What a Difference a Year Makes

Happy kick-off to the Holidays people! We hope that everybody had a great Thanksgiving. We certainly did. Jack enjoyed his first Turkeyday ever, he had some mashed potatoes, stuffing and ground up turkey. He was stuffed!

I was running through my pictures and thought I would update with last year's pic, and this years. Last year Mary was on strict hospitalized bed rest, due to pregnancy complications. It was very nice to not be there this year, and so glad everyone is healthy and happy. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

PS-I also included a picture of Jack who is now able to pull himself to a standing position in his crib.......we are in trouble.

Right on Course

It's getting really close to Jack's birthday. Just over one week to go, and we'll be having his party. Jack is doing very well. He had his second visit to the High Risk FollowUp Clinic. They tested his motor skills and tried to determine how he was developing mentally. He passed with flying colors!!! He was reaching for things with purpose and trying to figure out how things worked. He is very mobile, just needs to use his left arm a little more, then get up and crawl. Jack wasn't very talkative, so they really couldn't test that, but we assured them that he loves to chat away at home and is constantly discovering new sounds.

Hopefully in the next few days we are going to get our Christmas Tree up (hopefully he won't pull it down), and try to get a picture for our Holiday cards. Also going to be venturing to Chico for Thanksgiving dinner at my Sister and Brother-in-Law's house. Can't believe it's almost December already....Jack hasn't even started his Christmas shopping.

Almost 1

Hi all, thanks for continuing to read all about Jack. Just a few weeks away from his first birthday, and boy are we all excited. He is still getting stronger and surprising us with some new activity each day. His newest is clapping, he especially likes to clap while eating. He is still working on getting up on his hands and knees to crawl, but he get around plenty good doing his combat crawl. Jack is also getting over his first small cold, he has been a little stuffy and coughing for about 2 weeks, but he hasn't complained too much.

Over the next month we have a bunch going on. A few doctor's appointments, Thanksgiving, a birthday party, Christmas pictures, then out to Oklahoma for Christmas. Jack is now above the 21 pound mark, don't really know how long because we haven't measured him for a while. We will probably have more information at the end of the week, after he has his follow up at the high risk infant clinic.