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Jennifer and I had a great day with Jacob! Yesterday we were a little concerned that he wasn’t going #2, but he eased our fears today by going not once, not twice, but five times! It seems the milk is starting to work its magic on his tummy.

Jacob was more alert today when Grandpa came over. He opens his eyes really wide now and focuses for a long time. I’m starting to think his eyes will turn brown over the coming weeks. They’re not a bright blue and they can only darken as his eye pigment develops. Since he had a 50% chance of brown eyes it’s not much of a surprise.

We made a trip to Goores and Target to pick up a couple nursing essentials. Jacob stayed in the car in his carseat. He seemed to really enjoy the car ride with his mom next to him. We also finally got a chance to put stuff away around the house and vacuum. The cat litter was embarrassingly bad as well. We have established a mobile baby center between our bedroom at night/morning and the front room during the day. We got a diaper caddy from Goores today to help tote the changing items around.

Jacob still hasn’t slept in his crib. Jennifer and I are just a little nervous about leaving him alone so he sleeps in a basonet next to our bed. We set him down in his crib while grandpa was here and he looked so little in his big crib! He seemed very relaxed in his crib, but I’ll still want to get a video monitor rather than the basic audio monitor we have now.

Tomorrow EJ and Veronica are going to come over to meet Jacob. It’s 10:38pm and I’m watching Lost right now. Jacob is due to eat again in an hour so I’m not going to get much sleep tonight!

So many little things have happened since Jacob was born.  Here are some highlights:

• He has been poked and prodded way more than mom & dad care to see since Jennifer was gestationally diabetic they had to test his blood sugar the first day.
• When papa Matt changed his first diaper he didn’t block very well and Jacob peed all over his own face!  He was not happy about this.
• Jacob had his two-day checkup and everything is perfect. Again, Matt was talking to the RN and Jacob peed all over himself.  Papa is learning, slowly.
• Either mom or dad was up with his for the first 48 hours of his life.  We were so scared he would smother himself!
• In his third day of life he is much more alert.  He opens his eyes and locks on our faces.  He loves to lay skin-to-skin like a frog on his mom or dad.
• Jacob eats every 3 hours and is gaining weight now after losing a few ounces after birth.
• Jacob loves to claw at his face when he is excited or frustrated so we keep him gloved when he’s not swaddled.