Beach Day!

For the 4th this year my mom and dad and Grandma were here to visit. On Friday (jake had a 4 day weekend) we went to the beach with some friends and mom and dad. We had a great time, it was a beautiful day. Jack was again not too excited about the ocean, but he didn't mind the sand and he was much more interested in everything going on.

Here are some great faces from the day.

Saying "hey"



Awww...Big smile





Little smile


"What? you think i'm going to smile??"
This is pretty much Jack's classic face. He gives this look to everyone he meets for the first time.






Daddy and Jack

We had a great weekend. Beach, friends, church, cookout, and fireworks. We are so thankful to live in this country!

God Bless!

7 months old

Unbelievable that another month has gone by so quickly. I wanted to make sure I got the blog up before he gets any bigger :)

So Jack is now 7 months old and he is getting more fun every day. As you can tell he is getting bigger, up to my thigh now or if I'm holding him he takes up my entire torso. I would guess he is about 20.5 lbs now.

He now has 5 teeth with one more coming soon and 2 more on the way. On the bottom he has 3 and his top 2 have cut through, but you can't see them as well. He has one more coming on the bottom. He cut the last 3 in the past week. He was really quite good only woke up a few times at night. The only real problem with the teeth is the biting...but we are working on it. I am still nursing him so if he bites me I just flick his cheek. It is amazing how he even now tests it to see if the consequence is the same. He did it three times in a row the other day, and got 3 tiny flicks, and that was it, the he hasn't tried it since...amazing that at 7 months he understands.



He is sleeping well and still will occasionally wake at 3:30 to eat, but most nights sleeps from 7:45 to 6 am and then goes back down till 8 or so. He is napping better now with one good nap a day that is an hour and a half with 2-3 other short naps. He goes down pretty easily though and is comfortable in his crib. He moves all over the crib now I always find him in a different place and I leave some toys in there that he can play with. He is also flipping onto his belly, which he doesn't usually mind and he has even fallen asleep on his belly a few times.

He is eating well and nurses about 4-5 times a day and eats real food at dinner time and usually in the midmorning has some fruit. He is also drinking water from a straw now, which he loves and the water helps to avoid constipation.

Jack has a very pleasant disposition and he is very pleasant most of the day. He doesn't fuss unless he is hungry, sleepy, or dirty. He does really well with independent play time and loves his jumper. He loves it when daddy throws him up in the air and his giggle is so fun.

One of the best things is that he is now giving kisses, they are open mouth kisses and he pulls your face to him like he's going to eat you, but it is wonderful. He will also reach his hands out for me to pick him up from his play mat and his crib.

He is also very verbal now. He chatters in his crib alot and talks to his toys. He has said DaDa and we think it is distinctive to Jake. Other noises are not as specific.

For those of you that know diaper sizes he is now up to a size 4...at 7 months.

We love him soo much. He is amazing, every day he is changing and learning. He is soo pleasant.



We have also been leaving him with people so that we can do some things and he has been doing well for them. The other day our good friends watched him so Jake and I could go on a date. We went to the range and to dinner. It was great!!!


Me shooting a gun for the first time.

Daddy and Jack on Father's Day.

Hope you all enjoyed this update. And have a great 4th of July weekend.

Onesie

Uncle Jordan and Aunt Kim sent Jack this totally awesome onesie. Notice the serious look on Jack's face. So we wanted to say thanks Uncle Jordan and Aunt Kim and we really look forward to seeing you soon :)

Also wanted to post this picture for those of you wondering if Jack was still looking like Jake. We think so...

visits and pictures

Whew! It has been a busy few weeks for us.
After the Burns visit I went to visit my college suitemate Kate Bloomquist Hawes and Jack and I slept over, she and her husband Sid were very hospitable and we had a great time. Great food, some running and good catching up. The next day Laura Hadley Bennett came to visit us. As you can see from the picture she was about ready to pop! She was 38 weeks in this picture and this weekend on June 19 her son Ian Clay was born!!

Jack was happy to pass some of his clothes that were too small on to Ian :)
We had a great visit with lots of laughs. Jack was very good on this trip which gives me hope that the trip to Hawaii will go well. Here is a picture of all of us.

I got home late Thursday night after visiting with the Burn's family and then got up early to run the Army Birthday 10 miler on post. Here I am pre-race...this is my first 10 mile run, the furthest I had gone since finding out I was pregnant with Jack was 8.5, so this was not an easy run for me, but I had a good time.



