Jack Breaking it Down

Warning: partial nudity :)

He has created this new dance where he gets low and swings his arm like an ape, pretty darn cute!

Overworked Mommy

What will this get you???

One baby with two very wet socks!

Merry Christmas to US!!!!!

Merry Christmas to Stuart...

And a very Merry Christmas to me!!!

There were other gifts we gave each other but by far I think these were each of our favorites!

Zzzzzzzzzzz

If the train lying on his belly isn't proof of a little boy who is obsessed with trains I don't know what is... I also wish I would have gotten the view of his little foot hanging out of the crib rails.

His pants aren't short they are just bunched up. And yes that is in fact a train lying on the floor beneath him...

Beautiful Boy

Jack and his favorite book

The Lamp Snowman Family

You cannot tell but we are all a little 3D and stand out from the background a little, it turned out well. Although I am not too thrilled that Jack looks Chinese :)

2009 Christmas Open House

Christmas Recipe Box Project

Jack at Playground

Post Update

Post Updated:

http://stuartsfamily.blogspot.com/2009/10/tradition-continued.html

My First Shadow Box

Jack's very first and very favorite book is this train book his Aunt Annie bought for him. He can sit and listen to you read it for hours (that is not an exaggeration!) We have had to hide it from him just to get a little break. We even sent it to grandmother's to live but somehow she snuck it back to our house.

Needless to say this book has taken quite a beating! Once the front cover was ripped off and he became confused when he would pick up the cover only to find the train cars weren't anywhere to be found, I knew I must preserve this for him somehow and quickly before anymore damage could take place. I attached the cover with a little tape and spent hours in Hobby Lobby looking for the perfect things to put in his box. (Did you know they had a whole train isle??? Go figure!)

I was the most excited about the train I found that said "Reading" on it. I must note that Santa has been instructed to bring Jack a new train book for Christmas otherwise this could have been a problem.

I didn't totally think the project through once it was complete, I was so proud of it I sat it up on my buffet to marvel at it for a while and then it happened.... my little conductor caught site of both his beloved book and his eyes got HUGE when he saw there was a NEW train in the box as well! Ooops!

I have a picture of him reading the book somewhere and as soon as I find it I will place it above the book for the final touch... As you have probably guessed I will not be able to display this shadow box I have become so proud of until Santa pulls through with a new one.

Thank you Aunt Annie for such a wonderful book, I believe this book sparked his love for both trains and books. He has learned so much from this little piece of literature, such as the word "cattle car", how to say "choo choo" along with "whoo whoo" (they are interchangeable based on his mood). He definitely knows when he sees a train whether it is coming by our house, or in a book, he knows all about Thomas, loves his train table and has (sadly) replaced his lovey (which was constantly in his hand) with a train car.

I love this memory we will always have and love the fact I was able to preserve it in such a special way.

Mystery of Francie's Weight Gain: SOLVED

Francie has gained a few pounds here and there lately, Saturday night we discovered why.

(Jack is in his diaper bc we were running his bath and he was about to hop in and as I went to get him I stumbled upon this, the fries were just at his reach on the tray table and obviously he thought Francie would enjoy them.)

He was originally doing it on his own but when he would reach for them the tray table would wobble so I am actually giving them to him in the video to avoid a possible catastrophe, and to make sure it was accurately documented.

Train Table Update

Just in case you were wondering about the fate of the infamous train table: we have confirmation that our suspicions were correct...


Destruction... Complete Destruction:

Perhaps a Small Problem

Don't worry Jack, if you ever see these pictures... I give you permission to send mama the therapy bill.

By the way, I suppose I should add I cannot confirm nor deny that Jack has successfully ingested one piece of dog food. In his mouth? (this is possible) but I am 99.9% positive we have intercepted anything past that.

Halloween Decor

Here is our 2009 Halloween decor:

Halloween Festival and More

Our church held a fall festival for all the kidos and Jack got all dressed up and off we went.

He had soooo much fun running around and seeing all of the costumes.


Here he is in front of our house (that is under much needed paint construction) he is wearing the frog prince costume my mom made for him. He didn't mind the hat at all, he hardly even knew it was on his head.

I suppose this would be pretty funny for an Auburn fan...

What a sweet little frog prince he turned out to be!