Jack is 11 months May 5th

Not a lot has changed this month from last. Jack had his first Easter and found two eggs. He of course was perfectly happy playing with egg, didn't care that I ate the candy.

He has become such a climber, this fireplace hearth is his favorite thing to climb on (you can see it's not too high).  He just sits there, watching TV or just surveying the situation.

Don't be alarmed by the pacifier.  He is not anymore attached to it than any other toy.  He just likes having something in his mouth.  In fact, he found the magnets for the Magna-doodle and he sucks on those like a pacifier.  However, I did once try to substitute these green hospital pacifiers with another cute pacifier and it was completely rejected.  So I guess he does have some standard.

He is obsessed with the safety gate.  He will not leave it alone.  I'm always a little worried that he'll push hard enough to take a ride down the stairs.

He has recently tried climbing the gate.  He is a crazy climber.  I thought Ryan was bad, but Jack is worse.  He has stopped eating baby food altogether.  Only stuff he can feed himself.  And ice cream.  We've been outside more and more and he loves to swing, jump on the trampoline, and play in the sandbox/eat the sand.