Trip to South Dakota

OK, so I haven't been able to blog lately, Little Man Jack has been keeping me pretty busy. Here's what we have been up too.
A couple of weeks ago we headed back to South Dakota for Jackie's birthday party. Jack had a lot of fun showing off his new jumping skills and even had a trip out to see the cows.

Jack has become much more active and is rolling more and more. He continues to "talk" all the time and has added blowing raspberries to his repertoire. We started giving him applesauce this week and he seems to be getting used to it. When we were in SD, Jay's parents gave us some squash, so yesterday I made it into baby food and froze it. I think we will try the squash next (I let him lick a little off the spatula while I was making it and he seemed to like it better than the applesauce). We will see how long I can keep up making his baby food, but I figure we can give it a try.
Also, this past week, I had THREE nights out while Jay took care of Jack. Each night when I returned, neither one of them seemed like they were too happy about the situation but at least nothing was given to Jack that shouldn't have.

Day at Mall of America

Jack and I went to the World's Biggest Playgroup at Mall of America with some friends this week. We all had a lot of fun. Jack especially liked playing with the musical instruments...so guess who is now searching the Internet looking for the one he liked the best.

On Wednesday, we went to story time at the library again. Jack enjoyed it all over again. He sat so focused that I am trying to get Daddy to come and see it! His sitting is getting better and better, but he still hasn't rolled over since that first weekend that he did it. I guess he thinks "been there, done that, I would rather yell for Mommy to come and roll me over".

Sitting UP!

Last Wednesday, Jack had his first Story-Time at the Library. He really enjoyed it. He was so focused for the first 10 minutes, that he sat by himself for the first time! I sat behind him for when he started to lean, but he did it by himself for most of that 10 minutes! After that though, he lost interest in the story time and became fidgety.
We went back for a quick trip to South Dakota this weekend. Jack had a lot of fun playing with Nana, Papa and Aunt Missi and showed off for them all of his new skills. On Sunday, we went to a family reunion at my Great-Uncle Bob's house. It was the first time my dad's family had met Jack.
Today, the Mommies from my Monday Mommy group came over with their babies. We took some group photos, it was exhausting! Hopefully between the four cameras, we might have one picture with all five looking!

First Hair Cut

Jack had his first hair-cut this weekend.
Jack was not very pleased with the whole experience, and I can't say that I am all that pleased with the job that I did, but we did get through the whole experience with both ears unscathed.

Beach Babies

Jack went to the pool for the first time on Friday.
Some other mommies and I thought that our babies would enjoy a day splashing and playing out in the sun and in the nice water. Well, as new mommies, we are learning that even the best plans can turn out quite differently than expected! We all thought that the babies would just love it! Well, the water turned out to be about 50 degrees. The babies did not think that this had been a good plan. In this picture, none of them are crying, but as you can tell, none of them are touching the water. Every time I put Jack's feet in the water, he pulled his legs up to his chest so fast, he looked like a frog! Little Ava was a brave girl and happily played in the water, hopefully the next time we go, Jack will appreciate the water more.