Happy Father's Day

My mom and dad are here for a visit and a wedding and we have been having a wonderful time!
Jack is loving the extra love! Happy Father's Day to Daddy and Papa and Grandpa Jeff and Great Grandpa Lou and Great Grandpa Sweatland and Great Grandpa Larry!

Here are Jack and Papa today.

Jack and Daddy 1 year ago today!

Look how chubby he was!

It's amazing how much change occurs in 1 year!

Some pics from the week!

Handsome guy! I love this one

Walking

Happy Father's Day!

Swimming!

Jack has really been enjoying the pool this summer! He was a little skittish of the water a few weeks ago, but now when we get in he grins and laughs. I love that because I am a fish, if I could be any animal, I would be a dophin. :)
Here is the pool we went to Saturday.

Break time, watermelon of course.

I know he doesn't look happy here, but he was loving it.

We went to the pool with Luke and Nicole a couple weeks ago. He was very nervous at first, lots of kids and I think he was a little overwhelmed, but once I got him in the water he splashed around and did great.
His eyes and his truck.

the 2 of us

The cool pool

my handsome guy

Also he is officially a walker now. I would say as of yesterday, June 11, he started walking more than any other mode of transportation. He walked into the kitchen to find me! He is also loving walking now that he can go fast. I think it is true that since he walked so late he hasn't fallen much at all. He is really steady and is wary of steps, grass, or uneven footing. If he loses his balance he really just sits down. He is still very much in love with trucks right now. I have a couple of great videos i want to post if i can remember how...

Sesame Street!

On Saturday we went to Sesame Street LIVE!!! It was awesome and Jack really enjoyed it. We went with Nicole and Luke. the boys were so into it the first half. we didn't quite make it through the whole show, but they did really well. clapping along, dancing, and lots of wows! I bought Jack a big bird at the shop, he loves him and sleeps with him now, along with his Ernie which used to belong to daddy.

Camping!!!

So we did it! We went camping! This is Jack at the end of camping, doesn't he look tuckered out :)
also very interested in the fishing

So our small group from church was going to go camping, but of course it was torrential downpour that night, but a few of us still braved the weather and went camping. It was a blast. We actually had a nice break in the rain for dinner and getting camp all settled, it rained all night, but we all stayed dry and had a nice fire and smores. Jack did really well sleeping in the tent, (i took a pack n play). he slept through the storm and woke at 3 super excited to be in the tent, i tried to have him join me on the ground, but he was too excited, he kept hugging and kissing me and pointing to everything in the tent. I eventually let him crawl around the tent (since he couldn't get out) while i dozed and he eventually came and snuggled up next to me, or should i say sprawled out next to me and hogged my blanket :) and slept till about 6:30. He really enjoyed just being outside all the time and being messy. More of our small group came up the next morning to play at the lake.

Ben and Levi the master fishermen!

Jack and Ti, Jack is showing you his truck

small group shot

action shot :)

the morning, i believe he had just tasted the dirt in this picture...

kind of blurry but jack being mesmerized by the fire

our roaring fire

Caroline is our friends dog, jack loves her, but he is not so good with gentle, she tolerates him really well though. Jack gets sooo excited to see her!

Playing in the dirt

Ready to go camping mom, i'm a major hunk!
On a side note, Jack is walking a little bit now, when he wants to he can stand up on his own and take a few steps. He is starting to get the hang of it, I think in the next week he will really take off. i will try to get a video...

So yes, was it crazy to camp with a baby in the rain, sure, but it was a great adventure and good story, and i would totally do it again :)

ps a propane lantern, stove, and grill come in very handy in the rain though... thanks to my super camper husband who has collected all of this gear for me. i should have more pics from some friends for another camping post in a couple of days. Jack says "HI" to all of you :)

eyes

Jack got some new shades today, he calls them his eyes. Here he is driving the jeep :)

We took a break from hard playing to eat some watermelon here is our back yard. Super fun!

watermelon face :)

his eyes

lovin that rind

A friend loaned us a water table for the summer and Jack has really been enjoying it!

We have been spending our afternoons at home outside.

We had a cookout for MOPS at the lake on Wednesday, we had a good time! Jack took an almost 4 hour nap afterwards, so it was great!

Thanks for reading!!

WE GOT A....

SANDBOX!!!

Jack has been really enjoying the outdoors and our backyard is fun with a swingset, but mommy thought a sandbox would make it even better.

I have a relativelyl large garden that I need to weed and yesterday with the sandbox he played and I worked in my garden, it was great, we were outside for like 2 hours. So here are some pics. It was a hard decision but I went with the bigger crab over the traditional tommie turtle sandbox... :)

The ladies man

Our god daughter and Auntie Kim came to visit for a couple of days this week, which was amazing. It was so great to see them and spend some time together. Here is the beautiful girl after a bath.


Jack wasn't too sure about Adalynn until the morning they left, then he felt he needed to express himself... enjoy

this is the closest he had gotten to her by himself

Soo excited all the sudden, he's coming in for a hug

She's not too sure at first

Reach out and touch someone, gently...

Gentle, one finger

Petting her head...she's not too sure about this guy...

gentle touch again

the face plant. he was just getting warmed up before

don't you like me too???

let me touch your eye

kiss him back

forced hug

Kisses are so great, especially jackie kisses

He is soo excited, she likes it :)

So much like his daddy, playing hard to get, but secretly in love with the girl :)

don't you love it??

we are definitely keeping these pics for posterity.