Seven Months Old

Somebody is 7 months old today!! He's pretty cute :)

 Mommy is so funny!

This guy is pretty fun too :)

 He is guarding Dado's snack from Fresh Market.

Jack started solid foods this month. So far vegetables are not very popular. We have given sweet potatoes, carrots and squash a try and they haven't been well received. On the other hand bananas are a hit! I think he would eat an entire banana if I let him. So we hide his vegetables in banana if he won't eat them. Not the best policy, I know, but at least he's eating. We'll work on liking vegetables later!

Six Months Old

In six short months our baby went from this...

 to this...

Time flies when you are exhausted I guess :) Look at that cute face. I'm so lucky to be able to see that sweet smile everyday. At his six month appointment he weighed 16 pounds 10 ounces which is the 30th percentile. He was 27 inches long which was the 75th percentile. The doctor said we could start solid food so that should be fun!

Rice Cereal

So we tried rice cereal once a few weeks back. We decided after starting it that it didn't really help his sleeping so we would wait until the doctor recommended it at 6 months (he said we could start early if he stopped sleeping well). We're hoping this next round will help him start sleeping again. (His nights have been messed up over the last week or so hopefully just due to a growth spurt--we should find out at the doctor tomorrow.) But here are some pictures from the first attempt at rice cereal.

I'm ready for my cereal, Mommy.

Wait, I'm not sure if I like this.

No... wait... it's ok. Also, I really like this spoon.

6 Month appointment is tomorrow. I'll be sure to post those pictures and stats (hopefully sometime before his first birthday)!

Four and Five Months Old

I should probably give up on monthly growth updates considering it takes forever to post them. Oh well! At his 4 month appointment he weighted 16 pounds 2 ounces which is right around the 75th percentile. His height was 25.88 inches which is just above the 75th percentile. (Dr. Leeper said that genetics is kicking in and we are probably not going to have a giant after all). He is perfectly healthy aside from a cold every now and then. He is sleeping well with the exception of what has hopefully been just a short growth sprurt. Here are some cute pictures that a friend of Courtney's took at our community group Thanksgiving dinner (yes, it's February and I'm posting pictures from Thanksgiving). Plus a picture from Jack's first snow :)

He loves to sit up and play with his toys. He also loves to listen to himself talk, grabbing Newman's hair (not Newman's favorite), bath time and a good game of peek-a-boo! Tomorrow he will be 6 months old. That's just hard to believe!

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!