J has been very busy this month. He's mastered crawling but still isn't on his hands and knees. He can finally get to the sitting up position on his own (he likes to greet us sitting and smiling in his crib in the mornings) and he is pulling up on his knees! He's gotten on his feet a few times but is super wobbly and looks at me like "HELP!". He's getting to be VERY active and into EVERYTHING. His favorite things to do are pull books off the bookshelf, spread his toys all around and crawl from one side of the house to the other. It's hard work following him around all day!
Jack has 8 teeth now and has become a master of eating. He can have small amounts of dairy now (woooo hooooo!!) and loves mac and cheese, bites of chicken nuggets, sharing Cliff bars with Mommy and crackers. He's still getting about one pouch of baby food a day to get a decent serving of fruits/veggies...but he will do OK eating those things off our forks if we are eating them for dinner. Transitioning to chunky/normal foods has not been an issue and we are so SO thankful! J is still nursing but we are down to about 4 times a day with 2 sippy cup snacks.
Growth wise J has really slowed down. He's holding steady around 20 pounds but he is SO tall. We are starting to move into 18 month fall clothes now that it is getting chilly. He's in a size 4 shoe...I broke down and got him a pair since it's been colder. Ha!
Jack isn't really attached to anything but Mommy. He does like to carry around the base to a stacking toy. He gnaws on it like a dog bone and will crawl all over the house for it. We are thinking that might be what he's attached himself to...I hope not.
Sleeping has been much better this month. Thank you Lord!! Jack goes down for bed between 7-8pm and will sometimes still wake up around 10:30 for a quick snack...then back down until 6-8am. It kind of rocks. He will take 2 naps if he wakes up early but they still aren't terribly long...maybe an hour to hour and a half. That's OK though, it is MUCH better than 15-20 minutes and I'm hoping he'll move to one nap a day here pretty soon.
This picture is hilarious so I had to include it. I have nothing to say about it other than it's hilarious.
Jack is really starting to show more of his personality. He is happy ALL. THE. TIME. How did we get so lucky? He laughs constantly. Flashes his dimple and shy grin at everyone and is so easy to entertain. He's getting a little spoiled when it comes to being held (Mommy can now make dinner with one hand...including chopping) and has some serious separation issues going. It's been a rough month for us in terms of getting a break- I even think our baby-sitter may have thrown in the towel. It's fine though, he's a happy guy with us and I know that as soon as he figures out that when we leave, we DO come back he'll be just fine.
I LOVE that picture. He's his father's son in that gray stripped shirt. :)
I have to finish up now...Bryan is teaching Layla to call 911. Taking bets- how soon do you think a cop will show up at our house?
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