I haven't been posting as often as I have liked, so now I'm going to do some catching up. One of Jacob's favorite times of the day is getting a bath. You can see it in his face. Jacob loves to splash water with his feet and grab the towel with his hands during bath time.
His favorite part of bath time is in this position where we are washing his back. He'll lower his head slowly and suck on our arms. Since Jacob is getting a little heavier and moving around a lot, it has gotten harder to wash him in this position. We can't hold him up like we used to.
Here we are on our way to get the last RSV shot last Tuesday. We found out that Jacob was 14 lbs. 12.75 oz. He's gaining weight! Yay! We also found out that we can't take him out until the end of April because the RSV season started pretty late. We are waiting to hear from our nurse to see if Jacob will need to go back in early April to get another shot. =( We're still on house arrest. Bummer...I was hoping to get out for Easter!
Jeremiah left to Utah last Thursday to attend Great Grandmother Sorensen's funeral. We wished so much that we could be there with the Sorensen Family and surround ourselves with their love. Part of me felt so sad because Jacob never had a chance to meet Great Grandmother Sorensen here on Earth, but she left many things for him to remember her by and we know that he'll be able to meet her again some day. So, while Jeremiah was gone, my parents came out to help me. Jacob was spoiled every second of the day. They couldn't get enough of him! At first, my parents thought playtime was torture because of all the therapy stuff I had to do with him, so in this picture, my mom was trying to make it comfortable for Jacob during tummy time by placing a soft pillow underneath.
Okay, I have a really BAD habit of clipping fingernails way shorter than they should be. Prior to this, Jacob had scratched himself and would cry. I thought I would clip them shorter so it wouldn't grow so fast and have that happen again. Well, I clipped them waaaay too short and Jacob ended having a hangnail on his ring finger. You can see the redness in the picture. I thought I had broken his finger during therapy time that morning and was so scared. So, I got on facebook, where all of Jacob's NICU nurses were, and posted a picture and talked to Nurse Christine. She told me that it looked like a hangnail and to put neosporin on it to help with the redness. I did and it worked! Thank goodness for facebook sometimes!
Jacob is not really happy in this picture. The sock 'mitten' irritated him all day. That's the hand with neosporin on the finger. Since Jacob loves to suck on his fist, I didn't want him to get a taste of the medicine and get sick. After the first day, Jacob discovered how to pull the sock out so I gave up. The finger healed within 48 hours.
This is Jacob getting ready for the 6 month well visit. Jeremiah bought him some BYU gear and had to put it on him (his pediatrician is also LDS..hehe). At the appointment, we found out that Jacob now weighs 15 lbs. 3 oz., 16 inches for head circumference, and 24 inches long. When I measured Jacob a few weeks ago, he was 25 inches. Jeremiah thinks I added the inches just because I wanted him to be taller...hehe...so now Jacob is in the seventh percentile for weight, third percentile for head circumference, and first percentile for height (it's in the genes). Dr. Millar also said that he averages around 5 months developmentally, exceeding his adjusted age growth, which would be 3 1/2 months. The doc also told us not to worry about rice cereal because he feels Jacob is totally ready for it. I'm working on posting the video for that.
Look at those ham hogs (that's what his nurse called it..hehe)! Jacob's 6 month shots at his well visit. He cried for a few seconds and stopped immediately after I picked him up. He's such a good boy.
Great Grandma Sorensen knitted this beautiful blanket for all of her great grandchildren before she passed away. We are so grateful for the many talents she has and the joy she has brought into our lives through her love, grace, and kindess.
Okay...so E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E or at least one person in each of the Sorensen family has one of these knitted stockings from Great Grandma Sorensen. I was so happy when Jeremiah brought one home for Jacob. Now, we can say that we have one of Great Grandma Sorensen's knitted stockings!
I haven't been posting as often as I have liked, so now I'm going to do some catching up. One of Jacob's favorite times of the day is getting a bath. You can see it in his face. Jacob loves to splash water with his feet and grab the towel with his hands during bath time. 
His favorite part of bath time is in this position where we are washing his back. He'll lower his head slowly and suck on our arms. Since Jacob is getting a little heavier and moving around a lot, it has gotten harder to wash him in this position. We can't hold him up like we used to.
