A flurry of words

Sharing goldfish crackers with Aunt Mandy

It's not a trough Jack!
Music with Dad. Jack moves his individual fingers on the keys now instead of just excitedly banging his whole hands.
With Grandma Marie
Opening presents after breakfast
Grandma Ann and Grandpa Howard



Now that Jack turned 14 months old, he is getting quite the vocabulary. Here are some words he has said (repeatedly) so far: brr, blue, bear, dog, we think he says thank-you and some version of banana, up, down, bye, night, night-night, bath, flower (wower) hi (especially to the ladies), more, baba (bottle), dirty, no (or, no no no no), cracker, juice, done, on, Dada, Dad, Mama, Mom, door, out/outside, two, book, water (wawa), mmmm (although not really a word), poo-poo/poop (nice), maybe diaper, and he used to say purple and cat.

He is still as smiley and as energetic as ever. Right now he is taking a much needed nap. He fights off sleep as long as possible these days. Yesterday his naps kept getting interrupted because Mom was carting him all over the Northwest. We met Grandpa Howard and Grandma Ann for breakfast in Fairhaven and then went to see Auntie Linda and son Sean for the Children's Museum in Everett. Then we stayed the night at Great Grandma Geeg's and got to see Aunt Marly and Uncle Bob again before they left for home today. Definitely one of our busier days. He enjoys running laps at full wobbly speed (although he is much more sure-footed in his balance although still walking/running on his tip-toes) around Geeg's house. Her hallway is like his runway to take fight and squeal all the way. We have had so much fun seeing friends and family in WA and are not ready for the fun to come to an end too soon!