A Growing Boy

When I was pregnant with Jack I did a lot of research on what car seat to buy. With Claire I bought the one that was the most pleasing to the eye, and ended up hating it, and getting rid of it when she was only five months because it was such a pain to use.

This time I bought a seat that goes up to 32lbs, and 32" which gets most babies until the first year when they usually grow out of it in height. At the time, this was the highest weight/height bucket seat on the market. But since Jack is such a big boy, he grew out of his last month. I couldn't even get the straps over him anymore. I'm still glad I bought it since we would have had to move him months ago with a regular bucket.

Anyway, I'm going to put it up for sale on kijiji, but I thought I would take a picture of him in it today, before it's gone to compare to one I took when he was four days old. It's absolutley amazing how much babies grow in the first year. Hard to believe just 8.5 months ago he was a teeny, tiny newborn, that was hard to buckle up because he was so small.

Like Father, LIke Son

 It's no secret that Jack looks like his dad. But I didn't realize how much until I went through Denis' baby pictures recently. Denis is on the left, Jack on the right. In the first one Jack is two months old, and in the second two 8.5 months old. I'm guessing Denis was a similar age. It's crazy. They look like the same baby!

Winter Blahs

Well it's only the middle of January, and I'm sick of winter already! It's especially hard with small children. It's so much work to get them both bundled up, and out the door. So we spend more time inside than we do the rest of the year. I do make an effort to get out and play in the snow a few times a week though. The fresh air always feels good, and we do have fin while we're out there.

I use the opportunity to shovel the driveway and sidewalk while we're out there. We are on a corner lot which means LOTS of sidewalk to shovel. I actually like shovelling, and it gives me a bit if exercise which is always good. Really though, I'm counting down until spring. I love spring. I love when the snow melts, and everything starts turning green, and we can go outside in nothing more than a light jacket. *sigh* For now, I will try to make the best of winter since it's here to stay for a while. It does make for some cute pictures...

And some of my favourite recent pictures of my cuties...

Eight Months

 Another month has come and gone, and my little Jack is now eight months old! He is a VERY busy little boy. Much busier than his sister ever was. She was happy to sit and play for long periods of time even at this age, and is still very cautious. Jack on the other hand wants to go, and he does not stop. His favourite thing to do is pull up to stand. All day long he crawls from one thing to another and stands up. I think he's going to be an early walker, since he already will let go for a second or two, and in all his excitement tries to walk, but his legs have not caught up with what his brain wants to do, so he just falls down. He is so happy, and playful. He is a big talker. Babbles, and makes sounds all the time. He finally seems to be sleeping a bit better. He has been doing only one wake up lately, which I am so happy about.He has four teeth now, and he looks so cute with them. According to our scale, he's still 22lbs, so his growth has definitley slowed down.


Here are some recent pics of my sweet boy...

And here is both Claire and Jack at eight months old...

Mexico

 We went on a family vacation to Mexico at the end of December. It was so nice to be able to spend a week together without having to worry about all the normal errands and responsibilities. Just quality time together...the warm weather wasn't too shabby either. 

We watched the sunrise over turquoise water, and beautiful white sand beach.

We splashed and swam in the pool for hours on end.

 We napped poolside

 We sat by the pool and read. Here Claire is catching up on her Reader's Digest.

 

We swam in the ocean, and played in the sand.

 

 We are already saving up for another trip next year. I've heard Cuba is nice...