Jack is 16 months old!

It is hard to believe this baby is turning into a little boy so quickly. This is what he is up to this month.

* He loves the big boy slides at the park and has no fear going down them. He says "weee" all the way down. If he falls at the end, it cracks him up. He can now play with Hudson in the play land at Chick-Fil-A which is a big deal since we go there way too often! 

* He now can get himself down for a nap. Yes, it took 16 months to get there but better late then never, right? We are still working on bedtime!

* He will pretty much only eat eggs or steel cut oats with me for breakfast. He loves spinach and goat cheese omelettes. High maintenance but at least it is healthy I suppose. 

*His favorite word is "yeah" and will respond with it to any question. Hudson loves to take advantage of this if I tell him "no" to something, Hudson will ask Jack a question to get that response.  He also loves to say "hot", "ball" and all of the animal sounds. He loves animal sounds and can do most of the common ones. He gets so excited if we spot a bird or dog outside. He will love Deanna Rose this summer. 

*His favorite books are "Goodnight Moon" and "Moo, Baa, La La La"

*He loves to make animal noises. His favorite is to roar like a lion, but he also knows "moo" for cow and "baa" for sheep and "ruff" for dog.

*He is wearing mainly 18 month with some 24 month as well. He wears a size 6 shoe and size 4 diaper. 

*He loves to wave goodbye and kiss (with sounds effects)  goodnight. He hugs your neck really tight when he hugs. If he gets sad about something or hurt, he will run over and hug you as well. 

Tantrums which are actually cute right now

Jack loves stacking cups right now

And pouring cups. So much fun.

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Feeding Tanner with a spoon nonetheless

He also loves to carry wet washcloths. 

Making sure he got every last bit of chicken spaghetti off the plate.

Jack's new favorite hiding spot - under the guest room desk with diaper in hand. He fooled us one as we all went on a search around the house to find him!

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Bed head

 Jack's new favorite game is to jump off the ottoman and say "Weeee...". This child is such a daredevil and will free fall whether you are ready or not. 

I took the boys swimming yesterday for the first time this year alone and they had a blast. Hudson did great in the water and I think after a few swim lessons will be pretty independent in no time. Jack was a wild man and would throw his head back in the water to get his hair wet. He wanted no help while he was walking in the water either. He went under a few times and just laughed about it when he would come up. This child is going to be crazy! They had so much fun though and Jack just kept shaking his head "no" at me when it was time to leave.

 Jack's morning hair-do. Yes, it is long enough to probably do pig tails and braid but I just can't cut the curls just yet. He continually gets asked in public how old "she" despite his tractor blue shirt. It is probably time.

The boys new favorite activity is to watch morning cartoons for the day and they have already starting fighting over which one it will be. Jack starts doing the "Hot dog dance" for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while Hudson wants to watch Special Agent Oso. 

Loose Park

 We had two really nice days this week and took advantage by going to the park both days. Here are a few pictures of "Nana's park" because now it is by Nana's house! Hudson doesn't remember that was the park we used to walk to when we lived in Brookside until he was about 18 months old.

I was not expecting Jack to be such a wild man at the park. The kid just follows Hudson around and goes down any slide he sees. That boy has no fear! He took a few tumbles off the end of the slides and just gets up and laughs. We are in real trouble!

 Hudson helping Jack up.

 Funny that I just made a comment that Jack was slimming down because he was fitting into zipper/button pants. Look at that tummy!



from -13 to 70s all in one week

 Can you tell these guys were a little anxious to get back outside? We all were and thankfully the snow is melting and it is warmer for the moment here in Kansas.

 

Valentine's Day

We had a fun Valentine's Day weekend around here and the kids got spoiled....again. Nana came for dinner on Sunday night and John and I had a great filet and potatoes (thanks to Pioneer Woman's recipes) and Nana and Jack had salmon topped with beans, olives and tomatoes. Hudson had leftover pepperoni pizza. We were all happy;).

Of course she brought goodies for everyone too. Hudson got a Cars box with a lock and some Look and Find books which he loves.

We all got some yummy desserts too with cute sugar cookies for the kids and Cheesecake Factory desserts for us.

He didn't like the cookie one bit. Second borns get exposed to sugar quite a bit sooner than the first. He is currently being weaned from nursing by using animal crackers. Hey, it is whatever works.

Hudson also got a trash truck toy from Toy Story he has been wanting and Jack got a singing Mickey Mouse card. It counts as a gift because it was $8. Not kidding.

Then they got a special package from Aunt Sam today in the mail with even more goodies. Hudson got a new Woody t-shirt and some fruit snacks which by the time I saw them were just wrappers. Jack got some stickers.

It has been a fun day full of spoiling and lots and lots of sugar.

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Snacktime



Don't worry. The floors were actually clean until the box of crackers and a box of noodles was dumped onto the floor. The boys love to help mop the floor. I only hope continue to like mopping when they are teenagers.





Photo by Hudson.



Such a clean eater!

His favorite book. It is even good upside down.

Superbowl Party

We hosted a small superbowl gathering to watch the commercials and halftime show game. The kids had a great time playing together but I think the highlight for everyone might have been the dance party they had during the halftime show with Black Eyed Peas.