Training Him Early

Now... if I could only get him to fold them too!

Getting Prepared

This summer we plan on taking a family vacation. On this vacation we plan to go camping. In order to prepare we decided to set up the tent in our living room. You know... just so we know how to put it together, make sure all the pieces are there, etc. Let's just say... Jack LOVED the tent. Before we even had it all the way up, he was crawling in and out of it.

Our new tent

For traveling purposes, we also recently purchased the Kidco PeaPod. I am SUPER excited about it. John set it up as soon as it came in the mail. Jack was crawling in and out of it as well. As I update the blog right now, he is napping in it. It's going to be so much more convenient traveling with this instead of the pack'n play. It's amazing how small it is packed up.

Here is Jack in his PeaPod inside the tent.
In and Out

Last night John was getting some things together that we are giving/loaning his brother and wife for their baby (which is coming THIS MONTH!!). John got out Jack's bumbo seat and here is what Jack did. Do you think he remembers?!?!? Or does he just recognize it as a chair?

He then got out, went and got "Boomer", his fire truck, and climbed back in to play.

I really love this cool kid! He makes us laugh every day!!

REWIND.... Back to Father's Day

Yes... I know! I am SUPER late!!
Here is a recap from Father's Day weekend, in pictures.

The whole family inside Jack's ball pit tent! I am pretty sure he's showing us where his belly is in this picture.

Diaperhead Jack- He would take it off, bring it to me, and then point to his head. Apparently he liked having it on his head. :)

Since my Daddy and his family are Ranger's fan... and the Suchecki family are Astro's fans, it was only appropriate that we get together and go to a game. It worked out perfectly that they played each other Father's Day weekend. My Daddy and his family and Holly got to come down. It's even better that this was Jack's first Astro's game!

Grandaddy and Jack

Here he is chowing down on goldfish during the game.

Jack with Aunt Holly before the game started.

Jack and Momma

Can you say worn out!?!?!?!? I think he had fun! :)

On Sunday, John had to work. Jack and I decided to go visit Daddy, so they could see each other on Father's Day! Jack is driving the engine!

Jack and Daddy.

Selective Walking

So we've pretty much decided... Jack has selective walking. He can walk... but when he can crawl as fast as he does... what's the point in walking? I was able to catch a video of him walking on my phone the other day. The video is not great, but you can see... he actually can walk. That is... when he wants to. :)

I'll Take You for a Ride...

on the ridin' lawn mower!!

Jack really did love it!

No More Mullet

Today was a big day for Jack. The past couple of months he has been working on an awesome mullet. However, today was the day to put the mullet to rest. As a family we ventured out to "Cool Cuts" for Jack's first hair cut. We had heard good things about that place, so we thought we would give it a try. I am not brave enough to cut Jack's hair on my own. We decided now was the time to get his hair cut because Jack's hair was getting so long. Even his bangs were past his eye lashes. We can only swoop those things over for so long. Here are some pictures from our adventure.

Here is a picture I took of Jack earlier this week. I was trying to get a shot of the mullet.

In the Fire Truck getting ready for his hair cut.
Jack's in charge! He's giving order as the Fire Chief!

He enjoyed the truck for a bit.

He was really into the video they had on (there was a bird in the video). For a few minutes anyways...

Getting started.

Then Momma got too close and Jack maneuvered his way into my arms. So we continued the hair cut this way.

Somebody was getting tired.

Playing with Daddy.

Jack really was a trooper through the whole thing. No tears at all.

Check out our sweet boy Jack!

I'm sure there will be more pictures to come!

It's the Simple Things in Life

Jack just loves to play with boxes. Just a simple box. He will load his toys in them and then unload the box. He will push boxes around. He will pick them up. If it's a Huggies box, he will find the "Jack", also known as a baby, on the box.

Side note: any time he sees a picture of a baby, he says Jack. We realized that the only pictures in our house that Jack can see are pictures of himself. So when he points at them, of course we say, "That's Jack!" He started pointing at the pictures and saying, "Jack" (it sounds more like, "Gack"). Of course we cheered when he said it. Then one day he saw the baby on the huggies box and said, "Jack". OOPS! Now, we are trying to introduce the word "baby".

Now... back to boxes. Jack even loves the dogs' box outside. This kiddo just loves boxes. So why not let him play with them?!?!? Here are pictures of Jack's adventure with boxes!

It's does not matter the size of the box one bit. I might think it's too small, but Jack? NO WAY!!

Dog box... yes... it's gross. But Jack LOVED it!!

Blog Makeover

Ok... so it's not completely made over. BUT... it's a start! It's been too long since I have blogged. I am almost on summer break. But that really won't happen until the beginning of July. But that's ok! I am enjoying the time off with my boys, that I do have in between meetings, conferences, staff development, and teaching summer school.

Stay tuned for updates!

The Best Sound in the World

Nothing in Particular...

This post is about nothing in particular.

Just a quick update on how Jack is doing!
Jack has decided to start waving and saying, "Hi!".
He is obsessed with dogs. It doesn't matter if they are real dogs, photos of dogs, pictures of dogs in books, etc. He points to them and signs dog.
Still no desire to walk.
Will play with anything.
Has the biggest cheese ball smile ever. It's so cute!
Loves going for walks/runs in the stroller

Is not a fan of life jackets.

Loves sleeping in awkward positions. (see pics below)

Wants to be outside all the time. The rain the past couple of days has been hard on him, but he is a fan of the rain puddles.
Loves bathtime.
Still a dancing king.
Drives his trucks while making a "vrooom" noise.
Appetite has increased this past week. Growth spurt?!?!?

One Year Stats

On Thursday, we took Jack in for his 1 year check up. Jack had to get 3 shots and blood drawn. SOOO NOT cool! But it's all over now, until we go back at 15 months.

Here are Jack's current stats:
Height: 28 1/2 inches (10%)
Weight: 19 lbs. 12 oz. (10%)
Head Circumference: 18 1/4 (50%)

So we won't be turning Jack's carseat around for another couple of weeks. How long do you think it would take for Jack to gain 4 oz? :)

I thought I would post some pics of Jack playing with some of his new birthday presents!

Here is a new tractor he got from cousins Scott and Krista! He has carried the cow that came with it around all day today.

Sunglasses from Grandmommy. He's not sure what to think about them right now. I'm surprised I was able to take a picture of him with them on his head at all.

Loves his new fire truck.

For his bday, he ended up getting 3 swimming pools. We turned this one into a ball pit! Thank you Aunt Holly!! I think it's safe to say, Jack is a fan!

Outside with his wagon.

In other news... (or things I forgot to mention in his 12 month post)

• Jack cut his 7th tooth; another bottom one. He's been drooling like crazy and trying to chew on everything. We knew it was just a matter of time.
• Jack has dropped the bottle completely. He actually did several weeks before his bday. Smooth transition for him.
  
• Jack is signing a few things ... "more", "up", "eat" He's funny, because when he wants something, he just signs, "more". We are trying to get to sign, "please" instead. We'll see how it goes. He also recognizes signs such as, "milk". He gets excited when you sign/say it.