Giggling Jack

Jack figured out that if he screamed it would scare Jocelyn and he thought it was the funniest thing in the world!

Looking back on the Summer

We made it back to Provo about two weeks ago, we are glad to be done with our summer job. Even though the summer was long, we were able to go do and see some things in Atlanta. Jacks favorite place that we visited was the Aquarium. We saw whales, sharks, jelly fish and more.

It was a nice break from working all day! The best part about it was seeing how happy jack was! We were also able to go to a couple of Braves games. One game we attended was at night. That game we dressed Jack in a braves outfit, but it was so hot and humid that we finally took it off of him. Once the outfit was off of him we noticed that his poor body was covered in lint, the worst was under his arm pits. He was blue all over, fortunately it did not bother him at all. We left the game early not because our team was losing, but because Jack's face was bright red.

After being in Georgia for four months we were ready to come back to Provo, I never thought I would say that. We traveled through Amarillo to see my family, it was a lot of fun. My family just got a puppy named Chomper, and boy did Jack love him. Whenever Chomper ran anywhere Jack giggled so hard. Chomper also loved licking Jack's feet and ears, at first Jack did not know how to react, but that soon ended. Jack smiled and tried his hardest not to laugh. It was so fun to watch him so excited. When we left Amarillo Jack was sick. He had 22 poopy diapers in two days! About every hour we had to stop to change him. Over the next five days I changed literally 45 poopy diapers!! We bought a new package of diapers before we left Amarillo, and by the time we were in Provo, which is about a twelve hour drive, we only had one diaper left. I think that I should go in some record book! I never want to have an experience like that again!

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!

Eating Real Food

A couple of weeks ago we got the ok for Jack to start eating food. I usually feed him rice cereal, but we decided it was time for him to have some veggies. I told Aaron he should feed Jack and he was excited. Well as you can tell not much made it into Jacks mouth! At one point Jack leaned to one side of his chair, scaring dad who immediately flung the bottle of carrots all over the carpet. It will take a little while for us to get the hang of spoon feeding. Hopefully next time the carrots won't end up in is nose and on his forehead.

Our Yoda

Ever since Jack was born Aaron's family said that he looked like Yoda. Over my families spring break I went home and visited. My little brother, Jordan, loves building things out of legos. He created a lego Yoda, so we decided to compare. As you can tell Jack was not so sure about this so called look a like.

Hanging with dad!