Heirlooms & Aunties

Recently, in the midst of our packing, Nathan found a stuffed animal that he played with when he was Jack's age. Jack loved the new puppy and carried it around like it was a baby. I've never actually seen him hold anything else the way he held this little dog. It was so cute.

Jack's Aunt Lainee just headed home after a weekend with us. Jack was a major chatterbox/entertainer during her visit. He cried today when we dropped her off at the airport. I keep trying to tell him she will be back...

During her stay she also was able to get him down for some great naps. We're trying to figure out what her secret involved???

Our Little Sweetheart

Jack reading the Valentines from his classmates.

I love this picture because he looks like he's actually reading his card.

Valentine's Day at our house was pretty eventful in a very unromantic, untraditional Valentine's way. Jack spent the morning at the doctor's office where we found out he had bronchiolits and a left ear infection. He had already been home sick for three days with crazy high fevers and a horrible cough so we were happy to get some heavy-duty antibiotics to knock this sickness out! He did have a Valentine party at his school on the 15th so he was able to exchange some Valentine cards then and eat some goodies with his friends. Some good friends of ours volunteered to watch Jack on the evening of February 14th so Nathan and I could go and eat. It was nice to get out and have a quiet meal...but it was a bit weird without Jack around to keep us entertained (and on our toes).

Western Days

Unhappy Cowboy

Guess it was the hat...

Jack's school has been celebrating "Western Days" these past few days so I wanted to post a couple of my favorites pictures. I don't think Jack was a huge fan of the hat. Apparently, however, he WAS big fan of the mini corndogs and had about 5 each day. That's my boy!

Being Silly

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Lately Jack has really been cracking me up. He has developed this great sense of humor... and he is totally into everything. Nathan has a djembe (drum) from Malaysia that he plays occassionally. The base of it is open and Jack has learned he can stick things into the base and if it's small enough it will go through the small hole that seperates the base part from the upper drum part. The other day Nathan went to play his drum and it was making a funny sound, so he looks down the hole and finds a spoon. It wasn't even a Jack-sized spoon. It was one of our spoons that I'm guessing he yanked when I was putting dishes into the dishwasher.

He also doesn't allow any time for cuddling when you get him up in the morning. Once you pick him up from his crib, he immediately begins pointing to the various objects he wants. And if you take something away these days and try to hide it in an unreachable location, two weeks later he can remember exactly where you placed it! He'll stand at that location and just say "up...up...up...up". Smart kid.