Jack vs. Parmesan Cheese

I have some catching up to do with blogging, but for now here is a short video of Jack and the parmesan cheese.  In case you cannot tell, yes, that is parmesan cheese in his hair.  We had allowed him to shake it once before taking the video and then gave it back to him for videoing purposes.  It was a mess to clean, but created a fun video and fun memories and that is the important thing!  Notice the excitement on his face when I opened the lid for him- he is like that EVERY TIME we open a lid for him to close (about 50 times a day)!

I have some very cute pictures from my birthday/Valentine's Day to post and Jack attended a Valentine's party this year, so I need to post those pics as well.

16 months and counting!

I cannot believe how time flies!  I have not been completely on board with the idea of Jack being a toddler at age 1, although most books, etc... consider kids a toddler at that age.  I always thought, "at 18 months, I will consider him a toddler," well I am two short months away from my own "toddler deadline".  Jack has become quite the proficient walker causing lots of fun and messes along the way to wherever he may be going at the time.  He never sits still, except to eat in his highchair and read at bedtime (although, even this went by the wayside for a few weeks last month).  Here are a few other things about Jack at 16 months:

• He weighs over 28 lbs. and is 33 inches tall.  Don't know what percentile that is, except it is in the higher percentiles.
• He constantly has something in his hands while walking.  He is not picky, anything will do, as long as he can hold it and still walk.
• Jack is constantly rearranging things.  The lower (and babyproofed) shelves in our pantry look different everyday.  Furthermore, he is very particular about the items are rearranged and has a set way in his mind as to how the shelf needs to look that day.
• He is talking a lot and most of the time we cannot understand what he is saying.  He is very proficient with some words though- dog, yes, mama, dada, cow, quack, duck, cup, bowl, hi, and bye bye.  There are several other words that he says, but not on a regular basis and maybe not even more than once!
• He LOVES putting lids on and off.  We have to hide all the cups/sugar bowl/ condiment bottles during dinner otherwise he will holler all through dinner until he gets the item with the lid.
• He is currently transitioning from two naps to one nap, making for some interesting times... often grumpy times... :)
• He still goes to bed by 6:30pm and is usually awake between 6 and 6:30am, but he plays in bed until we get him up around 7am. 
• Jack would play outside all day if we let him and I try to go outside with him at least a little bit everyday.  We are looking foward to spring when we can be outside A LOT!
• He is a great eater!  He will eat Indian, Mexican, Chinese, anything.  Green vegetables are probably our hardest sell, but stick them in a smoothie and he is good to go!  He is also still a great milk drinker, which is awesome!
• Another of his favorite toys are blocks- regular stacking blocks and Mega Bloks (very large Lego- like blocks).  He is quite good at stacking them and asks to play with them everyday.

Jack is a great toddler and we feel so lucky that we get to be his parents!  He is such a joy and we spend lots of time laughing and smiling (with a few tears in between when the little man doesn't get his way :) )!  I feel that  he grew up so much between 15 months and now that I can't wait to see what this next month brings!

Snow pictures!

We were lucky enough to get a little bit of snow all the way down here in Austin last Friday!  It came and went quickly, which is nice, but there was enough to get out and play for the day!  Jack liked playing in the snow, but did not understand what those things on his hands were- mittens!  Here are some pictures.  There was more snow in the morning, but we waited to get outside until the afternoon and quite a bit had melted by then.

All in all it was a fun, cold, and wet time in the snow!  Although, we are ready for the warm weather so we can play outside more- our favorite thing to do!

Long video

This is a longer video of Jack running around with his briefcase.  Notice how his daddy is paying more attention to "Sesame Street" than him :)  It is admittedly a little long for anyone but family to watch, however, I know they will love seeing Jack a little more!