Tornado

Yesterday afternoon Jack and I were taking siestas when John came in and told me that he thought we probably needed to go to the closet. I grabbed a bottle from the fridge, and Jack and I went to our closet. John has a separate closet that he can take the dogs into with him. The news was on in the background, and I kept hearing locations that were coming closer and closer to our house. I was pretty nervous. Jack, on the other hand, was only interested in eating that bottle that I brought with me. When the name of my friend's neighborhood was announced, I started to pray. I know she is really frightened of bad weather, and all I could think of was her and her 7 month old in danger. So, I grabbed my cell phone and began my fruitless attempts to call her. Call failed was all my phone would tell me, nothing about if she was alright. In the end, her house was spared, but too many around her were destroyed. The storm came close to our house. We live right off the intersection of Dejarnette and New Lascassas Road; just outside the green arrow on the map. Unfortunately, there were casualties in the storm. A mother and her nine week old daughter were killed. So sad. This one struck too close to home!

Tummy Time Troubles

Jack used to be really good about tummy time. Now he seems to have developed an aversion to any time not spent on his back. It's difficult when your baby is so happy if you just let him lay on his back all of the time and stare at the octopus above his playmat. You're tempted to let him do what makes him happy even though you know that it's best for his development if he spends some time on his tummy. So, we are trying to gradually add some more tummy time into Jack's day. Wish us luck!

Rawrr- Sleep!

I haven't said anything for a few days because I was afraid of jinxing it, but I think Jack is now a once-a-night baby. For the last five nights, I have only had to get up with him once. John was the brains behind the operation. Last weekend when Jack woke up for his first feeding, John beat me to him. He just put Jack's pacifier back in his mouth, and the baby fell right back to sleep! Ever since then, if Jack fusses before 2 am, I just give him his pacifier and he goes back to sleep. Thank you, Daddy! You could not have made Mommy happier even if you'd brought home huge diamond earrings! Funny how sleep can make you happier than diamonds after having a newborn...

Jack's Juice Box

Playing Hard

This morning Jack was having a blast on his playmat, so I decided to try to videotape his excitement. He is especially fond of the hanging octopus who we have named Ollie, and he has recently discovered the mirror which is what he is looking into in this video. Like usual, he was a little camera shy, but he really gets into it near the end of the video.