The Haircut.

Thee Haircut.

Keebler did a wonderful job styling pre-scissors. The mullet was loooooong. Below you will see how bad it was. :/

(I think Jack is saying ... "oh, shit.")

Jack + James

We had the honor of meeting James Wyatt Parker in November! What a precious little man. Ann & Matt did a great job!

Jack + James ... what could have gone horribly wrong...
in seconds all of you mother's of (close) two's ran through my head ...
Alyson, Melissa, Christine, Katie - high fives to you, that one moment alone was enough stress for me.

Jack was very interested in James, however. Here, Keeb is loving on some James!

Exploring

Jack and I explored the backyard while Bryan put up a deer stand. (We're getting a little red, yes.) So, I put Jack in some faux 'blaze' - I love fall.

Jack + Nathan

It's all about friends these days and we're so thankful Jack has so many! Nathan's nearly a year (January) and it's great to see that play 'gap' get smaller between the two boys! (thank goodness Jack has a boy to play with... with EIGHT girls at school!!)

Finally, can Jack shove food in someone else's mouth!!!
He's learned from the best ... Jaxx, Sophia, Adriana ...

Jack + Mia

Well, Mia's not far even though she's not in Jack's class anymore. Mia's parents (& grandma, too) were gracious to keep an eye on Jack so mommy could go to work!





Pretty friggin' cute, huh?? Best Friends Forever.

Bia Home ....

We found out yesterday that Jack's little friend Mia is leaving school to stay at home with her mommy and new little baby sister. Although I have not told Jack this devastating news ... maybe he already knows?

Jackanese

Jack is starting to talk - a lot. It's been a lot of fun deciphering his Jackanese and listening to that little mind work. Here are a couple of recent conversations:

1. I dropped Jack off at school. We had a great morning & he was in a great mood; we took his coat off, washed his hands, he gave me a hug and ran over to his teacher.
   

   Jack: "Mama ... (whimper, sniff, sniff) hurt..."
   Ms. Adrienne: "What Jack? What did your mommy do?"
   Jack: "Mama hurt me ... (rolls up sleeve, massaging his arm) Mama BITE!"
   [ Moms jaw drops ]

   
   
2. I'm having a hard time finding Jack Christmas presents. At school, they even say he loves everything and doesn't really have a favorite toy. So I thought I'd ask him myself:
   

   Mom: "Jack! What's your favorite toy at school?"
   Jack: "BIAAAAAA!"
   [ Mia is one of his little besties at school. I am sure her daddy would love to know this ... ]

#1 Eagles Fan Pre Hair Cut

Best Stadium, Ever - by the way.
Jack can successfully spot a football player, game, ball, goalpost, field, etc and say "FU-BALL!!" He can also throw his hand into the air and say, "gooooo E-ALES!"

Good Boy, Jack. Good Boy.

(he's just the cutest, isn't he?)

#1 Eagles Fan

(no offense, Jeb & Lindsay)

Trimming the Tree

It might have been Baby's First Christmas last year ...
but THIS year is the Family's First Christmas!!

It's a ... Family Tradition ...
& Jack is super impressed.

Jack being a great little elf and helping trim the tree.
He had a hard time understanding this wasn't one great big toy, though.

Jack's response to Daddy when he told him, "Jack - you can only LOOK at the ornaments."
As Lindsay would say - "oh nice, a smartass already at 22 months."

Today, while I was getting Jack's dinner ready, I overheard him talking to one of his Little People. I was interested - and snuck in so I could hear better. Yep - Jack was holding his 1.5" little plastic toy up showing him our Christmas tree! Looks like someone is proud of his work!

Jack: Mumble, mumble, mumble ... LIGHTS! mumble, mumble ... ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, BALL, BALL, BALL, BALL, BALL..... STAR!

Mama: Jack, those are NOT balls!