35 weeks old and nearly as many words about ready erupt from little Jack’s mouth. It seems that since the birth of his first tooth, Jack has decided he’s ready to begin his baby babbling stage. He babbles at Mommy and Daddy, but he also babbles at his toys and Max. The only things that interrupt his strings of “babababa, yayayaya, gagaga, ohohohoho”s are giggles from a smiling mouth.
Feeling on my new tooth
One of Jack’s latest favorite things is being startled. What once made his cry in fear now causes an explosion of laughter and smiles. This weekend, after a game of startle and giggle, Daddy determined Jack will definitely be the type to enjoy a good roller coaster. This is very exciting for Mommy – I’ll have someone to go on Splash Mountain with at Disney World! After our Honeymoon at Disney World and Daddy’s first trip on Splash Mountain, he proclaimed it was his last.
Each day, more and more of our Little Man’s personality is revealed. When our darling little boy isn’t trying out his vocal styling and giggling his cute little booty off, he is simply sitting quietly trying to figure out one of his toys – in quiet contemplation. If the toy makes noise, he spends a great deal of time turning it over and inspecting it to see where the noise is coming from. In fact, even toys that are beyond his age he finds fascinating as long as he can manipulate it. We discovered this while at Babies ‘R Us over the weekend. He is constantly in search of a new discovery and a new adventure.
Thankfully Jack is always up for a new adventure because this week Mommy added a new activity to the mid-day schedule, baths. Prior to this week, I had never bathed Jack. I had always let this be a special activity for Daddy and Jack, but with Jack spending more and more time scooting around and Daddy and Jack having less time in the evening for baths, Mommy thought it was time to step up to the tub. The first couple of baths I gave him were in the sink, like the baths Daddy gives Jack, but then I decided it was time to move to the duck tub in Jack’s quacktastic bathroom. Not only did Jack survive, but he had fun! Mommy got a little wet, but all was well in the end.
Saturday brought forth a milestone. Jack’s first tooth decided to make its appearance, just a day shy of his 8 month birthday. It’s barely poking out, but it is there nonetheless. I’ll try not to dwell on my typical, “my baby is growing up too fast” feelings, but . . . my baby is growing up too fast! It is only one tooth, but one leads to two, which leads to three and before you know it he’s graduating from college. .
Looking very much like a little boy, instead of a baby
The emergence of Jack’s tooth on Saturday explained a lot of his grumpiness over the past few days, especially on Friday. Friday, Oma came to visit for a few hours after she got off of work. This was the first time we had seen her since school had started, so it was great to have her over. Unfortunately, Little Man wasn’t in his usual good mood.
On the bright side, Jack was in a splendid mood for the Sunday kickoff of the NFL season! He even had a special football outfit for the occasion. Unfortunately, neither Mommy’s nor Daddy’s games played in our area, but there is always next week! In addition to wearing a special outfit with what looks like Pippi wearing a football uniform, Daddy went out and bought Jack a mini football. He had a blast with it.
I like this football stuff
Put me in coach, I'm ready
So, one tooth, an 8 month birthday, and a lot of adventures and babbles later, it’s fair to say we had an eventful, but very good week.
