Our Precious Frog

Instead of staying home and passing out candy to trick-or-treaters, we decided to head over to GG and Grandpa's house to hang out at their Halloween block party. Here are some pictures from our evening.

Here's our precious frog!

Daddy and Jack

Momma and Jack

GG and Jack

Grandpa

Something else I did not mention about Jack is how much he is using his legs these days. When standing he is bouncing now. He LOVES it. We have put him in his jumper a few times and he just LOVES using those legs.

6 Months Stats

Yesterday we took Jack in for his 6 months well check.
His stats were:
Height 24 3/4 (25%)
Weight 15 lbs. 7 oz. (25%)

I can't remember his head circumference. Plus the nurse didn't get an accurate measurement. John is very observant. :)

In other news, Jack has his first cold. His name right now is Snotface! Hopefully it doesn't last too long. I don't like hearing him all stopped up and coughing.

Jack is also able to hold his own bottle these days! Rather he is wanting to hold his bottle now.


Check back either tomorrow evening or Sunday to see Jack in his Halloween costume!

Happy 6 Months Birthday Jack

Yesterday Jack turned 6 months old!! I say it every month, but seriously... time is flying by way too fast! 6 months is such a fun age! Jack is so interactive and is amazing us with everything that he is learning to do. Jack's well check up is not until next Thursday. I will update you guys with his stats after his appointment. Here are his sock monkey pictures for this month!

We though this outfit was appropriate since it's so close to Halloween!

Sucking on the bottom lip!

Happy boy Jack!

Smiling boy!

Can you see those two teeth on the bottom?

Faucet Jack!

Momma and sweet boy Jack

For my camp friends... Daddy obviously dressed him this day! But I couldn't resist putting this picture up. Look how stinkin' cute he is!

What Jack is up to this month:

• sitting with little or no support
• while standing he is starting to move his legs (it's like he finally realized he has some control over them-- it almost looks like he's dancing)
• Jack has two teeth that have cut through
• still sucking on that bottom lip
  
• eating all veggies (squash is his favorite right now)
  
• eating some fruit (bananas and applesauce so far)
• still loving his rice cereal (we are going to try oatmeal soon)
• Jack can play independently for about 15-20 minutes
• still loves sucking on his middle finger and ring finger *signing "I love you"*
• loves sitting in his big boy chair (high chair)
• dropping his last sleep time (between 4 and 7-- I like this because I get more time with him after I get off work)
• the YMCA ladies fight over who gets to hold/play with him while we work out (Proud Momma)

Our Little Jack-O-Lantern

This morning, Jack and I went on a hunt for a pumpkin patch. I have been dying to take pictures of Jack with pumpkins!! :) Low and behold we found one. Enjoy some of the pictures!

Are we finished yet?

Toof

Can you see it coming in?

Faces of Jack

Every day Jack's personality is emerging stronger and stronger. Here are just a few pictures of the many faces Jack makes. :)

I'm not so sure what I think about these carrots. (We are starting peas tonight.)

Happy boy Jack after one of his naps.

I like sucking in my bottom lip.

Jack has the eye roll down.

This is the "I'm going to eat your face" face.

In other news...

Jack is beginning to sit up on his own. He can sit up for quite some time without falling over. When he does fall over, he's not sure what to do. He usually just squirms around and plays. He is starting to try and sit back up, but he's just not sure how. It's really neat to see him develop. Before we know it, he will be crawling around and pulling himself up. I'm not ready for that!

I love my soccer ball!

Taking a break from my soccer ball to read (using my 'reading finger')!! :)

Jam Packed Weekend

This has been a busy and fun weekend for the Suchecki family! It started out by Jack and I heading to Grandpa and GG's house on Friday. We hung out with them, Uncle Jim and Aunt Kuohui who came down from Midland to visit. On Saturday Jack, Grandpa, GG, and I went to pick up John from his fire station at 6:30 in the morning. From there we drove downtown to get ready to run the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K. It was A LOT of fun! It was absolutely crazy how many people were there. Thank you to our friends and family who helped me raise $275 in donations. This is definitely something I want to participate in again.

Grandpa, me, John and Jack before the race.

We haven't taken a picture together in a while.

Check out Jack's onesie! John made it just for the race! (Sidenote: see how Jack is sucking on his bottom lip... he is doing this all the time now)

Another family picture before the race.

Just a small number of the people there.

After the race, John, Jack and I headed home to shower and relax for a bit. After showers and naps, Jack and I went to Logan's 1st birthday party. Here is the birthday boy with his parents and his AWESOME cake!!

Mommas and their babies! (these three boys are all around 1 month apart from each other.)

John did not go to the birthday party with us. He went back to his parents house to watch the Tech game and get ready for another party. Grandpa's 60 1/2 birthday party! Joe's birthday is actually in April. But April was a busy month. Jack was born! :) Jim and Kuohui were planning and getting ready for the wedding in May.

If I remember correctly, his cake actually said "Happy 60 1/2 Birthday Joe!

Jack with his Aunt Kuohui and Uncle Jim.

Today was another big day for Jack. Jack has been eating cereal for a couple of weeks now. He loves it and is getting the hang of eating from a spoon. We have less and less on our face after every feeding. John and I talked about it and said we would start Jack on veggies around 5 months. Well 5 months came along and we didn't start. Another week went by and we talked about it, but still didn't start him on them. Honestly, I was a little nervous about it, so I was putting it off. Well today, almost 2 weeks later than planned, Jack had veggies for the first time. And he LOVES green beans!! He couldn't get enough. I imagined the first time Jack eating veggies we would have it EVERYWHERE. Here is a picture of Jack AFTER eating his green beans. There's hardly anything on his face! He's becoming such a BIG boy!!