Swimming pools and mooses

Jack has started playing more with his stuffed animals lately, and he seems to particularly love this big, fat moose. I took a few pictures of Jack and the moose snuggling together last night.



Andy took these pictures yesterday at Jack's swim lesson. This time, Jack wasn't a big fan of floating or using the little kick boards. It seems at every lesson he changes his mind about what bothers him and what doesn't. But overall he enjoyed himself and had a good time.

Happy Birthday Grampy!

Happy birthday to Grampy Jarvis today, and to Great-Grampy Jarvis on Saturday! Jack was so excited, he did a dance for you.

Saturday

Happy Birthday Tyler!!


It doesn't seem to show up too well in the picture above, but Jack has a nice bruise and scrape on the top of his forehead where he did a faceplant into the carpet yesterday. Today he had his first "swim lesson" at Andy's gym. He and the other babies aren't really learning to swim, but they're playing and learning to get comfortable with the water. Jack shed a few tears, but overall he seemed to enjoy himself.

Here's a cute picture of Lou snuggled in his new bed, with his new toy that we got today at the pet store. Jack loves going there and getting to see all the animals. When we were looking at the beds, we put this one down on the floor so we could see how Lou liked it. Jack beat Lou to it and sprawled out on the bed, much to the amusement of the other shoppers.

Anniversary

It was 3 years ago today that Andy and I got married at the Hotel Allegro in downtown Chicago! (Though we met each other in 1997 when we were barely out of our teens at Indiana University.) I was reminiscing about our wedding day and pulled up a few pictures. In some ways 3 years ago seems like it was a long time ago, and sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday!


Also a few pictures from our honeymooon. Oh, how it would be nice to be in Cabo right now instead of chilly Chicago!

Return of the blue monster

Look out Chicago...the blue monster has come again.


This morning, Andy and I took Jack to a Halloween event at Andy's gym. Older kids were making crafts, and a magician was there, but Jack was most interested in looking out of the big windows down onto Congress Avenue.

He also had fun playing with balls and blocks in the gym, and he especially liked the small punching bag. Look at Jack's skills--the bag is just a blur as he hit it!

He did at least watch the magic show for a few minutes.

Jack had left the room before the grand finale with the magician's rabbit, but he was nice enough to bring the bunny back out after the show so Jack could pet her.


Jack also got to wear his costume on Tuesday when his tots class had a Halloween party. Here are some pictures our nanny took:






A tired boy at the end of the day!

Birthday party

Yesterday Jack and I went to the first birthday party of Hannah, the daughter of our friends Mary and Eric. In the picture above, the birthday girl was very excited about her new rocking horse. Below is a picture of the three little ones at the party who are children of former kids from the same neighborhood (Andy, Eric, and Greg).

Jack looking very serious with Eric.

Lastly, just a couple pictures I took of the foliage earlier today when we went for a walk.

Toddler insomniac

(Wow, he sure looks like Dad in that picture)

Jack had an interesting night last night. He woke up crying at 11:30 and 12:30. After the 12:30 wake-up, I rocked him in the chair for a while and put him back in his crib. He then proceeded to play and sing until about 2 am.

Andy and I feel a bit zombie-like today. Of course Jack had to do this the night before I had a big meeting at work, too. Jack, buddy, next time you decide to stay up partying all night, please give me a heads up!

Here's a couple cute pictures I took tonight when Jack was finishing up dinner. Andy was showing Jack a new download on his Iphone.