Signing the church

On Sunday January 23, 2011 we went to St. John Neumann church for mass. It's the church where we'll baptize Jack, but the main building is under construction so we're waiting till that's complete. They've come to the point where they are almost done and they invited everybody to come sign their name somewhere on the altar. It's so beautiful and I can't wait to see it completed.

First mommy and Jack signed his name.

From Signing the church

From Signing the church

Then he told Dad where to sign the rest of the names.

From Signing the church

Here was the end result. Jack did such a good job writing. We signed right where the priest will stand.

From Signing the church

Look at all the names! They were above our heads on both sides!

From Signing the church

From Signing the church

5 Months Old!

Guess who's 5 months old!

From 5 Months old

Sorry we're a little late but helllloooo we have a 5 month old!

Jack is wearing all 6-9 month clothing and 9 month pants but he's quickly growing out of a few of the shirts in length. I'll weigh him tomorrow morning to see how much big man weighs. He's close to sitting up on his own but still needs our help to catch when he gets tired

From 5 Months old

I think when we started solids he doesn't quite understand that it's not everything that's solid. He wasn't down in the chair all of 5 seconds before he turned and spotted teddy and went for him.

From 5 Months old

And have I not given you this look at some point?

From 5 Months old

2010 Was A Good Year

2010 was a wild and crazy year for us. We had many changes and I just couldn't resist doing a year in review.

We celebrated New Years 2010 with friends. Since I was already pregnant I was the designated driver. Everybody was really proud of me for staying up past 12 even though I didn't make it long after midnight.



January and February we celebrated some friends' birthdays while somebody else was busy growing inside my belly. Luckily, I was fortunate to not get morning sickness or any of the other nasty 1st trimester sickness stuff.

From Baby Egan

We also learned in February that I was carrying a healthy baby and we even got to see him for the first time.

From Baby Egan

March was a big month for us. I had the annual rodeo bulletproof party to work (such a great fundraiser event for the rodeo scholarship fund). We also found out I was carrying a boy! Jay and I were both overjoyed with the news.





We told Grandma and Grandpa in a very special way.


April we visited Grandma and Grandpa in New York. As they say....I finally popped! I was huge and flying was not fun.


May was pretty boring but in June we went on our annual beach trip with friends. I'll spare you the beach pictures because frankly I looked like a beached whale and nobody needs to see that.

July we spent enjoying Austin and our wonderful friends.



August was a really big month for us.

We enjoyed some time with friends.


I was able to celebrate my birthday in the most wonderful way possible. Happy 31st birthday to me!

At 2:00 pm on August 10, 2010 I went to my 39th week doctors appointment and she stripped my membranes. She also let me be induced but by 6:30 pm I was in full active labor.


After 27 hours of very intense and exhausting labor Jack was born at 9:07pm on August 11, 2010. He gave us a few very scary hours during labor but he came out screaming and perfect.




He got to meet his grammy.


He also met his godmother.


We finally got to go home and recover from being in the hospital. I still can't believe they let me leave with him.

At the end of August Jack met another very important man in his life. He got to meet grandpa for the first time. Grandpa traveled all the way from New York to see him.

From Jack and Grandpa

I think grandpa approves.

From Jack and Grandpa

From Jack and Grandpa

September came and Jack got bigger and stronger. I think he finally realized who his parents were.


We went to our first baptism for our friend Reid.

October flew by. Jack continued to grow like a weed but did get dressed up for Halloween.

From Happy Halloween

November he found a love of football.

From Sunday Football

From Day at the dog park

From Day at the dog park

December was celebrated with another visit from Grandpa and Grandma.

From Grandma & Grandpa Visit - Dec 2010

From Grandma & Grandpa Visit - Dec 2010

From Drop Box

Jack spent some time with one of his aunts.

From Grandma & Grandpa Visit - Dec 2010

He met Santa

Jack meets Santa

Had a great Christmas

From Christmas Morning

Went to grammy's house Christmas night.

From Christmas Morning

From Christmas Morning

He also had his first solid food.

From First solid food

and liked it.

From First solid food

It's been a crazy and life changing year but we wouldn't have changed any of it.
Happy New Year everybody!

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.

Jacks first Christmas!

Jack's first Christmas was a complete success! This kid cleaned up for being a 4 month old. He even opened a few of his own gifts, which was adorable by the way.

From Santa he got a high chair, but thankfully Santa was able to let mom and dad know that he was getting it so they could have some toys ready for him to play with (which he loved). We finally found something he looks small in again.

From Christmas Morning

Mom got him some bath puppets, toys, and I even found him his first Notre Dame textbook and a Notre Dame DVD. He also got his first bowl set from his Godfather, Josh. We'll disregard that it's from LSU but I did let him know that Jack would be wearing his purple and yellow for the big game against ATM in a few weeks. We also got him some dishes because we're about to start him on solids. He got his first set of spoons from grandpa and grandma when they were here earlier this month.

Dad bought him an extra special gift. He was able to find him his first baseball hat, which he got in both Notre Dame and UT. He'll definitely be styling this year.

Jack took a good nap and then we headed down to Grammy's house for Christmas dinner and for more presents for the little man. He cleand up there too. Grammy got him some jammies, more toys, rattles and lots of kisses. He was pretty proud of the special presents he picked out for her. He made sure to get her a figurine that she'd been wanting. He also got a her a grandma necklace and an ornament for her tree.









And because I write the blog here is another cute picture.