Roly Poly!

What a fantastic Memorial Day weekend! We got up on Sat. morning and guess what Jack did! He ROLLED OVER and Daddy was home to witness the glorious first roll. Hooray! As John likes to say it was even more special because it was a determined roll - he really wanted to get off his stomach and onto his back - it wasn't just an accidental roll where he just leaned too far up and fell over! Now that he's done it having bellytime has become a whole new challenge because now that's ALL he wants to do! He's still SO close to going from his back to his stomach, but can't quite get over that arm - he'll do it soon though!

Sat. also marked Jack's first trip to the public pool!

He was a little unsure about the giant COLD bath tub at first, but he seemed resigned to his fate pretty quickly! As with everything in Jack's life the first few times were VERY serious and not about fun at all, but on his fourth trip yesterday he decided that maybe the pool WAS fun after all and smiled a few times while in the water.

We had a cookout at Carole and Doug's on Sat. and the entire Goldsby Clan made it too - it was great getting everyone together and for Poppy to be able to show off his grilling skills on the new Aussie!

Sunday Jack had his first babysitter (Grandma) while John and I had a lovely lunch out. Jack did great and I doubt he even noticed we were gone!

Check out the photosite for some updated pictures!

Food Glorious Food

Last evening Jack got what he'd been waiting so long for - his first taste of real food! Of course saying that some rice cereal flakes mixed with breast milk is "real" food may be a bit of a stretch for some, but not to Mr. Jack! To say he loved it may be the understatement of the century! He was SO excited. He was kicking his feet and smiling and reaching for more - he enjoyed every second of it! He didn't eat much, just about an ounce or so of the mixture and I'm sure most of that ended up on the bib, but that's okay - it was all about the experience for him! Since he is just a little feller (and since it's not for nutritional benefit at this point) we're starting in slowly only doing the "solids" once a day until he really gets the hang of it. For now it's fun just watching him learn and enjoy it so much! Check out the photo site for more photos of his first fine dining experience!

4 Month Check Up!

Jack had his four month check up this morning... He's a happy (now that the shots are over with) healthy little guy! He's 25 and 3/4 inches tall and weighs in at a whopping 16lbs 12.2oz! The latest stats put him in the 75th percentile on the growth charts so he's no longer "off the charts"! Everything checked out just beautifully and the Dr. was very impressed with his progress! We talked about Jack's interest in food and got the go ahead to try solids whenever we're ready! I think his first go may be tonight when we're eating dinner! I can't wait to see his reaction when he gets to eat too! Nothing else really interesting to report from the dr. visit - pretty routine... we go back on July 21st for his six month check up.
Jack went on road trip #2 this weekend. This time it was up to Cincy to meet Andy, Jeni and Drew at the zoo! Jack had such a wonderful time. The picture below is Jack planning out his day at the zoo. His favorite was the manatee exhibit. He was watching one of them twirl around in the water eating it's lettuce in wide-eyed wonderment when suddenly another one swam into his view and his eyes got even bigger (which is hard to believe considering how huge they already were) and went OOOOHHHHH and smiled! He wasn't too interested in the other animals, but they were a little far away - we're convinced he thought we were all just staring at a giant rock when we were looking at the rhinos! It was a great trip and even after taking a nap at the zoo he did well on the car ride home. There was a little fussiness at first, but we stopped for some ice cream and let him stretch out for a bit and the rest of the ride home was a breeze!
Sunday we had the celebration of the last day of Tim being 59... Jack had so much fun watching everyone play cornhole! He was very interested in the tossing technique... (Happy Birthday Timmer!!)
Not much on tap for this week - we're just looking forward to the three day weekend and the opening of the public pools! We didn't take many pictures last week so no updates on the photo site... sorry!

A lot of Celebrations!

