Outside Fun!

Jack absolutely LOVES being outside! It's been cold the past couple of weeks, but we're having a warm front right now. So, I took Jack outside yesterday for a little fun. I figured it'll be one of our last times playing outside before the weather turns cold for good.

Jack really enjoys playing in this car that YaYa got him. He loves for me to push him up and down the driveway in it :)

Yeah, so Jack eats a leaf in this video. I was trying to watch through the camera and make sure he was still in the shot and couldn't quite see exactly what was going on or respond quickly....whoops!

Time...

So this was our first "fall back" experience with Jack. Normally, I LOVE to fall back...it's way better than springing forward! Who wouldn't want an extra hour of sleep?? (Or what usually turns into an extra hour of being awake....) Jack, however, has had a little bit of a tough time adjusting. Yesterday morning he woke up at 6:55am - WAAAAAY to early! But we had to get ready for church, so we decided to go ahead and get him up.

This morning, he woke up at 6:45am -even earlier!! After a while of fussing in his crib, he FINALLY went back to sleep and woke up again at 8:45am. Much better :) Hopefully he's adjusted to the new time for good and will be back on his normal schedule.

Just a few updates....

In case you were wondering what Jack's doing now:

• Jack says, "Mama" "Dada" and "Dog" (which he pronounces "Doh")
• He's got 8 teeth
• He's starting to stand on his own a little more now
• Jack took one step Saturday night and one step Sunday...and I (Laura) missed them BOTH!!
• He points at everything
• He loves being outside and loves to play with leaves and sticks (and tries to eat them, too)
• He dances to music a lot
• He rarely will let us feed him anymore...Big Boy Jack has to feed himself
• I think if he eats another grape he'll turn into one - BY FAR his favorite food!
• He'll be one year old in exactly 1 month and 2 days - I can't believe it!!

Jack's such a happy baby and a joy and blessing to our lives. We couldn't love him more!

Happy Halloween!!

The Moms with the Babes on their first Halloween

Cutest lion I've ever seen :) Love my niece, Sophie! Jack and Olivia - she kept trying to give him a kiss....he kept moving away! haha

TRBC had a whole area set up like Willy Wonka. Jack LOVED the bubble room!!

All of us together - I guess getting the kids to look at the camera is out of the question.

Sophie and Jack having fun on the trampoline. Neither of them was tall enough to hold on to the bar and bounce. (Although they did enjoy some bouncing - watch the video)

Jack couldn't quite figure out that he was supposed to crawl through this.

Sliding with Daddy

Jack started to pick up a duck......

...but then dropped it when he figured out there was water he could play in.

The duck he started to pick up had a #1 on the bottom...1 piece of candy :) Yeah, we're hott! :)

"Jack's" (aka - mom and dad's) stash at the end of the night (pretty sad, I know. Hopefully he'll do better next year!)

AND NOW FOR THE VIDEOS.......


Jack and Sophie having fun bouncing on the trampoline

Jack going down the slide...

Sophie going down the slide (sorry it's sideways)....

Fun times with Jack

We got Jack's bouncy seat back out because we had some friends coming over for dinner who have a small baby. Turns out Jack still loves his bouncy seat, just in a different way! We've kept it out and he loves getting on it all the time!

Without anyone showing him how, Jack just started doing this the other day. What a funny kid :)