Happy Birthday Jack!

Our sweet baby boy is 1 year old today! His daycare friends even made him a birthday hat!

Walking...Almost

I know, 2 posts in one day, but this one's for Grandma Harper! She wanted to see how he was coming toward walking when she was on the phone earlier, but he wasn't inclined to demonstrate at the time. Caught this a few minutes ago. He's getting better at "coasting" if he has furniture or toys to hold on to!

Easter

Jack had a little easter basket this morning...

He liked playing with the little toys and the bucket...

But, even more than that, he liked his first ever chocolate marshmallow Easter Bunny. Look at the dribbles all down the front of that shirt...

And, what a face!Then, we went to a friends house for an Easter Egg Hunt. Here are all the kids getting ready to go. Jack's wondering what's going on!First, mommy just set him on the grass, but he didn't like that and wouldn't pick up any eggs...Then, he and daddy came up with a good egg gathering technique...After that, he really got into it...two fisted even!

Then, we had a yummy lunch with ham, potatoes, and all sorts of goodies. Jack liked some sweet potatoes and bread and cheese, but his favorite part was the chocolate brownie served for dessert. He's becoming quite a chocolate monster after only one day of chocolate!

Around the House

These are just cell phone pictures, so they aren't the best quality, but they are fun. Jackson has discovered the pull out cabinet drawers and spent some time tonight entertaining himself by rolling out the shelves and checking out all the pans...in and out, in and out, ooh this makes noise...bang, bang, bang...

Since we moved in December, it was hard to tell much about the landscaping, so now I'm enjoying discovering all the spring flowers that are coming up....Oddly though, they are all on the side and back of the house...I'm going to have to plant some more in the front!


We are starting to get the garden plot put in. We started with some string and stakes marking the space...
Then we tilled up the area...Now, we've bought some wood edging to outline the garden and some paths and different areas...they are laid out roughly, but not cut or installed yet. We have to work on that this weekend.

In the meantime, I'm beginning to start seeds inside! Jack will be one year old in a few days too, so we are getting ready for that!!

Teasing Aspen

I caught this video during playtime this morning. Jack picked Aspen's bone up off the floor and brought it over to where Aspen was sleeping on the couch. I was a little apprehensive at first, afraid that Aspen would get possessive over her bone, but she was very patient with him. Jack plays a variation of this game often. He thinks it's funny to shove things into Aspen's face to see if she'll take them from him...a couple nights ago it was one of his socks :). Usually, it's not her own things that she gets teased with, but she took it well. This lasted for probably five minutes or so, but here's just a small bit of it.

Jack's first trip to the zoo

Since I'm on spring break this week, Mike took the day off yesterday and we took Jack to the zoo. He's now a member of the Denver Zoo and very proud of the button they gave him!He didn't really care all that much about the animals yet, but he enjoyed spending the day outdoors, riding around in his stroller and with mom and dad. He liked watching all the kids and other people too. He didn't like his blue hat and spent much of the day trying to get it off!

He did like watching the tiger because it was pacing right in front of the glass.



He liked getting out of his stroller to be with daddy.



We spent a few minutes watching the brown bears, who were being very photogenic. While we were seeing this....

Jack was intent on the fence! He didn't care much about the bears at all, but he was fascinated by the fence and just wanted to touch it.

He had a long day, and by the end of our visit, he was out!

Family Updates

Doesn't he look so big! As Mike reminded me this morning, he's now 4 times the size he was at birth. I can't believe he's almost 11 months old! He's getting really good at pulling up on the furniture to stand too. We've all been sick over here, but hopefully the germs have moved on to some other family and we can all get better. This and keeping up with Jack have really made it hard to keep up with my blogging.
Jack's learning how to feed himself right now, which is a messy endeavor, but notice Aspen's appreciation for this new development. Yummy! When Jack's eating, she's never far away. He's learned to throw things on the floor and she's learned to take advantage of this~I love her licking her chops just as the camera clicked.

A couple weeks ago, I gave Jackson his first haircut. These pictures are deceptively calm...right after Mike put the camera down he started screaming and fighting me in earnest. It took half an hour to cut just a 1/4 inch of hair off his neck and above his ears because I was so afraid of cutting him as he wiggled and screamed!

Other than that, we are all doing well here, but nothing exciting to report. I can't believe it's March already. We need to get started planning my garden and working on some house projects.