Visit from Uncle Mack and Aunt Bernadette

Here I am enjoying a visit with my Uncle Mack... he said I was pretty cool - but I was supposed to keep that a secret.

It was nice to meet Bernadette - who will be joining the family in July. She can help me become quadrilingual - bring on the Tagalog!!

Woo Hoo!! I love putting my feet in my mouth. They taste greeeaat!

Here I am, hanging out with my pops in our skivies.

Where's Chaplin? I think he learned this from me.

Here he is. He's going to have to share that ball with me.

Adios for now - I'll be back with pictures of Uncle Mack and Bernadette soon.

MIA

Sorry - we've been absent for while. Mom and Dad have been busy with the start of the semester and I've been trying to master my new skill of eating bananas and applesauce.
I'm still not so sure about that applesauce, but bananas ROCK!!
My new high chair is sweet

Where's Jack?

Here I am!

Oh , you found me.
Take my picture again!!

pasándolo bien con la familia

The holidays have come and gone and I've got some cool pictures to share...

¡ FELIZ 2007 !

Below I'm with my parents (padres), my grandparents (abuelos) and my great-grandmother (bisabuela). I had a great time meeting many new people and sharing laughs with all. Hope we'll see each other before too long!!

Christmas Eve and I'm ready for Santa Claus

Below, Chaplin is enjoying a Christmas treat and great-grandma is starting Christmas morning with a good cup o' joe. Think any of those presents will make it back to Wisconsin with me???


Suffice it to say that although I've grown, I can still fit in a stocking... but I'm not going to try.


Happy grandparents are ready to send us off on our roadtrip home.

NO, I wasn't allowed to drive - not even sit up front while the car was running, but pitstops sure were fun. Chaplin got to run around and I had a good meal. My parents, however, stayed away from the gas station hotdogs. Smart.

Back in the car, Chaplin and I curled up for another couple of hundred miles. Note that we have a safe GRACO Snugride car seat and made it home just fine.

Back at home we are enjoying some playtime before school starts. Hope all are well!!!

Christmas is coming...

The Goose is getting fat. (Christmas means Carnage!)

The children are all snuggled warm in their bed.

While visions of sugarplums dance in their head(s).

Will I settle down for a long, winter's nap?

Winter is coming

Here I am all wrapped up for winter...in my Icelandic fleece and Jester's hat - don't I just look adorable?

Mom and Dad are very impressed with my newfound ability to "almost situp"
Yes - I can follow you with my eyes...and you look funny.

Wow - all this smiling and kicking my legs around sure does make me tired.

Dancing Jalapeño

Hey everyone! Check out this link to see how much Jack loves his mobile. Hope you enjoy it!

Dancing Jack

entre las sombras del otoño

It's a beautiful time of the year amongst the shadows or jumping in the leaves.


with a smile as cute as this, will my parents really be able to ask me to rake the leaves next year? (You bet)

"SALUDOS a todos" - Jack
"simpatizo" - jason
dulce contemplación - anon

Injections make me sleepy and mom and dad happy

I went to the doctor yesterday - he says I am healthy - so all the crying is probably just colic and will go away one of these days. I weighed in at 11 and a half pounds - my mom says I have chubby legs!! I also had four vaccinations - they made me cry really hard for about a minute and since then I have been really sleepy...which seems to make everyone here happy.
Mom took these pictures of me and dad today...she thinks we both look cute!

jack cries too much for taking pictures

but here are a few that we've managed to take:

I'm sleeping in the arms of Grandma Stanley whilst papa Jason was out galavanting and enjoying Oregon's Pinot Noir - (my daddy's a lush) (in his defense, he did attend an academic conference)

Mama - that's enough milk. I want PIZZA!


Mom says, "hah! pizza, yeah right." Regardless, this is where I spend most of my day. Aaaahhhhhhh



knock, knock - WHO'S THERE!?!?

LLEGO OCTUBRE !!!

Yes dear readers, October has arrived and some may ask "Why is your dad so content?" Well, dad's birthday is this month and it's beisbol playoff time. I'm sporting my colors (go Yanks!) My parents are doing better and getting used to my wacky nocturnal schedule by catching naps when they can and being more efficient with their time. [Plus, my routine is fairly simple: eat, sleep, soil diaper, look around, repeat...] Enjoy a couple of pictures that truly cannot capture all of our appreciation for such cool grandparents and English friend.

Grandparents (Meyler) out for another visit before I get too big. That's fine with mom and dad as long as I sleep. Always a pleasure to see family...

All the way from the dreary depths of Iceland, Grandpa Stanley was able to escape the confines of aluminum smelting to enjoy some time with me. Well actually, Grandpa Stanley's involved in the construction of an aluminum smelter, but you get the point - the man's traveled far to see his grandson. My parents, again, enjoyed some extra rest and MORE lakkrís.

Don't be fooled by my face here. Our good friend Michael was out for a couple days and made my parents a fabulous chicken curry. We went to Lake Michigan again and I found some solice while driving around in the car seat. I'm really about to cry here because Michael won't let me play with his goatee any more. Please come back soon so my parents can take you to the breweries and I can learn to speak English properly. Enchanté mon ami...

Firsts...not THE FIRST

Aunt Maggie is gone for now - but Jack sure had a good time...even though he can't yet wave good-bye.
Ahh...nice and clean - now let's pee on mom so she has to take a bath too!!
Jack's first trip to lake Michigan...thanks to Mack and Bernadette for the sweet wheels!

My parents are wiped out

Aunt Maggie was out for a short little visit. It was fun, but I can't seem to get the hang of sleeping at night. Regardless, how else am I to celebrate my one month B-day except by eating, crying and gaining weight?!?! Thanks for the visit Maggie. Come again soon with that Dustin fellow...


how strange - i'm sleeping. Il dort! Il dort! C'est vrai!!



My dad's got a big thumb, but I'm closing in on him. ¡Que grande!

Heavy Man, Heavy...

RRRoarrr... Papa Bear's big mouth isn't close to the size of Jack's noggin.



Whoa mama! Jack pesa 8lbs, 4oz. Nosotros, los padres, estamos muy orgullosos de nuestro jalapeño.


Grandma Stanley had to say good-bye for now. We, the parents, would like to reiterate our open-door policy with regards to grandparents who help baby Jack sleep.