Week 48

Feb 3-9

These pictures are from an impromptu "photo session" Jack and I had. I just plopped him in the grass in our front yard and started shooting. He was very well behaved because he started playing with the blades of grass and inspecting them. He even tried to eat some at one point. I just let him go and took pictures. He made a few hilarious faces and I kind of got a glimpse of his new teeth.

Jack has a few more talents to show off this week. He learned how to drink through a straw! Let me backtrack. Grandma and Grandpa Bullock were driving through last weekend to leave for their cruise. We were fortunate to have them stop in for the night and spend some time with us. They took us to dinner at the Chart House (Harvin LOVES the Chart House!) and Jack came along. While we were waiting, Harvin let Jack take a drink out of his ginger ale. Jack figured out how to suck it out of the straw, and was in heaven! I bought him some new cups with straws and he has been using them ever since!

Jack also had his top 2 teeth poke through the gums this week. We had definitely been noticing an increase in the drool coming out of his mouth, so we were expecting something to happen soon. They will be visible soon enough, they just need to grow down a little more. Hopefully it will be soon so he can chew more foods!!

Check out that drool! :)

Week 47

Jan 27-Feb 2

Hello all! Those of you who are around Jack know that he has pretty much always been a talker. For a long time he has been saying the typical "ba-ba, ma-ma, da-da, la-la," sounds. Well now he officially has some "words" that he says. These words include: Mama, Dada, Bye-Bye, and "Mooooo!" :) One of his favorite toys is his farm and his first official animal noise is the cow. Here is a picture of him playing with his farm.

Jack pretty much plays farm every single day so I am thinking that he will come up with more animal sounds in the next few weeks. I really love this particular farm (it is Fisher Price Little People) except for the cow and the horse. The cow is brown and white, and looks kind of like a horse. The horse is also brown (confusing) and kind of looks like a camel. I am almost tempted to write a letter to Fisher Price letting them know that their animals are not up to par. I don't want to be rude. He still LOVE, LOVE, LOVES his farm!! :)

He is so very proud of his cow sound that he does it...all the time...EVERYWHERE! The other day we were in Publix and an old-ish lady walked by, smiling at Jack. He looks at her, smiles...and goes, "MOOOOOOO!!!" She was kind of offended, I think. Jack can be my new weapon against old people. In a subtle, cute kind of way. :) Muwahahahaha!!

Other than that I can't think of many more remarkable accomplishments for the week. Oh, I have been trying to teach Jack a handful of body parts. He definitely can tell me where my nose is, and sometimes my ears. We will keep working on it.