early easter celebration

since we are going to be in columbus for easter this year we had an early celebration with susan, jimmy, and laura this past sunday. jack had a mini easter egg hunt in our backyard.

grandmol showing jack where the egg is

we made yummy shrimp and grits for dinner and susan made these cute easter basket cupcakes for dessert!

fun family saturday!

we went to the zoo this past saturday. ty, emmie, and frank were supposed to come but emmie got the stomach bug :( so we decided to still go! we had so much fun! jack really likes looking at all the animals and petting the goats and sheep. we went to gilchrist afterward so that johnny could try their cherry limeade and pimento cheese blt. he approved! jack had a hot dog and really did great at lunch

this one is for my dad!

jack got to pet the goats again! he loves the goats :)

some of the sheep were out from behind the rope so he got to pet some of them too

hey sheep!

the goats are so good!

i think the lemurs are funny!

everybody has been telling us that jack looks like johnny...we just think he looks like jack! but in this picture he does look like johnny!

i think this is the same monkey from last time we were there with grandmol! jack likes him :)

we went to botanical gardens later saturday afternoon. it was beautiful outside! jack really could care less about the beautiful flowers...all he wants to do is play with the sticks and throw rocks! such a boy!

jack loves his daddy

i LOVE this picture!

he was so proud to ride on his daddy's shoulders!

17 months old and drum lesson

jack is still really into his legos. he plays with them every day and every night. it is really fun to watch him build stuff and see him getting better and better at it. one of my favorite parts about him playing with them is seeing him clean up with me and then the best part is when he carries the bag of legos over to where we keep them in the den. it is so funny because the bag is like as big as he is and it is pretty heavy. he is such a good cleaner upper!

jack loves his drum we got from his gymboree class. he doesn't get to play with it all the time because he likes to stick the drum stick in his mouth or up his nose!! so it is a special toy that he gets to play with mommy and daddy.
anyway, he was playing like kiss the other night (sticking his tongue out)

seriously, he is soooo cute!

hey daddy!

i can't believe that jack is already 17 months old!! crazy! in 1 month he will be a year and a half old! even crazier!
about our 17 month old baby:
* loves hot dogs and strawberries
* got his first kiss from clara
* waves at all animals and says "hey"
* loves to say hey to other babies
* likes to play with sticks in our backyard
* sleeps through the night :)
* not nursing anymore
* loves to dump out pete's water bowl :(
* favorite toy: legos
* likes to sit in his chair and read books
* shows he likes: yo gabba gabba, elmo, olivia, wonder pets
* says: "opa" open, hey, "d" dip, momma, dada, "bubba" bubble

our nicknames for him:
* goober
* rooskie
* booger bear
* jack jack

zoo day with grandmol

susan, jack, and i went to the zoo on friday morning. we had so much fun! jack really enjoyed seeing all the animals and waving hey at almost all of them! he liked having his grandmol there with him. there was a lot of construction there but that didn't stop us from having a great time. i don't mind the construction because that just means that it is going to get better and better.
this one is for papa! jack loved watching the chickens and roosters!

waving at the goats

waving at the sheep


waving at the goat


waving at the sheep again

jack was so much fun at the petting zoo. he was so excited to see all the goats and sheep. he was really gentle with them (thank goodness) and not scared at all!

petting the goat

i thought this sheep was so funny! it was sound asleep :)

grandmol and jack trying to find the cat

jack would rather look at the big boys i guess instead of looking at the cool tiger! just kidding. he liked the tiger too but really just wanted to be like the big boys
jack looking at the monkey cleaning its tail.

the new gorilla

mama and jack looking at the gorilla



you can tell from this video that jack was super excited about saying hey to all the animals!

happy st patricks day

i can't believe how much he has changed since last year...

his hair definitely looks better!
this shirt reminds me of something my granddaddy frank would wear to play golf.

such a ham!

i think i have said this before but this is what jack likes to do with the laundry. he puts it on his head and thinks that it is hilarious that he can't see where he is going.

we made johnny's beer green for st. patrick's day!

making rice krispy treats

helping mama do laundry

first family rice krispy making night!!

jack loves to do this...he acts like he is going to give us a bite of his food and then right when it gets to our mouth he takes it away and...

eats it!!

you can see what is left of his gymbo stamp from his gymboree class that day

trip to columbus

we went to mimi and papa's house this past weekend and jack had a blast. of course he went right for the oven toy saturday morning. he slept so good there this time. yay for jack! we went to hollywood connections saturday after jack's nap and had so much fun! jack really enjoyed his time there and so did all the adults!

jack loved going down the slide

for some reason this is how jack wanted to ride on the ferris wheel. i thought it was so funny...because a) he is weird and b) when we went up other people probably thought i was riding it by myself

riding the carousel with papa

my dad said that jack just wanted to watch the gears turning. johnny and i say this a lot but we think he is going to either be an engineer or a chef!

riding the train with daddy!

riding the train with mimi

waving hello to everybody!

this is how jack plays ski ball!!

stir stir stir it up!

jack would scoop up the balls and try to walk while balancing them in his spoon


look papa!