Jack during the race, I think he's saying "go mommy"

Holly and I after the race. I ran about what I wanted to (about 8 minute miles)and finished without any walk breaks :)

That weekend we did some yard work and Jack came out for a photo shoot, I love this picture :)

Jack is doing really well. He is eating well, chattering, sleeping well, and working on some more teeth. He is so much fun these days, exploring and using his hands, he is also looking to the sound of his name. We had a great Fathers day cookout with some friends this weekend and will post some pics later.

For those of you who know our good friends the Burns. Mike left and if you could keep Jessi in your prayers, this is a very rough time. The beginning is always the hardest.

Hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day. I know I am so thankful for my father. :)

Love you Dad!

6 months

Baby Jack on the day he came home 6 months ago!

I can't believe that my little boy is 6 months old already.

He is soo much fun

He is sitting up, rolling, babbling, eating, and definitely has a personality.

Jack is a very mellow little man. He is generally content. He has happy days where he talks and laughs all day, and other days he won't smile for anything or anyone. He loves to be thrown in the air now and he still loves riding in the stroller. He really enjoys being outside.

These are his drums, he loves to sit and play now, until he gets tired then he will lay down, but if he wants to sit up he will try to lift his head and shoulders and looks like he's doing crunches until we help him sit up.

We went to the clinic today for shots and he did well with those too. He weighs 19 lbs 10 oz and is 27.6 inches. Those are both in the 90th percentile, so he is definitely taking after daddy.

I am still nursing him and he is eating once a day at dinner time and sometimes has fruit in the mornings. He eats like a champion and it is nice because when we take him to nursery or with a sitter they can feed him baby food if he gets hungry. So that has allowed me some time away.

Here is a big smile from Jack to all of you.

He's sleeping really well, he goes down at 7:30 and sleeps till 4:30 -6 then eats and goes back down till about 8:30. He is a great baby and I am loving being a mommy!

Burns visit

Our wonderful friends the Burns from Hawai came to visit last weekend. We have missed them so much. Jessi and I have kept in close contact since we left Hawaii and our babies were born 1 day apart. Jack has seen pictures of Nora and Holden, but they had never met. We had a great time. They arrived Thursday night and the babies got acquainted, but Jack wasn't in a great mood, so they all went to bed, the next day though they got along well and all of them had a pretty good day.


Saying Goodbye
Meeting for the first time



Ready to go, we went to paint pottery on Friday and spent most of the day at the shop to get foot and handprints of the babies. They did really well overall.

Mommies and babies

dadies and sons

Family shot

It was soo great to reconnect. I am going to see jessi and the babies again next week and then we will see each other in Hawaii. So its not too hard to say goodbye, it's always nice to know when you will see the person again.

Thank you Burns family for spending so much time with us. We love you all.

New Jack Pics

This weekend we had fun, but didn't take any pictures. But the big news is Jack is sitting up on his own now, and holding his own bottle 2 big milestones. He has also been talking ALOT, which is great fun for us. We have always talked to him in adult voices and he has always thought he is having conversations with us, but it is really taking hold now. He talks and expects you to talk back to him, and then when you do he is really tickled. So much fun. Next weekend he will be 6 months old. How time flies.

This picture is from last weekend when we went to Aunt Kim's baby shower. Jack did very well and Kim got some nice things for her fetus :) I was able to feel her baby kick while she was here, which was really neat.


Here is Jack's latest photo shoot in his Cubs outfit from Uncle Doug and Aunt Judy so cute!

Notice all the jake faces

Jack and his tonka truck

Working on sitting up

Hey i'm doing it!

Feet, he loves them, these foot rattles really intrigue him

Aunt Kim and Jack in his University of Hawaii outfit

We had a great weekend celebrating Uncle Dave's birthday and going out to dinner with friends, then on Sunday we visited a church for a second week and Jack made it through service and Sunday school in the nursery.

Also in big news Aunt Jessi and Uncle Mike and Nora and Holden are coming to visit on Thursday-Saturday so we are very excited and then we are going to have a cookout for Memorial day. Should be a great week. And I got my ticket to Hawaii so Jack and I will be making the flight in July and Jack will get to meet his Uncle Trent, I will be able to see Jenny Watson, Jessica, all of our friends from church and Jessi and as a special treat Carrie is coming to Hawaii for part of the time I am there, so it should be great fun.

Then after that I will be looking more seriously for a job. I am currently working on my licensure. But lots of great things to look forward to.