Getting a Laugh

Well now since we got one of those new flip cameras for Christmas it has been fun catching Jacob in all kinds of trouble. For some reason I was laying on the ground while Jacob was being so fussy. He crawled up on me and of course as Dads have to do, I started to pick on him. He got some new foam block toys from my uncle David and I was blowing one at him as he tried to knock it out of my mouth. He thought it was so funny. I love when he starts to get giddy.

ChristmasLaughs

As we all know Christmas at teh Bairds can be well.... interesting. since I married Sarah, Russ and Dodie have been coming to the Christmas eve festivities. This means plenty of gag gifts and jokes played on one another. The GIANT ashtray from the 70's was back and so was the heart from the doctors office. John I wish you could have been there. We cleared the room of the kiddos and Christmas went PG13. Poor dave and Natalie we ruined 'em. After Bob got 50 Million in Obama bucks then this is what Russ got. This was a great Christmas and we can't wait to wake up in the morning and do our family Christmas!

If you can't tell what is so funny the boobs bounce to the music. watch carefully again as they dance up and down to the beat of the song!

TEXAS VACATION Nov 11-Nov 17

We had a wonderful time on our 2nd vacation with Jacob. This was our first time flying with him and he did great. We flew into Dallas and drove to my sister's house.
We drove to the watergardens in Fort Worth, which was pretty cool.



That night we had a good time at Main Event playing video games and then headed over to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner, YUMMY!!!! The next day we went to downtown Dallas to see the grassy knoll where Kennedy got shot. Chad had a great time seeing the area and the museum and hearing the theories behind the shooting. We then checked out the new Hard Rock cafe in Dallas. Saturday night Chad and I drove back into Dallas to go to SamOwen's wedding. The reception was amazing, being at the top level of a hotel and huge windows looking out over all of Dallas.



Chad had a great time meeting up with people from CO that he has not seen for a long time. Our time with Jackie and Charlie and their girls was a ton of fun. Jackie was so good to Jacob taking him for walks and feeding him and rocking him to sleep.
Sunday we drove all the way to Houston to go to my uncle's house. My uncle John has a beautiful house, a nice boat, jet skis and a hot tub. So even though it was pretty cold outside, we still went for a boat ride and rode the jet skis, WITH WINTER COATS ON :) we were the only people on the lake!

John fed us some really good food, my dad tried lobster for the 1st time, and overall we had a great time there.
Jacob was soooooo good for the trip. He had a few times when he got fussy because of being tired or waking up in the middle of the night and not wanting to go back to sleep (car rides at 3am to put a baby back to sleep are fun times ;) but Chad and I were really proud of him.

6 and 1/2 months

Jacob has come a long way since the last time I have posted. He has been so much easier the last month. A big part of that is because he is able to sit up and crawl now so he is able to get where he wants to go. He has been great with all the different baby foods, so far he has had peas, beans, squash, prunes, pears and rice cereal. He does try to put everything in his mouth now so maybe he would eat anything I would give him....He has been taking 2-3 long naps during the day and he sleeps through the night, which has been WONDERFUL for me. It has been so fun to see how his mind and body develop in months...
That is about it for Jacob. Chad has started management training at his job so he will be very busy with work for the next 3 months.
We are staying away from my brother's family right now, 3 out of his 4 kids have the swine flu. The 1 year old and the 2 parents have not gotten it yet, hopefully they can some how make it through without getting it.

Jacob turned 4 months this week and we have been seeing so many changes in him. First of all he is growing like crazy, he is already 15 lbs!!! He is also getting to be a lot more fun to interact with. He is laughing a lot more, he turns to you when you call his name a few times, he is talking more, just overall a happier baby. He is also able to entertain himself more. He loves to reach for things and try to grab them and loves to play with his hands and feet. We are just having so much fun watching him learn new things all the time.

