13 months

Dear Jack,

You are just the best little boy ever. You are so happy and smiley. You seldom do the Jack shuffle anymore - we think it's because you're too good for the shuffle..well that and you figured out that walking gets you to where you want to go faster. You're still a good eater - you now have buttered toast, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Cheez-it's - oh my how you love the cheez-it's!! I wish you'd slow down sometimes when you eat because you pick up pieces with both hands and stuff them in your mouth, but you're fine with it. We have finally moved to the sippy cup!! YAY, no more bottles! You were a stinker about it at first, but then became a pro at it. You now have 8 teeth and whenever we pull out the camera, you give us a big cheesy smile - it's adorable! You know what the camera is and what it does so you love showing off for it. Your hair is still blonde blonde blonde and you still have your amazing blue eyes. Your new thing lately is to walk around the house in a circle and giggle - then you clap your hands - and giggle some more. We then laugh at you, then you laugh back and it's just constant laughter in our house. You crack up when the dogs run around and play. We play peek a boo and you give us those fantastic belly laughs of yours. We talk to you all the time and you talk back - in your own language of course, but your voice is adorable. When you wake up in the morning or from your naps you now stand up in your crib and grab onto it and jump jump jump. You constantly say da da, ba ba and you hiss like a snake and laugh. You are still wearing 12-18 month clothes but all your jammies are 18 months and they fit you so nice. You're in size 4 diapers as well. You found the animal's drinking water fountain the other day and now love to splash in it and make a mess - we definitely have to watch you like a hawk now - no more leaving the room you're in because we'll come back to laundry taken out of the basket, or dog dishes thrown about, or water all over the floor. Everyday is such fun with you and we can't remember what our lives were like without you monkey.

I love you!

Mama