Happy 2009

Happy 2009 Everyone and Happy Birthday Dad (grandpa Jeff)! During the 'break' since our last post, quite a bit has gone on. There was Christmas with the whole Pugh clan, avoidance (for the most part) of a stomach bug shared by most every other member of the Pugh family, moving daniel's parents to a new house, and then bringing in 2009 with our friends Matt and Bri.

Here's a smattering of Jacob candid's from the past 2 weeks- laugh at will.

Jacob is thrilled with his big boy cups from the Taylor family (pugh connection= daniel's sister Traeci).

Jacob was beside himself with excitement about playing with his cousins- but Samuel wasn't sure about this little guy taking his toys.

Jacob's Aunt Traeci (R) with cousin Colby and Aunt Tally (L) with cousin Parker (daniel and my godson!)

The Chell Christmas package arrived and Jacob immediately 'claimed' the bag of Jelly beans. We had a good laugh at how much he enjoyed the beans until we realized it was because his sharp teethies had cut a little whole in the bag and he was sucking on a sugar-laden bean.

Jacob getting in touch with his musical side- the piano was his gift from 'Santa' and this little boy couldn't contain his excitement as we were just taking it out of the box on Christmas!

Now, as a grown-up 9 month old (as of yesterday), Jacob has a few new tricks. He grins- not just smiles but outright grins with his eyes closed, head held back, and teeth visible for all to see. He knows its hilarious and does it often.

He claps for himself, he waves on ocassion, and he's starting to give high fives. He babbles all the time, 'sings' in the car, and every once and awhile he's trying to stand on his own. He'll lift his hands and stand for about 2 full seconds, then sit down and look around.

He's feeding himself pretty well, but slow to move past fruits and veggies. He's had a nasty cold since the 31st and didn't eat for about 4 days (thank goodness he's still nursing!), but he accepted avocado and pear when nothing else would actually go down. We're really gonna work on meats when he's less congested....we'll see!

Anyway, he's still extremely happy, high energy, and mischeviously adorable. We hope you enjoy the post and are having a great '09!