Here we are on our way to get the last RSV shot last Tuesday. We found out that Jacob was 14 lbs. 12.75 oz. He's gaining weight! Yay! We also found out that we can't take him out until the end of April because the RSV season started pretty late. We are waiting to hear from our nurse to see if Jacob will need to go back in early April to get another shot. =( We're still on house arrest. Bummer...I was hoping to get out for Easter!
Jeremiah left to Utah last Thursday to attend Great Grandmother Sorensen's funeral. We wished so much that we could be there with the Sorensen Family and surround ourselves with their love. Part of me felt so sad because Jacob never had a chance to meet Great Grandmother Sorensen here on Earth, but she left many things for him to remember her by and we know that he'll be able to meet her again some day. So, while Jeremiah was gone, my parents came out to help me. Jacob was spoiled every second of the day. They couldn't get enough of him! At first, my parents thought playtime was torture because of all the therapy stuff I had to do with him, so in this picture, my mom was trying to make it comfortable for Jacob during tummy time by placing a soft pillow underneath.
Okay, I have a really BAD habit of clipping fingernails way shorter than they should be. Prior to this, Jacob had scratched himself and would cry. I thought I would clip them shorter so it wouldn't grow so fast and have that happen again. Well, I clipped them waaaay too short and Jacob ended having a hangnail on his ring finger. You can see the redness in the picture. I thought I had broken his finger during therapy time that morning and was so scared. So, I got on facebook, where all of Jacob's NICU nurses were, and posted a picture and talked to Nurse Christine. She told me that it looked like a hangnail and to put neosporin on it to help with the redness. I did and it worked! Thank goodness for facebook sometimes!
Jacob is not really happy in this picture. The sock 'mitten' irritated him all day. That's the hand with neosporin on the finger. Since Jacob loves to suck on his fist, I didn't want him to get a taste of the medicine and get sick. After the first day, Jacob discovered how to pull the sock out so I gave up. The finger healed within 48 hours.
This is Jacob getting ready for the 6 month well visit. Jeremiah bought him some BYU gear and had to put it on him (his pediatrician is also LDS..hehe). At the appointment, we found out that Jacob now weighs 15 lbs. 3 oz., 16 inches for head circumference, and 24 inches long. When I measured Jacob a few weeks ago, he was 25 inches. Jeremiah thinks I added the inches just because I wanted him to be taller...hehe...so now Jacob is in the seventh percentile for weight, third percentile for head circumference, and first percentile for height (it's in the genes). Dr. Millar also said that he averages around 5 months developmentally, exceeding his adjusted age growth, which would be 3 1/2 months. The doc also told us not to worry about rice cereal because he feels Jacob is totally ready for it. I'm working on posting the video for that.
Look at those ham hogs (that's what his nurse called it..hehe)! Jacob's 6 month shots at his well visit. He cried for a few seconds and stopped immediately after I picked him up. He's such a good boy.
Great Grandma Sorensen knitted this beautiful blanket for all of her great grandchildren before she passed away. We are so grateful for the many talents she has and the joy she has brought into our lives through her love, grace, and kindess.
Okay...so E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E or at least one person in each of the Sorensen family has one of these knitted stockings from Great Grandma Sorensen. I was so happy when Jeremiah brought one home for Jacob. Now, we can say that we have one of Great Grandma Sorensen's knitted stockings! 
4 comments:
Love the photo with the beige and white striped outfit! I'm glad Jacob got a stocking from GG Sorensen too!
Haha, I love the stocking pic! He is sooo big and so adorable!!!!!!!!!!
Go BYU!! Love the pictures.
Sopha, we missed seeing for the funeral. We we glad to see Jeremy but look forward to seeing you and meeting Jacob this summer. Thanks for the newsletter, we loved it.
Aunt Claudia
That's SO funny! Ella & Evan will sit and suck on my arm forever while in that same 'back washing' position during bath time. It's so cute! =)
Hopefully this summer, when RSV season is over, we can all get together with our babies and have a playdate! That would be fun! =)
~Kari
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