Late Night Adventures of Jack

Well, Jack's late night adventures aren't actually super exciting...mostly eating and burping and being persuaded to fall back asleep as quickly as possible. Jim, however, is fairly entertaining at 3 in the morning. Now, Jim is a true champ, he changes all the diapers in the middle of the night, and will help if Jack is fussy or needs extra time before falling asleep...but as long as Jack is just eating, Jim keeps sleeping, which is fine with me. Several nights ago, I sat up feeding Jack and had pulled one of Jack's baby blankets over my shoulders because I was cold. Apparently the edge of the blanket had fallen on Jim's hand or shoulder as he slept next to me, and next thing I know, Jim has grabbed the blanket, pulled it off of my shoulders and spread it out over his chest...all without opening his eyes. Now, Miss Anne (Jim's Mom) has told stories about Jim's childhood blanket, but I didn't know the need still existed...

A few nights later, Jack was especially sleepy during a feeding, but at one point opened his eyes and looked at me. I said, "Oh there you are." Jim, again, sleeping next to me, stirred, but without opening his eyes, said " Here I am. I'm right here." then rolled over. Very reassuring.


Jack with his Dad...very snuggly.

Jack is usally pretty alert after he eats around 5 pm...which makes for excellent time with Dad and the guitar.




By the way, I think I can see some resemblance to cousin Eli in the picture above...anyone else?

Jack's 2 week check up was good. He weighed in at 8 pounds 11 ounces and 21 inches. He's been amazing us by lifting his head a lot when he's on his belly, tried to capture it on film, but only got the backside!



Family Visits:
On Friday we dropped Kristen's Mom, Kathy off at the airport, she was a huge blessing as she stayed with us for the past 3 weeks. Pics forthcoming from her visit. The rest of Kristen's immediate family came up for
Christmas. Jaymes and Katie arrived the day before Jack was born, and Michael came in on the 24th. We're looking forward to Miss Anne coming out to Utah from Baltimore in a few weeks...can't wait for Jack to meet his other grandmother!

Jaymes and Kathy with Jack