Look who's walking

Jack has decided that it's time to give mom and dad another heart attack. It's walking time!!

I took him to a playgroup on Saturday morning and just like he'd been doing it for weeks let go of a standing toy and took a few steps. I about died. Seriously? THIS is where he picks to take his first steps??? I didn't have my camera, my phone was across the room and Jay wasn't there. The girls all cheered and he smiled so we've decided that since he was the only boy in a room filled with a dozen girls and their moms that he was just showing off.

I got home and told Jay so we kept our phones around just to see if he would do it again. I just happen to get this on video, it's not that great and it's only a couple of steps but it's still considered walking.


I know it looks like we never have him fully clothed but I promise you we do. Around the house it's easier for him to just wear whatever or just a diaper. He's a very messy eater so his shirt comes off during food time and sometimes it doesn't get put back on. We've also had the hottest summer on record so we try and keep him as cool and comfortable as we can.

He's still building his confidence so he only gets a couple of steps but he's coming along quickly.

Today I get home from work and walk in the door only to be greated by Jack holding Jays hand and walking like a big little man. I quickly put my stuff down and had to get in on the action. Can you tell that Jay dressed him for daycare?

I love how he reaches for Dexter at the end. They are going to be best buddies as they both grow.

If I keep pushing him down will he stop walking? I'm not ready for him to grow up. I love my wonderful happy baby. Babies don't walk.

Jack with his walker

Lately our little crawler has been more and more eager to stand and even dance everywhere he goes. Before now he'd only ever really loved playing with the dials on the front side of his walker, but now he's realizing what else he can use it for. We're not ready for this!

It's really cute how proud of himself he is when he realizes he's starting to walk with it



Then he walked over to say hi to mom and then crawled over to say hi to dad



And finally, he experiences his first taste of traffic with Mr. Bill being the only casualty of the collision. He was safely able to crawl away from the accident

Silly afternoon with dad

Jack definitely inherited his goofy side from Jay. After work one day the two of them started to wrestle and give each other raspberries and we just happened to film the silliness:

Stimpy love

Stimpy has been with me for a long time. He's 12 years old and has always been grumpy, even as a kitten. We joke that he was destined to be an only child but never was. Stimpy had never really been around dogs when we adopted Dexter so they took a while to warm up to each other. I do catch them being nice to each other every once in a while though so there is hope. Stimpy wasn't thrilled when Jack came home with us from the hospital either. He likes a quiet house and Jack is definitely not quiet. He normally keeps his distance which is why you don't see him in many pictures but every once in a while he'll get brave and walk next to him.

And then Jack gets to give him some loving.




Stimpy wasn't really a fan of Jack's loving. He spent the next hour grooming himself and dodging Dexter.

Jacks first lemon

Jack meet lemon. Lemon meet Jack.




I was at dinner with a few of my friends and Melody (Jacks Godmother) wanted to give him a lemon. I just had to capture his first taste of something really sour. We're pretty good about giving him a variety of foods but he'd never had a lemon before.

Baby Giggles & Swings

There is just nothing better than Jack giggles.

And a swing.

Bug defiantly Jack giggles.





Sorry about the quality. These were taken with my phone.

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's 2011. Seems like just yesterday that it was 2000. Time flies.

We started Jack on solids and he took to it like it was nothing. As one of his daycare teachers says "A baby that likes to eat as much as Jack will figure out how to eat something new"

Isn't he cute!!!! He was killing Jays OCD.

From First solid food

Apparently it was finger licking good.

From First solid food

Here is a video of him enjoying his first taste of sweet potatoes. He's a real Texas boy and already likes them.





He's not a big fan of peas but he ate them so at least he's polite about it. I think his face says it all.

A few new videos

Jack's decided that he is taking after his dad and blabbers and blabbers all day long. Interesting fact: He loves football and even blabbers to the players and referees when they do something stupid. He's also decided he's going to be a morning person even though I've begged him to sleep till at least 8:30 AM. He's up at 6:30 for the day ready to rock and roll. Anybody that knows me is more than aware he didn't get that trait from my side. Pretty soon he'll start saying dada, mama and the famous "no" and "why" and then we'll wish he was back to blabbering, smiling, and cooing.

He speaks!

I've come to realize that we'll never have a quiet house ever again because Jack's become quite vocal lately. He'll babble for hours and hours, he's definitetly Jay's son because he just loves to hear himself talk.


This was taken Monday November 22, 2010. He wasn't quite happy but wasn't quite pissed yet (but he was getting there).

I wish I knew what he was thinking. He seems like he's upset and then talks himself out of getting upset, and then gets upset again and then talks himself back down. It's adorable but then again I think everything my kid does is adorable.



Next up....the poop face.