6 Months old and a Christmas Party

Our daycare lady put together a Christmas party for the families this past weekend. We ate at a pizza place and exchanged presents. Santa even stopped by, Jacob was asleep well before that.





Jacob also turned 6 months old. He had 4 shots. He is just under 20 pounds now as well. His head is in the greater than 97 percentile. You can watch his growth so far here.







An this is how our cats greet us in the morning:

Do you like peas?

Well, I can eat them, Kathie won't and surprise...Jacob is not a fan of them either. We caught some of the dislike on his face with these:

Quick note (Announcement)

I have accepted a role as assistant minister at my church here in Rochester. I will assist in Saturday evening services once a quarter. This entails, reading verses, writing/reading prayers and helping with communion.

Staying Afloat

Kathie and I have been busy at work. We have been working to get ahead for our vacation at the end of the month. Jacob keep growing and learning how to move, scoot and sit better all of the time. Still no second tooth yet.

New layout

I have changed the layout so pictures show up better. I tried to edit the previous layout, but it was getting ugly, so I went with this one for now.

Jumping Videos

Talking to Mom from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.


Jump around from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.


More hopping from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.


Smiling and hopping for Mom from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.

Baptism and more

The weekend after Thanksgiving we had Jacob baptized. Then after both sets of Grandparents left, he got a nasty cold and ear infections in both ears. So we got the little guy some meds and he is getting better. He even survived spending most of Friday night at our day care providers house while Kathie and I were out at my company Christmas party. He is sitting up real well and can just barely scoot on his tummy. We loves to roll and spin and now bounce in a bouncer we have for him. And we also had a goose in our yard this weekend as well!

Busy weekend leads to busy week

Thanksgiving was great. We had turkey and a lot of trimmings. In fact we still have food from that. My parents came up with my brother and his fiancee on Friday and Kathie's parents came up on Saturday. We had quite the full house.

Everyone was up to see Jacob baptized on Saturday night. Everything went well and we went out for supper after the Saturday night worship. Then all of our visitors left for home and we were by ourselves again.

Jacob started to get fussy at the beginning of the week and on Tuesday we took him to see the doctor. He had ear infection in both ears and a nasty cold. The day care lady said he was not himself on Tuesday and on Wednesday he was a lot better. So far so good on that.

I'll try and have pictures up soon from the weekend.

Videos from November

Smiling in my walker from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.




Teething on my walker from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.




Holding my own bottle from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.




Eating cereal from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.




Holding my bottle again from Jon Bernhardt on Vimeo.

More growing up

Jacob had a big week. Rolling and spinning and starting to sit. He is even showing a lot of interest in holding his own bottle. His tooth has shown up more and it looks like another one is not far behind. He is constantly moving and talking now. I will be posting videos shortly.

Hanging out with Mom


Trying to hold a sippy cup


Go Morningside! Go Britt!





This has a taste?


I can hold my own bottle (kinda)











Sitting by myself

Grandma and Grandpa Bernhardt visit

Jacob had a long weekend because he did not have daycare on Friday. Grandpa and Grandma Bernhardt came up to visit for the weekend and really enjoyed holding and playing with Jacob. He continued to teeth on about anything within reach. On Sunday, Jacob and Jon hung out and watched some football and racing.

5 Months old

Jacob turned five months old on Saturday. He has grown so much and is starting to try and move around. He has his first tooth and is getting over his first ear infection. You can look back and watch him grow here.

The website is up and moving

I have reanimated the web site and have been doing some design updates. I plan to gradually update the pages and images on the site. Please feel free to browse the site at bernhardt-family.com.

Big, loud, and tiring milestone!

Jacob has his first tooth. He was very fussy yesterday and last night. We finally gave him some Motrin as it sounded like he was uncomfortable. Well, after he slept and woke up this morning, we felt in his mouth and felt something sharp coming out of his lower gums. Well, we looked closer and there was a tooth. Nothing to really take a picture of yet. I'll be sure to post those when we can.

Jacob's first snow fall

We recently saw our first accumulating snow fall of the year, and that was also Jacob's first snow fall. Jacob has been a little under the weather the past week or so. We took him in to see the Doctor on Saturday and they found that he has an ear infection. So he gets medicine and sleeps in a swing until he starts to feel better.

He gets excited if there is something within reach, like glasses, cans of pop, remotes and other things. He is pretty happy and still loves daycare. He has taken to eating foods very well and holds his mouth open for the spoon.