Haloween and More

Halloween night we went trick or treating with Brandon and Amanda Hess. Jack dressed up as a dinosaur and Taryn dressed up as a puppy dog. We went out for about an hour and had a blast. Most doors we knocked on let the kids pick out the candy they wanted. Jack is no fool, every time he picked a handful of candy. Everyone told him if he could fit it in his hand he could have it. Needless to say we have a lot of candy at home. Here are some pictures of the night:



Aaron's mom got jack a stuffed animal, a black cat. He loves it. He has started sticking it in his mouth when he crawls, it is pretty entertaining.

Fat Kid Story!

Last night Aaron pulled out some oreos and Jack just had to have some. He only ate one, but it looks like he had about five.

Here are also some pictures of carving pumpkins:

Lord of the Dance

Jack is ten months old already, and he loves to dance! Any time we turn on the radio or put on any music he starts to dance. Sometimes he rocks back and forth so hard that I think he will fall over. He also loves to get into kitchen drawers and pull out sandwich bags. He is also a big helper when it comes to loading and unloading the dishwasher. He is our big helper! Man I love that little dude! Here is a video of Jack dancing!


Here are some pictures of Jack being Jack!

This is how he always sleeps with his bum in the air:

Smiling for the camera:



Talking on the phone (remote):

Uh-Oh

Jack is growing by leaps and bounds! When we last took him to the doctor he weighed 21 pounds and was in the 90th percentile for his height and head (haha). He is moving like crazy and getting into everything. He loves pulling down the DVD's, and knows he is not supposed to. When he gets near them we say "no no" he then shakes his head no, smiles, and pulls them down. He has also stared to say uh-oh. He will throw his food or his plug on the ground and look at me and say uh-oh, of course I pick it up and he does it again. Jack is also a babbler he loves talking our ears off, I think he talks more than a girl. Besides being busy loving Jack, Aaron and I are both in school. Aaron is also working and doing an internship. Don't ask when he sleeps. When he comes home Jack gets a huge smile on his face and crawls as fast as his little legs will allow to have daddy hold him. It is so fun to watch them together. Man I love my boys!

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.