Mama!

Yes it is true Jack is finally saying mama and he says it all the time. It is the cutest! He started saying it last weekend and hasn't stopped. I think it has replaced the favorite "uh-oh" that we hear so much.
Sorry we haven't had any updates recently but school started up and it has consumed me.
He has really started to chatter. He bosses Kona around all the time. He doesn't say "no" but when she barks hes got his own way of telling her to stop. He says shoes or something close to it. Cartoons have caught his eye and they are the best thing to entertain him when I'm trying to get ready. He loves to wrestle. When u lay on the ground he'll sit on you, lay on you, and sit on you with the biggest smile on his face.
He is the biggest love these days. Not to mention a little attached to his mama. Jack has been out fishing a lot so the two of us have had a lot of time together. We were lucky to have him home over the weekend and an actual day off for the fam. We haven't had one of those in a long time.
Here is a picture of Jack playing in the neighbors sprinklers at my parents house. We had walked down to the park to play and on the way back he couldn't resist. He had so much fun walking back and forth to a couple of different sprinklers and squirting himself. As you see he was pretty wet and not happy to leave after 5 minutes.

15 month check-up

Jack turned 15 months on Friday and was lucky enough to have a Dr. appt on that very special day. I don't know if I have told you before how much Jack does not like the nurse or his dr. They are both very nice people, but now that he can recognize faces he knows that they are not always nice to him.
So the dr appt. went well. A little crying when the nurse looked at him and got out the measuring tape to measure his head. I'm not even kidding, she pulled out the tape and looked at him and he started to cry. And it wasn't a little pretend whimper, it was a full on cry, red face and all. A couple of shots later and we were done. I don't know if you can tell by the pictures, but Jack is not very big for his age. It's not like Jack and I are tiny people. Everybody tries to be nice about it and says, "he'll catch up later, just wait till he has a huge growth spurt." He is in the 10% for weight at 20 lb. 2 1/2 oz. and in the 30th% for his height at 30 3/4 in. The only benefit to this is he isn't outgrowing his clothes as quickly and d=staying in the same diaper size. He's healthy and looks good and that's all that matters.
His back molar came through. This morning we were having breakfast and I thought I would check. I stuck my finger in his mouth and sure enough there were little poky teeth in the back. I moved my finger a little to the front and Jack chomped down on my finger. He left some teeth marks in my finger. I guess thats what I get.
We are planning to go to LegoLand on Tuesday. It will be Jack's first time. I am so excited to take him. We are going with this cousins that he loves so much. I wonder how much longer they are going to let him follow them around. I'll post pictures of us at Lego land later this week.

Bye!

August Pics

How cute is this face?


Such a ham

It's been a crazy summer

So sorry we haven't posted anything new in a long time. We have been busy! Between both Jacks I am a busy lady. If you don't know already Jack (big Jack) has been struck with many Staph infections in the past 10 months. TO be exact he is on number 5. Why you ask, we dont know either and constantly wonder the same thing.
Once that fiasco was taken care of, our little man came down with a really high fever. It was the worst. All he had was a fever. After 3 days of that and freaking me out in the middle of the night with it up to 104 we finally went to the dr ( I was ready to go to the ER at 1am). It wasn't an ear infection or a sore throat. Wasn't a stomach bug, no vomitosis in our house. It could only be a couple of things... a virus, uti (yes kids get them too), or the Rosiola Virus. Good thing a fellow mom and teacher at school had told me about this. The Rosiola virus consists of a high fever for 3-4 days, no other symptoms, and once the fever has ended a day or two later they break out into a rash all over their tummies and back. Sure enough on Friday morning as I was changing him, there were some light, red, bumps all over his tummy. In a day they were gone and our man is back to normal.
Oh wait, just kidding can we throw some teething in there too. It hasn't popped through yet, but you can see it right under the gum, a big molar is about to join his eight other teeth. To be honest it could be there and I don't know it. I'm afraid to stick my fingers in that mouth. He bites hard and doesn't let go when you yell. To him it's hilarious and he laughs while he's still biting you. Gotta love teeth.
Besides all of this crazy stuff we have been having fun. The weather has cooled off so we haven't been to the beach as much. We are now members of Sea World and love going. There is a fun kids area for him to run around at with other little munchkins his size. He would run up to all of them and give them hugs if they would let him. He's improving in using a fork. It's a lot of fun to watch him eat b/c ever other bite is followed by "uh oh!" If it falls off the fork he's looking for it in his high chair and saying, "uh oh" the whole time. He is also starting to shake his head no when he doesn't want something. I'm going to have to figure out who taught him that one. In the past couple of days he has been saying "mama" and hopefully it's not just a coincidence. I was trying to get a picture of him the other day helping me walk Kona, everytime I would take the picture he would let go of the leash. He leans over the edge of his stroller, as far as he can, and grabs onto the leash. It looks like he is taking Kona for a walk, it's the cutest.
There are so many things to share, but I would be here all night. We have his 15 month appt tomorrow. Yes he is turning 15 months tomorrow. Still can't believe how big he is. I was looking back at pictures from his 1st birthday and he has already changed soooo much in the 3 months. Time flies when you are loving every day of it.

Summer time pictures part 2

I know its Jack's blog, but we had a night out for a cousins wedding. Jack and I don't have any recent pics together b/c all we do is take them of the little one. I know he's a lot cuter so I'll only post one.

We'll keep posting as we take more!

Love you.

We love summer time!

We have been pretty busy every day. Since we have no AC and it's been in the 90's I decided that we weren't going to melt away at home and we were going to stay where it was a little cooler. I decided that even though I am working this summer I'm still going to have a lot of fun and enjoy all the nighttime, summer things San Diego has to offer.
So far we have been to the beach a couple times, the ZOO and Sea World. Jack has been loving it. He is exhausted at night and so are we. Jack really liked Sea World. We watched the Sea Lion and Otter show and he watched the whole time. I was impressed! I think it was the music that kept him entertained. He watched the penguins and the sharks. There is a lot more exploring to be done there.
Here are a couple of the beach pictures, he loves getting all sandy and mom too.

Beach Fun

We are having so much fun this summer. Now that the June gloom has passed and the sweltering heat is here we are living at the beach and the bay. We are having fun playing in the sun, sand and waves. Jack has really taken to the beach except for when the waves make him fall over.
Tomorrow he turns 14 months. I can't even believe the changes he makes each week. Not only is he saying dada before mama, but he says uh oh for everything. He purposely drops things so he can say "uh oh!" His latest is when I open the garage door he mimics the sound. It's really cute and such a boy thing to do.
Here is a picture from our day at the beach on Saturday.