Our Little Adventure

I’ll pick up where I left off because we still have the eating issues.  We’re making some progress though because I can now add whole wheat ritz crackers with peanut butter to his list.  Makes me happy because he at least gets some protein that way.  Other than that, we’re still the same.  He’s almost off formula completely.  He would be already but we have a little bit left in the can and I don’t want it to go to waste..so once that’s empty, he’ll be done!  All that’s left after that is the bottle.  He’s still refusing to drink milk out of anything other than a bottle so I really don’t know what we’re going to do.  Couple more weeks to go before I try to go down that road!

I can officially say we have a walker now!  He’s been “walking” for nearly 2 months but it hasn’t become consistent until the last 2 weeks or so.  Jack would often drop down after a few steps and just crawl where he wanted to go but he’s getting more and more confident these days.  I put him down in a furniture store the other day and he was walking all over the place!  It’s really so cute but I soon realized I shouldn’t have put him down.  Of course he didn’t want to be picked back up, haha!  I can see the tantrums starting soon now that he has this new found freedom.  I love this stage though, challenging but so much fun.   Here is a video of him walking (for you Jaimee!).  This was a month ago so he’s not very sturdy but he’s so cute and proud of himself.

When it comes to his grass phobia..he’s getting better, yay!  I wasn’t sure when he would take to it and, thankfully, he’s getting better and better with it everyday.  I know the walking has helped and I think he also sees all the other kids running around and having fun so he wants to join in too.  We’ve had a beautiful weather week so we took advantage and went to the park a few days.

Walking with Daddy

Back in the swing!

Two little boys on the slide, haha!

We’re loving this awesome weather after the winter we had!

Jack isn’t saying any words yet but he definitely understands most of what we say to him.  He knows the words bottle, grapes, yogurt and crackers and gets very excited when I ask if he wants one or some of them.  He gets excited and hurries into the bathroom and stands by the tub when we ask if he wants to get into the bath.  He also gets excited when I ask if he wants to brush his teeth!  If I ask him to get certain things he’ll go and get them and bring them back to me.  It’s very possible he has said some words but that we just haven’t understood any yet.  He loves it when we fake sneeze and mimics us with a little “aaach” when do it.  Jack loves books and is always bringing them over to us to read to him.  I love that.   I loved reading and being read to when I was little and I love that he gets all nice and comfy and sits STILL to be read to.  Of course I think he favorite part is turning the page but he’s starting to point to things and babble too.  He is just changing so much everyday and it’s truly amazing!  He’s turning into such a little boy with his looks and actions and it’s fun to watch.  We are blessed!

In other news..meaning house news, we are coming along nicely!  Settlement should be by the end of the month.  We are so excited and very ready to get out of this apartment.  I know I’ve said it before but we are being run out by Jack’s toys and we have absolutely no storage for anything.  All of the things we used when Jack was a baby (bouncer, infant carseat, swing, activity mat) are lining the walls in his room and boxes full of his baby clothes are piled in his closet.  Plus, we’re ready to get rid of the Ikea furniture and decorate.  Another plus will be getting away from the downstairs neighbors who slam doors and whose smoke comes in our sliding door/windows when they’re puffing away on their porch.  Ugh, yuck.

We stopped by for a visit today so we could get some measurements and were very happy to see the granite had been put in the kitchen!!  We’ve changed our minds 3 times on what we wanted before we finally chose this one and we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!  Things are tying together nicely.

Close up..

This is the upstairs hall bath..

Master bath!

Again, this is something we changed our minds on several times before settling on this tile.  LOVE how it turned out, it’s my dream bathroom right now.  If you notice, there’s a cable and electric outlet on the wall next to the shower.  Dan wants to put a small flat screen tv in there, haha!  It’s silly but I’m not complaining if it means I can watch the Food Network and HGTV while soaking in my tub.

That’s what I have for now.  Tomorrow is Easter and I hope everyone has a great day!!  I’m hoping to get some good pictures of Jack with my parents and my grandmother so will post them.  Happy Easter!