Please don't call CPS!

At home one weekend, Jack was eating some lunch. Since he seems to love all things involving water, we thought it would be funny to squirt his bib with the spray bottle, and see what he thought of it. Well, Jack thought this was hilarious!!! He laughed SO hard, each and every time he got hit. He even loved when the water sprayed his face a little. So Nick sprayed a little higher, and eventually started to spray Jackson square in the face. He laughed even harder, loving every second of it. Once again, we'll be nominated for parents of the year, I'm sure.

It all began very innocently...

You can even see the stream of water hitting him.

Mama, save me!

The evidence.

Having way too much fun.

Hysterical! Which made us laugh even harder!

Sunday at the pool

We finally joined our community pool since Jack loves to swim so much. As we were getting ready to head out last weekend, I took a couple pictures. All of a sudden my baby is looking so grown up... Just a few short weeks until the big ONE!

11 Months - 7/8/08

Can someone please tell me where the time has gone? How did my fussy little newborn turn into the most amazing and happy pre-toddler? How did he get so big? Gone are the days of going to the pediatrician for weight checks. We're very sure that he's gaining weight these days :).

This time last year I was miserable from the heat and an 8 month baby belly, retaining water, walking around with swollen ankles, and just trying to make it through the days. My how times have changed! Now I'm chasing around a little boy, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

These days Jackson is pointing at EVERYTHING. Remember when he used to wave at everything? Now he only waves when he's going bye-bye, and that has been replaced with the finger pointing and a "bah?". He "asks" about everything, and babbles (sometimes quietly just to himself) constantly! It's so funny, and he really seems to have his own little language. He's having fun speed crawling, and walking behind his scoot and scoop. He loves his Fisher Price Learning Home that Caroline (Anne) graciously passed down to us, and his beach ball. He's down to 3 bottles a day now, and is only taking one nap (sometimes 2 on the weekends) per day. He has 3 teeth, with more coming in. He eats what we eat (mostly), and is generally just a happy happy happy little guy!

Here are our monthly pictures that we took this morning. Nick will be so thankful when we don't have to do this anymore. He has the baby catching duty as Jack dives off the chair :).

We seriously need gates

The sad thing is, we've determined that there's no possible way to put a gate at the bottom of our stairs. We even consulted a Babies R Us employee on the situation, and we just won't be able to do it. And that's a shame, considering Jackson can now climb our entire flight of stairs pretty quickly. He got all the way up here on his own, with Nick following close behind. Lord help us...

Downtown Annapolis

We walked around downtown Annapolis a couple weeks ago one Sunday afternoon when we didn't have anything else planned (shocking!). It was pretty hot out, but we still had a good time. I think it may have only been Jackson's 2nd time there. He really enjoyed all the activity - watching all the people and dogs, and seeing the boats. It was pretty hot and humid out, so he stayed nice and comfy in his stroller.

And he even enjoyed a little ice cream! And then cried when he couldn't have any more. We're such mean parents.

Time to get dressed!

We're adding to the list of things that Jackson dislikes - getting a diaper changed and getting dressed. It's become quite an adventure! Sometimes we have to resort to chasing him down and getting him dressed on the floor. Whatever works, right? Little monkey :).