How did he get to be 5!!!

Here he is in all his 5 year old glory. He is soooooooooo excited to be 5. According to him, there are so many more things 5 year olds can do. He woke up March 1st very disappointed that he wasn't 5. It took a lot of explaining about how days work.
But the day finally arrived. All he wanted was a green trick bike. If you are familiar with the Froggy series of books, in Froggy Rides a Bike, he gets a trick bike, with a bell, and a horn, so that was the birthday wish (green, of course because it's his favorite color). Luckily, we were able to find just the right one and he couldn't have been happier.
The party theme this year was dinosaurs, complete with dinosaur party hats.

And a green dino cake. With no candles, "because candles freak me out." The kid does not like fire in any form.
Some facts about Jeremiah. He loves school. He was the first in his class to count to 100. He practiced and practiced at home and they had a mini celebration at school when he did it. His handwriting is improving and his name usually stays on the line now. He is starting to read words and is really good at spelling. His almost photographic memory helps a lot with those skills.

He was the star student at school a few weeks ago and we had to put together a poster. These are some things he wrote about... His favorite food-chicken nuggets, fries, and root beer. Favorite animal-lemurs. Favorite color-green. What he wants to be when he grows up- a Farmer (he has this all planned out; what animals he'll have, what he'll grow, etc.) His one wish- to go to Hawaii and have his picture taken in a lava tube.

I also got the chance to go into his classroom and spotlight him. The playground aide told me right before I got there another boy got in trouble and lost his snack privileges. Jeremiah went and stood next to him and told him that he would share his snack with him. That is so typical of Jeremiah. He doesn't want anyone to be sad or upset. He will give up his favorite toys to anyone who wants them, especially if they are crying.

He also has great determination. Riding his new bike has not been easy, but he works, and works at it. He is determined to figure it out and he has always been this way.

I so appreciate him and the great big brother he is.

9 months old

Here we are again. Jack is getting so big and getting into everything. He's got the army crawl down and gets around great. Twice he has headed for the kitchen and we've found him right in front of the stairs, so the gate has made it's reappearance. He can sit himself up and he got two more teeth for a total of 6.

At his doctor's appointment he weighed 18 lbs (24%) was 28 3/4 inches (63%) and had a 18 1/4 inch head circumference (84%)
He continues to prefer playing on the floor, our little excer-saucer is used more often by Ryan now, than Jack.
Here he is trying to crawl on his knees, but not successfully.
And he got his first trim this month. I didn't think he really needed it, but dad insisted he looked like he had a mullet, so I obliged and trimmed it up.
He babbles all the time and recently has started saying "momma", sometimes when he's looking at me. I'm calling it his first word for now.

He does better and better with his eating. And he has, so far, managed to avoid falling off of a counter or a bed, unlike his brothers. I think he's been watched over, because the powers that be know he's getting enough head trauma from his older brother.


He sleeps through the night which I love, but he only takes two 45 minute naps during the day, so I just don't get as much done as I would like.

He's gone outside a couple of times when the weather has been nice and he loves it. He will really love this summer.