My lil Irish man...

I could not resist the urge to dress jack up for St. Patricks day. The results were adorable.

9 months...

Jack is 9 months and so very active now. We've had quite the milestone this month as well... His first word! 

I say it every month but it really is so awesome to watch him develop, grow and change each month. Being a parent is incredible. 

At 9 months Jack:

Has Two teeth

Officially said mom on valentines day (an melted my heart in the process)

Waves hi and bye 

Stands for a second on his own before falling. 

Does not like puffs. You put them in his mouth and he acts like he is choking. It's actually quite funny to see. 

Eats purees/cereal 3 times a day and breastfeeds.  

Gives slobbery sweet open mouth kisses 

Wears Size 3 diapers and size 6-9 month clothes. 

Usually will take 2 naps...if mom is lucky. 

Still wakes up twice during the night. 

Jack really is such a sweet natured boy and is happy pretty much all the time. He has no problem with strangers and loves everybody. His smile still lights up a room and his laugh will make even the grinch giggle. 

8 months...

One month older and still as smiley and happy as ever. Just more mobile than last month. 

At 8 months Jack is:

Using Size 2 diapers

Wearing 3-6 months clothes

Will take 2 short naps when forced

Sleeps 8-8 sometimes 

Furniture walking and crawling 

Loves Playing with the dogs

Eats Real food (cereal and purees) twice a day.

Loves his grandparents

Teething and got his first tooth on jan 20th

Not shy at all-seriously he is happy and content to go with anyone. Gonna need to work on the stranger danger later in life ;)

no way...

It is not possible my baby is 6 months old already! The time is flying by and I want to stop it and capture every moment, every smile, and every laugh. I can not believe I have been a mom for half a year. How weird is that? I am a mom...that is still crazy to me. Sometimes I just look at Jack and I am overwhelmed by how lucky I am to have him and call him my boy.

At Six Months Jack is:

25 3/4 inches tall

16 lbs 2 oz

wearing 0-3 clothes and some 3-6 clothes

using a size 1 diaper

sleeping 7pm-6 am with 2-3 wake ups in between

crawling

babbling non stop and discovers new sounds he can make every day

eating real food (rice cereal and a fruit or a veggie twice a day).

Jack continues to be a smiley happy baby regardless of lack of sleep, which is a blessing. Even though mom is tired its all worth it when he laughs. Which he does on a regular basis sometimes for no reason at all :)

Jack has really started to get his groove now and is moving all over. He figured out the crawling thing and can do it when he wants but if he is really in a hurry he will still roll to get somewhere. I have a feeling he is going to be a child that never really sits still for very long. Pretty sure its in his genes, like his grandma and his Uncle Terry

Here he is trying rice cereal for the first time: 

He wasn't real sure what to think at first but he quickly learned to love it and is such a good eater!

People often ask if parenthood is all its cracked up to be and as cliche as it sounds it really is. I have never, in my life felt so fulfilled with anything. I now know the purpose of my life and what it means to truly love completely unconditionally. Parenthood is a crazy, frustrating, hard, confusing, wonderful, amazing ride and I love every single minute of it. 

5 months...

Wow 5 months already.  Jack is at the BEST stage we've seen so far. I love it. He is SO happy and smiley and really only gets upset when he is hungry or tired. He has the cutest laugh ever and will laugh at pretty much anything these days. He learned how to blow bubbles with his mouth and makes funny sounds. He cracks up when we blow on his arms or tummy or hands. Or even when we makes funny faces or noises. He likes to play with our dogs and thinks its hysterical when they kiss him. Whenever they are close to him he just opens his mouth and puts his hands out for kisses. So gross but still very cute :) 

No official stats this month but he is getting cute little rolls on his arms and legs and I just want to eat him up! 

At 5 months Jack is:
wearing size 0-3 and 3 month clothes
wearing size 1 diapers
rolling all over the place
grabbing everything in site (and putting it in his mouth)
sleeping on his stomach/back/side
propping himself up on his hands and legs but not yet crawling
starting to learn his name
sucking on his lower and upper lips...first signs of teething?
Catnaps in his swing in the mornings

Still goes to bed at 7 but waking up consistently during the night starting at about midnight.
breastfeeding and takes 4-5 oz from a bottle
sticking out his tongue when concentrating (gets this from his dad). 

Jack is such a good baby. I just wish he would sleep more. This past month we have really been trying to get in the habit of taking better naps to see if that helps at night. He still fights it with every inch of his being but he is at least taking about a 45-hour nap in the morning. The afternoon nap is more of a struggle. We are hoping when we introduce some cereal and veggies next month it will help.

First days...

Jack's first days at home consisted of visits from friends and family, sleeping, eating, taking 4651654 pictures of our little man, and trying to adjust to our new life as a family of 3! here are some A LOT of pictures of those first few days.

 

 cuddles with Auntie Megan

 trying out the vibrating chair

 extreme close up

 enough mom!

 freak out face

 cuddles with daddy!

 what's with the flash mom?

 I sleep like my dad

 Stella meeting baby Jack for the first time

We could not be more blessed with all the love, support and help all our family and friends showed and continue to show for us and for Jack.