All about JACK

I think every baby needs a plate set that you keep for many years and give to them when they are adults and possibly have children themselves. My mom gave me mine during a visit to her house in AZ while I was pregnant with Arlin Jack.

Chad and I about died when we found this pirate set of kiddie dishes and silverware. My how times have changed from Snoopy and Cabbage Patch Kids.

The plate has a suction cup thingy on the bottom for a non-slip feature to the high chair or table-
So, Captain Jack may throw food at Mommy but not the plate! haha.

I can’t wait to break these bad boys out and use em’!!!

Some shots from Abby’s camera… The bruts! They grunt back and forth and each other, pull hair and nibble on each other…pure cuteness.

Tuesday Abby and I took the boys to the pool. We waited till the little men got their morning naps in so they would have a more pleasant time. Well that’s at least what we were shooting for. Arlin made our pool adventure a short lived trip, he is cutting his two front teeth and seems to be quite miserable the past couple of days. I went to Whole Foods and got some Clove oil to rub on his gum line- he hates the way it tastes, can’t say I blame him, I tried it myself. Motrin and cold wash cloths seem to be the only magic trick to work.

More pictures from the Fourth of July weekend up in Snowmass and Redstone. He is getting so bog so fast. He wants to walk so badly! I think it’s really just a matter of weeks for him to figure it out. Captain Jack is absolutely fearless when it comes to getting where he wants to go.

Arlin’s new rocker tee from Grandma…cutest boy band mama’s ever seen. This little guy is the official cruiser. He cannot sit still and he’s figured out the play pen is for babies. This guy needs to be movin’ and a shakin’ all the time. Today he mastered the walk from one end of the coffee table to the other end. Then he turned around and grabbed for the sofa, all while standing on his tippy toes! I think we’ll be walking before we know it. Yikes- I’m so not prepared for this kinda action!!!

Snapping a few shots of the kiddies yesterday morning. It was hysterical…Arlin Jack is the typical little brother-in the second pic where Stella is laughing Arlin was passing gas on his big sister’s lap. Stella couldn’t stop giggling…and soon neither could I. We had fun at the park later in the day.

Forgot to post these. We went to Parker Days with the Dickinson’s and there kids the weekend before our family vacation. It was super hot that day, but we enjoyed some shopping and drank a few cold ones in the beer garden.

This week has been overwhelming for Mama! Arlin Jack has done a lot of things for the first time this week. Such as;

Tuesday morning Captain Jack graduated from the army crawl to the sprint relay crawl-one arm in front of the other over and over again as fast as he can! Yes, mama cried while watching in amazement.

Arlin is also cutting his first two teeth on the bottom!

And as you all can see in these pictures Arlin eats Brother’s BBQ mashed potatoes for the first time! Papa gave him a whole cup of em’! He couldn’t eat em’ fast enough and he wasn’t thrilled when Papa said…

“All Done!”

We haven’t found a single food that the Captain doesn’t like. I guess that’s a good thing right?! I am anxious to see how much bugger weighs these days.

Thank you Morgan and Molly for this adorable Italian silk outfit! They picked it up on their travels through Scilly. The shirt and pants are silk and the little vest is linen, the whole outfit was hand made. It’s gorgeous… and so is my little guy don’t cha’ think!!! But Mama’s kind of bias!

Chad met his parents and took Tristan, Stella, and Arlin to the Boulder Festival on Saturday while I was in Milwaukee. Looks like fun in the sun. The top picture is Tristan and Stella sword fighting. And the others are shots of Stella on some jumper thing…hopefully something that was done before lunch! Papa called me worried Captain Jack got sun burnt, but turns out he was just a little rosey on the legs from crawling around on the grass.