Six Months Already

Last week Jack turned six months old. He is growing up so quickly. As we referenced in the previous post, Jack got his first fever not too long ago. It was so sad. Our feisty little guy was reduced to whimpers. But as all kids do, he recovered. And now he is ready start to crawling.

Last week we ordered some foam flooring for his play room, and it was just in the nick of time. This past weekend he started ooching around. It isn't quite a crawl yet, but he is able to move toward objects that are out of his reach. He can get up onto all fours, but he can't quite figure out in what order to move his arms and legs. It just a matter of time though. Coincidentally if anyone would like to join me for a baby proofing party this weekend, we still have spots available. Food and drink will be provided, and you can RSVP between now, and 24 hours prior to the event. :)

Jack's Grandmother (Noni) came to visit last weekend, and he really seemed to enjoy her company. We see my mother fairly frequently, but Merissa's Mom only gets to see him once or twice a month. She really does a great job of coming down and making visits a priority.

We also saw Myla, Colin, and Melissa this weekend. They were in from New Orleans for the weekend, and stopped by for a bit Saturday night. Myla (17 months) has really grown up a ton. She knows how to say dog, and make animal sounds. She was also quick to warm up to Pele, our great dane. We love seeing them, and can't wait to make our next trip to NO.

Also on Saturday, our CD containing the latest pictures from Jack's photo shoot with Johanna came in. She is SOOOO freaking talented it isn't even funny. She obviously did a great job with him. We consider ourselves so lucky to know her and would reccomend her to anyone who wanted Family, Baby/Children, or Maternity pictures. Just let Merissa or me know and we will be glad to help you get in touch with her. Her website is www.johannamcshan.com and once again we can't say enough about her and how great she is.

Here are some pictures Johanna took. We hope all is well for everyone, see you soon.

J,M&M

P.S. Jack's latest Stats from his Six month well check:

Weight 17lb. 11oz. 50th Percentile

Head Cir. 17in. 25th Percentile

Height 27 3/4in. 90th Percentile Yes!!!!!

He is still tall?!? Not sure where he gets that but I will take it! :)

Sitting, School, and Sick!

Big dog, little baby...

Bath picture never get old.

Jack and Blake on the boat.

Poor sick guy!

We can sit! For pretty long periods now... If he tries to reach for something or moves to quickly he topples over, but is getting more stable everyday. He loves to sit up in the tub and play with his bath toy, he tries to catch them so he can eat them. These days everything goes in his mouth, including people. He tries to grab our faces and pull the towards his open mouth.

Jack's been going to daycare for two weeks now. Mark and I are really happy with the place we ended up putting him in. It is only a 2 miles from my office so I can sneak over there and visit him during lunch. The teachers are awesome, every time we go to visit or pick him up they are playing with him or holding him. Everything seems to be perfect except for the 2 twenty minute naps he takes, they are working on getting him to sleep longer. I guess he doesn't want to miss out on the fun.

School leads into the sick part of the title. Today I got back from a two day trip to New Orleans to find a sick baby. He has a slight fever and is super cuddly. Poor little guy couldn't even cry he just whimpers. We were 4 days from making it to 6 months with no infections...

So Jack gets to stay home tomorrow and Mark and I are going to fight over who gets to stay home with him...

Austin...

Jack and I took a trip to Austin this past weekend while Mark stayed home to work. I have afew kind of long but pretty cute stories about my dad...

So, I am constantly trying to figure out ways to make it easier to pack for austin (If you havent heard babies come with lots of stuff!). We left a portable crib and extra tub along with some burp cloths and bibs, a few less things to worry about. This time I decide to have my mom and dad pick up some baby food for Jack so I wouldnt have to worry about that either. I e-mailed them Jacks requests organic oatmeal with DHA, 1st organic fruits and veggie, make sure you get bananas. Friday afternoon I got a call from my dad, he had already been to 2 grocery stores looking for organic oatmeal. There was not any organic oatmeal let alone oatmeal with DHA. He thought I was playing a cruel trick on him. He had found organic bananas and would pick up some veggies at the next grocery store what ever looked fresh. It suddenly occurred to me that my father was talking about big people food and had not ventured into the baby food isle. He was able to get everyhting requested at the next store once he went to the right place.

