Sunset Beach Baby!

We had a great week with Jon's family at Sunset Beach! Here are some pictures of our adventures!

Baby Jack's first plane ride!

PopPop and Baby Jack meet for the first time.

Uncle Steve doing double duty: entertaining Jack and reading to Jack's cousin Jonas!

PopPop with a wide load on his lap! (baby Jack and cousin Milo get aquainted by holding hands)

In the Atlantic Ocean!

A walk on the pier (if you look closely you can see our beach house in the background).

Thank you Aunt Barb, Uncle Steve, Aunt Dawn, and Uncle Eric for coordinating this whole vacation/reunion - we had a wonderful time!! (so did Jack, despite his apathetic appearance in this picture :)

Jon Lost the Camera.

Sorry for the lack of posts/pictures - someone (see title) lost the camera. Amazingly enough, once I purchased a new one, motivation struck and the old one was "miraculously" discovered under a seat in the car! Yay! So, the new camera has been returned and we have a LOT of pictures to catch everyone up on Jack's "progress." He's growing at a rapid pace and as Jon likes to say when we see a baby smaller or "less advanced" than Jack, "He's winning the race!" Nice. Anyway, here are the pictures!

Naked (preparing for a feeding of cereal).

Not surprisingly, this kid is good at eating!

Is it just me or does he look more like a toddler than an "infant"?

Like father, like son!

Starting tomorrow, I'm back to work full time for the school year. I'm really going to miss this little guy...

Buckeye Baby

GO BUCKS!


Nappin' in the big bed...once he hit the mattress he was out. I guess it feels pretty good compared to a pack n play!

JUMBO Bumbo Baby

I just wanted to post a few pictures of Jack in his "Bumbo" seat. This seat SAYS it fits up to a 3 year old. hmmm...



He was VERY happy once he figured out he was sitting up on his OWN and Mom wasn't holding him! I wonder where he gets that independent streak...



This is the first toy that Jack has actually paid much attention to. He presses it up to his pacifier to hold it in and also attempts to put its whole head in his mouth. Pretty impressive motor skills for such a little guy! His cousins better watch out when he gets to Sunset Beach!!

New Toys! and Teeth?

Well... Jack is up to about 17 pounds now... I am dreading his 3 month appointment coming here soon (I'm sure the doctor will have something to say about his size/ formula consumption). You know you have a big eater when he cries for more formula almost EVERY time you feed him. Other than tha, the only new updates are a new toy (that he is almost too young for, but we're trying it anyway), and we think he may be working on some teeth. I know he is young to be cutting teeth, but his body has probably figured out that it needs something other than formula to sustain it (based on its large size).


Unsure about the new toy.. is this supposed to be fun?

Okay... maybe this is fun, I mean it does have lots of ADHD inspiring flashing lights!

Nah, spoke too soon, it is boring (yawn).

Ok, now get me out of here!

Jack has developed a drooling problem... and a MAJOR need to chew. Could it be a sharpie??

Maybe I can get this whole finger in my mouth...

This was right before a large burp/GAG.

YAY FOR SLEEEP!!

Good news! I think it is finally safe to say that we have a night time sleeper! About two weeks ago, Jack started sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches at night. This accomplishment has finally turned into 8 hours!! We're up to about two weeks straight now, with one "tiny" exception. Last Saturday night Jon and I hired Jack's FIRST real babysitter and had dinner reservations at a fun restaurant in the Oregon with friends.

Unfortunately, I relearned what I already knew: all fun must be spontaneous and NOT planned! Right as our food came I ran for the door and barely made it to pavement before I (insert guess here). Long story short, Jon had his first all nighter with Jack (who didn't sleep for more than 3 hour stretches that night.) I can't really blame Jack for this little glitch in his path to sleeping all night; he was a little out of sorts after Dad tried to put him in his swaddle blanket NAKED. As you can imagine, screaming ensued (both Jack and eventually Dad), but as soon as Jack was returned to his PJs all was well.

Also, in a tribute to Jon (post Father's Day): Dad has taught our genius baby how to brush and floss his tee...gums.

Just Some New Pics!

Ok, I've gotten some complaints about not having any new pictures.. so here are a few! I'm soo ready to be done working for the summer.. once I am I promise to update this more often! One new update - Jack has hit a "mini" milestone; he can now roll to his side! He will also now drink an obscene amount of formula if you let him... which is contributing (I suppose) to his baby-beastliness.

Look how scary Petey looks. Does anyone want to adopt a cat???

Thank you Kevin and Meg for the happy baby vibrating chair!