Fall Fun

Nana came to visit Jack a couple of weeks ago, (I know I got a little behind in my blogging) and took Little Man Jack to the Arboretum. Although it is hard to tell from these pictures, Jack had a wonderful time! It was a beautiful day and Jack loves to be outside! Nana also took Jack to a quilt show which he slept through. We all had a wonderful time with Nana visiting and Jack was on his best behavior the whole time (trying to make his parents look like liars!).

Jackson and the terrible horrible no good very bad day!

Jay and I would like to issue an apology to those who were unlucky enough to spend time with us last Saturday. We are very SORRY and hope Jack's behavior has not rubbed off on your own children.

Jay and I were very excited to take Jack to Hadley's birthday party, Jack's first little kid party. Unfortunately, Jack does not do well with large groups of people. Jay and Jack had to spend most of the party outside. Several parents warned us that cold weather is coming, but we are prepared, I have already bought him a snowsuit and sled!
After we left the party after a complete and total meltdown, we ventured out to meet some friends at the outlet mall. This went pretty well, after all, you do spend a lot of the time walking outside.
Well, eventually we went into a restaurant to eat dinner. That is where the "we" part ended. Jack had another meltdown and Jay and I had to take turns with Jack out in the parking lot. We would call each other on cell phones when it was time to switch. I wasn't at all concerned about Jack and I being kidnapped in a dark parking lot, after all who would want a screaming child? After three different people passing by suggested that I take him for a car ride. I did just that, only the parking lot we were in didn't let me get up enough speed to make Jack happy, so we had to go in search of a different one. After about 15 minutes of circling that parking lot, he was asleep and we headed back into the restaurant just as Jay was walking out with the other couple and their perfectly happy baby.
When we got home, Jack woke up and was very happy to be home. He acted like nothing had happened as Jay and I were absolutely exhausted. We have another birthday party to go to in a couple of weekends...I hope it is not to cold outside for Jay and Jack!

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.