And We're Back...

Time to catch up. Jack is getting big, big, big. And he will be 6 months old on Saturday!!!
Some recent milestones include:

• His first veggies.
• His second trip out of the state.
• He attended his first birthday party.
• He had his second double ear infection.
• His first weekend alone with just dad.
  
• His first solo trip across the room by rolling over and over and over again.
• His first Super Bowl.
  

This pictures shows the Smith in him - sleeping with his hands up.
Occasionally, he'll sleep with his hand on his forehead - just like mom and Grandpa Smith.

Stacey went to Colorado for a weekend, to visit her brother and family.
So, we had a bachelor's weekend that started with arm wrestling.
Later that night, the furnace went out and it hit 50 degrees.
Not a great start, but we survived the weekend - capped with his first Super Bowl party.

Here, Jack is getting his first taste of vegetables!
We started out with green beans (of the baby variety of course).
He loved them and has moved on to include peas too!
Maybe we'll try squash this week.

Two videos here: The first is his inaugural attempt at veggies. When he's in the mood, he'll eat like there's no tomorrow. The unfortunate thing is, when he doesn't want any more, with no warnings, he'll just start doing raspberries (buzzing his lips). It's a very clear message and we learned what it meant rather quickly.

The second is his gallant efforts at crawling. It's so funny to walk with just start shaking and flapping every limb in an effort to move forward. One day, he just rolled all the way across the room. He'll get there soon enough.

Alive

We are alive.
And we have pictures and videos to post.
Just no time.

I'll do my best to get some up midweek.
Sorry for the lag.

Classic Jack, Bundled Jack

In case anyone wasn't aware, it's been frightfully cold here in Indiana. When we headed out to a friends house last night we bundled Jack up. The first picture will help you understand how cold - the rest are baby contest worthy.

Way Too Long

I just realized that it has been WAY too long since our last update. Going back to work after the holidays kept us busy, the Colts losing left us depressed, and we tackled Jack's first.......double ear infection!

He's back to his old smiley self now and he is getting bigger and awesome-r every day.
We don't have a ton of cute photos from the last two or three weeks, but we do have a picture of his ear-infection-induced fat face (from drainage).




Okay, on to the cute pictures...




Coming soon....pictures of Jack playing with his feet. He found his toes!

A Few More Chirstmas and Then A Jack First.......

So, here are a few more pictures from Christmas. First, a special pair of pants, his first ride in a Johnny-Jump-Up, and then a Christmas nap.






And now, Jack's first venture into 'solids.' This boy is ready for more calories and that means it's time to introduce rice cereal. So, tonight, Jack got his first taste from a spoon. (Wasn't he just born the other day?!)