Look Ma! No Hands!

I am beginning to think the toys Jack has to play with are a bit too young for him these days, he has however found a way to make them fun anyway! This was last night right before bedtime. I think his short stature has given him amazing balance as his center of gravity is lower.

Also, here is a picture of Jack running at the pumpkin patch from a couple of weeks ago.

Sunny October Day!

Had a big Sunday and started off with a trip to the pumpkin patch with Preston and Marie! Tried really hard to get a photo of the boys together but they are just too busy, I think Marie got one eventually. Jack loved looking at all of the pumpkin sizes and really enjoyed being a GIANT walking all over the baby pumkins. Later that same day we met up with Marie and Preston again for their neighborhood Oktoberfest. Lots of fun, food and music were enjoyed. This neat park has a tunnel that the boys find super entertaining, and I love the photos of that tunnel. Even got this great video of Jack dancing to the German band while eating his hotdog (sorry but it is sideways...I will one day figure out how to change that on this computer).

I'm a big boy now!

Jack and I went to the park yesterday and he finally is no longer afraid of the slide. Before this lovely milestone Jack would fall backward and hit the back of his head on the slide and the fun would result in tears. He would look at me like I was torturing him and why or why would I think this was a fun thing to do?! He just couldn't quite figure out that he needed to hold himself up in order to enjoy the ride down. Now that he has figured that out he did a cycle of about 15 times climbing the stairs and going down the slide and instantly running back to the stairs to do it again and again. Lots of fun!


And here is a photo of the view from Julie and my bedroom in Mexico....

Sick and jittery

Well our household has been a hotbed of illness over the last couple of weeks. Jack got sick on Friday at daycare and I took him to the Dr. on Saturday. He has an ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. Well he got worse over the weekend and we went in to the Dr. today and ended up with Albuterol treatments every 2-4 hours for the next few days! Super fun!

Zoo!

Jack had a busy week filled with his 15 month check-up, painting with Preston and going to the zoo. His check-up went well, he survived the three shots with a smile (almost), and is overall a super healthy and happy boy. His weight did not change much from his one year check-up, still in the 3% at 19lbs 12.2oz, but has gained a little height, now in the 12% at 29 3/4inches.


Jack loved the zoo and was in total awe when we went to the petting farm area where he fed the sheep. On our way out of Africa he wanted to walk the entire (and I mean ENTIRE) way out, which those of you who know the Kansas City Zoo know that is a very long way. After three hours of exploring the animal habitats we retired to our air-conditioned car and sang the whole way home. Surprisingly he did not fall asleep and was in a great mood. Bedtime did arrive a little early at 6:15pm, and he slept until 7:30 the next morning!

Big Boy!

Christina took this photo of Jack at the pool last week. Doesn't he look like such a big boy?!