from work, Tony takes over as main caretaker for Jacob.  Sometimes I think Tony takes care of Jacob just to get out of doing the dishes or laundry, but mostly I think Tony just wants to hang out with our little man. I can't wait for him to come home, especially since now I am back at work. 

Here is Jacob's response when I told him his Dad is still in California (actually he was just really hungry, but I think he feels the same way about not seeing his dad).

Here's a picture of Tony being a great dad from early in Jacob's life.

Great Weekend

This past weekend we had Jacob's blessing.  Most of the Peterson and Gatherum family members were there and we had a very nice lunch after church.  Here are just a few pics of our happy day.  Jacob was especially good and didn't seem to mind being passed around.  Jacob loves being around people and always looks around very intently like he is studying all of us.  It will be interesting to see his personality develop.

Sleepy

The other day, we wanted to see if the dogs would bother Jacob when he is on the floor.  So we put Jacob down on a blanket and then called the dogs to come in to the room.  After a few minutes Abby, Max, and Jacob were all sleeping peacefully on the floor together! It was really cute.

We're in the digitial age now!

So, I finally decided to join the digital age and create a blog so that all of you can keep up with our exciting, or not so exciting, life.  I would say that things have been a little more exciting since Jacob was born.  I always knew that little babies were capable of amazing things, but I had no idea that so much pressure could be stored in the digestive system of such a small individual.  He has definitely helped us keep our washer and dryer in full use!  

 

Here are just a few pictures of our little guy!