He's going forward!

Jack started crawling forward the day before his 9 month birthday! Here's some proof (finally):

Sorry...we've been sick

Jack and I have been sick, so we haven't been taking too many pictures of late. But, I did get him outside today to steal a few shots. He does this "hand on his hip" thing in between crawling, so I was glad to catch that one!
Nana Linda- we hope you had a GREAT 14th birthday today! We've been thinking about you!

Does this look like a kid who's ready for a nap?

Watch out, P-Dog!

Now that Jack's mobile...he's gonna get that tail!

The Boys

The many faces of Jack-a-roni

Smiley faced Jack

Squishy faced Jack (my favorite face)

Flirty faced Jack (this is the favorite of the ladies at the grocery store)

"Hello?? Earth to Jack??" faced Jack

Helping with Laundry

Check out THIS dimple

We've always known it was there...but I don't remember catching it on camera.

Golf shirt and khakis

Jack was modeling for me on the porch in his new threads.



Here he is, keeping an eye on the neighborhood.

I've got the keys...now who's drivin'??

Shocker. Jack has something in his mouth. How novel. Kidding, of course. This little boy will find the ONE tiny crumb of pancake on the floor (even before P finds it) and it goes straight into his mouth. He has eyes like a hawk.
After looking through the blog, I realized that people must think he is in just a diaper all day long. It's not true. I promise. That's why I made sure to show you all that he has on a onesie AND pants today.
When Jon saw these pants (black with red and white stripes) he was quick to tell me that MD plays VT tomorrow night in basketball. Looks like Jack will have on his Hokie gear tomorrow. Stay tuned!

The last "before" photo

If you look verrrrrry closely, you can see that Jack's lower gum is starting to swell. Teeth?? Maybe soon.

Bath time

Every night, Jack has the same routine. Undressed, weighed, vitamin and into the tub! He still loves staring at himself in the mirror. Here he is with Dad.

Just call him Alex P. Keaton

I had emptied my pockets on the bed earlier and this was the first thing Jack found when he was sitting there. He's all about the Jackson, baby.

The tape trick

So, I read on a photography board that one way to get a picture of a moving child is to plop them down and then put a piece of scotch tape in their hand. Apparently, they'll be so busy trying to figure out how to get the tape off that they forget to crawl away.
Well, in Jack's case, he just ate the tape. I was able to get it out of his mouth before it went down...but not before I got a couple of cute shots. Here's one:

Container #3: The toy basket!

Our day at the park

After yesterday's failed attempt at cute V-day pics, I decided that Jack would now need "containers" for his pictures. We'll see how long that lasts.

Container #1: a car (that bounces). I'll have you know, he was standing up in there!

Container #2: a swing. He was really swinging.

This is his serious pose.

Finding the tastiest rock of the bunch....

...eating said rock.

Look what Jack found...

V-day pics = Total Bust

I had these visions of beautiful Valentine's Day pictures. Jack would be wearing an adorably cute shirt along with a huge smile. Easy, right?
Ridiculously cute t-shirt? Check.
(if he were sitting up, you would see that it read, "Man of your dreams," with a finger pointing up at his face
Camera? Check.
Well rested baby? Check.
Sunshine? Check.
Baby who can crawl and wants to show it off? Check and check...and that's where it all went wrong.
I'll add more of these as I go through them, but here's just a few of Jack's V-day pictures. At least he's wearing a red shirt.

"Now you listen here, Mom (taps finger on blanket). I can crawl now. No more of this sitting up and looking cute business. Are we clear?"

Just kidding. I'll smile for ya!

Happy (almost) Valentine's Day!!

Jammies

Guess who got to stay in their jammies all day long?




We had fun taking pictures until Jack's "security detail" said we were done.

Scootin' backwards

He's not much for forward movement, but he sure can move backwards!

The Tickle Bug Attacks

Grass, grass, I love grass...

Yes, there is a picture of Jack eating grass already, but guess what? The kid loves to eat grass. I don't love him any less. It's another pretty day here in Austin. Could be colder, but I'll try to remember this day as I'm standing under the a/c vents come August.
I plopped Jack down in the front yard (checking for fire ants, first) and he went straight for the delicious, nutritious grass (again).

Just kickin' back

I know, I know...technically, this is a terrible photo. I had to grab my point-and-shoot before I missed it. Plus, my XTi was upstairs and I couldn't leave Jack like he was to go get it.
This was lunch today. Jack is learning how to hold his own bottle (we're trying to transition to a sippy during lunch and dinner) but, he needs to recline in order to get the milk. Today, he decided to take full advantage of the tray and just relax.

He ate our house and moved on to the lawn

It was another beautiful day here in Austin, so Jack and I went outside to take pictures. I actually had wanted to take pictures of him outside St. Mary's downtown, but we got down there, went to Ash Wednesday services and when I went to snap his picture against the beautiful architecture, I discovered that I had forgotten the flash drive to my camera. Whoops.
I put a blanket down, as I wasn't sure what Jack would think of the grass. Clearly, I was worried for nothing. He thought it was delish.

Annnndddd....He's off!

Or trying to be, anyway. Jack is really working hard on trying to crawl. So far, he can scoot backwards or in circles. The forward motion just isn't his thing right now. This picture made me laugh because his bare feet were getting stuck on the tiles, so he couldn't flick them out behind him. He kept stretching to get into "crawl position" but those fat little feet wouldn't budge.

It's a bird...it's a plane...No! It's...

Super Jack!

My Funny Valentines

Just call me..."Spike"

Yeah, it's become part of the nightly routine now. Jack gets a mohawk after each bath. It'll be funny until the day he comes home with a real one.