Happy New Year 2011

Hello my Button! Well I haven't gotten too much better with the updates but I really am trying :/ This year has been so exciting for you, so many new experiences! You are 15 months old and on the gas! But that's not really anything new. You are yapping our ears off over here with words like Tah(Hat), Szaaa(Trash), Caw(car), Ka(truck), Nana, Papa, Mamma, Dada, Hiiiiiii, Pa(P), GUUU(egg),Cie(gracie/sissie) and the ever popular bwoon(balloon). You eat pretty much everything but depending on the day, and how your teeth are feeling, sometimes you just chew the food and spit it all right back out without swallowing! Stop that you messy boy! Some of your favorites are white rice, turkey, applesauce, eggs, cereal bars, wheat thins, carrots, pears and zuchinnis. You shout EVERYTHING! If I open the refrigerator and you see the carton of eggs, you point and shout GUUUUUUUUU repeatedly until I recognize that that is indeed what you are saying. You LOVE to dance, to anything and everything, although Yo Gabba Gabba is your favorite. You also love trucks, trash trucks, dump trucks, tractors, semis, trucks of any kind! You point them out as we are driving, if it's trash day your little face is glued to the front window to get a glimpse and if it's not too cold we usually go out and wave to the trashmen and they of course wave right back to you. Lately if you hear a noise and I ask you what it is you put your mouth in a perfect little O and look around, it's so funny. You are a funny boy, with an easy smile for those you love. Mostly you laugh alot and run alot and try to get me to pick you up ALOT! You are only in the 50th percentile for weight at 25 pounds but in the 97th percentile for height! Long and lean, like a noodle! You have quite the crush on Yenna, you hug and kiss her and look at her adoringly the minute that you see her! It's a little unnerving, is that what it's gonna be like when you're older? In the mornings(the EARLY mornings!) you have taken to getting ready with daddy in the bathroom, he brushes his teeth, you brush your teeth. He spits, you spit. You watch him with those big beautiful blue eyes of yours waiting to see what you should do next! Then he has to iron his clothes so you can't be in there and you don't like that so much at all. You have taken to clapping your hands together in frustration, and occasionally flopping on the flooor, to which I kindly explain that that will do you no good at all. So far I don't think you believe me. Grace is your best bud, you greet her in the morning with a smile and a big hug and the other day you even held her hand for a minute, which just made my heart swell with happiness. Oh Jack, what can I say? You stole my heart and I hope you never give it back. Happy New Year Button, I love you more than words can say.

I mean really! You are so stinkin cute! Auntie Christine brought by her fixed lens when her and Miles came to play today so we took a few shots just for fun. You look so much like me it's a little freaky sometimes. Mostly you think that the word no is a signal for laughter, nothing to be taken seriously for sure but you are FINALLY sleeping throught the night! It took a few tries but you got it down with very little drama. Momma on the other hand had to go outside to escape from any possibility from hearing you cry, but the end result is worth it. You are happier from a better nights rest and I can actually keep more than one thought in my head at a time! Hallelujah! You are a good boy Jack, and for sure you love your sister. You just light up whenever she is around, she seems to know exactly what you want and how to get you happy, an unspoken sibling language that is a gift for me to see. As crazy as it is sometimes with the two of you I love love love to see you guys laugh and giggle together!

coco!

You love your Auntie Coco. She'll be leaving us soon but for now you are content to watch her while she smiles and sings to you. At 5 months you are not quite sleeping through the night although I am toying with the idea of sleep training you, otherwise knowna s letting you cry it out, but I haven't gotten desperate enough yet, soon though. You are a joy to be around otherwise though, happy and smiling mostly all the time. You are not quite sure about food yet, but you seem to love your rice cereal, sweet potatoes and carrots. I love you button and I will try to be better at keeping up with this blog!!!

Eye see you

You like lemons!

No really, you honestly like them and you were quite put out when I took it away from you. You make the obligatory squeezie face when you taste it but just keep going back for more! Oh Jack I love you and not just for the entertainment that you give me...

You're kind of crawling!

I'm trying to get up to speed here with your blog here's a start. You
have finally decided that you are going to try to harness all that
energy into your limbs to make them move! Yay you, maybe it's all the
sleep you've been getting lately?