ONE Already!!

The clichés are coming out. Where did the time go? What happened to my baby? They grow up so fast! Our toothless toddler is cruising around furniture and steady on his feet for 2-5 steps, depending on who you talk to. Jack is building a stronger vocabulary, including dada, mama and nana (banana or any food in sight). Other communication milestones include pointing, waving, throwing up a high five, and open mouth kisses (Patch now has a closer relationship with Jack). His favorite things to do include pushing around his cart, reading books, putting everything in his mouth, stacking cups, playing chase, peek-a-boo, climbing pillow mountains and being tickled. His laugh and giggles are some of our favorite things. We feel incredibly blessed and fortunate to have been given this past year. It wasn't a given we would be here last year and we thank all of our friends and family for their love, support and prayers. We couldn't have asked for a better son, he truly is our pride and joy. 

Last Month of Babyhood

Jack is amazing, We absolutely LOVE this kid! He continually makes us smile, laugh and appreciate the little things in life. In his 11 month Jack is crawling, walking along furniture, and pushing a walker cart. His mobility and speed improves and/or grows each day. He is quite talkative, although not really saying words. He does have the sounds down for Dada, and we are working with him on Mama. We can't wait to hear his first word, but would really like a first tooth. He loves to be chased, climb over pillow mountains, dance to music, pull up on anything and everything, bang on whatever is in front of him and EAT. Jack eats whatever we are having, which has created a big palate for such a little guy. When Cousin Shawna visited we got to experience his fine slurping of ramen noodles for the 1st time, he was a natural! He favorites seem to be oatmeal with cinnamon and Greek yogurt (mom even adds chia seeds), banana, and tomato meat sauce. Here are some shoot from this past month.

10 Months, that went fast!

I am constantly reminding myself to cherish every moment with Jack; I just can't believe he is almost a year old. I already see the baby days coming to an end as he pulls himself up and stays standing on his own like an old pro. He remains an incredibly happy kid, good sleeper and insatiable eater. This baby gets hangry! He eats everything and wants anything Dan and I are having. He still loves his activity table, stacking cups, along with a wooden spoon and metal mixing bowl. The shoe basket is a constant redirecting area, as he loves to put them in his mouth, gross! Jack is a busy kid, rarely ever remaining still, picture taking is getting harder and I have moved into taking more videos. Thank you iPhone! Of course he puts anything and everything in his toothless mouth, and is speaking his own language fluently.