Jack's Hair

Poor Baby...he is growing a red mohawk :)

Raider Football

Jack went to his first football game Friday night to watch his Uncle Cade play! He was so good (even though it was WAY past his bedtime) and he was VERY interested in the cheerleaders :) I hate I never got a picture of Jack with Cade. He sat with him during the pep rally Friday afternoon and looked like a miniature football player in his Raider jersey. All of Jack's (& Cade's) #1 fans were at the game and he was passed from lap to lap. Jack is heading to his first Mississippi State game next weekend :)

Sleep, Sippy Cups & Sitting Up

Since the day Jack was born, he has not loved naptime. There are just too many things to do, see and hear during the day! He has always been a champ at sleeping at night, but fights his naps. This issue got MUCH better once we started BabyWise at 11 weeks. For the past 2 months, Jack has taken 2 long (about 2 hour) naps during the day and a little catnap in the early evening. I love naptime! I can get SO much done when I know he is going to sleep for a long stretch! Over the past week though, we are having naptime trouble again. He will sleep for about 30-45 minutes and wake up and I walk in to this...



I know he is still tired, but when he wakes up he thinks it is time to play! I am working on letting him cry for a little while to fall back asleep, but it is hard for me to make him stay in his bed when he smiles and laughs when I walk in the room and cries (with LOTS of added drama) as soon as I walk out the door. I do believe my little boy is a little rotten :)



Also, Jack is learning how to sit up! He can stay up for a few minutes if I put his boppy behind him to help him out a little. This morning I put him in the pack and play and sat him up and put his sippy cup in front of him. I ran and grabbed the camera when I saw how hard he was working to get that sippy cup.





He LOVES his sippy cup...not so much for what's in it, but how it feels on his gums (we are wondering if he is teething). Most of the time I put just a couple of ounces of water in it, but this morning I put a little apple juice in the water and topped it with an ice cube. He works a little harder to drink from it when something sweet is inside :)

Best Buds!

Can you tell these 2 are slightly obsessed with each other. Jack wants to grab some fur and Cuba just likes to be close by (and maybe lick some leftover sweet potatoes off Jack's fingers.) Watch out Cuba, if you don't let Jack grab some fur, Big Bird might replace you!

My Boys

How adorable is that! You all know how I like to dress my little baby...like a little baby. Well, Allen fusses all the time about how our little boy looks like a girl in all his "pretty" clothes. SO, I decided to surpise Allen at lunch today when he came home by having Jack dressed in his big boy clothes. To say Allen was thrilled is an understatement! Allen then decided Jack needed to put his boots on (which may actually fit when he is 2 years old) and have a little photo shoot in the back yard. As cute as it is, I don't think I'm ready for my baby boy to be a boot wearin' man.

I'm back for good!

I officially have internet again!!! Hopefully this will spark a revival of blog posts! LOTS has happened in the past 2 months. Our sweet little man just keeps growing and growing. I can't believe he will be 5 months old next week....how the time flies! We moved into a new house last week and are somewhat settled. I will wait and post pictures after I have a kitchen table and pictures hung :) It is a dream house for us and we are SO very excited to be in it! Here are some quick stats on whats going on with Jack and I'll leave you with a few pictures to see what we are up to these days.
- Jack weighs an estimated 16 pounds
- He began eating solids a few weeks ago and eats rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, apples, pears, green peas, and sweet potatoes.
- He LOVES Cuba and watches him all day long. He will reach for Cuba and grab his hair. We are very lucky that Cuba doesn't seem to mind!
- If Jack gets something in his hand, it is going straight to his mouth!
- He loves his paci, but only gets it in the bed or car.
- We lucked out having a child who loves to sleep. He sleeps 11 straight hours at night and takes 2 2-hour naps everyday. If he misses a nap, he is in a FOUL mood...just like his daddy use to be so I hear :)
- Mama's milk is still his favorite thing and he nurses 4 times a day taking what I think is anywhere from 6-8 ounces each feeding.
- Jack is learning how to drink from a sippy cup and does a great job, although he really just plays with it rather than drinking anything from it.
- Our little Roly Poly likes to move all around! He is rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy and scoots (unintentionally) all over the place. He rarely stops moving...I am going to have my hands FULL once he starts crawling!
- He reaches for you to pick him up...I LOVE this milestone!
- His daddy can make him laugh more than anything and anyone in the world.

Greetings from HERE!

We are enjoying a wonderful, relaxing weekend at this cabin on Smith Lake in Alabama. The boys have been fishing, the girls have been reading and swimming, and everyone has been spoiling Jack!

Blogging from the BlackBerry

We still have no internet, so gave in to blogging from my phone :) Jack is doing great and growing SO fast! He rolled over for the first time 2 weeks ago and he moves constantly (just like his daddy)! He is all smiles, coos and laughs these days. He sleeps great in his crib getting up once at night (I'm going to try to end that nightime feeding this weekend). His favorite things are eating, his daddy, tummy time, the toys on his bouncy seat, and being outside. We are having so much fun! I will try to be back soon from a REAL computer to show off some pics of my handsome little man :)

Jack- week by week

Since I'm playing catch up on the blog, thought I would "re-post" some of the old ones along with the new ones :) Enjoy!

I'M BACK!!!!

We have been without internet for a month now and it is making me CRAZY!!!! I have internet on my phone, but it is not even close to the real thing! Hopefully things will be up and running in the next week or 2. SO, what about the little man you might ask???? Well, he is becoming such a BIG man! We went to the doctor today and Jack is weighing a whopping 11 pounds, 12 ounces and is 21 inches long....compared to 6 pounds, 3 ounces and 19 1/2 inches at birth exactly 2 months and 1 day ago! The boy likes to eat :) He is SO much fun now, smiling and cooing. He is especially fond of his daddy gobbling, quacking and making other wildlife noises. Jack spent a week at the beach last week and did great! I'll leave you with some pictures and a promise to be back soon!!!