Getting Ready for Abbott

There were just too many pictures to post in one blog so here's the rest from our trip to Nashville.
Jack is getting braver and braver around Roxie and he even "pay rary rope". He would hold the rope and Uncle Ryan would tell Roxie when to jump and get it. Jack got a big kick out of her jumping.
Jack often asks us to turn "mumicnon" so Popo and Moma Jo took advantage of music on and danced.
Kelly got quite a few things at her shower. This is the quilt that Abbott's great Wannie made for him.
Jack made a new friend, Carson, at the shower. She is one month older than him and super cute. I think it's a little early to start picking Jack's girlfriends but I would approve of Carson.
Jack is going to be so confused when baby Abbott actually arrives. I think right now that Kelly's belly is a baby Abbott. He loves the belly, nonetheless.

Snow Fun

When we lived in Amarillo, there was a saying that if you didn't like the weather, wait 15 minutes and it would change. I'm beginning to think that applies to just about anywhere you may live. We went to Nashville this weekend for another baby shower for Kelly and we woke up Saturday to about 2 inches of snow. This is this first significant amount of snow Jack has seen and all morning he wanted to "pay no". So, we played in the snow and he loved it. Of course, the child came out in me and I made a snow angel. Oh wait... the child is always in me!!!

What a Kid!!

It is amazing how fast "baby" Jack is changing into "toddler" Jack. He has such a vocabulary and is able to communicate so well. I'll share a few conversations with you.

Saturday we helped our friend Bailey celebrate her first birthday. We went shopping for her birthday present and after choosing a CD at Border's we made a trip to Wal-Mart. We discussed buying things for Bailey for her birthday and as I handed Jack a set of cleaning pads he said, "Bay Bay." I asked if he wanted to give those to Bailey and he gave me his silly face grin and laughed.
On the way to the party he wanted to take his "yew off" in the car. I told him not to take his shoes off, we were going to see Bailey and Amy. He said, "Eat Bay Bay, eat Amy." Yes Jack, we'll eat with Amy and Bailey once we get to their house. Again, I got the silly face grin. I think that means he likes the answer I give him!
Today we went to Popo and Momo's to enjoy the nice weather. Jack walks in and calls for "Ju", which is George the cat. George was taking in some sun. After approximately 30 seconds of being there he said, "drive Popo tractor". Guess who got to drive Popo's tractor? Even Momo drove Popo's tractor. After that he went "up up up, now now now" the hill in the backyard.
Mom and I got suckered into some girl scout cookies today and we chose thin mints. Once we got home we offered one to Jack. I think he actually ate about 4 and kept saying, "more chachit cookie."
Once we got home, he helped Jarred clean out the garage. He is quite talented with a "weep" and we let him do it whenever he wants. It is also important to sweep and have a bucket handy.

Our favorite conversations usually go a lot like this:

Mom: Jack, what do you want to eat?
Jack: ha dog
Mom: You want a hot dog?
Jack: noonels
Mom: You want a hot dog and noodles?
Jack: No


Mom: Jack, today we get to go to gymnastics!
Jack: nanics!
Mom: Let's get your clothes on so we can go.
Jack: No
Mom: Do you want to go to gymnastics?
Jack: No

I think you get the idea. :)

A few pics from our week.

As we wait for the estimate from the insurance adjuster, we fill our time playing with Jack. Ok, ok, we do that anyway but we are anxiously awaiting the estimate and the money so we can finally start to get our house fixed. For those of you who don't know yet, they are probably going to tear off the whole roof and ceiling from our living room to the garage (about 70% of the house) which means we'll be packing stuff up and storing it until the house is fixed. Yipee. I just hope it can happen fairly quickly. Anyway, enjoy these pics.

Jack & daddy reading his choo choo book. Of course, you can't read without the crocs and tractor hat.

We went to the Lady Vols game on Sunday. We didn't get to watch too much because Jack preferred to walk around the arena.
A little blurry, but it's obvious he's singing Rocky Top.
Playing creep mouse.
We were able to play outside today and he had so much fun. He would have stayed outside all day driving his tractor and putting leaves in his dump truck. I'm officially ready for spring so we can play outside even more.

Just a few more pictures of Jack

He's so goofy around Aunt Kelly.
Throwing rocks from the flower bed.
Look closely, you can see the marker on his face.
Hammin' it up while eating mak mee (see previous post)

He's growing up so fast...

Jack's fitting in quite well in East Tennessee, already growing a beard and missing teeth.
He really loves to eat his "mak mee" or as we call them, black beans. We have to undress because they're a little messy. Tonight after the mak mee he wanted "addyda" (also known as applesauce). He really likes addyda and tonight decided to try it with "dewitts" (or carrots). A few nights ago, Jarred and I were eating something and had tortilla chips with it. Jack wanted a chip- he says that pretty well- and decided to eat that with his addyda. He dipped the chip in the applesauce and said, "mmmmm chip addyda." I guess it's better than it sounds because he ate several of them.

Coincidence or Genius?

Lately, Jack has been putting more and more words and thoughts together and is beginning to tell us things he wants, etc. Some of the things he does make me sit back and think, "hmmmm, does he really know that or is that a coincidence?" Here are some examples:

We are cleaning the living room a few days ago and Jack has a box of alphabet books. We read these a lot, but don't really say, "This is A, B, C," etc. We just read the books. As I want to put them all away, he wants to sit and read them all so I say, "Jack, where is your R book? Go find me your R book." He puts his little hands up like "I don't know" but runs off around the living room to search. Just a few minutes later he comes back and hands me the R book. Now... does he really know it's the R book or did he just happen to pick up the book I asked for?
This weekend, we were sitting at the table and Jack was sitting in Kelly's lap. He asked for some "druit" so my mom gave him some "juies" (cherries). She put 4 cherries down on the table. He ate one and then said, "dree juies". Kelly and I looked at each other and just said, "Nooo." Again, is he just that smart or is it a coincidence?
Jack is so funny when "A-deddy" is around. I think he might like her just a little bit. Of course, it helps that she is just a little silly! We had a fun weekend with her here and we're anxious to see Abbott. It will be so fun to see these two little boys play together.

Once we got home on Sunday, we discovered some more frustrations from the tree falling on our house. It rained all day so the roof leaked and there was water all in our kitchen. We cleaned it up and nothing was damaged so again, we're pretty lucky. We're waiting for the adjuster to come out Friday (he was supposed to come today) so I'll get some estimates in the meantime. Mom and dad keep saying we're going to get a new kitchen out of this and they may be right. I hope it's a cool kitchen, since I'm such a good cook!