Our live in babysitter

My brother and his family live just around the corner from us. They have a 15 month old daughter named Taryn. Taryn loves taking care of Jack. She tries to feed him his bottle and also give him snacks. Jack could care less who feeds him as long as it gets in his tummy. Generally when Taryn tries to feed him the milk ends up all over his clothes as well as hers. Whenever I take the bottle away from Taryn she tries to make sure I am not watching and swiftly grabs it and runs to stick it in Jack's mouth. Many times we will let Taryn give Jack a little treat, and the next thing we know Jack has five of them in his mouth.

Even if the bottle has nothing in it, Taryn will still stick it in Jacks mouth. They both love each other. It is so fun to see them interact.

Whenever Jack sees Taryn he gets a huge smile on his face and starts panting like a dog. Taryn will generally run to Jack and give him pat pats! There is never a dull moment when they are together. Taryn many times will get into things she is not supposed and run and give them to jack. When we catch her she acts as if it was not her that gave it to Jack. Of course Jack will stick it in his mouth.

Taryn will generally share with Jack, but sometimes she is a tease, and Jack will let her know.

Jack Attack

Time has gone by quickly! Aaron and I are in Atlanta for a summer job. It is nice to be away from Provo for a while, but we are working like crazy. Aaron works from about ten in the morning till midnight or later, and I work about five to six hours a day. My job is nice cause I can take jack to work with me, which is a blessing and also a curse. It is not very easy trying to entertain a baby while answering phone calls. Jack is almost seven months old and growing by leaps and bounds.

Jack loves watching and helping daddy play video games. And dad loves the help! Most of the time jack pulls the controller out of Aaron's hands, in his attempts to help. As you can see in the picture when the TV is on Jack is gone! He loves just staring at the TV!


Even though he is almost seven months old he refuses to be on his tummy. Any time his cute little belly so much as touches the floor he explodes! Our doctor said that I need to put him on his stomach for ten minutes at a time to which Jack has this to say:

He is slowly getting better, but he is very stubborn! Along with being stubborn Jack loves to scream! We often have screaming contests, to which he generally wins! I have to admit when he screams he sometimes sounds like a little girl. Jack is such a happy baby! I wake up to him talking to himself, and when he sees me he has a huge smile on his face! I would not trade begin a mom for the world.



Aaron and I are looking forward to relaxing after this summer job. We have been able to go to one braves game which was fun but extremely hot. We are both trying to work on our tan, but with little success. Jack comes by it honestly!