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. 

Cousins...

In early November my mom, Jack and I headed over to Seattle and got to spend some time with my sister and her 3 kids. Jack and Anne Marie are only 3 days apart so it was fun to see them interact together. I love this picture!

Just missing Louis 

It was a fun, yet chaotic trip. Can't wait to go back in march and see how much the kids have grown and changed. 

Our lil lion...

This is the best I could get for his costume this year. Halloween was a long day for jack and a little too overwhelming but he survived and still looked mighty cute as our lil lion. Here's Jack with his cousin Lauren. Neither one was at a point where they wanted their picture taken, so this is what we got.  

We made our best effort and still had fun with all the cousins. Hopefully next year we can actually make it to a couple houses for trick or treating. We have a great idea for a costume ;) 

Until then here are my nieces and nephew all dressed up in their matching incredible costumes. Adorable! 

Halloween is so fun to see all the little ones dressed up. It's amazing that a year ago we were just announcing our pregnancy.

Sunny Fall Days...

I honestly don't think there is anything better then a sunny, crisp fall day. There is something about days like that that lift my spirits and energize my soul. We were blessed with quite a few of those days at the end of September and early October so we decided to take advantage while we could and head up to Greenbluff for the day. I swear everyone and their mother had the same idea but we did head up early and were able to beat a lot of the crowds. I think this is going to be one of my favorite fall traditions. Jim could probably take it or leave it but he hung in there like the wonderful dad that he is.

We ran into the LaBelle's while we were at the harvest house. We had to snap a picture of our two pumpkins.

These next two might be my most favorite pictures ever of Jack.

It was a great day...despite the look on my sons face :)

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.

Discovery...

Jack is at such a fun age right now. So interactive and finding and doing new things almost daily. I love watching him learn and grow and discover the world around him. 

Just recently he really started to show interest in the dogs. He squeals in delight when they devour him with kisses. Thankfully they both have been so good about letting him poke and pull and pet them. I am hopeful they will be best of friends forever. 

Jack loves playing in his little exersaucer. He was a little too short at first (sorry bud, gonna have to get used to that) but he has now grown into it and loves playing with all the toys and jumping around to make the lights and music go off. 

Jack found his toes and loves to roll around and grab them. He's also discovered how freeing it is to be naked ;)

Starting to learn about this camera thing and anytime he does something cute (so all the time) Mom will shove it in his face. Usually as soon as the camera comes out the cute stuff stops.

Sometimes we still get lucky

Jack got a new toy and LOVES it! He will bounce and hop and laugh and jump for a good 20 min or longer...Just enough time for mom to shower or eat. Coincidentally it's mom's favorite toy too :)

Football fun...

The Cougs football schedule left a lot to be desired this year, with the majority of their games starting at 7pm or later. That being said we were lucky enough to get one early September afternoon game where the sun was shining but not too hot so we packed up Jack and took him to his first game. We hope this is the first of many more magical moments made in God's country; aka Pullman, WA as a family!

Jack was SO excited to be driving to the happiest place on earth!

It was the perfect day...The Cougs won and Jack even got to meet Mike Price! How cool is that? 

Besides Cougar Football Saturdays Jack is also learning all about Seahawk Sundays! He even has his good luck outfit that he wears each week. The one loss coincided with Jack blowing out his diaper and needing a clothing change halfway through the game. Coincidence? I think not. 

 

 Taking notes from Dad on Beast Mode

 

Isn't he the cutest 12th man you have ever seen?