The adventures of the new fort on Fort

My mom arrived on October 22 to hopefully help me begin doing some renovations to our new home.  We haven’t closed yet, but are awaiting news to close VERY soon.  Everything looks good on the loan, so the owners let us get in early to start painting.  Where to start?  With 10 projects in our heads, we just started upstairs.  In two days we painted 3 bedrooms, 3 closets, one hallway and one ceiling!  (lots of wall, trim and carpet taping....that part takes the longest I think!)  Whew! But, we are “get ‘er done” type of women. 

Jack has been a great trooper (or should I say napper) these past few days.  We’ve gotten a lot accomplished in his nap times and get our errands run during his awake times.  He’s just great! Pics to come!!!!  Now, off to bed because tomorrow we finish painting the trim in my bedroom and start taking down A LOT of wallpaper....oh yay.  Can’t wait. 

Jack Update 6-7 Months Old

Jack 6.5 Months! (I wrote this on Oct. 11, but am just now posting...oops)

-Jack started crawling (well, scooting – getting on knees, making a little leap frog movement, flattening out and then getting back on knees.  Somehow he seems to get from from side of the room to the other.  Now, he does it quite quickly....although he still doesn’t look like a “real” crawl...it’s definitely considered crawling in my book.  He can even turn around and come back the other way....especially if he sees the compter in front of me...like now.  He just loves to try to get his little fingers all over these keys. 

-He doesn’t quite sit up on his own yet though.  I try to work on this, but he just leans sideways or back and wants to get movin! 

-He started eating rice and oat cereal at 5.5 months and loves it.  Just last week I started feeding him peas and green beans...oh and some prunes...for the same reason we all eat prunes..ha.   it worked. 

-He giggles more and more

-He sleeps great at night – a consistent 10-11 hours!  Still napping 3 times a day, he gets tired out easily – like his mom I guess.

-He can easily grab things, pass items from hand to hand, put it in his mouth, drop it and pick it back up. 

-I feel like he’s been “teething” for a few month: drool, fussiness, biting on things, etc but no teeth to show for it yet.

Jack 7 Months (Oct. 25)

-          Jack sits up on his own now for several minutes.  I still need to be nearby, but he takes the face-plant falls like man...that’s my boy J

-          He crawls all over – and getting faster each day! and likes to take a few "steps" on his hands and feet (see pic below).  

-          Jack snuggles into me when I kiss his little neck and it’s sooo cute.   I love it.

-          Today he took two long naps...here’s to hoping we transition to two good naps a day, instead of 3 that are a bit shorter.

-          Jack talks and blabs on and on.  Music to my ears.  He is getting close to saying dada...on purpose. 

-          He is eating all sorts of foods, like green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, spinach and even some organic puffs for a snack.  And he loves eating!