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Wishing everyone a save and Happy Halloween!

Jacob's Baptism

Jacob was baptised this past Saturday, 10/24, at St. Alphonsus Church by his great Uncle (Friar) Arturo and his great Uncle (deacon) Joe. The Ocampo family has a long history with St. Alphonsus parish, which is located on the West side of San Antonio. Jacob's great grandma Eva Rivera Ocampo lived just one block from the church, and she attended school there at age 7. Eva celebrated her First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and then Marriage to Socorro Ocampo over 60 years ago at St. Alphonsus. Jacob's great uncle Art was also baptised at this church. Until about 5 years ago uncle Art was the parish priest for several years, and during his time with the church he lead fund-raising efforts to restore the church. He even donated his time to bake cookies every week.
Jacob's Great Grandma Eva, Grandma Elsa, Cousin Jonas, and Aunt Sonia, and Tia Anna.

Jacob's uncle Armando and aunt Anna drove up from Reynosa, Mexico. They brought Jacob's cousin Antonio and Jacob's grandparents. Jacob in his elegant baptism outfit, hand delivered from Mexico by his godparents:
Jacob, 3 1/2 months, fit just right into his 12 month sized outfit.

Jacob Manuel Mejia was accompanied in baptism by his one-month old 3rd cousin, Christopher Jacob Rivera.

Jacob and his primo Antonio were exhausted after a long day, and they both fell asleep at 5 p.m. Antonio was out for the night, but Jacob woke for one more meal.

Gracias a mis padrinos por todo!

Jacob's first fever

Our poor baby had his first fever this past week. We noticed on Wednesday evening and did what we could to make him comfortable. We saw the pediatrician on Thursday morning and confirmed it wasn't the flu. The Dr. thought it might have been a virus, but after 24 hours Jacob's temperature was back to the normal range. He was starting to feel better by Saturday and was able to celebrate his cousin Jonas' 12th birthday.



By Sunday, Jacob was almost 100%. He was eating more and smiling a lot. It was not like him to not be smiling all the time, so now we definitely know he's feeling better!

Jacob is 17 lbs!

We took Jacob to the Dr. today because it's been 3 weeks of congestion for our little one. Poor guy has trouble breathing at night. But that's not stopping him from eating! He weighs over 17 lbs. The Dr. was pleased and said that Jacob has plenty of 'reserves' in case he gets sick and doesn't eat for a week. He has no worries that by 1 year old Jacob will weigh at least the average weight of 22 lbs! Jacob is wearing 9 month clothes and I honestly don't know how much longer they are going to fit because he's growing so fast. He's at least 24.5" long.

Smiling with Aunt Mary and Grandma Elsa.

Full after a meal.

Happy in his swing.

Jacob makes lots of sounds and smiles a lot. He loves when daddy sings to him, especially "Las Mananitas" (birthday song in Spanish), and he tries to join in the singing.

Laughing and singing with daddy.

Jacob is 3 months old

It's hard to believe that Jacob is already 3 months old! He has done great his first two weeks at day care - he's in a room with 8 babies and there are always 2 ladies watching over them. Our morning routine is going pretty smoothly. Jacob sleeps about 7 hours at night and wakes around 4:30 a.m. for a meal, then either he wakes around 6:30 or I wake him by 7 for a morning diaper change and snack, and then Manuel is off with Jacob to Valero by 7:20. I get ready and try to be at work by 8:30 a.m., and I pump (breast milk) three times before we all arrive home around 6 p.m. Manuel typically spends his lunch break at the Valero Day Care - feeding, singing, talking, and holding Jacob.

Manuel and Jacob are heading out in the morning.

Jacob went to his first birthday party two weekends ago. His friends Jake and Holden turned one year old. Maybe at the next party they will play with each other.

Scott is feeding Holden and Jake is being fed by his grandma.

Luinda opening gifts.

We had a family bath time the next day. Rosario helped me clean under Jacob's neck while his Grandma Elsa held him in place. We also had several other spectators.

We had a family outing last Saturday to Six Flags Fiesta Texas for Valero's Employee Family Picnic. Jacob opened his eyes for just a minute when we first arrived, then he slept for the two hours we were there.

On Friday we got together to celebrate Uncle (Friar) Art's 61st birthday. He was visiting from Indianapolis, spending the week to celebrate his birthday.
Uncle Art meeting Jacob for the first time.

Jacob has had a stuffy nose for the past few weeks, but it's finally clearing up. It woke him up sometimes at night, but he never cried or complained.

Unfortunately, Jacob's UM outfit was not the good-luck charm they needed to defeat Michigan State yesterday. We still enjoyed watching the game and relaxing at home.