Jack's first day at the park

We took Jack over to the park today to ride on the swings - he loved it at first, but then was getting hungry for lunch and wanted out. Here's some memories of the day.

And this is when it turned badly...And now we're on the slide seemingly happier..

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Big news for Jack!

Our little man who is growing up way too quickly took his first unassisted steps today!! We were sitting on the living room floor and having him walk back and forth to one another - well he got gutsy and ended up taking about 3-4 steps on his own!! All he needs to really get moving is balance - he hasn't quite figured that out yet. We really don't think he'll crawl at all - he's just not interested. He'd rather be walking and cruising around the furniture. He'll move himself on his butt as well - it's so cute to watch. Jack also has 6 teeth now!! 2 on top and 4 on the bottom - the last 3 came in really fast and all at once. Next weekend is Jack's 1st birthday party - we're getting excited for that. We have some last minute details to work out but it should be a very special day. We can't wait!!

Trip to the eye doctor

Jack had his first eye appointment today. Through the InfantSEE program - it was a free eye appt and they just look over his eyes and make sure things look okay. They can't do all of the tests that we get as an adult - but he sat on Mark's lap and let the dr do her thing. His eyes look perfect and we don't need to go back until his 3rd birthday.

ANOTHER TOOTH!!

Well another tooth on the bottom was quite the surprise when I looked into Jack's mouth this morning. It's already half way out!! I can't believe I didn't see it before! So now our little man has 5 teeth!!! We see that many of you who visit Jack's blog don't leave any comments - we'd love to hear your thoughts on pictures and videos and if there's anything else you want to know about...let us know!!!

We're back from Florida!!!

We had a great time in Florida - Jack is certainly becoming a seasoned traveler. He just goes with the flow and as long as there's food and toys for him, he's happy. He finally has his top front teeth - they cut a few days ago - they're still giving him a few problems though because only 1 side of each tooth has made it through the skin - but they'll cut through completely soon.

Jack absolutely adored the swimming pool - he loved kicking his legs and moving his arms. It was so cute. He also had his first meeting with ducks - and he got a kick out of it. Here's the video of Mark and Jack feeding the ducks.




Jack's just sitting in his crab floatie - chillin'

Stickin' my tongue out!!!

Swimming and playing with sunscreenAfter a long day of swimming I'm just cruising on the furniture
I'm so relaxed - look at how I cross my ankles!!
I Love Swimming!!

This was our last night in Florida - we went out for dinner at Red Lobster..YUM!

This is me and my Great-Grandparents with Mommy and Daddy

Tidbits about Jack

Well it's been awhile again -sorry!! so here's a few new tidbits about my favorite little guy.

~He absolutely loves cut up peaches - he was shoving them into his mouth so fast last night I couldn't keep up.
~He loves the Banana Blueberry Yogurt and Apple Strawberry Banana puree's I made for him.
~He has his 2 top teeth starting to sprout!!
~He is doing the army crawl backwards basically.
~He loves to stand more than anything - he'll pull himself up on you just to stand and move his legs up and down.
~He no longer has the crib bumper in his crib anymore.
~He loves blankets - will not and cannot go to sleep without either his blue or green blankie.
~He doesn't do well with socks - they get pulled off, chewed on, kicked off, you name it.
~He is loving his exersaucer to bits!!

Well hope you enjoyed this installment of What's New With Jack..lol!! We're going to Florida for a week in 2 weeks so there will be tons of pool pictures!!