Christmas Time

Seeing the Christmas lights in San Carlos.

Two men share 1 coat.

Christmas Eve with the Gieseke side:

Cousins! Jack 7 months, Evan 6 months

 Everyone needs their own version of the photo

 Jackson is playing with this egg-separator...

 A tug-of-war ensues and it is stolen

 Revenge

 Victory is close

 Alas, it was not meant to be.

 Opening gifts Christmas Eve afternoon before church

 Go Evan

 Matching gifts for the boys

 and these boys too

 Dan and I pose with his new Giant's World Series gear while his Dad continues to nap

 Jackson with great-grandma Evelyn

 Grammie

Christmas morning with the Barretts

 We got hats in our stockings

                                         Uncle Dubb

  Opening his stocking

                                                        Aunt Natalie

He Slept!

Yesterday was amazing. He went to bed without crying his head off and slept until 8am! Now I know it's possible.

Tiny Milestones

Jack is still rolling and sort-of scooting his way around the house and there haven't been any big milestones this week as he turned 7 months old, but I love the little things too. Yesterday for the first time he found his "binky" on his play mat, went and got it himself, and popped it in his mouth the correct direction. Such a little thing, but it's still surprising every time he does something for the very first time.

He also transitioned to a ring style bath tub so that he can sit up and play in the water more. He loved the change and was all smiles.

 Little Man using the baby bath improperly

 New bath ring, and new hair style for mom

At 7 months he has 0 teeth, will pretty much only eat 1 solid food (apple sauce), but we love the little guy.

Under the chair

Jack is so fun right now and is learning new things each day. Yesterday he learned to scoot backwards and backed himself under our chair. He's also doing a lot of rolling, but no forward crawling yet...

Funnels

 We had a relaxing Thanksgiving and got to see both sides of the family. Dan got an unprecedented 4 days off in a row, which he desperately needed. Black Friday shopping was much much better this year without being pregnant and nauseous and envying the clothes at the "normal" stores while I made all of my birthday and Christmas picks at Motherhood Maternity. My dad and Dan watched Jack while we shopped and they determined that it was indeed a two man operation keeping the baby happy and clean. The highlight for Jack? The funnels of course.

 He also dabbled in the measuring cups and liked the egg separator best

 Crawling practice, maybe?

 Once he's whipped, they hand him back to me.

Favorites

 Just some of my favorite shots as of late.  A lot of them are of Jack eating his first foods, but that has all changed. After he got sick last month, he hasn't been interested in solid foods, but I'm sure he'll catch on again sometime soon. 

  Master of drool, notice the shirt.

He's a pretty sweet kid.