Our First Family Vacation to CA (June 23-June 28)

One of Sarah's roommates from college was getting married in CA, so we decided to plan a family vacation around it. This was our first vacation with Jacob and he did soooo good! We started our journey at 3am so that Jacob would sleep and he slept the whole trip, yay!! We met up with my best friend from college, Jen, and her husband Adam. We got to meet her daughter Rubie for the first time and Jen got to meet Jacob. We stayed up in Crestline where Adam's parents live. The weather was beautiful, so we got to hang out by the lake a few times, visit Thousand Pines Camp where Jen and I worked 3 summers, and show Chad Lake Arrowhead. We got to visit some friends from camp and their kids which was fun catching up. Friday night we drove down to Orange County for Lindsey's wedding which was very nice. Saturday we went to Hunington Beach, we laid out on the sand, made sand castles, watched street performers, went to Wahoo Tacos :) and then we drove on to Balboa Beach. We took to the ferry to see Balboa Island to go check that out. Sunday we went back to Balboa Beach to go for a family bike ride down the beach front which was so much fun on a tandum bike (and Jacob attached to me in a bjorn). We enjoyed hanging out there all day and then jumped in the car and drove 6 hours home, Jacob slept the whole wayyyyyy, it was soooo nice.

Father's Day Surprises!

The first father's day is here. We started out like every Sunday. We went to church and Jacob rocked out like normal. He has this routine where he loves the lights and music of worship. Chad and Jacob dance to the music because Sarah's family is notorious for not having rythym so he has to learn it from somewhere. Anyway, then after the songs he pigs out on a bottle and then goes to sleep during the speaking. I guess he can get away with it since he's a baby right? Anyway today after service we went out to In-N-Out Burger and Jacob enjoyed lunch with dad. His eyes got so big as the burger got close to him. He started drooling when he smelled the greasy burger then mom stopped it and wouldn't let Jacob have any. Party pooper. After that we went home and hung out while he started a new trick. Chad was laying on the floor with him and we have been trying to get him to roll over. He is only 3 months old now so we didnt expect him to but it's fun trying. Well today he surprised us. He rolled over numerous times. It was awesome. After all that excitment we just packed our bags because we leave the next night for California to meet up with Jen and Fam. Cali here we come!

Seeing Changes

Jacob is now 10 and 1/2 weeks and it has been so fun to see changes in him. For the last 2 weeks he makes great eye contact and puts on a big smile when you talk to him. He is starting to make all different kinds of noises and Chad thinks he will be a talker because Jacob loves to make noise and be heard. Jacob has also been very alert to lights and music. He goes in his jumparoo and floor gym and he loves to look at the blinking lights.
There have also been changes in Chad which has been fun to see. Early on, when the baby cried Chad would hand him back to me and say I don't know what to do with him, but now Chad likes to put him in his baby bjorn and entertain him. Chad also has found Jacob's favorite sleeping positions and one of his favorites is sleeping on dad's chest, its really cute!
Jacob just woke up and is crying so I will have to get back to this later :)

Jacob's First Day Swimming

We went out to Toys R Us and bought Jacob a couple of bathing suits (Chad wants me to call them boardshorts I guess) because we are excited to get Jacob in the pool. We weren't sure how long we had to wait to take him in but we looked it up and after the umbilical cord falls out you can take them in. Well, we waited until he was 7 weeks and Dad came home early from work and said "let's go swimming!"
We went to the pool and put him in the water and he loved it. He didn't cry at all. As he got used to the water, Chad just held the back of Jacob's head and the rest of Jacob's body just floated on the top of the water. Jacob just smiled and looked around. He was sooo cute! Later, Chad said it is time for him to go under the water and he dunked him under and I said, I can't watch this and I went to the other side of the pool. But Jacob did so good and didn't even cry when he went under. So Grandpa B. and Chad passed him back and forth underwater. I guess really little babies have a natural thing where they hold their breath. Kinda weird and scary.
Chad took him in the shower after and washed off all the clorine and moisturized his skin so it didn't dry out. The whole swim day was like a half hour.
Jacob loved the whole experience and hopefully he will be swimming like a little fish by the end of next summer.

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Attack of the Green Monsters.

ok so Jacob just turned one month and for his one month birthday he got a cold. He is loving his new gift. Dad cam home with a cough and congestion one day. It lasted about 3 days In that time He tryed to steer clear but had to help Mom take shifts. So it was inevitable that Jacob got what Dad had. We could tell the poor little guy was getting it because his cute cry turned ito a raspy whine and he just ouldn't breath. Today he sneezed and theese huge green slime monsters shot out his nose. It was kind of funny becase Sarah jumped back and was grossed out. Dad cleaned him off. He did feel better soon after that. Then dude to the fussy nature He went for a walk where he blew out another green monster. Now he is just fussy and who can blame him. Dad feels really bad, I'm sorry buddy!

