Jack's 1st Thanksgiving =)

Yesterday was Jack's 1st Thanksgiving and it was so nice. We went in to the city to Uncle & Aunt Mary's for Thanksgiving dinner and it was fun to see everyone and see how Jack reacted to everyone. He is such a ham so as long as people were saying hi to him and smiling he was smiling back and giggling, just being his regular happy baby self. He is really so much fun these days and his personality comes through more and more every day. He ate dinner after we did (since he was napping while we ate) and polished off a container or peas AND a container of sweet potatoes with out blinking an eye! What can I say...my boy likes to eat =)

Here are a couple of pictures from jack's 1st Thanksgiving as well as a link to a whole bunch more!




Here's the link - Jack's 1st Thanksgiving Pictures


xoxo,
Jaime

So much to be Thankful for!

As I type this I am sitting in bed with Jack laying next to me watching Sesame Street...does it get better than this? Thanksgiving is tomorrow and normally I am in to the whole Thanksgiving with the family, getting together and eating but this year it is so much more. This year I am realizing that I have so much to be thankful for and I really am. We have seen our ups and downs the last few years but this year has been amazing! Since last Thanksgiving so much has changed...Joe has a new position and new hours at work that he really seems to like, I have gone back to work, quit and found another job that allows me to be home a lot more with my little guy and then of course there is Jack! He has brought so much to our lives and we are thankful for everything we have with him.

It's funny, people say babies change your life, your world, your being and boy are they right! I can't even remember what life was like before Jack and I don't even want to. The nights of staying up late to watch TV and sleeping in in the morning are long gone and I couldn't be happier. Picking up and running to the store for something quick is no longer and yet I wouldn't have it any other way. Jack has brought us a whole new happiness that we could never have imagined before. Watching him grow and learn is the best. He now watches where you go when you walk away from him for a second and has a huge smile when you come back to play with him.

I plan on taking a whole bunch of pictures tomorrow of Jack in his Thanksgiving outfit and posting them here by the weekend so check back then...Happy Thanksgiving!!!

xoxo,
Jaime

Pictures & Videos...

As promised here is a link to new pictures of Jack. He is getting so big I just can't take it. He makes me smile and laugh all the time. Being a mom is just getting more and more rewarding every day and I truly feel like this has been the best thing I have ever done with my life! He smiles at me when he wakes up and snuggles with me when he's tired. I mean really, does it get any better than that?!

Ok, I won't ramble on too much because I really could go on and on about him. Here is a video of him standing, holding on to the table of course but standing none the less!




also here is a link to his most recent pictures:

Jack - November

xoxo,
Jaime

My not so little boy...

While Jack naps I figured I would update his blog a little. Let's see...what's new...well I got on the scale with Jack the other day and it said that he now weighs...are you ready....18 lbs!!!! WOW! I am wondering how accurate it is but I guess we'll have to wait and see next month at his 6 month appointment. I guess we can credit the 3oz of formula that goes in to his morning breakfast of oatmeal, rice cereal or barley (depending on the day) and the full container of stage 1 veggies that he eats for dinner. Most days while eating dinner I have to sing to him in order to get him to concentrate and eat nicely. His favorite song seems to be 'The Wheels on the Bus', he smiles and opens wide for his veggies, it's the cutest thing. I tried 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider' but apparently he's like momma and doesn't like bugs much!

Another new one for him is that he can sit up all on his one. Well, he can't get that way on his own but if we put him down sitting he can sit and play with toys for at least 5 minutes (sometimes longer) and it's so fun to watch. I have started to put pillows around him in case he topples over and let him play with toys on his own and he loves it! He has made a few new friends too, we introduced him to Tickle Me Elmo and Tickle Me Cookie Monster and he loves them both. He laughs at them and talks to them and it's the cutest thing. I took a video last night and will post it as soon as I get it uploaded.

I think that's all the updates for now really. I will be uploading new pictures as soon as I can (and videos) and will post when they are available. Until then here are just a couple of new ones:




xoxo,
Jaime

Squash was a success!!

Not that it's a huge surprise but Jack loves squash! We tried it as his very first veggie tonight and he loved it, he ate the whole container with no problem. I don't really foresee any problem with him and food, he seems to love when it's time to sit down and eat. We will try the squash for a few more days to make sure all is well with it and then we will be on to the next one, either carrots or green beans I'm thinking =)

Not too much else to update here. Everyone is doing well on the home front, my last day of work in the city is Wednesday and I couldn't be happier about that!

Ok, off to bed for me now since the boys are already there. I will update again in the next day or two with new pictures of Jack eating & sitting...which he is getting very good at (see above picture!).

xoxo,
Jaime

So many things changing

I started back to work about 3 weeks ago and for all my other fellow moms you know just how hard that first day & week back to work are. Well being back wasn't what I thought it would be. I wasn't welcomed back in the same manner as I left there. Being that I was already not happy going back and having to be so far away from my little boy every day, this manner that I was 'welcomed' back in made my decision much easier for me. I started searching all the job sites plus Craigslist (thanks to Kelly for that suggestion) and submitting my resume to every job that I thought would be better for me.

I wound up with 2 interviews for this past Wednesday both at offices about 15 minutes from home. The first was not for me, seemed a little shady, kind of like an office that would be there one day and then not the next. The next seemed like such a great deal from the get go and then after the interview it seemed even better. This is a part-time job that would have me working 5 days a week but only 4 hours a day. This would allow me to be closer to home, work and still be home with Jack in the mornings and nights.

I waited all the rest of the day and then I got the phone call...I got the job!! I am so happy! This is definitely a job that I can do, a place where I believe I will be happy and a schedule that will be best for me right now. Now the hard part, I have to leave my current job. I have been there for 9.5 years, through losing my dad, my wedding & now my baby. It is time for me to leave now though.

As for the other things that are changing, Jack is growing up before my very eyes! He is starting to sit a little. He can't get himself in this position yet but he is starting to be able to hold himself in a sitting position more and more every day. He can only do it for maybe a minute or 2 so far but I think he'll be sitting all on his own in no time.

For food he had 2 full weeks of rice cereal and really seemed to like it and do well on it. We started Oatmeal this week and he likes this one even more than the rice cereal. He opens his mouth wider and wider and 'yells' at me if I don't feed him fast enough! Late next week I think we are going to start a vegetable and I can't wait for that. I think he is just going to like food more and more as he tries new things.

So it looks like this is a much needed change for me and a I am looking forward to it =)

xoxo,
Jaime

Happy Halloween!!!

As I write this it is 7:45am the day after Halloween and Jack is asleep on me, probably because he slept so bad last night that he is exhausted now! He was seriously up every hour last night! All the rest of the week he was sleeping anywhere from 6.5-8.5 hours straight and then all of a sudden last night came and he didn't want to sleep more than an hour at a time and the hour that he did sleep he was in bed with me. Oh well, I guess I'll have to just say that this was one bad night and hopefully tonight will be better again =)

On the other hand, yesterday was Jack's very first Halloween! It was so fun dressing him up and taking him outside to a couple of the neighbors. His costume was bought for him even before he was born on the day we found out he would be a boy. Joe had been eyeing the costume forever and wanted it so badly if we were having a boy. Here are a few pictures of Jack from Halloween:







xoxo,
Jaime