The great pumpkin adventure

Well, we took Jack and our friends daughter Penny and the grandmas to the pumpkin patch. The weather was perfect and .....well......it was fun. A lot of pictures were taken of course. Both kids loved standing with and around the giant pumpkins. They both decided on a pumpkin with the help of the parents. (We picked something small to touch here at home.) They had so much fun that they both fell asleep in the car on the way to lunch after. Jack and I are heading to another patch with some friends closer to Halloween since Clint will be in Arizona for some training for 2 weeks (which by the way is during Halloween. GRRRRRRR!) But I will post more pics of that when we are done there.

The Puyallup Fair

We went to the fair last week after Clint got work. We had so much fun. They wouldn't let Jack ride the Carousel because he wasn't two yet. So we visited the petting zoo and we saw the XL horses. Clint and I ate our way through starting with a Krusty Pup and ending with a Cow Chip cookie. The weather was perfect, not too hot and not too cold. Next year will be even funner because Jack will be able to ride some rides.

He is into everything

Well, here are some of the newest pictures of jack. i just took them too. he is crawling like crazy. he is almost to the point of doing the fast cralw ( he is still doing that slow crawl but is ready to go any day now). also, his second tooth is almost in too. so he has been a bit cranky lately. jack likes to crawl in and through things and on top of things too. he also likes to play with daddys 360 because it has this bright pretty green light. he is such a joy and is learning so much every day.

7 and a half months

Well, all i can say is where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday i was still carrying a tiny baby in my arms. Now he doesn't like to be coddled any more and wants to just sit on my lap instead. He has started the crawling thing even though he still prefers his walkers (instant gratification thing). He has also started the rambling thing. He likes to say mama and baba. Clint is trying to get him to say dada but he just laughs instead. Within the next couple of weeks i am sure he will be getting around the floor like crazy and i am going to be in trouble.

This past week........

This past week Jack has started to stand for more than just a second on his own. I think he is up to 7 or 8 seconds at a time. And boy does he love it. Jack and Clint love trying new extreem stunts together that can somethimes freak mommy out.

This past week we also went to a cousins birthday party. Jack enjoyed the cake and attention from his 4 and 7 year old girl cousins, Emily and Katie.

Also, our friends Ken, Rachel and Alex met up with Jack and mommy for lunch and gave us some new toys that Alex was done playing with, one of which was a Jumparoo. This is the best invention that anyone has ever made for kids other than diapers. Jack will sit and jump in that thing for thirty minutes strait and not miss a beat. I think this is how his legs are getting so strong. I am sure there are more pics to come of him in.

He is getting to be a big boy

Jack is getting to be a big boy, and boy do I mean big. He had is 6 month check up two weeks ago and he was already weighing 18.8 lbs, 27.5" long and a head that was 18" round. He is in the 80+ percentile for his age. As you can tell he as caught up quite well considering he was 5 weeks early. He loves being mobile in his walker and getting himself into trouble by pulling stuff off of tables and shelves. My mother calls him my 'Dennis the Mennis' and he is growing into that name very quickly. He is an extreme baby. He loves to be thrown in the air and tossed about. He has very little fear and is very trusting.

At last, new pics

Since we have moved to Ft Lewis, life has been quite busy. With the hot weather, we have been trying everything to keep cool. Clint is catching up on the ins and outs of fatherhood qutie quickly. Jack loves his dad so much and the two of the are two peas in a pod. Who would have thought since the look identical. =)