Bombs Away!

Ok so by now you guys know our kid has some serious gas issues. We thought we would share some of the funny stories from the past couple weeks.

The other night I was watching him while Sarah got sleep. I patted him and fed him and got him all ready for bed. He was so tired that finally after some fussing he fell asleep. I laid him in his swing on the off position . Mind you he is all swaddled like a little bean at this point. About an hour goes by he makes a grunt and all of a sudden he blows this huge bomb. I look over at him and simultaniously as he extrudes his power booster gas he falls over right on his head. He farted so hard it knocked him over. It was so funny I laughed so hard I cried. He was like a little weeble wobble.

Needless to say a kid with this much gas is going to coin his own phrases. Auntie Lexie came up with the first phrase that she refers to as the "foop" Kind of a gassy juicy foamy bomb poop thing. Well the other night again Sarah had passed him off to me and I was trying to get th gas out of him. So I laid him on my lap and took his knees and pressed them into his stomach very gently. Well a little bomber came out so I relaxed him and then all of a sudden 3 huge man FOOPs came out! We cheered because it had been hours of fussing by this point. Then all of a sudden I thought that was a lot of "foop" I better roll him over and look and sure enough it blew out the diaper all over me and my clothes. NASTY! Even pampers couldn't hold the load this kid had!

Finally the other night I was online in a video chat conference with people from all over the USA. They were all admiring the new bundle of ....."joy". All of a sudden with like 30 people in this room he blew such a huge bomb that the microphone picked it up and everyone heard it. They all laughed so hard because they thought an adult did it. I had to explain that Jacob has a very very special talent.

No cool Easter stories, Sorry. We didnt look for eggs or anything, no pics with a bunny . Nothing we just tried to survive the rage of Jacobs stomach all day!

Monday Night Raw - Boobie Smackdown

Ok good morning. Well everyone was right. the nights are rough. well not for me i sleep very well but my poor Sarah is upp all night. You see our kid has a big appitite. Well since I dont really experience it I'll let Sarah tell you about it.


Well, since Chad and I are big eaters, he pretty much wants to eat all night long. He chows down on one side for like 15 min and falls asleep while he is eating. He sleeps good for about 5 min and then decides he is still hungry and wants the other boob. So he chows down on that side and falls asleep while eating and then we both lay down on the couch and he falls completely asleep for about 45 min and then he wakes us up cause he is hungry AGAIN! Since he eats so much, my boobs have gotten HUGE, they feel like balloons that are about to pop sometimes. Chad laughs every time he latches on cause I yell OUCH everytime cause my nips are so tender. They are getting better now, but yesterday they were so sensitive.

Chad wants me to talk about how Jacob saves all his nasty stinky gas for me. I can always tell its coming cause he starts to hold his breath to push and he sticks his booty out and then BOOM, BIG BOMBER all over me and then I hand him over to Chad to be changed :)

He is so cute and has been a wonderful baby and it is all worth it in the end. It has been such a exciting time and experience being a mom.

Chad: It's been so funny when he farts because he can lay with me for hours and never get gassy but as soon as Sarah grabs him he farts so loud and they stink so bad Sarah can't breath. So I change a majority of the diapers. I figure its the least I can do plus Im faster than Sarah at it. Well have a good day and we will talk to you soon to give more scoop from the Jensens.

Jacob's Homecoming

Well we are wrapping up the first day of Jacob's first day at home. The first night was a little rough. The doctor said that he would start to come out of his groggy stage and want to eat. The Nurse said once every 2-3 hours. Well our big ol boy wanted to eat every 1/2 hour to 45 minutes all night! Sarah's nips are so sore. I tried to let him suck my nips but he didnt like the hair. Just kidding.

Sarah fed almost all night and handed him to me a couple of times when she needed a break.

