Mystery solved?

More indoor play

These are some pictures from when our nanny took Jack to Day Frog's, an indoor play-place. It's pricey, so this was a special treat, but it was a really great place for Jack to go since it's tailored for toddlers and little kids. She said he especially loved all the cars and trains.



Jack and his friend Sydney



Jack doing something weird with his mouth

Videos from Jungle Joes

We've been laying low the past several days. Jack caught a nasty cold when we were in Michigan, and he was nice enough to pass it on to both Andy and me. The good news is that after a rough weekend, we seem to be on the mend (knock on wood).

Anyway, since I haven't taken any pictures recently, I thought I'd post a couple videos that we took at Jungle Joe's. I had tried to put them on the last post, but something wasn't working with the website at that time, so here they are. The first one is of Jack jamming to some tunes, and the other one is Jack and Andy playing on one of the toys.

Jungle Joe's

When we were in Michigan for the holiday weekend, we took Jack to Jungle Joes, which is one of those indoor playgrounds with all the big inflatable jumpy-gym things. Jack thought Jungle Joes was really cool. Here he is looking around in awe when we first got there.


They had a little kids section too, since most of the inflatable things are really for older kids who can climb all over them. Jack had fun in the little kids' area playing with some blocks.


Daddy helping Jack shoot some hoops.


Feeling some big shark teeth.


Pouncing on a stuffed hippo.

Finally finished

After two weeks, I've finally reached the last of the Christmas pictures. We're at the lake house right now for the holiday weekend, so I thought I'd take advantage of some free time and post the remaining random pictures and videos.

Here are a couple good pictures of Jack, Granddaddy, and Grandma. (Note remote for remote-controlled fan is in his hand)



Aunt Anna, Uncle Stephen, and Stephen's girlfriend Katie.


In addition to his beloved fan (remote in hand), Jack also spent some quality time with this night light that changed colors.


Jack found a sheet of stickers and proceeded to decorate his pants. This actually turned out to be a useful activity at the time, since we were Skyping with Grammy and Grampy Jarvis, and Uncle Paul, and the stickers kept him entertained enough to stay in my lap for the whole phone call.


Jack thought Grandma's John Deere lawn mower was pretty cool. He'd better watch out--one of these days she might put him to work with it.

(no sound)


This was the night of the Dawgs' bowl game, and Grandma was showing Jack how she can bark. If you listen closely, you can hear Jack do a couple of little "woofs." (again, note remote in hand)


Finally, Jack helping me close our suitcase when we were packing to leave (did he EVER put down that remote???).


We had such a wonderful long trip to Georgia visiting family and friends, in case you couldn't tell!

The architect

Happy Birthday to Granddaddy Fields! We miss you! Hard to believe little more than a week ago we were still in Georgia.

Jack played a little with Legos before Christmas, but he really got into it when we were in Georgia. Here's a masterpiece he created--his version of the Sears Tower, perhaps?


Note the intense concentration



An adorable video of him building (there's no sound). Aren't his little claps of self-encouragement and pride just the most precious thing you've ever seen?

Baths and bellies

Jack showing where his belly is

When we were in Georgia, Jack really enjoyed his baths. Here are some cute pictures of him in the tub with crazy bath hair. (The thing he's holding is a crayon for writing on bathtubs; the yellow scrawling in the background is his handiwork.)






He favorite part of bathtime was playing with the water coming out of the faucet. The rest of us got a kick out of it as well--Jack had an audience every night for his bath!