1st Birthday

Yep. Jack is one. Officially on the 3rd. Nope, can't believe it.
We gave him a delicious little cupcake, but he doesn't really like sticky things...so the frosting didn't go over that well.
But, I was prepared with cookies--of which he ate 4.

Are we bad parents?

Yes. Danny took jack on the big slide. He was pretty chill. At least he wasn't scared.

Jack Running

I know it has been a while since I posted...but I haven't taken many photos.
So here are a few videos to enjoy.

This was from November, Jack had just started understanding the "gunna git ya" game.

jAck vs. wiLd

Jack loves being outside.
Here, he has a love hate relationship with a pine-cone.
Love: it is totally cool
Hate: spiny as all get-out
Result: abandoned pine-cone



I don't remember what he was telling me here...

i play gAmes

the culprit:


the victims:


he looks so peaceful:


HEY! where are my toys?




oh! There they are!


MOM! Why won't you pick them up for me!!?


ooo. camera.

iWALK

nEw hAir

botH mom and i gOt new hAir.
wEll hers got cut...and mine was onLy stYled...

what do you think?

my fAmiLy

I pLay SOCCER

jusT liKe dAd.

Check out that coordination.

i liKe tO READ!!!

Well, i'lL be cOmpletelY hOnest: I don'T knOw how tO acTually reAd.
BUT turning the pAges is aweSome fUn.

mOre pLayiNg witH thE GuiTar...

i'M mUsicAL

dAd let Me plaY with hiS GuiTar.

i liKe dAd.

BYU is BACK!

Proudly wearing the "Y"



Danny and Jack singing the Cougar Fight Song...

This video is supposed to go with the next post...sometimes blogger doesn't work like it is supposed to.

9 mOnths.
wOW.

heRe Are sOme upDates:

guEss mom isn't goIng to giVe me the tUb anymore.

my innocent face




tHis is dInner tIme at Our place...nEver a dUll momenT...

craWling haZArds

no one told me that crawling had so many hazards.
my head is covered with bruises.
my nose hurts from face-planting.
my knees are rubbed raw.

and yesterday...i lost my pants.


oh...and here is my morning hair.

attiTudE

some of you may still think I am still just mimicking my parents, or perhaps that I haven't yet discovered my "own" voice and personality.
this is because you don't live with me.

proof that you are wrong.

eiGht

that's right folks...i'm 8 months.
in honor of it all, here are 8 things about me that you may not know:

1. i mimic. slapping the table...spitting
2. i shake my head, though i don't really know what it means (parents think it is funny...especially when i do it to strangers when they smile at me)
3. mom told some of you that i army crawl...that is almost true. it actually looks more like a fallen soldier crawl. i use one arm and the opposite foot to push me ahead, thus i move at an angle. too bad Halloween is too far away...i would make a great zombie...
3. i like to scare people.
4. i no longer have a bald spot, and my Mohawk is coming along nicely.
5. i like to chew on my two pointer fingers. but just those ones. and no sucking--just chewing.
6. i like eating Kix.
7. my favorite toy is a set of stacking cups. i like to push the stacks over and scatter them everywhere.
8. some kids are afraid of vacuums. others spiders. not me though. i'm afraid of drive-throughs. i guess we don't eat at McDonald's enough...

here's to the first 8 months!

bERrieS

i ate my first berry.
and i liked it. (see picture for proof)
(Roasted Banana and Blueberry Puree--see www.amakeaday.com)




and, here is a picture of me in one of the new towels my mom made me.
i. am. adorable.

I know...it's time...

Sorry it has been so long!

Jack laughs all the time now. Everyone at church (and everywhere we go) says he is such a smiley baby. Kids think the oddest things are funny...


Sometimes naughty has a hard time sharing the changing table...


The awesome baby swings at the park.


Do you see anything wrong with this picture?


here is a close-up...


guess who won this fight.


Paper Towels= $.50
Time to do the dishes= priceless

Party Weekend

Being sick doesn't mean we can't have fun. It just means we look awful for all the pictures. Ignore Jack's watery red eyes, my lack of makeup, and Danny's red nose. Jack has croup, and Danny and I have colds (I thought that only happened in Winter???!).

Because Danny's job is so AWESOME, he had Friday through Monday off (which ended up being really good for him to get feeling better). Saturday we went to Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield. A crazy series of battle assaults happened here during the Civil War along with a famous Locomotive theft. We went to the museum in the Visitors center and then took a walk on one of the trails.

Not sure where the allegiance lies here...






Monday we went to a local park for some festivities. There were arts and crafts booths, lots of carnival food, games, cars, and live music. It was excruciatingly hot. All-in-all it was a success, just ask Jack: he got a balloon.