Swingin'

We took wee Jack for his first ride on the swings at the beginning of March. The weather was finally nice enough to venture out to the local park and take the swings for a test ride.

He wasn't so sure about it at first, but quickly warmed up to the idea!

Redding Visit

Well, I've already mixed up the order for the posts...but it was pretty close. We took a short trip to Redding to visit with Grandma and Grandpa Jones and Auntie Leah and Matt (this happened before we took the prof pics--oh well). :) Jack had a great time showing off his new tricks and babbling to everyone. (Oh, and yes, that is a Kiss onesie he's wearing!)

Here's Grandma and Jack getting into mischief! :)

We had a great visit and had a fun time when Grandpa took us all out to dinner at Cool Hand Luke's. Jack was our dinner show as he entertained us all by playing with every straw he could get his hands on!

Professional Pics

Well, our intention was to do prof pics at 3, 6, 9, & 12 months but this latest session finally happened the day before he turned 10 months! So I guess that he was technically 9 months for it! What finally motivated us was his top two teeth cutting so we figured we had to make it fast. Again it was another quick evening shoot but we were pretty happy with them.

Oops!

Well, the month has flown by and it seems I've got a little catching up to do! Look out, here come a ton-o-posts!

We Have a Cruiser!!!

This evening Jack decided to take this standing thing to the next level! He starting cruising tonight! It just may give us a heart attack, but the wee Jack is on the move! We're still not used to the falls that mobility brings (although it seems to bother us more than it bothers him), but it's fun to watch him figure it out. I suppose that I need to get serious about this whole baby proofing thing!

Rub-a-dub-dub, Three Babes and a Stud!

I have to back up a bit and post some of the cutest pictures of Jack and the ladies! We went over to the Moe's house for some Superbowl fun and we ladies gave the kids a bathtub party instead of watching the end of the game. I'm sure the kids won't appreciate these pictures when they're about 15, but we thought it was pretty fun! Future embarrassment aside, I think Jack enjoyed playing with his little valentines. We are so lucky to have such great friends!






Got to have mohawks!


Earlier in the afternoon:


Catherine Drain, the next American Idol.

Jack loves playing with Miss Sarah!

Daddy's hoping for a little drummer!

Jack playing with daddy (I have to second Katie---babies in baseball caps are too cute)!

A little monkey love!

Big Ol' 9 Month Old!

I keep stealing nostalgic glances at Jack, and more and more I'm seeing a little boy instead of my newborn. It's just amazing how fast he's growing! We're so excited about all of his achievements, so you must excuse me while I gush (proud mama warning---you may just want to skip to the pictures)! Recently Jack has become really good at going from his tummy to sitting and has started crawling on his hands and knees. His newest achievement is that he can pull himself up now. We noticed that he was starting to try and pull up on a couple of his toys, but were still totally shocked when we walked in to get him in the morning and were greeted with a standing and grinning baby. :) That has made bedtime and napping a little trickier since now he makes the call about when he will lay down to go to sleep, no matter what time we put him in his crib. Plus now he seems to want to climb all over anything or anyone! Also, he hasn't quite figured out how to get down from standing yet. I'm sure that will come with time and practice, but in true mom fashion, it still worries me. He has become quite the little gourmet and so far, he loves most everything we have given him (with the exception of avacado---that he can't stand!). I have to admit that it's strange to feed him 'real' food off of my plate. Finally, he's started to clap on his own. Pete's convinced that he's applauding his fantastically timed jokes and songs. ;)

We had Jack's 9 month appointment yesterday and on top of all of the new things he can do, we found that he had a growth spurt weighing in at 20.5 lbs (50th percentile) and hitting 29.5 inches tall (90th percentile--where did that come from?!). Jack is as happy as ever and seems to charm people where ever we go!

Deep in thought.

Crackin' up! :)

That first morning we walked in and saw him standing in the crib (the camera was on the shelf so I grabbed this shot, although the grin had definitely faded).

Getting his picture while he's crawling is tricky at best.

Silly moose!