That's my boy. He is as cute as can be with his summer hair cut. He has both of his knees scraped and loves to tell people about it. He is having a great summer so far.
Having fun in the splash pool.Molly is getting big, she can sit up now and has her two bottom teeth. She can scoot around on her stomach and his almost getting up on all fours, she is really close to crawling.
Three cute boys!I promised myself I wouldn't bake but I had three Cookie Monsters at my house the other day and I couldn't resist, so I made some delicious chocolate chip cookies. I think they were a hit.
If you can't tell, this is Jack hugging Mickey Mouse. We spent six days in Disneyland and eleven days all together on vacation. We had a blast and it went by way too fast. I have so many pictures and stories but I just cant seem to manage it all. So here is some of the highlights.
A Day at the beach and Los Angeles.
We spent one day at the beach and driving around Hollywood. We ate lunch at Pink's and dessert at Magnolia Bakery. They are known for their banana pudding. And let me tell you, it was delicious.
Jack flying his kite. He was a natural.
Jack loved the beach. He loved playing in the sand and water. It seemed like he was in his natural element.
Last day of Disneyland. We spent most of the day tracking down characters to get their autographs and photos. Mostly Jessie and Buzz. They weren't easy to track down and we still never got a picture with them. Maybe next time. This is Jack playing at one of the playgrounds. He is very adventurous and daring. He loved playing on the bear rocks. He looked over at me and said, "Hey Mom, I am Rock Man!" It was not easy to leave. We spent a lot of time in Disneyland and Jack really loved it. We have been home for over a week now and he is still talking about it. He will ask us if he can go see all his favorite people on tv at Disneyland. The other night as we were asleep he rolled over to me and patted my cheeks and said, "Mom, I miss Disneyland." "I want to go to Disneyland."
This is a picture of Jack playing at the water park.On our way home from California we made a weekend stop in "Curious George"( That is what Jack calls St. George) to meet up with Danny's family. This is where we celebrate Easter every year. We don't have a family Easter picture of us where we are all in our Easter best because we never got the chance to dress up and go to church. Sunday morning Jack was throwing up his dinner from the night before. And eventually half of Danny's family was to. Some of the family got a bad case of food poisoning. Luckily out of our little family it was just Jack (sorry Jack) but he was fine later that evening.
Jack and his cousins made these really cute Easter candy necklaces. They strung fruit loops and peeps on black licorice rope. This is a picture of Jack just finishing their Easter egg hunt.
Our Easter loot
our family vacation!We having been planning our trip for a while now, and the count down is on.
Molly getting bigger!I love this little girl. She is cooing, laughing, and rolling over.
Spring!Today Danny pulled out all the outdoor toys for Jack. We have his slide and the tee ball set, which he is getting really good at.
We had a lot of fun this Christmas. Jack really was excited this year and was into Santa Claus and presents. Every night this month he would tell Danny and I, "good night and merry Christmas". It was really cute.
Not afraid of Santa this year. He was excited to see him and talk to him. He tells us that he saw Santa at Grandmas, the mall, and Jacks house. He really likes Santa.
Jacks first snowman. His eyes were made out of Oreo's and before Jack came in after being outside for an hour,the snowman's eyes were no longer. If anyone loves a good Oreo, it's Jack.
The cutest puppy dog ever! Jack really enjoyed Halloween this year. He loved trick-or-treating and he loved the trick-or-treaters.
We celebrated Jacks birthday this month, he loves Toy Story so we had a small party for him. He was excited for his cake. All day he was singing Happy Day Jack or (the happy birthday song) and pretending to blow the candles out. He was more excited for the cake then he was for presents.
Picture of my birthday countdown I made in craft group. Not quite finished, I still need to put some ribbon on it. So cute, I love it.
I made the cake this year. It actually is a funny story cause I have never made a cake before only cupcakes, and it was a little fraustrating. The cake in the picture is the second one made. Danny actually bake the second cake but I still made the frosting and decorated it. It definitely looks homemade but for my first time I was satisfied and it tasted good.
Waiting to sing Happy Birthday and to blow out candles. My camera died right after this pic so I was upset that we didn't get pictures of him blowing out the candles.
My brother took these pictures of Jack for us and they turned out perfect.
These are just a few of my favorites.
My favorite things he says
1. Hug? (and reaches out for a hug) 2. Good morning Momma, how are you? 3. Poppa Pat and Gam Gam (Grandparents)
Jack also has been sleeping in a twin bed now for almost 3 three weeks and he calls it his "cool bed". For the last two nights he has slept the entire night through with out coming to our room. Yahoo! I love having him in our bed some nights but I am getting so big that my belly gets pushed and kicked too much. He loves going to nursery, playing in water, wrestling with Dad, and hanging out with cousins and his grandparents. I love this little boy so much, he makes me smile and laugh out loud every day. He is almost two and isn't so terrible:)
The last two weekends we have spent time in the mountains and Jack has been in heaven.
He loves to play in the dirt and throw rocks and pine cones in the river. He gets so excited when we are spending time outside and not in the heat.
Our 4th of July weekend was full of 4 days of fun! We had family in town from both sides of the family and were constantly having fun. We had BBQ's, swimming, the twins blessing, fireworks and parades.
Waiting for the fireworks.
Watching the parade.
Eating lots of watermelon. Every time Jack spills on him self or gets messy from eating, he always says "I'm a mess" and it's the cutest thing ever.
Washing corn.
Jack looks so handsome with his new haircut. I am still not used to it, he looks much older.
Jack does not like to sit in a high-chair anymore. It's all about the big chairs. He actually does really well but he does get up and down when ever he pleases and that drives me crazy.Jack is growing up so fast, I always feel like I need to document all the things he is learning and saying. So bare with me.
Right now he loves letters. He knows A,E,I,O,B and he can even say them. He knows that M is for Momma. Is this normal? I am really amazed that he is interested in letters.
New Words: Shoes, Knee, Baby, Babies, or he will say "Momma a baby", Bird and Bee.
Favorite songs: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree (he does all the actions to both songs)
Elmo's World (he also loves to sing this one)
Jack has a favorite game he plays with us and it is really cute and funny. He will start to say a animal noise or action and then ask us "What is that?" If we guess wrong he will say "no" and will continue to make the noise until we guess it right. Most of the time we get it right but "roar" could be a lot of things.
We just put a door up in Jack's room and his favorite thing to do is to say "bye" and then shut his door. He also loves to shut his door when he is mad. When he wants to do something that we don't approve of it, he will look at us with a smile and start waving bye and saying "bye" hoping that we will leave him be.
I love this little boy, I couldn't ask for anything more in this world. Danny and I always say to each other how adorable he is and how we are so lucky to be his parents.
