I guess Jack really isn't a baby anymore. He will be 14 months next week. He is still the most wonderful and beautiful thing that ever came into his Mommy & Daddy's lives. I am so in love with this baby and felt it was time to update what he has been doing lately for posterity's sake.
*Jack is still nursing. Working all day away from him, I love this special bonding time with him and he loves to cuddle and be with Mommy during this special time too. I plan to continue at least for a while longer.
*He is walking like a pro. He can take small steps up onto and off things. (He never really walked bow-legged like so many toddlers do). And he can move pretty quickly when he wants to.
*Jack can go up (and as of last weekend) down the stairs (with supervision, of course). (He crawls up and down the stairs using his hands and knees.)
*He can now get down off our bed (he is still sleeping with us) by turning on to his tummy and sliding off the side.
*His current favorite book (unseating "Go Dog Go") is "Goodnight Moon". He asks for this book all of the time with sign language and he can sign almost every object in the book, including "hush" for the quiet old lady whispering "hush." Mommy and Daddy and Jack all sit together on the bed each night and read this book before bed.
*Jack can say: "Mama" (which he says all of the time), "Dada", "Nana", "On" and "Off" (which sound similar: "ahhhhh" but definitely mean on and off), and "Bye" ("Buh").
*He can say and distinguish the following letters: "E" "J" "O" and "D". He loves to play with his plastic letters and have Nana or Daddy say the letter when he holds it up.
*He loves every food offered to him. (He even eats spinach and brussel sprouts.) He especially loves corn, carrots, yogurt, cheese, soy burgers, soy hotdogs, and soy chicken patties, cheese crackers, and any kind of desert.
*He still does not like cow's milk. We can only get him to take a sip or two at a time. But he loves water and drinks quite a bit of it.
*He loves animals. (He giggles at "his" kitties and gives Darby kisses and often lays down with him.)
*He loves to kiss everything that he likes. (We took him to a play area at a mall with large wild animal sculptures for the kids to crawl on and climb...and Jack walked around kissing all of the animals.)
*After he gets a kiss from someone, he signs "thank you" by tapping his chin with his open hand...it is sooo cute.
*When asked "where is Jack" he points to himself...and when asked "Where is John Paul" he also points to himself.
*He is sooo smart. He learns a sign now with only being shown once. I showed him the sign for down by pointing my finger down...and now he does that all of the time. (It is one of his favorite signs.)
*When he is sick or tired, he wants Mama and only Mama. (He is sick right now....and Daddy says he has been crying all day and asking for Mama and it is breaking my heart.)
*We still haven't had his hair cut so it is all curly in the back and on the sides....and sooo very cute. (Although many people do assume he is a girl because of his hair and his pretty blue eyes and long eye lashes.)
*He can be demanding at times and knows how to cry and scream to get his point across. (This usually involves him wanting to hold something that we won't let him have...or him wanting to be picked up and us not picking him up immediately....something we will have to work on...as we do not want a spoiled little boy!)
*He LOVES to take baths (I still take him into the tub with me when I have time...and we have fun splashing and playing with his toys together).
*He loves swimming. (He is in his 6th or 7th session of swimming classes that he attends with Daddy during the week...and he just loves them).
*He loves to go places and has begun asking to go bye bye by waving at the front door and then opening the closet door and trying to reach his coat. (We have been taking him out into the world since he was just 4 days old so it is no wonder he likes to be on the go.)
*He loves to run around naked.
I just love this stage of Jack. I love each stage more and more. Every time that he moves into a new stage, I think, "Now this is my favorite age" and then I end up loving the next stage even more. I just love this baby of ours...and can't wait to get home to see him and hug him and love him each night. As much as I would love to have another baby so that Jack will have a sibling to grow up with....I can't help but want to wait so that I can cherish this special time with my baby boy and my baby boy alone.
Baby Jack 01.29.03!!!
Before you were conceived I wanted you.
Before you were born I loved you.
Before you were an hour I would die for you.
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