Meeting a new cousin

In January, I finally got to meet my newest nephew. I'm so glad my brother has moved closer. The boys got to play with their favorite cousin, Layla. She is super sweet and totally patient with the boys, even when Jack got a hold of her ear.

JJ would take this dog home with him if he could.
Ryan was super excited to play butterflies with Grandpa.

And Grandpa with his 4 grandsons.

The Car Show

In January we made our annual trek to the car show. It's become a tradition and JJ was quite excited about going. His goal was to find a green car to drive, and towards the end, we found it.

We sat in a lot of cars.

Ryan was mostly content to sit in the back seat, but once in a while I could convince him to drive.
Jack was perfectly content to be looking around.
"Look, mom, we're cars on the road."
The instruction begins.
"Oooohhh, Aahhhh."

At the end, the Jeep area had cars for the kids to drive. The video is not that interesting, it's just the boys driving around in a circle and about half way through Ryan decides he's done, but since I know how to add videos, you can watch this video.

Driving Cars from Jeremiah Seaver on Vimeo.

8 months already

Seriously, it's going by way to fast. Jack has lost so many of his baby features and I can see the little boy emerging. He has such a great personality and is so fun to be around. This month, his top two front teeth came in and he can now sit up all by himself without falling over. I also saw him sit himself up from the floor, but it was a one time deal for now. I thought for sure he would be crawling by now, but he hasn't quite gotten that far.
He finally decided that he would try eating solid foods. He absolutely refuses to eat any cereal (rice, oatmeal, barley, etc.), or green vegetables. He will eat fruit and orange vegetables (squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes) and he likes Cheerios and baby puffs. So, at least he won't starve. He loves to play on the floor, which my other two didn't like so much. He does this funny thing though, he uses his feet like a second set of hands. It is most noticeable when he is playing with long toys like the fishing pole and the light saber in these two pictures, but the other day he was holding a set of rings with his feet and just staring at them. It's bizarre and funny.


He has developed some favorite toys, the fishing pole and light saber, along with a guitar that plays music and shoes. Yes, shoes. It's gross. I have to be really good about cleaning up the shoes, because he will roll himself over to them as fast as he can and stick them in his mouth. He loves bath time, gets really excited when he sees the water running. He splashes around and then gets really startled when the water hits his face.

This is my very favorite part of his body, this fat roll at the base of his neck. It's slowly disappearing and I'll be sad when it's gone.


He loves being on his changing table. He lays there and just talks and talks, plays with his feet, and giggles.

He is beginning to sleep through the night, although he has been sick a lot and so that makes sleep difficult for him, but he's handling being sick pretty well.

He is so joyful and laughs so easily, especially with his brothers. He gives great slobbery kisses and is so fun to snuggle.

Jack is 7 months old

Well, Jack keeps growing, despite me begging him to stay little. He sits up pretty well, although if you get him too excited, he'll fall over. He is weeks away from crawling. You can tell he has the desire and he's starting to understand the mechanics, he just can't quite get his body to cooperate. He gets worked up and then he tries to get his legs up and instead his rear end gets up and I'm going to have to record it because it is funny.

He is really starting to show preferences. He likes watching TV, especially Mickey Mouse. When we are in the car, he likes to watch his brothers in the back seat goofing around and when they sing Old McDonald. His two front upper teeth will be breaking through soon, so he's pretty droolly and sometimes miserable. This month we also made our first trek with Jack to urgent care. He ended up just having a virus that had to run it's course (which included a full body rash for 2 days), which is always fun. But despite that, he continues to be a happy guy.

So I am attempting to post a video here, we'll see how it goes. He did this one day and it was so funny. I'm glad I recorded it, because I can't get him to do it again.

Jack Blowing Kisses from Jeremiah Seaver on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas

Jack is 6 months old

Here we are, another month has gone by without a post. I continue to ask the earth to stop turning for a while so I can get caught up, but my pleas are in vain and the world just keeps turning and I keep trying to catch up. So here is the monthly update. Jack continues to be a happy and content child. Everyone who spends more than 5 minutes with him remarks about his good nature.
This was a much better sleeping month, reverting back to his once a night wake-ups. He has a few accomplishments, including rolling over as a mode of transportation, being strong enough to play in his exersaucer (see picture below) and TWO teeth.
He's funny about his exersaucer. He manipulates each station far better than either of his older brothers, but he doesn't enjoy being in it nearly as much as the older two. He much prefers being on the floor.
He likes watching TV, especially Baby Einstein movies and Thomas (oh yay, another train fan. At least we already have all the toys). He likes to play Wheels on the Bus and likes to be read to, although he likes chewing on the books even more
He thinks his brothers are hilarious and just can't get enough of them.

And he still doesn't like food. He tolerates carrots okay, but everything else gets spit out. Did you notice the specks of food in his hair. He spit them there. Feeding time is such a mess.

At his 6 month check-up he was 27 inches (79%), 16.8 lbs (39%) and 17.5 inch head (70%).

I really love this stage of his life where we get to look forward to more milestones: sitting up, crawling, more teeth, talking and eventually walking. So fun.

Jack is 5 months old

Jack is getting more and more interactive and fun. Some highlights from this past month. He loves his feet and gets them up to his mouth. He's grabbing onto toys and getting them to his mouth.

He is really loving the mirror. We started solid foods and he does not like it. What he doesn't immediately push out with his tongue thrust he spits out and not just spit it out like it runs down his chin, but spits out like I end up wearing it. I've taken to wearing a bib myself. He sits up pretty well as long as he is propped up in a chair (or box) with high arm rests. He does not like sitting in his Bumbo seat.
This has been a rough month for sleeping. He was a great sleeper, but this month he was up every two hours. I'm hoping this does not keep up.
His eyes are getting darker and his hair is geting lighter. He has rolled from back to front and front to back. He does not do it regularly, but enough that I can't leave him on my bed alone anymore.
And he had his first Halloween. Which he spent most of chewing on his costume.
He likes to be sung to, especially at church. He likes watching TV and watching his brothers play. His favorite toy is the chain links. He likes to play "Jack-Jack is sooooo big" and he is very ticklish. He continues to be super easy going and calm. And really, really cute.