A brief overview of the last 3 months!

Well, it has been three months since our last update, and I would say that it is a little overdue!  I could provide all sorts of excuses, but we have been busy and I have not felt like blogging.  That is the long and the short of it.  In the time since the last update, we had a fabulous trip to Tulsa to celebrate our niece's 1st birthday (this was in April), a great Mother's Day, a trip to Sea World in San Antonio (in June), a fun Father's Day, another trip to Tulsa (over Father's Day weekend), and a laid back Fourth of July!  So, it has been busy!

Here is what Jack has been up to lately:

• He LOVES cars and trucks!  Cars and trucks are the first toys pulled out in the morning. 
• He is still huge :)  He weighs about 33 lbs.  and thank goodness, he wants to go up and down the stairs by himself the majority of the time!  I don't think I could carry him all the time.
• He LOVES Mickey Mouse and we watch "Ickey" as he calls the mouse, at least once a day, which allows me to get A LOT of chores done in that 23 minutes.
• Jack is a man of few words, but seems to be attempting more words now than before.
• He is a great eater, as evidenced by his weight.  I think his favorite time of day is sitting with his smoothie and watching Mickey after his nap.
• He is his Daddy's shadow.  Jack loves to follow Jon around and help him with whatever task Jon is working on.
• His most recent game is running from one spot in the house to another, over and over and over again, with a HUGE smile on his face.  It cracks us up!  I think he is practicing starting and stopping, Jon thinks he is just being a boy.  He's probably right :)
• Jack is absolutely the best picker-upper.  The majority of the time he cleans up one toy before getting another out.  He notices when we have recycling to take out, he picks up pieces of fuzz/ cheerios/ paper bits off the rug and throws them away.  Seriously, this kid is awesome at cleaning!
• He loves to help me cook, which I know will only get more fun as he gets older, so I hope he keeps this trait!

Here are some recent pictures (all taken between April and yesterday):

Enjoying his muffin tin breakfast!

The face he makes when you ask him to smile or say "cheese"!

Coloring

Going on runs with Daddy is exhausting!

He loves to play in sand or water or anything outside, really!

Playing in the pantry, one of his favorite pastimes, he has almost two full shelves to himself.

A family pic at cousin Kendall's 1st birthday party!