We had a wonderful week! Jack got to use the Jumperoo for the first time and he LOVES it! He gets so excited jumping around (using one foot at a time like he's marching) and making a bunch of noise! We've definitely got a BOY on our hands!!
Thursday was a very exciting day for Mr. Jack. He not only got to go to the University to visit Poppy at the office (with the added bonus of meeting Dr. Todd!!) he got to see Poppy twice in one day because that evening was Emma's 7th birthday! Her party was at Grater's and Jack had a great time sitting in the big boy high chair watching her open her presents and everyone else eating their ice cream!
We think that Jack may be teething as he didn't have a great weekend. Friday he didn't want to eat much and was just not his normal happy self. We put a call in to the nurse line at the pediatrician's office and the nurse agreed his symptoms sounded like teething so her recommendation was to give him tylenol and keep an eye on him. The tylenol seems to help - along with ANYTHING he can get into his mouth and chew on - so it will be interesting to see if it's just a fluke or if we have a little tooth pop up soon!
We've started a bedtime routine with Jack and it's working out well so far! It's bath time, nursing, then off to bed at around eight... tonight marks the week anniversary of our efforts and he's pretty much been to bed around eight so far so we think we've found a winner! He's sleeping better (not getting up as frequently) and it is nice to have a little Mommy and Daddy time in the evenings, while still having time for John to get to see the Wee One before he's off to bed!
Mother's Day was wonderful! Jack is such a thoughtful little guy! He worked so hard on my gift, a wonderful cookbook by my new favorite chef (Giada De Lourentes) with a very special surprise inside - a tiny red footprint and a wonderful little note wishing me a happy 1st Mother's Day! The flowers were gorgeous too! I'm not sure what they're called, but they are the prettiest reds and oranges! We got to see all the mothers in the family too which was great! We had Mom, Ben, Carole and Doug, Kathie Tom Emma and Aiden all over for brunch! It was a fantastic time and so nice getting everyone all together at once!
We've got a relaxing week planned so far - had a play date and lunch with Will and Julie this morning which was so much fun! Jack's four month b-day is on Friday and he's got his check up (with shots) next Monday so check back for all the latest stats. My guess is height 26 inches, weight 14 lbs 11oz.... we'll see how close I am in a week!
Check the photo site for updated pictures!

What Derby??

We had a great weekend! The fun started on Thursday because Jack's buddy Will came over to play! Jack had so much fun standing in his exersaucer watching Will roll the cars down the slide - Jack can't wait to be a big kid! We also went up to the park and got to see a Momma Duck, a Daddy Duck and EIGHT Baby Ducks!! Jack played in the swing while watching Will do the Big Kid things like go down the slide and climb on the equipment - such fun!
Cinco de Mayo was marked by staying in and having fish sandwiches (of course!)... Nothing too exciting there! Jack needed to rest up for his first Derby party and the arrival of Andy Jeni and Drew the next day! Unfortunately we'd built the day up so much in Jack's mind he was just WAY too excited to take a descent nap before hand so we had a SLIGHT melt down at the party. Thank goodness the enormous puking incident happened on ME and not while Connie was holding him! We think he was just a little overwhelmed by all his fans so we set up shop out on a blanket in the yard so Jack could watch everyone play corn hole and things calmed down from there. In fact, he was SO calm out on the blanket we stayed outside during the race and missed the entire thing! I'm happy to report that Jack's horse from the drawing did come in third though so that's $5.00 into the college fund!! Or maybe it will go towards my mother's day present... hummmm the choice is his on what he'd like to spend it on!
This week Jack will go to his third birthday party. His cousin Emma is turning SEVEN so we'll be celebrating that on Thursday with some yummy Grater's Ice cream! And of course Sunday marks our first Mother's Day so we'll have all the exciting details from that next week! Check the photo site for updated pictures!

A Relaxing Weekend!!

This weekend was great! It was so laid back and relaxing... Friday night we decided to go out for some Chinese food so we went to the little place across the street and had a lovely meal - if Jack ever turns up missing our first suspect is going to be our waitress though!! She was obsessed with the little one! Needless to say we had VERY attentive service so that she could keep coming over to our table to flirt with our little boy - I supposed he'd better get used that, he's going to be quite the lady's man! Sat. we got up early and attempted to find a few bargains at some garage sales, but I suppose it's a little early in the season for the good stuff - it was also hard on Jack to keep getting in and out of the car so we called it a day and went to the store for our weekly shopping. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at home and that evening we had our friends from storytime Julie Joe and Will over for dinner! It was a great evening! At first Will was a little unsure about being at our place, but by the end of the evening he was having a great time! We're excited that he's going to come over again on Thursday while his parents have a date night! Jack loves watching Will play - he thinks he's the coolest kid he's ever seen! Sunday was spent sleeping in! We hadn't realized just how much The Boyd Family needed sleep until Mr. Jack set the tone for the day - he stayed up until about ten thirty on Sat. night and slept until almost SEVEN! He had a quick breakfast and then went BACK to bed until almost TEN! We slept right along with him - it was wonderful! We spent what little there was left of the morning lounging around the house and then made a trip out to the mall to get Jack a hat. It was a successful trip (you can see pictures of the new hat at the photo site). It was a quick trip to the mall and then home again for some more relaxing. Grandma stopped by to say hello and get her Jack fix and that about did it for the weekend! Not much on tap for the week! Jack got to spend the morning at the auto-shop this morning while they took FOREVER to diagnose why the airbag light was on in the Forester (the driver's side airbag is broken and is being fixed tomorrow morning!) and that was our activity for the day. Storytime is on hiatus for the month of May so we'll do yoga on Wed. and that's about it for our plans! I think John gets to stay in town all week (HOORAY) so that's a nice bonus! Jack will experience his first Derby Party on Sat. so we'll have all the exciting details from that next week! He's getting even closer to rolling over - check out the photo site for his latest attempt - he's SOOOOO close!!!