3 Weeks Old and Olomouc Christmas Markets

Jakub is over 3 weeks old now and still doing really well. Here he is with my Mom, "Nana," above... doing what he does best right now- other than eat:) He's a good eater! He's growing well and definitely not wearing any 0 month, newborn clothing anymore. He's on to the 0-3 month clothing and even wore 3 month old pants the other day well in length, though they were big in the waist on him. He's definitely a long, tall baby already.

Here he is with Josh's sister, Laura, still sleeping:)

We finally have some of him awake and trying to talk to us. He's starting to get out some noises after several raspy, but sweet, attempts at talking. It's so fun to interact with him and talk to him. He's not awake for very long usually, but I love it when he is!

Here, Jakub is meeting his "Papa" for the first time via Skype. That's Josh's Dad and we were able to talk with him recently and introduce him to Jakub. It was really sweet and I'm thankful for programs like Skype where we can visit together and see one another.

Here are some pictures of our town square at Christmas time. We have beautiful Christmas markets that are set up with traditional Czech gifts and typical Christmas gifts to buy and various fun foods to eat. There are also concerts each afternoon and Christmas music that plays while you are there.

Here is our tree for this season. It's really beautiful this year with lots of lights on it (which I don't have a picture of, yet).

Here are some traditional pernik houses you can buy for your home. Pernik is similar to our ginger bread, but it has some other types of spices in it as well.

Another picture of the markets. We took Jakub there recently for a short visit and to get out of the house for a bit. It was an enjoyable walk there and tour around the square, but also exhausting and cold. I'm glad we did it before today, though, because we've had a cold front come through and our first "big" snow today and it's now too cold to go out with him for several hours at a time. We only have maybe 2 inches, but we are anticipating more and the temps are now in the low 20's during the day.

One last picture of Jakub playing with his Daddy. He was very focused on Josh here, as you can see:) It's so sweet to see them together and he loves to hear Josh sing to him. I'll have some more pictures of him soon with our Christmas tree and hopefully I'll have some fun pictures of the snow outside (though not with him in it:).