Jack's First Christmas

We made the short drive to Florence for Christmas this year. Newman really loves the new seating arrangements in the car. Since he can't really sit in the back with Jack he gets to sit up front. So we shove his dog bed into the front seat and he has a nice relaxing ride until we get to the road my parent's live on. He has learned that if we turn on the blinker we are almost there so he hopes up and starts looking around. Saturday was Christmas Eve so we wait for the Cochrans to get out of their Christmas Eve service and make their way to the house. We ate, visited and then got settled so that Bill could read us the story of Jesus's birth.

Family picture 

Hanging out with my uncles

Rosemary giving Jack a bear hug

 Charlie is really good at holding him.

Parkhurst loves to entertain Jack.

 A hilarious game of peek-a-boo

 Bill reading the story of Jesus's birth

 Aunt Katie and Parkhurst help Jack open his presents.

 Christmas morning. Jack loved the new chair Santa brought.

After Christmas we just relaxed and played outside. Newman made some friends and loved running around in the yard.

I hope everyone's Christmas was as good as ours!

Rolling Over Again

After rolling for the first time a month or two ago (I probably should have written that date down somewhere--oh well) I was pretty sure Jack wasn't going to be interested in rolling back over to his front. He seemed content just to lay there and stare at the ceiling while kicking his little legs like crazy. We were in Florence for Christmas and my mom and I headed to Target on Christmas Eve to get a couple of things. Before I left, I jokingly told Jack not to roll over back to front while I was gone. I left my phone at the house and as soon I got back Joe shoved it in my face and said "I noticed you have a text message." I looked at my phone and there it was...a video of him rolling back to his front. The video also captures Joe, my dad and my brother's reactions to it. Priceless :)

William also got a good video of him trying so hard to do it. Joe says that he must just be a better coach than me since he did it so quickly. :) Who knew you could be so proud of someone rolling over!

I'll be back with more Christmas pictures as soon as I get them loaded to the computer!

Opryland

We took Jack on his first trip to see the lights at Opryland last weekend. Despite the look on his face in the first picture, he really enjoyed it. He was practically bending over backwards to see the lights above his head. He loved all of the lights and the plants and the indoor waterfalls :) We even saw a celebrity! Ok...it was Pussy in Boots, I think that almost counts. We didn't stick around long enough to see the others. I think someone from Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda were there as well :) We roamed around the different sections of the hotel, got some gelato and headed home before someone started screaming. Another fun Christmas at Opryland. Maybe in a couple of years we'll hit the Ice! setup. This year was Madagascar. I think the last few years have been the Grinch and Peanuts. Maybe when Jack is old enough. See you next year, Opryland!

Rolling over and bath time

I just wanted to share a couple of fun videos from the past few weeks. Ignore my annoying voice :)

Jack's Best Friend

A little behind but trying to catch up on things during nap time...We had fun watching the Auburn Georgia game at Amy's. Except for the loss. That was sad. Congratulations Brandon. Here are some pictures from the game. They will be perfect framed in Aidan and Jack's future dorm room (at Auburn) because what 18/19 year old kid doesn't want a picture of himself as an infant with his mom in his dorm room. 

Aidan, why are you mad??

 Jack why are you look at your feet??

 Jack's first time on a swing. He didn't have his jacket on but don't worry we put it on him later. Although it wasn't that cold outside.

 I think Aidan may be taunting Jack...look how high I can go!!

 Love this kid...

 Sliding!

 It looked so fun I had to try it myself :)

Thanksgiving

We headed back to Wingo for Thanksgiving. All of Joe's siblings were in town we had a huge group. I don't know how Mama Judy cooks for everybody but everything was delicious! We arrived Thursday afternoon in time to stuff our bellies full of turkey, dressing, corn, mashed potatoes etc. Yum!! We had a great time staying with Joe's brother Jamie, his wife and 6 kids. Bethany was very excited about having both Jack AND Newman at her house. We brought a lot of excitement. Newman loved Juliet. I think he misses her so we'll have to bring him back. Friday we headed back over to Mama Judy and Papa Jerrol to see everyone. There was volleyball and Jack and I visited the cows. Saturday I watched the Iron Bowl. That was sad but War Eagle anyway :) We decided to head back home Saturday night but hopefully we can come back soon!

Bethany and Elyssa supervising tummy time

 Mama Judy, Papa Jerrol and most of the grandkids and great grandkids.

 Fun at Jamie's house. Jeron was undefeated in the basketball game I think. Newman was Joe's coach.

 Newman had a great time watching the cows.

 So did Mommy and Jack.

 Elyssa did a great job holding Jack.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving as well!

Three Months Old

I'm slacking off a little on the monthly posts. Jack is doing great. He has become quite the talker in the past few weeks. I posted a couple of videos below from the other night. He is still growing. He is around 16 pounds and is already in 6 months (and a couple of 9 month) clothes. He seems to be very long. We are going back to the doctor for a well baby check up at 4 months so I'll post his measurements and percentiles then! He is smiling ALL THE TIME now and if you make him laugh while you are holding him he will smile and bury his head into your shoulder. It's really cute. We also love the tiny curl on the left side of his head that sticks out. There is no need to try to slick it down it will just pop right back up. He has also rolled over a few times. Although I think he has discovered it doesn't get you anywhere because he doesn't seem that interested in doing it anymore. But he loves to sit in his Bumbo and seems to be trying to prop himself up. I think he will be so happy once he figures out how to balance and sit up by himself. I think I will definitely be getting another white onesie for the 4 months pictures...this one is a little, ok a lot, tight!