Sittin' Pretty

It's really hard to believe that the little man is almost 6 months old. He is sitting on my lap trying to help me type. He loves to hammer away at the keyboard. I think I am going to try to find a dead one somewhere, clean it up and let him go to town on it.

He is getting pretty good at sitting on his own without falling over too much. He can all but roll onto his stomach from his back now. In fact, I am sure that he could with proper motivation. He just prefers to roll from side to side and twist the rest of the way.

He seems to have a blast in his bouncer. I think that he loves being able to stand and move around a bit on his own accord. He is able to turn and spin around to check out everything going on. He is most interested in Lily. He loves watching that dog. Every little thing she does cracks him up. She can be a real distraction during feeding time. Even watching her yawn or wag her tail is great fun for him!

Life is pretty fun at the moment!

Five Months Old And All About The Feet...

This week has been all about Jack's feet. He has discovered that he can grab his big toes and pull his feet almost to his mouth! I am sure that he would like nothing more than to chomp on those little porkchops. His bottom back teeth are still on their way in. He seems to be taking it in stride, though.

Jack tried a new food today - bananas! So far he has had apples, pears and bananas. This child LOVES to eat! He is putting away about 4oz of solids a day in addition to his regular milk. We are holding off on the peaches because Dan had a bad reaction to them when he was little.

Dan has obviously grown out of that though because he requested peach pie for his birthday!Speaking of Dan's birthday, we celebrated it tonight with Grandma, Grandad, GiGi, Michael, Jenny and Caroline. It was quite delicious. Dan got a very nice wheel barrow for his birthday from the family.

Jack also got to visit a new place this week - Lexington. Dan and Jack strolled all around while I was in a conference there. We stayed in a pretty nice place. It was a little noisy though when the trash trucks came around at about 4:30 am.

Jack and I went to the park recently and had a little picnic. It is amazing how much he loves being outside. He just soaks up the fresh air. We had a fun playdate with Ava and the two just rolled around and had fun on a blanket in the backyard. Very cute. I think Ava has a crush on Jack, and vice versa.

All the time we were doing yardwork last weekend, he was happy and content to hang out inside of his sling and just sit and watch like a little dictator. He has management written all over him. :) Mommy is so proud!