{ christmas }

There is something kind of magical about having a sweet little baby in the house at Christmas time. 

{ 8 } & { 9 }

Jack @ 8 and 9 months. 

Things I want to remember about my little Jack at 8 & 9 months:

- He started army crawling at about 8 months and by 9 months he had it down! 

- He breathes so loud! He plays so hard that he is constantly panting. It's not easy being a fatty.

- I swear the other babies at church are drugged. They just chill and are in and out of sleep in their parent's arms. Jack on the other hand is constantly wanting to know what is next! 

- He loves the bath! He has a toy ship that he loves! He'd stay in there for an hour if I let him. 

- Jared loves playing with him in the bath! Sometimes I find him completely soaked (clothes and all) in there with him. 

-He went through a major mommy stage where he only wanted me. (Even though it was a pain sometimes, it does sort of melt your heart to be wanted so much.) Probably around 7 months to 8 1/2 months it peaked.

- Still not a snuggler. Loves his own bed and space for sleeping.

- He won't touch babyfood. He likes what we eat. His favorite foods are: Cafe Ro beans, spaghetti, hamburger, green smoothies, cheese bagels, wheat bread, sweet potatoes (sometimes), and bananas.

- He cried for the first time when Jared left for work. (9 1/2 months)

- He is always saying Dada... He doesn't know what he's saying. Of course his first word will be mom. :)

- His favorite thing was my phone and now it is my keys. Sometimes fits are thrown because I have to take my keys away to drive. Pippa's leash is a close second. 

- He is into the cupboards and pulling up on things. 

-He LOVES Pippa. He squeals and kicks every time he sees her. He thinks she is playing with him, but truly she is terrified of him. He may or may not have grabbed her ears really hard. 

-  He loves making sounds. Banging things together is his favorite past time. 

-He hates getting his fingernails clipped. Seriously. It's more traumatic than shots. And it has to happen about once a week. It's my least favorite thing.

- I left him with strangers at the gym for the first time. He did great! Thankfully. I was worried as any first time mom would be. 

- He likes to swing and loves just being out where he can look at people.

- He is a little shorty! He is 15th percentile for height. His face is deceiving. That doesn't look like a kid int he 25th percentile for weight to me!

- We gave him some sweets and he LOVED it. As any normal human being would. 

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{ 7 months }

Being as Jack is almost 8 months I thought I better hurry and put up some pictures of him at 7 months. He is getting busier all the time and so am I.

{ 7 months }

He's sitting up really good.
Not a huge fan of baby food.
Still loves being in water.
Back to sleeping good after a little relapse.
Loves his bed. Not a snuggler.
Has the cutest little giggle.
Went through a spurt of hating his car seat, but luckily that didn't last.
Rolls all over.

(I should have written this a while ago, trying to remember what he was like almost a month ago is a little hard.)

{ halloween FUN }

Hey Jack remember that time:

It cooled off finally and I stuffed you in your lion suit.

 & Meme and Grandpa Kev came and helped me torture you with pictures!

Remember how we found an overpriced pumpkin patch and bought a pumpkin.

Oh and of course we had to take a bunch of pictures there too. 

 And then when you were fast asleep we had friends over and carved a pumpkin.

 Come to find out it was all building up for this moment!

 Maybe it's not so bad...if you just eat it. 

I wish I could get inside their heads. Jack must be thinking, "I'm not so bad. This could have been you!" & Pippa is maybe thinking, "Wow! You must have been really bad."

 Then we had the trunk or treat! 

Happy Halloween!

{ jack } is five months old.

I might not get as much done in the day as I could, but it is only because I am busy loving on my little baby.
And that is perfectly okay with me.

-Things I want to remember about Jack at 5 months old -

*Still a great sleeper. He usually goes down without much of a fight.

* He loves his bed though. He is not one for falling asleep in my arms.

* He loves to be sung too. He coos along and is full of smiles. 

* Swaddling still soothes him even if he busts out. 

* He is rolling! (He's getting much better at tummy time.)

* He's started to giggle. 

* He's started to watch Pippa more and reaches for her! He's grabbed her collar a couple of times. 

*Jared keeps saying he wants him to stay a baby forever.

* He has started to squak. He seriously sounds like a bird. 

* Eating is still a full spectrum of emotions for him. 

* He is a major drool face! He's always munching on his hands.

* He's getting much more coordinated with grabbing things. 

* He likes the water!

* He's really just a good natured baby. (Unless he's hungry!)