Lunch Time!!

This is what happens when Jack takes over lunch...

Sunny day...pushing those clouds away

Today we got smothered in sunscreen and headed into the backyard for some crazy adventures. Well really just to do some yard work. Sam and I decided to try and get a good start on the whole grass situation today and thought it would be fun to lay a quilt out for Jack to play on. This worked for probably 5-10 minutes, until Jack looked around and realized his newest fascination was ALL around him. That's right, he has discovered the wonder that is dirt and dried up weeds. After that I would have to run back and forth between him and my project, getting nothing done. I did that until he actually started to roll down the slight incline that he was on, not to worry though Jack thought this was hilarious. I decided that he just needed to get it out of his system and we set out playing in the dirt and whatever else we could find. He actually did pretty good about not putting things in his mouth, which surprised me because he is really into finger foods right now. So we ended up up playing all the while Sam worked his booty off. I did reward him with a picnic though! Another fun day!!

Fun Day!!

Since the weather was so nice today we spent the day in Mammoth Springs with some friends today. Where we were greeted by a friendly honking goose, that scared all the kids with the exception of Jack. He gave his normal "What the crap mom?!" facial expression. Really I think it scared Finley (who is almost 2) because it lunged at her and was taller than her. You can't see her in these pictures because she was hiding in the car.

After the trauma of the goose incident we started to walk around the spring hoping to find the hidden cache. It should be noted that we went in the complete wrong direction as guided by the men in the group. We did spot some pretty cool otters along the way though. Jack was fascinated by this weird little thing splashing in the water. Georgia thought it was so cute to see it eat and "clean" its food in the water first.

The museum was not very enthralling so we skipped it and went to the playground instead. Super fun! Jack experienced the teeter totter for the first time and LOVED it. I am also the champion of the balance competition. That does not say very much for my competitors does it...

After playing for a while we went of in search of the still hidden geocache, again being led in the wrong direction by the men. After much debate between Sam and Alex about which way the thing could possibly be, Tressa and I gave them the kids, took the GPS devices and went trekking through the woods to find the blasted thing. Guess what! We were right!! On the way however we spotted gross blood stained animals bones, a dead mouse that was completely flattened and a dead otter. We were fearful for our lives at that point so headed back to find our families. The men never saw this cache....

After the Springs we crossed the state line to hit up the scandalous Dairy Queen and then ventured back to Hardy to visit the historic downtown district. Which was neat for me because I remember going there when we were kids with Grandma and I got to take my son. dorky I know, but I don't think I will get to take him to a lot of places that I remember from childhood.

When we got home, we were so excited to have a giant package on our front porch. It was full of diapers and wipes that are now going to be delivered to my doorstep upon demand. Great stuff right? Jack was impressed with the big box that it came in, it's really the first box he has ever cared to play with.

Also this week: Jack beat up Sam, touched his first fish and flirted with pretty girls at play group(which we actually hosted for the first time! crazy!). Unfortunately I did not get a picture of the fish, it was priceless.



Can you see his teeth?

Just some other random cute pictures:

I realize I am being completely lazy with this blog by not actually telling you anything about the pictures, but at least you are getting pictures!

More pictures...but with words..

So recently Jack has been pulling up more on things, particularly in his bed. he was climbing up on to the bumpers and looking over the side. Obviously this placed a great deal of stress on me because I would constantly want/ have to check on him at nap and bed times to make sure he hadn't accidentally flipped over the side of the crib and what not. Thankfully, Sam stepped in and lowered the mattress down so it's no longer a worry at this point. So yesterday during nap I was trying to organize his bedroom (it is pretty sad that his is probably the messiest room in the house considering that he doesn't even crawl yet) and I heard the little guy start to move around but just kept going. Well eventually the sounds of little movements turned into grunting so I turned around to check on him and this is what I saw

Also to prove that she is not anti baby Caitlin actually touched Jack yesterday and let me photograph this:

He actually really likes her, that or he thinks she looks weird but he constantly stares and smiles at her.


Jack has also learned how to get his toes into his mouth in the last few weeks and loves chewing them..weird...