Sarah, Jeff & Jackers

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Wrestle da Pillow

Jackers decided he wanted to be a stunt man... pretty funny.

Monday, February 23, 2009

As I was writing "#2" for our blog post title, I realized that it might lead you to believe we are announcing baby #2. Nope. NOT THE CASE. Jack just had birthday #2! We celebrated all weekend, with parties on Friday, Saturday and and Sunday. SPOILED! He said "Happy Birthday to Jack" all weekend and loved the constant cupcakes- when he woke up this morning he wanted a cupcake for breakfast. Why wouldn't he?!

How cute is his soccer ball cake?!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Shoot It!!!

Jack has been honing his "da-ball" (basketball) skills and we caught this practice session on video... enjoy!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

So Sarah has been slacking about posting and I thought these were hilarious so... enjoy!

The acrobatics led to this...

Sunday, January 18, 2009

The best thing about California...

The weather here is too good to be true. It is so fun to be able to go to the park year round! I'm not trying to rub it in- we definitely pay for it in others ways. Housing prices, anyone?

Christmas!

Finally, after lots and lots of years of traveling for Christmas, we decided to stay home this year. Jeff's parents came from Missouri to be with us and we had a great time. The garbage man has been Jack's obsession since he was 10 months and when he saw his "garla man" under the tree it was love at first sight. Almost a month later, it is still the only toy he really plays with. He tells me every 5 seconds

that the "garla man up trash

Sunday, November 9, 2008

What a handsome dude!

These pictures are just too cute not to post!

Jack at 21 Months

Calls himself Jackers
Loves to stack pillows up really high and jump head first on top of them. He calls it "Jackers all fall down."
Obsessed with his friend Miles and says his name about 50 times a day
Has an amazing arm and can catch almost anything.
Yells "Sarah" and "Jeff" when he wants us and thinks it is hilarious.
Uses the word "really" to describe everything. "Really big," "really tall," "really gross."
When he plays basketball he is constantly saying "oh man," "almost," "nice shot," "big whiff," and "doink."
Discovered his nostrils- and mine and Jeff's.
When he needs help he says "help you."
Loves music and wants it "really loud"
Obsessed with chocolate milk- "chala milk."

Jack at 20 Months

Puts himself in "amout" (timeout) and says "no, no, no"
Loves OneRepublic, especially "Apologize" and asks for it in the car
Obsessed with the digger and fence across the street where there is a house being built
Starting to speak in sentences
Has to have all of his stuffed animals (doggie, ra ra, buckie, and 2 elephants), milk and blanket lined up in his crib when he takes naps or goes to bed
Loves to color
Great at catching balls and loves to kick back and forth
Loves to wrestle with Jeff
Calls stairs "whoops" and says whoop on every stair he steps on
Loves to play with his friends- especially Miles, Leah and Sydney
Obsessed with "teats" and cookies
Crawls up into his high chair and out, too

Jack at 19 Months

Will bring me a toy and ask me to "fis it" (fix it) and when I have put everything back together, he says "der go" (there you go)
Stands on the couch and yells "shula" (shoot it) when he is getting ready to shoot the basketball into his hoop
Recognizes colors purple and orange
Does signs for snail, mouse, water, home, strawberry, grape, lettuce, peach, pear, carrot, red and orange
Putting consonants on the ends of all his words
When we pull into our parking spot he says "wa home"
Knows letters A, B, D, E,F, G, H, I, J, L, O,R, S, U, V

Jack at 18 Months

Thinks moles are flies
Always wants to have Jeff do "the claw" with him (from the movie Liar Liar)
Loves stacking games
Goes to nursery
Recognizes my family- Mice, May May, Lou Lou, Ray Ray, Beh, Mimi and Pa
Knows the sounds for the letters C, D, P and M
Hides things under his legs and says "all gone"
Loves to hide in his closet and yells surprise when he comes out
Says wow, allright, oh man and nice constantly
Does the signs for I love you, please, thanks, shoe, boots, socks, star, elephant, scared, surpise, grass, rain, wind, leaf, and moon
Knows over 150 words (yes, Jeff made a spreadsheet)

Jack at 16 Months

Does the signs for zebra, hippo, horse, cat, hat, ouch
Folds his arms when its time to say a prayer
Loves to eat meat
Has great manners- says "peas" and "tay" constantly
Loves throwing the "bi bees," or anything that looks like a frisbee
Leans in for a kiss when I say "I love you"
Loves to play bitte ball (basketball) and dunks everything in his hoop
Obsessed with throwing and kicking balls
Waits for Jeff to get home from work and then races to the door when he sees his car pull in
Whenever he sees flowers, he leans down to smell them and then says "mmmm"
Puts cellphone up to his ear and yells "Da Da!"

Jack at 15 Months

Says "yay" whenever he does something good. He has very high self esteem!
Throws everything in the trash, especially things that shouldn't be in there
Loves to play in the toilet- I have found lots of toys floating in there
Knows the signs for whale, dolphin, airplane, dog, cracker and more
Loves to go swimming and tries to jump in by himself
Loves to be chased and usually turns around and runs right into my arms
Loves to run away from me and thinks its hilarious
Holds onto my finger when he walks next to me
Loves to sweep with the "boon"
Says hi to everyone he sees
Says "whoa" all the time
Puffs his cheeks and blows out really hard whenver he sees a picture of an elephant
Puts his hands in the "where is it position" and says "ah no" for I don't know when he can't find something
Loves to wear socks
Owls say "oo oo"
Snakes say "shhhhhh"
Loves to push buttons

Jack at 14 Months

LOVES Jack Johnson
If I tell him to go and get a certain book, he can find it on his shelf and bring it to me
Loves to pull his friends hair....help!
Says no to everything
Points at pictures in books and says what they are
Shape sorting master
Has 12 teeth
Sock is "ga," shoe is "iss"
Dude is "doo"
Absolutely obsessed with fans- "rehs"
Loves to lounge on the couch and chair
Hats and sunglasses are the same word- "aah"
Monkey is "ma" and they say "ah ah"
water (and anything else we drink) is "wa"
Birds say deet
Lions say (takes a big breath) "rar"
Cows say "moo"
Sheep say "baa"
Climbs onto everything

Jack at 13 Months

Hammers everything....walls, toys, my head
Loves to fill containers with small toys and then dump them out
Knows how to open zip lock bags
Holds the phone up to his ear and says heh-oh
Crawls into my lap (or Jeff's) when he wants to read books
Does the head bob when he hears music (with his mouth wide open)
Does the sign for milk
Says da ga for dot com ( from baby signing time video)
Says buh for book
Says neigh for horses
Says no no no before he tries to knock over a lamp or pull a cord out of a socket
Waves bye bye (but does it backwards because thats how it looks to him!)
Climbs up on chairs and onto his activity table
All 4 molars are in

Jack at 11 Months

Walking!
Can't get enough of the vacuum
Holds his arms out for me when I put his shirt on him
Gives high fives
Loves to wreck my piles of folded laundry and pulls dirty clothes out of the basket
Sticks out his tongue constantly-its is how he greets me in the morning
Loves to open and close doors
Loves books
Says "yay"
Throws his toys and stuffed animals out of his crib in protest
Had his first In-N-Out Hamburger
Obsessed with any kind of ball
Tries to play in the toilet
Unrolls entire toilet paper roll daily
Loves dogs
Likes to eat oatmeal