Friday, July 27, 2012

Fun! Fun! Jack is One!

Ah, one.  It's my very favorite birthday.  It's the beginning of so many great things.  Don't get me wrong, I love my babies, and there is nothing better than the sweet smell of a baby cuddled up, but I don't do sleepless nights well.  And the lack of personal space and personal time. And I just love my toddlers.  Learning to walk, talk, manipulate the world, I love, love, love it!  So here's my cutie patootie. 
Jack loves to wrestle with his brothers.  If the two older ones get on the floor, Jack makes a bee-line for them, and piles on top.  This is him on top of JJ.  Jack doesn't talk much(well, not actual words, but he jabbers constantly), but he makes sounds for his brothers.  Especially if they are downstairs or outside and he is trapped in the living room with me, he will stand at the top of the stair or bang on the screen door and yell Wa-Ya for Ryan and Ja-Ja for JJ.  He will occasionally say Momma, but only when he is in bed and wants me to come get him.

Jack got a Mickey Mouse for his birthday and loves it.  
 

These are just cute pictures of Jack being happy and smiley
Jack is learning so many things.  He can climb up stairs, and can go down one or two before he loses his coordination and usually falls over.  He's taken several steps on his own and can stand himself up.
 
We finished nursing in May.  He was my easiest baby to wean, I just gave him a bottle and he was fine.  He refuses to eat baby food altogether, but doesn't eat a whole lot of other food either, so he is following in his brothers footsteps. He likes oatmeal with brown sugar, mini-wheats, bread, macaroni and cheese, and I recently discovered he will eat freeze dried bananas. And that's about it. Oh, and ice cream, let's not forget that.
He is really good at imitating sounds. Screaming, crying, whining, if someone is making a sound, he wants to participate.  He also mimics facial expressions really well.  He especially likes to make faces with his dad.
And this is proof how much Jack loves his ice cream