Jack's First Vacation

We just spent a wonderful five days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was a blast. We hiked, whitewater rafted (not Jack), ate at some great resturants, and explored the area. Our good friends Chase and Carrie live up there and we got to meet their kids, Reese and James, for the first time. Our condo was in Teton Village and had two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a kitchen. Mary came along and it was the perfect size for the four of us. Jack did so well! He slept great in his play yard and was perfect on the drive there and back - it took about six hours each way with stops. We loved the Tetons and I saw a moose. We also saw Ospray, which look a lot like Bald Eagles and make their nests on power poles. It was a great vacation and we can't wait to start planning more!

Moving?

We have taken our house off the market! After three offers the pressure was on to except one. The problem was we could not find anything we wanted to buy. We looked at about fifty houses and made an offer on a short sale which fell through. So we decided to take our house off the market and consider building. We are now pretty confident our house will sell when ready. So now we are looking at lots and different floor plans. We'll see!

Jack's First Birthday

As the saying goes, "time flies!" Jack is already one. It has been an amazing year! We had a great party for him. We did a pool party/luau. There were nine babies and about twenty adults there. Everyone swam and played in the pool and then we had Hawaiian food. Jack devuored a cupcake while we sung to him. Finally, just before all the babies tuckered out we opened gifts. All the kids helped open gifts so it was quite chaotic (special thanks to cousin Brooks for his assistance with trying out all the new toys). Jack's cousin from St. George came up along with his Mimi and Pappa so we had a full house all weekend which was really fun!

Memorial Day

Jack loves the water! We spent our first day at the pool over Memorial day weekend and he did not want to get out of the water.

In other news, we have decided to test the market. Kyle and I listed our house about three weeks ago. We have already had two offers. The first one was good but we asked to stay in the house until the end of June and they needed to move in sooner. The second offer was not as good. We don't have to move and won't be overly disappointed if we don't sell. We don't want to give our house away and are going to hold out for the right offer. We have been looking around and their are some nice houses out there. So far we have not found the right house to meet our needs. The hunt continues.

So up until last week Jack was walking with assistance pretty much non-stop. Last week he decided he had enough of depending on us and began to cruise around on his own. He is still a little unsteady but the other day he walked the length of the house. When we are outdoors I hold his hand so he doesn't fall. He is not even ten months yet! He had a doctors appointment the other day and is in the 90th % for his height! He is only in the 25% for his weight, he was in teh 50th and dropped. Our doc said it is probably because he is so active.

Growing up

An update on Jack! He is scooting everywhere but has yet to crawl. We are not sure he will crawl as he loves to walk EVERYWHERE. We spend our days assisting him around the house. We bought a wonderful contraption called "walking wings" which hook around his middle and relieve our backs while walking around the house. He is saying "mama" "dada" and a whole bunch of babble regularly now. He has also learned how to sit from a laying position and I find him sitting up in his crib pretty regularly. He is definitely developing a great personality and is a lot of fun!