Wordless Wednesday...kind of.

4 generations: John II,III, IV, and V

The little man doing what he loves...eating his nuk gum brush.

Silly silly boy.

Jay's 5-6 month video

A bunch of other bloggers have written letters to their kids each month to share milestones. I decided to make a video of special moments (so when I feel like I have enough video clips to make a video I will post one:) The quality on my digital camera isn't that great, but you can still see Jay and that is what counts. Enjoy Jay 5-6 months. (It is cutting off some of the letters but I don't have time to figure it out tonight).

Food update

So I tried a lot harder this week to feed him baby food. Today it seemed like he got the "opening mouth and mommy shoving food in" part, but he still doesn't really eat it. We also tried setting Cheerios in front of him twice this week. Mostly he just played with them and threw them on the floor. When he did put it in his mouth he spit it right back out. Does it matter how much food I feed him or how long he is sitting there while we attempt to feed him? I have used 1 medium sized jar of carrots (pouring it out and combining it with oatmeal cereal) all week and he still hasn't finished it. We are normally giving up after 10-15 minutes because he looses interest. I've also let him play with his own silverware and he seems to enjoy that.

Is he supposed to be eating baby food?

When we first tried Jay eating some rice cereal at a little over 4 months he seemed to be receptive and to be getting some of it in his belly. We were feeding him rice cereal and a vegetable once or twice a week until Christmas (between 4-6 months). Then we stopped for a week. This last week we have been feeding him every other night and it has gone horribly. We usually give him rice cereal (which he doesn't really like) and carrots or sweet potatoes. He usually eats the first few bites- and prefers carrots over everything else, but then he gets fussy and closes his mouth, spits the food or squirms away. We feed him when he should be hungry (although most of the time it is between 5-7pm). I tried baby oatmeal today and he didn't seem to like that either. He is almost 6 1/2 months old. Should I give up and come back to it later? Should I keep trying even though he doesn't really eat much? What do you guys think?

He thinks his high chair is pretty cool though:

More pictures from our family time

Another rousing game of Peek-a-boo!

Jay took a bath in his bumbo in the bathtub one day and loved it.

John promised the kids that if they didn't touch the presents until he got there they could shave his beard off in a funny way. They were excited to see it happen.


Jay loved the tree so much. He got a bit spoiled when grandpa let him touch the top:)
This picture just cracks me up. I see so many little speech bubbles in my head for what they are saying:)
Jay got a new hat.

Happy New Year!

There are so many things I am thankful for this past year. A huge one is JAY, and our family who loves him so much.

Here are a few pictures from our time with John's parents and family.
Grandpa and Jay had a great time.

When we first got there it started snowing so John had to go back home and plow snow for 2 days. We went out and played in it before it got bad.


Jay's cousins J.T. and Camille were there. One day we built this awesome fort:)

Jay just chilled in it for a half hour sucking on toys:)

J.T. read Jay and Camille a book

Here was our family Christmas dinner (although you can't see Jack and Cherry in this one)

We tried to take family pictures outside but Jay screamed for the entire time (even after we warmed up)...so we all went to Starbucks. Here is John's sisters family. Jay enjoyed the Starbucks cup almost as much as I enjoy the coffee:)



This was one of the most fun things Jay did during our time. He learned how to go back and forth across the kitchen in this toy. I'm so proud of him.

That's all I have time for tonight, maybe I can post more tomorrow.

Jay's food habits

Jay likes carrots, but rice cereal he doesn't care for. I try to mix it in anyway.