sunset silhouettes

During a day hike on Governor’s Island, Jacob and Amy watch the sunset over Lake Mendota.

studio portraits

One afternoon after work, while Amy was in class, Jacob and I took self-portraits together in my office studio. (Unfortunately, Jacob would only look at the camera when someone stood behind it and made peculiar noises!)

Since an early age, this boy has shown an interest in other people's mouths; is there dentistry in his future or is it just a passing oral fixation?

On the farm

Jacob meets baby goats on Kate Barnes' farm in West Sidney, Maine. He also enjoyed the chickens, cows, cats, dogs and sunflowers.

what's it take to get a meal around here?

Jacob covets his mother’s bowl of cereal during breakfast in Vassalboro. At almost seventeen weeks old, Jacob has yet to try solid food, but he certainly pays attention to it when we eat!

how we feel today

Our family is in Maine to be with my ailing father-in-law John during the final days of his life. Yesterday, Jacob expressed how we are all feeling at the moment. Tonight I am sitting up with John, doing the 11 to 3 am vigil as he sleeps.

Little swinger

Jacob sits in his swing and plays with a bandana. He is 12 weeks old now and he has gotten good at grasping on to things. Does he have any idea what he is doing? Possibly.

Im/mobilized

Jacob lays in his crib and stares up at his new mobile. At eleven weeks old, he seems fascinated by how it starts and stops. He has started spending as long as 45 minutes every morning after he wakes up, happily babbling to himself and watching the mobile.

family picnic

We had a family picnic dinner beside Lake Monona in Yahara Place Park. Jacob is almost 11 weeks old and likes to stare up at the trees.

first father's day

Jacob and Mike celebrated their first Father's Day together with a feast at Bluephies and some mutual admiration.

Things are looking up

At seven weeks old, Jacob enjoys his new playmat, a gift from Mike’s office. In the past week, he has started to be much more aware of his surroundings. He has started watching and batting at toys as they hang above him.

fete de bebe

As guest of honor, Jacob surveys his party from the middle of the conference table as University Communications holds a lunch party for him and his parents when he is almost 7 weeks old.

Doting grandparents

At the end of May, we took a family trip to Maine, so Jacob could meet his grandparents John and Irene Forster for the first time. During this trip five-week-old Jacob has also had his first bath, his first bottle and his first babysitters (when we his parents slipped out for a paddle in the kayaks without him).