noses and cereal

jack identifying his nose while enjoying some lucky charms (minus the marshmallows)...next up, eyes...stay tuned. :-)




p.s. please excuse the bed-head...crazy hair...like father, like son.

the elephant goes bralooo!

as part of a mother's day weekend extravaganza, jack and i went down to washington, d.c. to visit aunt maureen, uncle josh, and nana flew in for the visit. after arriving, we took a spin over to the national zoo (a smithsonian museum, the zoo is free - perfect for unpredictable toddlers!)

we saw a bunch of animals, jack's favorite being the baby hippopotamus, he did not want to leave! enjoy the zoo pictures.

c'mon nana, hurry up!

hello baby hippo

i like the zoo

whhhhheeeee!

four tooth wonder

i sometimes think jack is the world's slowest teether. out of his 20 "baby" teeth, he has 4, yes, 4. i see a 5th about to break through, but for now just 4. two on the top, two on bottom. but apparently that's all he needs. he chomps into and devours pizza, and more recently as we discovered at softball last night, apples are great fun to munch on (he carried that apple around for at least 20 minutes munching on it - note to self, always have an apple on hand)


the upside to 4 teeth is we've not yet experienced the dreaded 1-year molars and associated pain, the downside, doesn't mean they aren't coming...4.5 down, 15.5 more teeth to go.

happy cinco de mayo

no, jack and i are not out celebrating with a few cold margaritas, but i did think it was time for a blog update. jack is quickly becoming daddy's little buddy. he loves to watch kevin work outside and insists on being out there to help (as best he can - which usually means trying to stick his hand in something he shouldn't).

hmmm, this one looks about right

his vocabulary is also growing (we think). dog is a definite word and we think we've heard something resembling duck, truck and shark in the past few days. he is getting to be a proficient signer though so he's able to tell us what he wants, he knows "help", "milk", and "more" - we're working on "please" now. his favorite food now is pizza by far - we've had to limit his pizza intake to once / week, otherwise he'd eat it all the time!

jack started swimming lessons a few weeks ago and loves being in the pool. his favorite part is jumping in off the side and "swimming" after the pool toys. though swimming is exhausting as he is ready for a long nap when we get home.

we're enjoying the spring weather and all it has in store.

excuse me, i'm trying to watch the game and the camera is in my way...

here's some video of jack showing of some of his dancing moves...enjoy!

spring has sprung!

well, i made it one year with the monthly recap posts. from here on out i think we'll stick to milestones and random updates...so, without further ado...some random updates! and yes, i keep switching voice, sorry. jack has 4 whole teeth now (2 top, 2 bottom) and some more en route. if you look closely at the picture below you can see his top teeth (along with some boogies...ick).



here's some more pictures of playtime at our house - he loves, loves, loves his tent and we had some indoor water play a few weeks back. the past few days have been glorious, so we've been outside enjoying the weather.

inside water fun

yeah for my tent

helping with the diapers

and we're off

for more spring fun pictures, visit the "spring has sprung album" post. (guest password is jack3207)

spring has sprung album

Photobucket Album

pop, pop, pop

just some quick video of jack playing with his corn-popper and bouncy ball. we can't wait for spring to get here so we can get outside and play more!