The Very Hungry Baby

Once upon a time there was a very hungry baby. He searched and he searched, but all he could find to eat was his mom's green yarn.

So he ate it.

And then he ate some more. 

But he was still hungry. So he ate a bunch of Kix and a few chocolate chips. But he was still hungry.

So then he ate green beans and applesauce and beef with gravy and squash.

And finally he wasn't hungry anymore.

The End.

Still Cute

I realize that it's been 10 whole days since my last post. But rest assured, Jack is still cute. I even have pictures to prove it. But sometimes we get crazy busy at the end of our last semester at BYU-Idaho. And sometimes we have three days in a row that one of us doesn't get home until 10:00 pm. And sometimes we get so busy that we just eat cereal and pb sandwiches for every meal for a week. And sometimes we put Jack in boxes.

And laundry baskets.

A Glimpse

Today has been a crazy day. Jack has spent most of the day in his car seat unless he was getting poked with a needle or getting his finger sliced by yours truly. Here's a little glimpse into our crazy lives.

9:20- Wake up. Run a straightener over the crazy parts of my hair so I can go a third day of not washing it.
9:33- Change Jack's diaper.
9:38- Rush out the door to get Adam to class by 9:45.
9:50- Trudge uphill to the bookstore with Jack in the stroller to buy an iClicker since my teacher can't take roll the normal way like every other teacher on campus.
10:00- Buy a terribly overpriced iClicker. Realize that the brakes were on for the front two wheels of the stroller, explaining why the walk up was so difficult.
10:15- Finally get a shower. First one since Tuesday :)
10:30- Give Jack Tylenol in preparation for the doctor's appointment.
11:20- Pick Adam up from class. Head to doctor's.
11:35- Jack gets admired by the nurse who weighs him and takes his temperature.
11:45- Dr. Prince tells me Jack is ahead developmentally, that I look less frazzled than I did six months ago and that I look skinnier than I did six months ago. My mental response: "Wait, so you thought I looked frazzled every other time you saw me? Why didn't anyone tell me I was looking frazzled?"
12:00- The Shots Nurse makes the first nurse who weighed Jack come in and help with the shots. Weighing Nurse reluctantly comes in to help, but really doesn't want to make Jack cry.
12:13- Needles get shoved into Jack's chubby legs.
12:15- Jack gets his first taste of a sucker, which makes the whole world better and makes him stop worrying about the pain in his legs.
12:30- Pick up another iClicker from Book Viking for 1/4 the price of the one I bought at the bookstore.
12:35- Pick up Taco Bell for lunch, since Adam was starved and shaking.
12:45- Go to class, where I get to use my cheap Book Viking iClicker.
1:45- Feed Jack in the car.
1:55- Arrive at Adam's meeting for his Dallas Internship Expedition.
1:57- Walk out of Adam's meeting since Jack is being too noisy.
2:15- Decide to be productive and trim Jack's finger nails.
2:17- Snip Jack's thumb. He wasn't very upset about it, but it was bleeding everywhere. He was more upset that I wouldn't let him use his thumb and that I kept dabbing it with a wet wipe.
3:00- Went to Walgreen's to get band-aids.
3:15- Took Adam to work.
4:00- Wrote a blog.

Congratulations if you read all of that. If you didn't, here's the summary: Today has been crazy. We've been switching off Jack from one of us to the other and making him bleed and cry all day. Surprisingly, though, through no fault of my own, he's been really happy and pleasant all day. He's met lots of new people, which is his favorite thing ever. He got sugar. And he recovered really quickly from the shots. He was laughing on the way out.

What I'm trying to say is, Jack is the best baby ever. And I think Dr. Prince was wrong. Today, I'm more frazzled than I was when Jack was a newborn.

 The battle wound

The happy, brave warrior

The band-aid didn't last long after he woke up from his nap, but at least the bleeding has stopped.

Ready?

You're about to be blown away by Jack's cuteness. My sister's roommate, Melissa Marsh took some incredible pictures of Jack today. And then turned around and had 30 or so pictures edited and burned on a CD for us five hours later. She is awesome. Jack was in fine form for picture taking today. He was so fun and smiley. We were all laughing really hard at how cute he was being and how silly we all were looking as we tried to get his attention.

And now, the real six month pictures. There are a lot of them, but I don't apologize for it.

Six Months!

I just can't believe it. He's six months old. For some reason five months still sounds babyish to me, but six months means that he's well on his way to being a kid. It's weird because when I hold him I still feel like I'm holding the little seven pound newborn with a bunch of cords poking out of him. Then I see a newborn at church and realize how gigantic Jack has gotten. I'm crazy about Jack's little personality. He's only six months old, but his personality has been clear since he was a newborn. I love how fun, friendly, and social he is.

So at six months:

-He loves to be the center of attention.
-He loves new people. When there are friends to be made he can't concern himself with food or sleep. I just give up trying to get him down for a nap when there are people around.
-He loves to perform for a crowd. This was evident at church on Sunday. He took a look around the chapel at all the people smiling at him and knew he'd be doing some charming.
-He likes to read books, especially when you are really animated in your story telling. His favorite book is Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type.
-He likes when you make silly noises at him, which is part of the reason why he loves Click Clack Moo so much.
-He loves to jump and stand in people's laps. He locks his knees to keep from being forced into sitting.
-He sits up on his own, but still topples over when he gets too excited about something or tries to grab something that's out of his reach.
-He is starting to really pay attention to small details he never used to notice before; he loves feeling the different textures on toys and blankets.
-He is trying lots of new foods. So far he's had applesauce, peaches, sweet potatoes, and bananas. And maybe some zucchini bread, fruit pizza, and strawberry. I get in trouble with Adam when I give him things like that, but I just can't help it. It's so fun.

Now for the pictures. If you think these pictures are cute, just you wait. Directly after I post this blog, I'll be posting the real six month pictures we had done today. They are incredible. I'm in love with them. But for now, look at these. 

 He was very distracted by the ties on his blanket

This is what he looks like when he screams his goofy high-pitched scream that so many of you have heard while talking on the phone with me or Adam.

Remember the Alamo

In honor of Texas Independence Day...

Other than dressing Jack up in his Longhorns outfit, we also celebrated with yummy turkey chili Frito pies. According to Adam, it was the best chili we've ever made. We couldn't even tell that we had used ground turkey instead of beef.