Anyway he was a star all day as we put him on camera for his family in Tx and Jen up in Oregon. Jen's daughter said she was trying to reach and grab jacob off the screen. He slept most of the afternoon and so did Sarah. People keep asking how her healing is going and she would say its going ok. today she fought a the battle that all woen fight after have natural childbirth. It was the birth of the toilet. Nothing seemed to work but she finally got it figured out and has felt great for the rest of the day. We are going to watch the suns here in a few and then we will update you again tomorrow as to any new stories. Until then we anticipate some big gassy bombs all night . Like father like son!

FIrst Nights at the Hospital

Well the the first night at the hospital everyone asks about So I thought I'd share. It actually was great. Sarah's friend Jen thought we were nuts but we took advantage of the nursery. They took him and brought him back when he was hungry. We got to sleep which Sarah definatly needed. It was a Godsend, but....


The second night however was not so good. Jason and Kim came by and held him and cuddled him and I guess he must have been hungry or something but he got very gassy. So when they left we tried to feed him but he fought Sarah tooth and nail. I knew something wasn't right because I swaddled him and he usually loves that. This time he just cried. I did all his favorite stuff but he just wasn't having it. We battled for 4 hours trying to get the gas out and feed him. The nurse really wasn't any help and that was kinda confusing because the nurse we had previously was awesome. Shout out to you BETH! So we decided to get a little formula in him just to get food in him. Then we sent him back to the nursery. We were both so worn out emotionally. Sarah was frustrated thinking she was doing something wrong. I couldnt get the gas out . It was just all wrong and getting tense. We said lets just get him in the nursey let them take care of him. We will get throught the night and when Beth and the nursing consulatnt come in the morning we will deal with it then.

That was the best thing we did. The next morning was like magic. The nursing consultant came in waved her magic wand and poof he took the nip. Switched sides and poof he did it again. Later on we had some issues but then Beth came in and she waved her magic wand and sprinkled some magic Good nurse from the west dust on it it and poof he took again.

Needless to say Sarah asked to take the magic wand home and a bag of pixie dust incase we needed to use it again. Since then the boy sees nips just like all boys , yum yum.

HE sleeps great except he is a huge twitcher. He jumps in his slep. but I like it because I dont have to check for he breath all the time. I guess be just have get home and see what happens.

Amazing Day! Jacob enters the world

Well we just got home from the hospital. man that was the craziest experience ever! Things people dont tell you. I may actually do a blog for that for the people that don't have kids. Thats another story in itself.

Sarah started feeling pressure about 9:30 on the 19th , the actual due date. We went for walks and many other things to get this show on the road. Finally after a long walk she started feeling contractions every 3-5 minutes for about 2 hours. So she got nervous. We called everyone and even the doctor said to go down to the hospital. So we jumped in tthe car and low and behold when we got there they pains went away. we walk around the perimeter of the hotel to try to jump start them but to no avail. She said well lets just go get a check up and see since we are here then we can leave. We left soon after that, like 2 days because along came a new face into the world.

From the time she got her epidural to the time Jacob shot into the world was about 7 hours, but we entered the hospital afte the walk at midnight the night before. From the time we were admited to the time Jacob came was about 14 hours. Sarah only pushed for about 45 minutes. She had a mirror that she could look at. she said it helped tremedously. She only pushed for 45 minutes and when she finally saw the head she gave one push that lasted like alomost 60 seconds. he went from crown to feets in 60 seconds. Kinda like the movie gone in 60 seconds. Maybe he'll be a racecar driver or something.

Wow he came out and they shoved him in my face. I say it like that because the poor guy looked like gollum from lord of the rings or that thing in the 80's flick "total recall" as Luke said. Now all babies that come natually have a misshaped head but not Jacob. It was perfect. Perfectly jacked up! He had a lump that came off the side of his head so big the doctor jumped. She even got excited and said measure that it's huge. It thought it was a tumor or something so when He was in my face I was taken back for a second but not only long enough to pull out the cell phone came and snap a pick to send all waiting.

After he came out they spent the next 20 minutes sewing Sarah up. Because she pushed so hard the doctor had to use a lot of stitches. I want to spare Sarah of being embarassed but the doctor even started that she would have done it differently if she had know it would have been that bad.

For anyone that has been through this experience you know I obviously left out some very gruesome details but you can ask and we will talk about it.

He came into the world 22 inches (23 with wired bump on the side of his head) and 9.50 lbs. Everyone says he looks like me. I dont know I just know its wierd that I'm a freakin dady. How cool!