Jack: 10 months old

This last month was a fun one for Jack.



He is developing his personality and it is so crazy that I can see the changes each day.

He is a whopping 18 pounds according to the Wii Fit. I watched a 2 month old this week and now I think Jack is heavy. I shouldnt have done that because he was light a week ago.

Jack loves music. I shakes his little hand ( whichever is not holding on to something to keep him standing.) We first noticed him doing it to "The Office" at the beginning and end of each episode but not he does it to a LOT of things. He has even done it to Neil or myself singing. Its seriously the cutest thing ever.

Jack loves to climb the stairs. We let him a few times a day. He loves it.

He has nearly outgrown the kitchen sink baths. Which makes me sad. He is getting so big.

He has been getting up on his hands and feet and doing the "mogli" crawl more than I would like. I tell him to get back down on his knees and he usually does though I know he doesnt know what I am saying.

Still no words though he definitely says "mamamamamama" and "dada" but there's no relation to us just baby blabber.


He cut 2 teeth on the top. He sure can bite. He's trying to chew on anything that will let him.

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Jack: Nine Months

Someone asked me recently about my blog that I used to blog my things I made on... and I replied "I still do I just havent made anything really since I made Jack". So, in ways the blog hasnt changed. :)

My little boy is 9 months old.

• He is 17.5 lbs.
• He sits up with no help (though he does like to fall on his head a lot)
• He's had his first experiences with heat. Poor little guy decided it would be a great idea to hold his hand on the hot fireplace glass. He had 2 blisters on his fingers and cried for an hour. I felt so bad. He didnt learn from the situation either. He still loves the fireplace which doesnt come on when he's awake anymore.
• Tooth #2 is here! Its not as sharp as the first one but his mouth has become quite powerful
• He is WAY more happy now. Smiles a lot more and giggles. 
• He likes to be chased by daddy
• He likes The Office theme song. Kid lights up when it comes on
• Likes to play in the dog water. He hasnt even noticed the food yet.. I hope it never happens.
• One of his favorite toys is the step ladder. He just likes to stand. For a while he had issues with the dismount of the stand(which was why he left his hand on the fire we think) but now he's got it down.
• He loves Earths Best teething biscuits and they get ALL over his cute, adorable face.
• He's upgraded to the kitchen sink instead of the bathroom one. The ones in our new house are just too tiny compared to the old ones.
• He likes to bend down and eat the bubbles in the bath, and suck on the washcloth and splashing! I cant forget the splashing.
• He loves drinking water from a glass. Which makes drinking quite hard.
• He loves to eat anything we are eating and is sure to let us know
• He doesnt like snow. At all
• He is indifferent about park swings. Some days he's down, others not so much
• He moved up to 6-9 size clothes. I am quite sad to see the 3-6 months go.
• Still boobin it and still clothin it - the teeth and the poop arent that bad. Neil and I think his poop now is better than it was when he was exclusively breastfed.

Prepare for a photo overload!

and some of my favorite Iphone photos from over the last month


My first and Jack's first

Christmas morning!




Playing in bags at ikea


His face is priceless. Wish Id caught it with my dslr




Its seriously inpossible to get a photo of him grabbing his feet like this. Its probably the only one Ive managed to get.






Jack has a new friend and his name is Jaxson

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Reverie Giveaway

Hi all! 

As most of you know I am a photographer. Right now theres an AWESOME giveaway going on over at Reverie. Go and enter it! It lasts until the 21st. How sweet is that? With new giveaways every day.

Reverie Mine

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Jack is 8 months old

Today. He just keeps growing. Not that you can tell he is still being swallowed up by 6 month olds everywhere. Oh well. He's cute even if he is small.

We arrived in WA a few days into Jacks 7th month and I just realized I havent blogged about anything. Jack is mobile. 

He does a cute army crawl to get to places now. Its adorable.. unless he's trying to get to the Christmas tree.

He knows how to blow raspberries

Breastfeeding is still going swell.

He likes pretty much anything we put in his mouth. 

Apples. Banana. Avocado. Peas. Green Beans. Yams. Water. Paper. Broccoli

Were going the BLW route and it seems to be pretty great. He can feed himself pretty well now and he's only 8 months old. Nice.. since im all lazy.