Friday we stayed with my dad he had some alone time with Jack while my mom and I had a girls night. Saturday after Jack and I went to take pictures (they are going to be awesome!) we hung out at my dads and met my mom for dinner. Before we went to dinner I had my dad give Jack a bath while I got ready. I went in to check on them about 15 minutes into the bath. I found dad on the floor next to the tub with Jack sitting in the baby tub filled as full as it can go splashing away. Dad didnt understand why we would put him in a puddle to bathe...

Saturday we slept at my moms house, we went swimming on sunday and drove home.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

The Rest of July...

We have had a very bust month. We started out with 4th of July and solid foods. Mid-month we went to visit Melissa, Myla and Colin in New Orleans (the 5 hour car ride with Jack was not our greatest idea). My dad (Grandpa Jim), Ileana and Grammy came to visit a few weekends ago and this weekend my Mom is coming to visit. In the middle of all of this I have traveled to New Orleans twice for business, and we are now in the process of interviewing nanny's! Attached here are a few pictures from our adventures. You will see a lot of aquarium pictures, because went to the New Orleans aquarium with the Goodnight's and the Houston aquarium with my dad. There are also some photos from Jack's first carousal ride.

Jack is starting to really interact with us. He just started reaching to be picked up or to be put near or in a toy he wants to play with. He is screeching, grunting and laughing at us. He is grabbing for things with both hands and is able to put his foot in his mouth. IT is so much fun to watch him grow and develop. He has gotten much better at eating solid food, and we can safely say that he sleep through the night. In fact I think he may like sleeping at night a little too much. He is in bed everyday a 7:00, (if we wait any longer he become extremely grouchy) and will sleep until 6:00... During the day however, he does not want to take naps. Poor Annette has to fight with him everyday in order to get him to sleep.

That pretty mich summarizes all of our activities and Jacks development in a nutshell. Here are the pictures...

I think Grammy Is playing Peek-A-Boo

It looks like she is hiding!

Jack and Grandpa Jim

Weeeeeeeeeeee

Jack and Myla

our first family photo

Yummy Yummy in Jack's Tummy!

Today Jack had his first tast of solid food! It was more runny mushy then solid, but it was eaten off a spoon and not from a bottle. For his fist meal he had single grain oatmeal with a tiny bit of prunes. Yum!

Funny story, yesterday at the doctors they measured his head circumference and i dont remember what it was but I do know that it is in the 10nth percentile. So I bought the oatmeal with DHA (helpful for brain and eye development) just in case.

I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Getting ready

Here comes the airplane...

not sure.....

Yea!

Arghhhhh....

no thank you.

my hand still tastes better.

I am done.

4 Month Well Check

Today Jack had his 4 month well check. Everything checked out great. Here are his latest stats:

Weight: 14lbs 8oz -50th percentile
Length: 26"-90th percentile (yes that means top 10% for height, not sure were that came from)

Dia De Independencia

Jack's Last Night in His Puppy Jammies!!

Jack had a great time on his first 4th of July weekend. We went to Quinton's 3rd B-Day party, we went to Clint and Nicole's house, where I dominated at Tiger Woods 10, and we went to Granettes house for Burgers and Fun on the 4th. It was fun, but these weekends are brutal on Jack's sleep patterns. We spent all day today trying to get him settled back into his normal routine. it was quite the battle of wills. I'm glad to report, dispite much resistance from Jack, he is fast asleep at 8:00 tonight. Just 30 minutes late. Not too bad.

Here are some pictures of Family and Jack. Jessica and Lance finally got to meet him. Yay!

Jack's Cousin Quentin

Aunt Pat and Jack

Grandma and Jack

Jessica, Grandma, and Jack

Q-Dog

PawPaw and Jack

Nicole!!!! and Jack

Jimmy's super cool Three Wheel "Bike"
Everyone is gonna have one someday

In case you forgot...Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!!

Jimmy had one too!