Knives

Every night during bath time, Jack takes a special interest in the knives that are attached to the cabinet on a magnetic strip.
I am posting this so that if Derrick and I are found hacked into pieces and Jack is nowhere to be found, you might have an idea of what happened.

- S.

(Of course Jack loves us and would never do such a thing.  At least not until he is old enough to realize there is a photo of him having a bath on the internet.)

Travel Times

This is what your car looks like when you travel with a baby.

We took Jack to NJ for Thanksgiving.  He did really well on his first long car ride and slept for most of the time except when we woke him up to eat.  

He got to hang out with his grandparents for a few days and meet some other family and friends for the first time.  Jack hammed it up and charmed everyone.

Now we're trying to get back into the swing of things at home!

Bottle

"Thanks Mum, but I can hold my own bottle."

- S.

Bald is Beautiful

"Hey Mum, I think I'm starting to lose my hair, but I am okay with it!"

- S.

Boston and Pizza

Today was Jack's first trip into the city. He was pretty excited to hit the city in his sporty coat. We walked around Porter Square and came home and made pizza. Jack is getting tired of this bottle stuff and from the smile on his face, I think he's a fan of pizza.

- D.

Rebel

"No swaddle is strong enough to hold me!"

"This is what I think of you trying to get me to do tummy time!"

Jack was a rebel today.  First, I found him awake from his nap completely unswaddled.  Later, I put him on his tummy so he could work those neck and shoulder muscles and he promptly fell asleep (but then I got to trim his fingernails while he slept...muahahaha).

In other sleep news, we transitioned Jack to sleeping on his bed at night on Monday and it has been going well so far!  He will generally sleep from 6-8 hours (mostly six), eat, and then sleep another 2-3 hours at this point, which is fine by me.

- S.

Bath Time

Cheeks

"Hey Mum, look at how big my cheeks are getting!"

- S.

Shots and Voting

Jack had a big day today.  He had his two-month checkup and shots (despite being nine weeks old) and also went and voted.

He is now 23" long, up one inch from his last checkup, and weighs in at a whopping 13lbs 5oz., up about three pounds since his last checkup.  He did pretty well with his vaccinations and seems to be feeling okay, but we'll see how things go overnight.

From the doctor's office, we headed to the voting booth.  Jack is still a bit too young to vote, but I snuck him in anyway.  (Of course, he slept through the whole process.) 

His next checkup is not until the first week of January when he will be four months old, which sounds far away now but I'm sure will arrive in a flash.

- S.

Grab

"Hey Mum, watch how now I can grab stuff, lift it, and hit myself in the face with it!"

- S.