Jack's First Christmas!

We made it!! I finally finished shopping the weekend before Christmas but didn't finish wrapping until the night before Christmas Eve. The great thing this year was that since Jack is only 6 months old I was able to not only shop with him right there but also wrap everything right in front of him and yet it was still a big surprise when he opened them =) Next year it's going to be a little harder and there will be a lot of hiding gifts in the attic, haha.

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun. We went out to dinner this year which was so much better because there was no clean up for us. Then we all came back here to the house to exchange gifts, have dessert & play with Jack. Jack did great at dinner, even took a little nap so he could open gifts when we got home. He loves to rip open gifts and pull bows off of the gifts and I guess he liked the gifts themselves too.

Here are a few pictures from the Christmas Eve & Christmas Day:



(once again, if you click on the picture they will come up bigger)

Here is a link to the rest of the pictures from Jack's 1st Christmas:

Jack's First Christmas Pictures

Next up...New Years!!! =)

xoxo,
Jaime

Jack's 1st Snow Storm!

It started snowing here this past Friday and continued through til Saturday afternoon. Joe & I ran out Friday morning, bundled Jack in his snow suit and finished up our Christmas shopping (it feels so good to finally be done!). He looked so cute in his snow suit, like a big marshmallow! Later Friday night Joe was going outside to clean off his car for work the next day so Jack & I decided to join him outside and take a few pictures. Here are a few pictures from the 1st snow storm of Jack's life =) He wasn't too sure what to make of it, I think he's more like mommy & daddy and isn't a huge fan of the cold!






(If you click on the pictures they will open bigger)

xoxo,
Jaime

My boy loves to eat!!

Jack loves to eat so much that i had to share this little video. Here is Jack eating breakfast one morning. He loves to eat his cereal but was not so happy that I was video taping and not feeidng him fast enough so I had to stop. You'll see =)




xoxo,
Jaime

6 months...where has the time gone?

It's official, I am now the mommy to a 6 month old boy! Where has the time gone? My little boy suddenly doesn't seem so little anymore, he sits up, stands holding on to things if you set him like that, babbles, 'talks', eats fruits, veggies, cereal and soon yogurt! He is still teething but those damn teeth are so stubborn and have yet to break through. I am hoping it will be any day now, stay tuned for that!

We started a sippy cup today with a little water but he doesn't seem all that interested in it just yet. He held it with both hand like a big boy, brought it to his mouth, we cheered him on and then he giggled and thought it was more of a toy so he started to shake it (good thing I bout a no-spill one that is true to it's description!), hold it with one hand over the side of his highchair and then dropped it on the floor. I guess we'll try again tomorrow =)

The best news of all is that Jack is growing very well (like we really had any reason to be concerned..have you seen his daddy???). He had his 6 month appointment today and he is in the 90th percentile for height & weight. Our big boy weighed in at 20lbs 4oz and is 27.5 inches long. He still has a small (well average) head though so that's good =) I can't get over it. I knew he was a big boy and bought a scale for him because I thought so but wow, it's official, my once peanut is not so little anymore. Soon enough he'll be asking for the car keys and some money to go get gas and won't come back for hours and then he'll really be like daddy (if you know us you'll know that that is what Joe used to tell his parents when we first started dating). If any one knows how to make time stand still for just a little while I would love to know the secret so please share!

xoxo,
Jaime

Jack meets Santa!!

Sorry this is so late already. Jack got to meet Santa last weekend and it was so fun! I was joking around with Joe before I went and said 'oh, poor Santa, Jack will probably wind up pulling his beard or something'. Well I guess I know my boy because as soon as I put Jack on Santa's lap he grabbed a hold of the poor man's beard and it was a real beard! Santa had to pry Jack's hand off of his beard but he was a great Santa and just smiled right along with Jack. As always Jack pleased everyone by laughing and smiling and just being his jolly little self! Here is his picture with Santa. We went with friends too so here is a picture of Jack, his buddy Matthew and Santa. I think Jack was so happy because he knows how much Santa will be bringing him this year and he just can't wait!!! (oh I keep forgetting...when you see pictures on the page, if you click on them they will open bigger in a new window) =-)




xoxo,
Jaime

Christmas Time!!!!

I love this time of year. It seems that people are in better moods, the air has a different smell to it and it's just a happier time all around (for the most part). This year it's even better because it's Jack's first Christmas!! I know he doesn't get the whole Christmas thing yet but seeing that he is so alert, playful and in to things I am sure Christmas will be a blast this year. He can sit up on his own so opening presents should be fun. I have a feeling though that he will like the boxes the gifts come in and the wrapping paper they are wrapped with a lot more than the actual gifts this year. Either way it will be a lot of fun to watch him as he takes it all in. Hopefully soon we will have our tree up and we will get to watch him as he stares in amazement at the lights on the tree and try and grab the ornaments off as we hold him near it.

Jack went for his Christmas pictures last Monday and then Tuesday we had our own at home photo shoot(which came out pretty good if I must say so myself). Here are some of my favorites from both shoots:














Here are the links to the rest of the pictures if you would like to take a look:

Professional Pictures

Home Photo Shoot

xoxo,
Jaime

December already?!?!

Where has this year gone? Santa will be here in 24 days and it feels like if I blink to long those days will fly right past me. Jack had his Christmas & 6 month (2 weeks early) pictures taken today and as soon as I pick them up on Wednesday I will be sure to post them. He was so good for the pictures despite the awful sleep we had last night. Can I make a request for Jack for Christmas now? All he wants for Christmas is his 2 front teeth!!! hahaha, I had to through that in there.

Well since there's not too much to write I wanted to share a video of Jack jumping in his jumperoo. As most of you know it's his very favorite thing to do and it's so much fun to watch him go to town in this. Oh and he thought me saying hi to him while he was in it was very funny, his giggle is the best! Enjoy...




ok, and one more because he is just too cute =) Here he is talking to me during our morning sesame street time a few weeks ago:





xoxo,
Jaime