pumpkin patch

It's been a month of firsts for my little Jack. He's army crawled (now everywhere...), eaten a TON of solids and we visited our very first pumpkin patch with our friends Anne, Josh and Tyler!

Mom, Dad and Jackson...

asleep in the Ergo...

Weeeeee!! Tyler is 15 months and so much fun!

I'm now awake...a little too late :)

the boardwalk and car show!

So, this weekend, I went to my first ever classic car show with mom, dad and Grandpa Greg. So cool to see really old cars, all prettied up for us to see!

I also made it to the boardwalk for my first ever trip there! This makes me an official Santa Cruzan, right?

It was really cold out, so Dad made sure I was bundled up...
Asleep, of course...
The three of us...

The two early birds, together!

six months in photo

six months

Well, I have been in a disarray since coming home from Canada. After party hopping, staying up late and jet setting, Mom and Dad have diagnosed me with a problem: sleep deprivation. Mom and Dad have been bouncing me to sleep on a yoga ball since birth and I. am. rebelling. No, I will NOT stay asleep when you bounce me and my eyes close, heck no, techno. Over labor day weekend, they bounced me for 2 hours. Yep- TWO hours. Did I sleep? No. Did they sleep? No. Who won that battle? They did...

So, right before I turned 6 months, Mom and Dad have moved me into my own room. Honestly, once I put my tummy down to sleep, I realized I didn't need to be in mom and dad's room anymore. I was just milking mom for milk in the middle of the night, waking her up 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 times a night. So, after learning how to fall asleep on my own, I have been sleeping so much better. I'm usually up only one or two times a night.



On September 17th, I decided it was time. It was time to army crawl. I have been grunting to move for a while now, using rolling as my prime mode of transportation. But now, I can do it. (And, now that I know I can do it, I'm going to take a break and pick it back up in October). Mom's been working on uploading a video of me, but Blogger is taking a long time to load. (Come on, Blogger, get with it!).

Mom and dad decided to start solid food this month, 2 days before I turned 6 months. I had this green stuff called avocado. It's supposed to be good for me. I don't really like it, to be honest, but I try to be a good sport and eat it. After that, I've had sweet potato, rice cereal, oatmeal, and I tried to like it. But until I had pears-I wasn't into the solid food business. But pears, they rock my world.

I am also cutting my first teeth. My bottom left came up and all of a sudden, I felt crappy again and my right started to come up along with it. I like to chew anything and everything in sight. I am like a puppy. Give me a chew toy, stat!


What is also really exciting is that Mom quit her job at the church so she can be a personal trainer. It's so exciting because while she is studying, she will be home with me (yay, boobie all the time!! woo hoo!!). Dad is going back to school, too, which means he'll be home with me more, too. I am excited to see both of them more.

five months

Just a few pictures to document five months...

Exotic new things to chew on...

Sitting up all by myself...international traveling...

Paris? Milan? Rome? no...Victoria at 5 months old!

Before I turn 6 months old, I became an international traveler! Grandpa Greg and Grandma Leslie planned a trip to Canada before Mom found out she was pregnant with me. Instead of kicking Mom and Dad off the trip, they let us come along for the ride, passport in hand!

We spent the night at Grandpa Greg's for the first time - ever. I slept pretty well but we got up really early! (I mean early...) We jumped in the cars and I got to go on a commercial airplane for the very first time! I did so well on the plane and slept-didn't bug anyone!


We flew into Seattle and I took a nap as we waited for the ferry. How cool-I was on a HUGE boat. Grandpa Greg walked me around the interior of the boat a lot and I was a big hit with the ladies.

We had so much fun in Victoria. Our first day we went to the Fisherman's Wharf which was really close to our hotel. We stopped by Jackson's Ice Cream shoppe (and of course took the obligatory picture) and walked around the wharf. Of course they would name the shoppe after me. I am an international traveler, after all.

I visited my first ever Canadian mall-5 floors of shopping madness...

Where they thought I was stealing sunglasses and kicked me out of the store...(I was really looking for a pair of Versace for the rest of my trip - oh well, their loss)


We took a tour around Victoria in a little harbor ferry. I heard all about the history of Victoria (blah, blah, blah)...

Visited the Parliament building during the day-Grandpa Greg and Grandma Leslie said it's really cool at night (sadly, my parents would have caught me sneak out, so I stayed behind...)

On one of our last days we visited Butchart Gardens. Lot of flowers and stuff. Uncle Greg documented our day on film.

In remembrance of M. J. ...

I got lots of hugs and kisses from family...

Got to ride in my big boy stroller for the very first time!
And was even scouted for a modeling contract for a local restaurant!
And on the way home, I rode in a 12 seater sea plane to Seattle!

All in all, we had so much fun on our trip (even though I cried for 2 hours straight on mom and dad's anniversary...way to kill the mood). I had so much fun getting loved on by everyone.

Thanks Grandpa Greg and Grandma Leslie for making me an international traveler!

sitting up...part one!

So, I've really been working on the sitting up business. I'm trying SO hard and I just want to topple over...but i can hang in there for a few minutes, anyway!