Crawling

At 11 months old Jack finally decided to start crawling!! We have a crawler....Yay Jack!!

Boo boo

My baby got his first boo boo today at daycare:(!!

See that little cut on his lip. Yes I know it's not big but it still made me sad to know my baby got hurt. Yes I am a first time mama and it is his first boo boo of I'm sure many to come. They said that he was playing with the bouncy seat and they think it hit him in the mouth. They said it only bled a drop or two and he only cried for like 2 minutes. So as you can see not a big boo boo but I just wanted to remember his first.

A little getaway!!

A few weeks ago Rob and I went on a little getaway. This is the first time we have left Jack for any amount of time. We left Thursday night and headed to my parents and spent the night and then the next morning we got on the road headed to Biloxi. We left Jack with my parents so I knew he was in good hands and that he would have a great time.

I got a few tears in my eyes when we got in the car to leave but once we were on the road I was fine. We got into Biloxi around noon and went to the Beau Rivage to look around and eat lunch. This was my first time ever going to Biloxi. The Beau was incredible, it was beautiful. We ate lunch at the buffet, which had everything you could think of on it. Once we finished lunch we checked out the casino and then went to check into our hotel. We were staying at The Grand. I had wanted to stay at the Beau but then when we finally set a date to go the price of The Beau had gone up and extra hundred dollars.

We got checked in and then went to look around. The Grand was not near as nice as The Beau Rivage.
We spent most of our time a The Hard Rock and The Beau Rivage. We loved playing at the Hard Rock. I learned to play blackjack and loved it! I thought I would like the slot machines but I hated them, there is no point to them, you just press a button and hope you get lucky. The people and dealers at the Hard Rock were really nice and the atmosphere was fun! If we ever go again we will stay at the Hard Rock or the Beau.

playing a little blackjack at the Beau Rivage!

Saturday night we ate at a great asian restaurant named Jia. We had some really great sushi!

It was such a fun weekend and a nice little getaway with my hubby. On Sunday we were ready to get back and see our little boy! When we walked in I think he was pretty happy to see us too. He had a great time with his MaeMae and Papa, but we were glad to have him home.

picking up Jack on Sunday!!
the reason the pic looks a little grainy is bc it's a scanned picture!

*a post is soon to come on our trip to NYC!*

Ten Months!!

Our baby turned 10 months old on the 27th of July. Can someone please tell me where the time has gone?!! It has absolutely flown by. I can't believe that in two months we will be celebrating his first birthday.

I want to keep track of what he is doing each month so here is what Jack has been up to:

- He is so talkative. He babbles all the time, it's hilarious, I love it!!

- He is still wearing a size 3 diaper. He is wearing a few 9 month onesies and jonjon's but can now wear 12 month. The 12m are still a little big but not too bad.
This morning I was going to put him in this shirt that I got made and it's a 12m and it was too tight :(, so that's one shirt he never got to wear. It's amazing out of all these clothes you buy for your baby he or she usually only wears half of them...haha.



- He is scooting. Not crawling yet but i feel like it's just a matter of time. He can turn and scoot and roll all over the place. He doesn't have a problem getting to something he wants.

- He loves pulling hair. I swear everytime I pick him up he always grabs a hunk of my hair....ouch!!

- As far as eating goes, he takes a 6oz morning bottle, then around 8 he eats oatmeal and a stage 2 fruit, then he has a 6oz mid morning bottle which is about to be switched to a sippy cup next week, then he eats a stage 2 veggie and half a stage 2 fruit. He then will take a 5oz sippy cup in the afternoon and then the other half of fruit along with some puffs or veggie melts. He is a great eater. The doc said to start out just replacing one bottle with a sippy cup and then two weeks later replace two bottles with the sippy. He has done great with the sippy so I'm hoping he will do fine when we replace 2 bottles with the sippy. He will still have his bottle first thing in the morning and then right before bed.
I love that he is doing good with his cup but it makes me a little sad too bc that means my baby is growing up and wanting to do more things on his own. Yes I know this is a good thing but it just makes this mama just a little sad.

- He is getting better at picking up things like puffs or veggie melts and feeding himself. He can pick them up fine but when he picks them up they are in the middle of his hand so when he puts his hand in his mouth the puff sticks to the middle of his hand and doesn't get in his mouth. He is getting better at it though. Practice makes perfect!

- He is now standing....YaY!!! For the longest time he would not and I mean would not put any pressure on his legs. He would jump in his jumperoo but that was it. Then whenever we would try to hold him up he would try to jump and wouldn't just stand there. Well now he will stand, I can tell he wants to pull up on things but he hasn't quite figured out how to do it just yet. It's so crazy for me to think that in a few months we will have a walker...ahhhh!! Then he will be all over the place!

- He gets so excited when Rob or I walk in the room. I love that he knows who we are now!

- He has the absolutely most precious laugh. I love when we get his tickle box turned over!

- He still has no teeth, not even one. He doesn't even have one coming in that I can see or feel. I'm not too worried bc I'm pretty sure no kids that I know of grew up with no teeth...haha. I love his gummy little smile :)!!

- He still sleeps with a paci, that is the only time he has his paci usually. We are thinking that in the next month we are going to take it away and see how it goes. I don't think he is super attached to it but we will see. I want to take it away before he gets to the age and realizes what it is.

- He is still an awesome sleeper and has been since 3 months old. Rob and I have been very lucky! He doesn't really want to be rocked to sleep anymore. We just lay him in the crib, put his blanket on him and his paci in and he will play around for a few minutes and then he is out! He goes to bed around 6:15ish every night and doesn't wake up till about 6:15 the next morning :)!

I absolutely LOVE having a video monitor in his room. It's fun to watch him, he rolls all over that bed. One night I put him down, went and got the monitor and he had turned on his stomach and was playing. I put the monitor down and proceeded to wash bottles. When I finished washing the bottles I looked at the monitor but I couldn't see him. So I went back in the room bc I had figured he got to the very end of the bed and I was just going to move him back up. I went in his room and this is what I found...

he had gotten all the way to the end of the crib, turned sideways and fell asleep....hilarious!! I left him there bc I wasn't going to wake him up.

- He has started to devlop a little attitude. When he doesn't get his way he pitches a fit and by a fit I mean he screams, arches his back, flings himself backwards and turns red. I don't know where this came from, I am hoping it's just a little phase and it will go away.

- He has been saying Dada a lot. He loves his Dada!

- He is a silly boy and always has us laughing!

Jack, you are so much fun these days and you have the cutest little personality. Your dad and I are so blessed to have you in our lives. I always look forward to coming home to you every night! You are our world. We are enjoying watching you grow and learning new things every day. You always amaze us! We love you more than words can say!!!

*More posts to come.....


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