Happy Half Birthday!!

It's hard to believe that Jack has been here for six months!! The amazing half birthday was marked by getting his pictures taken and going out to celebrate Uncle Josh's REAL birthday at Nagasaki Inn. We were all so excited to see what Jack's reaction would be to watching the food being prepared, but there wasnt a lot of excitement. We waited anxiously for when they set the grill on fire thinking surely that would get a little reaction out of the guy, but nope - he didn't care one bit. At least it didn't scare him!! Anyway, we had a great time at dinner and Jack had a wonderful six month birthday. Lucky for him his check up wasn't on the actual day so he got to enjoy it!
The six month check up was on Friday and Jack did great. He was such a brave little guy! This time when he got the shots it was especially painful (for me) because he's so much more aware of what's going on and has developed the ability to reach out for me when he's upset so after the first one went in he started hysterically screaming and crying and reaching out for me, but there was one more left to go so I couldn't pick him up right away... Oy, it was not a fun day! But, on a positive note Jack is the picture of health! He is now 28 inches (or as John likes to say 2 foot four) tall and weighs in at 19lbs 7oz. We thought for sure he would be over 20lbs... I guess we need to do some tinkering with our scale at home!! He's in the 90th % in height and the 75th in weight so it appears he's on track to be tall and skinny just like his daddy!
Sat. Jack came with me to Stephanie's bridal shower and was such a trooper. He wasn't feeling well at all because of the shots (ran a temp all day) but he was all smiles and put on a great performance during the party. And when we got home he went right to bed so that John and I could celebrate our six year anniversary with a lovely dinner - and I do mean DINNER - as soon as we were done eating the poor kid was up and had the worst night of his life. We think it was a combination of being gone all day, feeling bad because of the shots, and possibly working on a tooth that just sent him over the edge...
Anyway, we pretty much took it easy the rest of the weekend. We've got a fun week ahead - John is going out of town tomorrow (that's not the fun part) so we're going out to dinner with Nan (that IS the fun part) since Poppy is also out of town and then on Friday Jack is getting his first nighttime babysitter while John and I go out to dinner to really celebrate our anniversary!
Check the photosite for some updated pictures!