7 months

Jack is almost 8 months so here are his 7 month pictures...taken at probably 7.75 months. I'm so fashionably late.











Jack said mama a couple of times this month, but I think it was probably a fluke. He loves his food, especially turkey and prunes (yuck) and sweet potatoes. No crawling yet - he's a lazy little bugger who doesn't like to be on his tummy too long, but he's liking it more and more.

He's a champion sitter though, and loves to play with his toys. His favorites are the disconnected computer keyboard we have on the floor. Yes, he has real toys, but of course he wants that and the remote.

He's got the best smile and laugh. He's so much fun and the dogs (especially Paisley) appreciate that he is starting to throw food on the floor.

6 months

How did half a year go by already? Jack is 6 months old and I can't even remember when he was tiny. A friend brought her 8 pound baby over and he looked tiny. Was Jack ever smaller than that? Yup, but it seems impossible now. Holding this little guy (who weighed 16 pounds 1 ounce on his birthday) now makes my arm go numb.


He can't quite sit up on his own but he's working on it. He has no interest in rolling over all the way.


He loves to read books (when he's in the mood) and splash in the bathtub. He does not like getting dressed after his bath - I think he's going to be a naked toddler. He watches his dogs & cat intently and is learning to pet them.

Jack also discovered how to jump in his jumperoo this month and has me wondering if a baby can give himself shaken baby syndrome from exuberant jumping.


He's surviving basketball & football season and even sleeping through his daddy's yelling at the defense...or offense?


And he doesn't yet mind when I smother him with kisses.

Jack is (by the time I got this posted) 6 months and 9 days old.

Sharing

What do you mean I don't fit?

Some fall (ish) pictures

We didn't take Jack to a pumpkin patch since we had a bunch of pumpkins that Trav decorated the front porch with. He didn't know the difference and we got to avoid germs.

Can you find Jack?

I've lost my monkey, can you find him?







Do those look like Princess Leia ears to anyone else?

(yes, I GUESS I meant the baby monkey...)



Sitting up! Wobbly, but sitting.



This sitting up business is total crap.


Papa Monkey doing very serious work.


Jack is thisclose to 6 months old.

5 months old

I am so behind on posting his 5 month pictures. Jack thinks now that he's 5 months old that he doesn't have to abide by a bedtime anymore. Silly monkey. He's also lost a lot of hair and seems to be growing blonde hair in its place.

Chunky like a linebacker

Jack is 14 pounds! His double chin keeps growing which is just lovely. No more skinny baby for us!

These pictures were taken when he was 13 pounds. He keeps me too busy to blog.


His girlfriend Miss Gloworm has saved our sanity more than once.



And, Tuesday (now last last Tuesday, the...hmm, sometime mid September) he had his first belly laugh. He's been giggling for a while - the ha, maybe a ha ha, but Tuesday afternoon he had a real laugh. Seems "pee-u, stinky toes!" is quite funny. (How does a kid who doesn't walk get such stinky feet?)

Yes, this is a Christmas outfit, but it fits now.



Mmm, yummy jacket.



Can't remember what else I was going to put in here when I started this post over a week ago. Will have to finish up later, and post his 5 month pictures tonight, because right now it is COWBOY GAME TIME in my house and that means that Travis is busy. :o)

Finishing Touches

I finally, finally hung the branch and monkeys in Jack's room. I sewed the baby monkey to the daddy monkey's back as if they were swinging through the trees.





I think it's a daddy monkey since he's got loooong arms and legs like Travis.

I also hung mirrors next to his changing table. He likes to look at himself while he's getting changed or while he's looking at his mobile.

Four Months Old

Jack is growing up so fast! He loves to chew on his hands now and can bring his hands (or mine, or a toy) to his mouth for some gnawing. He's a drool machine and is a real mama's boy. At his doctor's appointment he weighed 11 pounds 11 ounces!







He makes the best funny faces!

News

Travis has started his own law practice!



Jack tested out his office chair for him.


Don't know why they both had sleepy eyes that day. Must have been all the moving of boxes.

Jack is up to 11 pounds. I know I'm accounting for every pound here, but when your little guy is born weighing less than a watermelon, every bit counts. Can't pick up the monkey with one hand anymore. I love the little fat rolls he's getting.





I just love this face. He's perplexed by something his mobile is doing.



He's also working on his push-ups. Gotta be buff for Luci!



Jack is 15 weeks and 4 days old.