4 weeks

for the record, here's my prediction - mr jack will be up and crawling in the next 4 weeks - by august 1. THEN i expect chaos to ensue at our house, and I fully anticipate that big sister won't be such a fan anymore! so, i have 4 more weeks to enjoy the sweet brother/sister relationship as it is!

Pink Purchases

The other day we were in Rite Aid. As is typical, Erin was pulling lots of things off of the shelves, saying we NEED this, we NEED that....everything pink or sparkly that she saw. Usually I try to get her to put it back, but lose the battle, so later when she's not looking, I take it out of the cart and put it back on some other shelf somewhere. We were in the vitamin aisle and she does this, and i look at what she's picked up for me, and lo and behold, it's "Libido Max - Female Libido Enhancer" (in a pretty box w/pink letters, of course!). I cracked up, and showed Scott, who also cracked up. So, it's time to check out, and I notice that I hadn't put back the Mr. Bubble (big pink bottle), so left Scott to pay, while I put that back. When we get home, I'm putting the stuff away that we had bought, and sure enough, the Libido Max came home with us! I'm not sure what's worse - that Scott paid that little attention to what he was buying, the possibility that he bought it on purpose cuz he thought i needed a little boost, or the fact that now we have to return it to the store!!!!! Way to go, Erin....

In Jack's world, he's reached a new milestone. After 2 weeks on solid food, my baby's dear sweet adorable little poopies have begun to stink....

things i love about babies

i love how, after being squished for 9 months, you sleep with your fists at your ears, elbows & knees spread as far as they'll go...

i love how you'll wake up at 5 am just because, then roll over because it's fun, but then get upset because you're stuck and can't get back to your belly!

i love how i never know what position you'll be in when i check on you - perpendicular to your crib, upside down compared to when i left, etc.

how you get "embarassed" and smile sometimes, and can't keep eye contact..."aw shucks ma!"

your overall adorable, soft, gooey, sweetness....

tubb!

jack's having a big week! saturday he started getting rice cereal
(he's giving it mixed reviews - more fun to spit out than to swallow,
and eating isn't as fun as grabbing the spoon and bowl, but tasty, as
long as you don't keep him confined in the high chair for TOO long!)

i'm also declaring that he's able to sit up on his own, although he
fell over twice while i tried to get this picture - he's getting
there! he routinely arches his back and scooches his way out of his
carseat or bouncy seat or wherever you're trying to keep him
contained.

he's also started rolling over ALL the time, belly to back, he's using
it as a way to get from place to place - you can count on him not to
be where you left him, when you look back! when he's on his belly he
pushes WAY up w/his arms, and is wiggling w/his legs....he can make a
little forward progress, frustrated all the while....crawling is not
far off!

no teeth yet, but he's slobbering like crazy, and chewing everything
in site...including dr patel's elbow today!

and last, today he got 5 rounds of medicine at his 5 mo dr
appt....AND....drumroll please....here are his stats...
20 lbs 2 oz - 97th percentile (down a little, by percentile, from 3 mo ago!)
27.5" tall - 95th percentile (same % as last time)
17.75" head circumference - 83rd percentile (similar % as last time)

for comparison - erin at this age was the same exact length, but only ~16.5 lbs!

Singsong, Brian

Erin & Jack go to daycare with baby Ryan. Erin INSISTS on calling him BRIAN. We?ve all discussed this with her MANY times, but to no avail. The other day scott told her ?Listen to it Erin, it?s R, for Red ? Ryan?. She looked him square in the eye and said ?No, Blue, for Brian?!!! At least she understands the concept of phonics!!!!

And suddenly Jack is singing, a LOT! He has these soft, adorable little squealy singing sounds ? utterly wonderful!!!! He?s also getting to the point of being VERY frustrated with his inability to get around on his own. Little sucker?s gonna be mobile, SOON! Which will make me sad, because I?m getting some HUGE biceps from toting his 19 lb tub-ness around!