With that means the poop is changing. Great. Its not so bad. Daddy doesnt like it though.
He has his first tooth! We knew it was coming but it took a while to pop through. Nothing about breastfeeding has changed except it hurts a bit more when he chomps down.
He doesnt like toys all too much. But he LOVES cords, tags, keyboards, Christmas lights, paper and glass. Everything hes not supposed to have. He likes to suck on the bottom of glasses at restaurants and now its hard to sip at all cause he immediately goes after it. He wants everything which is ok. He's learning.
He has started to make this strange sound from his mouth. I think its his mouth learning how to talk because it sounds like it. But who knows. Im ok with him taking his time to grow up. Hes already too big.

Oh and he TOTALLY slept for 7 hours last night.. either that or he cried for a LONG time before I heard him.

Overall, Jack is amazing. I love him every day more and more. (how cheesy does that sound) Its true though.





and here are are a few of my favorite photos from the last few months.

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Wordless Wednesday | mmmerica!

We got to spend some time with the mighty F-15E Strike Eagle last week. It is sort of a bitter sweet month for us because soon Neil wont be flying every day and in the end he actually did like his job. I know he will miss it but I sure wont! I am so excited to move so I get to spend some more time with him. It surprises me at how many people ARE NOT having marital issues in the fighter community. It is hard work when your spouse is never home. Anyway, I was the official "jet photographer" a few weeks ago so we got to put the kiddos in the cockpit and take some fun shots most people will never get to. :)

the next day was 9/11/11

and a week later Neil had his last flight for at least three years.

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PayPal PayDay!

Welcome to another round of PayPal PayDay. This event will end at Midnight EST on 10/31

As always, there are NO mandatory entries.

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Jack: Six Months Old!

Did you know that I am a mom to a six month old? How on earth did that happen? Wasnt it just yesterday I was 10 weeks pregnant. Oh wait.. that was a YEAR AGO! Golly. Jack really is such an incredible little guy. You always hear about moms being able to tell exactly what their babies want by their cry and its totally true. I mean.. there is only 5 things they might want so its pretty good odds.





Over the last month Jack has:

• become a crazy flipper. We now have to REALLLY watch him on elevated surfaces. Because he'll just roll off the bed if we let him. He was just only turning over on his right side. And he would flip to his front if you put him on his back and flip to his back if you put him on his front.
• he has become a tummy sleeper
• he has become the master of the push up
• he has taken a liking to his left hand. He flaps it like he's trying to fly all while the right hand is just hanging out. Its super cute unless youre trying to feed him then he flails that hand more than normal.
• still boobin it!
• we HAVE started him on a little solids. we started putting some cereal in his bottles when Ive got to leave and he's got the pumped milk with his daddy. Also within the last two weeks we have tried banana, apples and avocados. He wasnt 100% a fan of the banana, the avocado is growing on him and he L O V E S the apple. I think he likes the apple because he can actually grab it and hold it to his mouth. Mainly he just sucks all the juice out.. but he's content all the same. Next up MANGO!
• Here's a little snippet of him eating his apple the other night!
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• If he could dine on my hair only; he would be a happy baby. Somehow he will find it, its ridiculous! He finds it instantly and even when I thought it was completely out of his way.
• his drooling has increased a LOT. were going to try one of those amber necklaces and see how that helps out.
• he has always been a happy baby but now he smiles alllll the time. I like it, especially when I am sad and his little smile just gets me all happy again.
• sitting up.. isnt happening yet although the other night when we were skyping with daddy he sat up all by himself for a good thirty seconds.. until he fell into the printer. Dad thinks im abusing him while hes gone.. he has just become a little more active since he left thats all.
• he ALMOST has his feet to his mouth. I think it will happen any day now.
• he has outgrown his infant tub(i think he did that at 5 months, oh well) so he is now a sink superstar! He seems to like it alright. I dont think really anything bothers him all too much.

His next peditrician appointment is today in a few hours. I am kinda excited to see his new stats because he has grown a LOT since his last appointment.

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