Parks, haircuts, and walking! Oh my!

We have been busy these past two weeks enjoying days outside, getting professional haircuts, and practicing walking!

We will start with outside- Jack (much like his daddy) LOVES to be outside.  Unfortunately, our backyard has zero shade and the front only a fraction more than that, so we often go the park.  Here are some pictures at the park when Jack was hanging out in the tunnel.  His favorite things to do at the park are swing and slide.  Though, in true boy fashion, he does love to pick the grass and play in the dirt.

Now when we can't go outside, aside from practicing his walking (more on that later), his favorite activity is, as Jon calls it, "putting something inside something else".  He LOVES to do this all day- it's the little things really :) Here are some shots of that game:

We recently took Jack to get his first "professional" haircut.  It was quite the awful experience for all involved since he screamed the entire time!  Although, he did get a nice haircut out of it and the stylist got a nice tip :)  That same day we had a doctor's appointment for a booster shot and this is what he looked like after all that:

And here he is modeling his new 'do:

WALKING!  Jack has been taking steps for about a week now, but is not quite into walking full time.  I can see it coming though- just these past two days he has started to stand and walk towards what he wants.  Although if he falls in transit he resorts to his much faster crawling usually. Here he is with his favorite walking accessory that he received for his birthday.  He is very fast with the train and steers quite well, which is why I know that when he runs into me it is on purpose.  I am sure I am in his way :)

While I know he can get into a lot more trouble when he is a full fledged walker, I am looking forward to not carrying him quite so much as I am sure he weighs 25 lbs. by now.  He is still just saying "mama", "dada", and "cracker" and he does know the signs for "all done" "milk" and usually he does the sign for "more".  He is too busy walking and putting something inside something else to bother with talking and such :)  He has been so much fun lately!  I have a lot more pictures to posts and updates to write including a trip to the pumpkin patch, Halloween and Claire's 1st birthday party!  So, be looking for those in the next two days.  Right now I must eat lunch or it may never happen!  Aaahhh the life of a mommy!