11 Months

Oh my! I can't believe that I haven't posted anything in so long! Jack has grown and changed so much in the last two months. Here's the lowdown:

Weight: At least 24 pounds (that's what he weighed a couple of weeks ago)

New Stuff: He's crawling and pulling up on everything. He's even chewing on the rail of his crib (guess he's teething again). He has 8 teeth as of today. He says, "Da da da da" all the time. He is really starting to develop a personality. He likes to laugh and to make you laugh. He's such a sweet baby. He is super chunky and has really fat feet (just like his sister did when she was that age). He's finally starting to get some hair too! He refuses to eat baby food anymore and loves grilled cheese sandwhiches. He would rather feed himself completely, but I am still in charge of the spoon (I have to give him cheerios to keep him content though). Life is just crazy busy and fun. I just told my mom the other day that my house is like a circus. I guess that makes me the Ring Leader.

Here are a few pictures of him (and Callie) from our vacation to Destin a few weeks ago. We had a blast!

This one isn't actually from vacation. It's at our house after Callie's dance recital (which is why her hair looks FABULOUS). I just think it's so sweet!

Callie on the beach.

Jack at dinner just being cute (moments before he started stealing french fries off of my plate and refusing to eat his own food. I guess he's going to share my LOVE for french fries.)

Sister and brother at lunch one day.

This one isn't great but I love the look on his face. That's his newest face.

Callie's First Gymnastics Show

Last weekend was Callie's first gymnastics show. She did so great! Grammy and Summer were here and able to go with us. We were in AWE of the Texas Best Gymnastics team. Those girls were great! Callie's group did a dance, kind of like the floor exercise, and then went through a circuit showing off the gymnastics skills they have learned this year. Here are some pictures of the day . . .

Handstand . . .

After the girls got their trophies . . .

She was so excited!

Friends Paige, Sydney, and Callie. They started at Tumblebugs when they were just two years old, and now they are 5!

On the beam . . .

Family Photo Op . . .

TA DA!!

Tim and Callie before the show . . .

Me with my kiddos

Grammy and the kids


All good things come to an end . . . she was less than thrilled that we had to leave. I'm glad she enjoyed herself so much. Up next . . . ballet recital!

Jack is 9 Months Old!!

My little cutie patootie is 9 months old! I can't believe it! Here are some of his stats:

Weight: 21 lbs 4.5 oz

Height: 28 3/4 in

# of Teeth: 7 (He cut 5 in the month of April.)

Tricks: He can say "mama" and "dada" and "ba". He is rolling all over the place to get where he's going. He's not crawling yet, but he has started to scoot on his belly using his legs. He doesn't use his arms yet, so he usually ends up with his face smushed on the floor. He laughs ALL the time and is eating us out of house and home. Once he stopped cutting teeth he actually started sleeping all night. Thank goodness!! He smiles so big at me every time I pick him up from Ms. Brandy's. He love, loves his big sister. They have so much fun playing together.

Here is my most recent picture of him. This was taken at his 9 month check-up while we were waiting for the doc to come in. He actually has enough hair for me to "faux-hawk". I just need to get some product so it will stay. :)

Our Spring Break Camping Trip

Tim, Callie, and I went camping over spring break (yes, in March). Our plans were to go for two nights, but the weather turned COLD and very wet in the middle of the night, so we packed it up at 6:00 in the morning and headed home. We had a really good time and the weather was great (but very windy). Here are some pictures of our fun!

Tim and Callie at the campsite before we set up the tent.



Callie helping Daddy with the tent . . .



This is her still helping a.k.a. taking a break (notice the tarp in the background? We strapped it to the pavillion to create a wind break. Yes, it was that windy. It was a great idea until I was trying to sleep at 2 in the morning when it was whipping back and forth.)




Back to actually helping . . .

She was so excited to finally have the tent up that she had to immediately get in her sleeping bag (it was a little warm).

Hanging out in the tent . . .

On our walk exploring the campground . . . that's the Brazos river in the background.

Roasting marshmallows before dinner . . .

Having some fun!

So when we went to bed everything was great (except for the crazy loud people having a karoke sing along and throwing washers on a piece of plywood until midnight). I finally got about 3 hours of sleep then was woken up by the loudest rain ever! It was raining so hard that it sounded like someone had dumped a bucket of pennies on our tent. The rain cover was on, so we thought we'd be ok. However, the wind was blowing so hard that it was blowing the rain into the tent. At 5:30 we decided to make a run for it. We got Callie in the truck almost completely dry, and proceeded to break down the campsite in the pouring rain. It was SOOOO cold! We left the campgrounds at 6:30 and made it home in time for Callie to go to gymnastics.

Here's a picture of what we woke up to the very next day! Texas weather is INSANE!