Food!

Jack is really into feeding himself these days! As you can see he is very proud of himself. He is eating Mac and cheese in these pictures! Needless to say...he needed a bath when he was done!

Pictures

As promised, here are some new pictures of Jack! Enjoy!

Relaxing in his chair!

Smile!

Being his normal silly self!

10 months old

Jack turned 10 months old on Friday and with that came his first black eye. On Thursday, at school, he was carrying a toy (which is his new favorite thing to do...he thinks he is soooooo talented) anyways, he wasn't looking where he was going and feel into the little sensory table and hit his cheek bone. It instantly puffed up and got a nice scratch and bruise. It is looking a lot better now and I am sure it is just the first of many bumps/bruises to come because this little guy is all boy! Now that he is walking, I feel like he is an accident waiting to happen. Jack thinks that the faster he walks the better. The only problem is he can't keep up with his legs. They get going so fast and he falls. I always said he would be walking by February, which he definitely did but I didn't think I would have to worry about "running."

He also celebrated his 10 month birthday with another ear infection. I took him last Wednesday to discover this. After watching him pull on his ears for the past couple of days, I took him just so I would know what was going on. He once again screamed from the second the nurse said to take off his clothes until the second we walked out the door. (My mom said that I did the same thing when I was his age, so I guess this is my pay back.) It is so hard to talk to the doctor though and I feel like she can't really look at him because of how he is acting. But anyways, we have the privilege of trying to get his to swallow 1 tsp of the wonderful pink liquid 2 times a day for the next 10 days!

Now onto the stats:

- He is 20 lbs. 5 oz. I am guessing he is a little over 30 inches long.

- He wears mostly 9 month clothes, however he is starting to wear some 12 month things. He has been wearing 12 month jammies for a while now.

- He still drinks three 8 oz. bottles a day but he is slowly turning away from the bottle. Some nights he leaves 5-6 oz. I am thinking of starting milk in a sippy cup soon, since he does so well with water in one.

- He eats all table foods. The only time he gets a jar of baby food is at breakfast. He really enjoys the gerber graduate meals. Some of his favorite things are cheese...(he loves it and can't get enough of it!), fruits...everything I have tried he likes, most veggies, pastas, meat sticks (Gag!, but he loves them!), I recently tried turkey and cheese sandwiches and he likes that, yogurt, crackers, waffles, pancakes. The only things we are struggling to get him to eat are protiens.

- He loves ice cream! He cries whenever it is gone! Its so cute!

- He sleeps all night. He still moans but lately it has been better.

- Lately, he perfers going to me over Kevin, which I love! Now Kevin knows how I felt before!

- He is in a big boy carseat. He loves being able to look out and since we have a van now, he can see real easily. This makes car rides much more enjoyable!

- He gives high fives. He has no idea why he is doing it but gets real proud of himself after he does!

- He says mama and dada but I still don't think he knows what they mean.

- He loves to ride in his little car. He pushes the horn as his daddy pushes him around.

What a busy and fun month it has been. I wouldn't change it for the world.

(I have taken pictures but I am not able to upload them currently. I will keep working on it, hopefully it will work soon!)