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...