Catch-up

It has been so long since I posted last! We have been busy! I started back to work full time! We are working out the kinks in babysitting and the days that Johnny has off! Johnny is such a good dad and is doing so wonderful with Jack!




Johnny and I celebrated two years of being married this past week! I can't believe it has been that long! We have bought a house, had a baby, started a new job, bought a new car, and many other things that would probably be a little overwhelming if I stopped to think about how fast we did it all. I love Johnny and I am so overjoyed that I have been able to share this journey with him!

I did get to play a very good joke on him last night though. I found out yesterday that My brother Matt and his wife Traci are expecting a baby in March!!!!!!! Nathan will be four in June so we are all very excited for number two! Anyway, Matt pulled me aside and he set up this fun little prank. While my cousin held my five month old baby, I gathered our family together and said, "I have an announcement to make, Johnny pay attention." Johnny looked terrified! "There is going to be a new baby in the family!" I couldn't look at Matt because he was on the verge of bursting out laughing. Johnny looked at me and just said, "Huh?" I paused and looked at people's shocked faces. I then added, "Matt and Traci are expecting a baby!" Everyone took deep breaths and started congratulating Matt and Traci. Johnny just kept saying, "Not cool! Not cool!" I went to talk to him and he wouldn't let me touch him and was a little shaken by the whole thing! I thought it was a riot! But we are so excited for Matt and Traci and Nathan! We are all hoping for a girl!

New things that Jack is doing:

• He loves solid food!
• He rolls over regularly!
• He cut two teeth the beginning of August on the same day!
• He grabs everything and puts it in his mouth!
• He can sit up on his own for short periods of time!
• He will scoot (short distances) to something if he really wants it!
• He loves grabbing nose and poking eyes!
• He loves books!

I am just so glad to have that little guy around! He is a real joy in my life!

Johnny's Sworn In and Jack Cuts Two Teeth

Wow a few great things have happened just in the past few days!

Johnny was sworn in as an official full time fire fighter for Eagle Mountain.

I got to pin his badge on him which made me really nervous because everyone was watching me while I did it. But, I just had 5 inches cut off my hair and my cousin curled it for me, so I got to show off her handy work!

It's such a cool, shiny, heavy badge!

Oh, also worth noting, they are in the process of building the new fire station, so Johnny sleeps in a trailer!!! It's that nice single wide thing in front of the garage. But it will be done soon and then he can move into a brand new station!

I don't think he really wanted to be wearing the hat, but I thought it was cute!

My mom and I went to Silver Lake on a fun outing on Monday! We walked around the lake and up a trail for a little while! It was still so green and I had such a fun time talking with my mom. Unfortunately we, well I was driving, ran over a poor little pot gut on the drive up. I couldn't swerve an entire minivan to miss him. He ran in front of the tire at the last second and got smashed. I felt so guilty. On the way down, the car in front of us caught one too. Not a good day for pot guts!

Grandma Tani was very generous and gave Baby Jack a bouncer. It is officially Baby Einstein so he must be smarter just by sitting in it! He loves it! He especially loves spinning frog over the mirror!

I am very pleased to report that since we have started him on rice cereal, he has gone to bed earlier and slept longer! Oh what a joy! Last night, he slept for almost seven hours, ate, and then went back to sleep again. I am so much happier with sleep!

One of his other new favorite activities is drooling! He drools all over everything! He is biting whatever he can get into his mouth and I really thought he was teething. My doctor said that babies this young do not usually get teeth this early, BUT my mom called me on the way home from my conference in Ogden today and told me he has now officially cut two teeth. His two bottom middle teeth have come through, the right slightly more than the left. It doesn't really seem to bother him but I am not going to jinx myself. He is so cute with them and keeps feeling them with his tongue and fingers! He is still a very happy kid and is getting close to sitting up on his own. His only real trial is his head is so big (cute big) that if it gets off balance his entire body follows and he tips right over!

Sleep Training

Oh what an excrutiating time I am having. I went to the doctor's and Jack is healthy and everything, but when I informed the doctor that Jack is taking 6 45 minute naps during the day he said that is not normal. I also told him Jack is not sleeping well at night at all. He instructed me that I should start a bedtime routine, which I do, and then put him in bed and leave. Set a predetermined amount of time but be prepared for him to cry it out! I am not supposed to hold him as he falls asleep or let him fall asleep nursing. It is soooooo hard, hearing my baby crying and not going in to comfort him. He was so tired and yet wouldn't go to sleep. After 30 minutes, he finally fell asleep. Oh it was so hard!

But on the upside, we got his current measurements. He is 31 percentile in weight, and 45 percentile in height, so he is kind of a little guy! But his head is 92 percentile! So he has a pretty big noggin! The doctor isn't worried about him at all except for the sleep! He was good about the shots and I told him next time we would start so that made him happy.

Jack continues to bring such joy to my life and I love him so much!