More Christmas Fun

Learning to play nicely

It is amazing how much fun wrapping paper can be for babies. They had so much fun tasting the different kinds!

Christmas

One happy family on Christmas morning. Thanks for all of the wonderful presents!

We like to call this "The Teething Monster." Jack has been pretty funny lately because he constantly wants something in his mouth to chew on. You have to be really careful not to get too close to his face or this normally mild mannered baby will grab your hair and lunge out you with his mouth open. It is almost like being attacked by a wild animal. It is pretty funny to watch.

We hope that everyone had a really wonderful Christmas. We sure did and will post more pictures as soon as Christian gets home with the camera!

Jumping Jacks

Here's a better quality video of Jack in his jumpy chair, professionally edited by me (Christian) and everything. The only thing missing from this video is him shrieking at the top of his lungs in a note so high and piercing, it would break glass... that'll be in the next video

Dinnertime!

Chubby Baby

So Jack is getting better at sitting up by himself. Here he is sitting on Mary. I love the look on his face, like a moose in the headlights...

Snowy Day

It snowed last weekend, but we're just now getting to posting some pics... I know, we're slackers, but whatever, enjoy the winter wonderland

Yummy Toes

When a teething ring or his thumb won't do, Jack likes to chew on his toes. Man babies are flexible!

New Video!

This video, while not very exciting, is in response to many many requests from a certain female cousin, we'll call her L. Stancliff ... no, that's too obvious.... Lucy S. The quality is not too great, and Mary is a bit of a shaky cameraman, but you do get too see Jack in his bouncy chair, which he loves. So enjoy, and there will be more and better quality to come, we promise.

Champs again!

Me and Jack getting pumped for the game. Jack went over to Aunt Lynne's house to watch, because it was a bit too cold outside for babies. He wasn't excited about being left behind, as you can see from the picture. Sorry Jack, there's always next year...

Scoreboard!

Here are a few pics from the BYU - Yewtah game today. It was an exciting game, with the Cougars pulling out the victory, 17-10. We got to go out on the field and see them win their 2nd Mountain West Conference trophy in as many years. Good times.

A Week of Firsts

This was Jack's first time eating rice cereal. He wasn't very impressed!

On Thanksgiving we let him try sweet potatoes for the first time. Too bad his were the unsweetened pureed kind and not the wonderfully sweet ones that us adults got to eat! We went to Aunt Lynne's for dinner and it was fantastic. I have to admit it was nice not to have to cook. (It looks a little like I have a beard in this picture but it's just Jack's Thanksgiving Mohawk.)

On Friday, we went to watch the lighting of a giant Christmas tree close to our house. This was one of the times that living downtown really paid off. In addition to all of the people trying to get to the lighting festivities, there was a Jazz game about a block away. While thousands of people paid up to $12 for a parking spot, we just bundled up Jack, put him in his stroller, and walked over. It was a lot of fun.

Huh?

This face made us both laugh, so we had to put it on. Very expressive eyebrows, Jack.

Not A Good Idea

This is what happens when you lift a baby over your head right after feeding him...
This is Mary calling me at work after it happened. At least her mouth was closed.

Fall Fun

We spent our weekend outside enjoying the beautiful weather! On Friday, went for a walk in a park and stopped to take some fall pictures. Saturday we went down to Provo to watch the women's soccer team battle UNLV for the Mountain West title. We never got to see them win it while we were students and so it was a fantastic victory. One quick side note story...We got down to the game and got Jack out and into the front pack. At that point we started looking for the diaper bag and realized that we both spaced out and didn't bring it! Since Jack had eaten not long before, we figured it wouldn't be a big deal and started walking to the game. That is when I started to feel a wet and warm sensation at the bottom of the front pack. So the one and only time that we forget to bring the diaper bag...Jack leaked out the side of this diaper and we are without a clean one and a change of clothes! So we got back in the car, ran to the store, and made it back before kick-off. We have learned our diaper bag lesson.


Jack is laughing in this picture because he doesn't have a diaper on and is playing with dad while Mom is rushing around the store trying to buy one!

Happy Halloween!!

Jack decided to be a Hot Dog for Halloween, in honor of his favorite SNL sketch with Will Ferrell as Harry Caray. Mmmmmmmmm......hotdogs......

Witches, Witches Everywhere...

Today we went and visited Gardiner Village. It 's this cute little shopping village made up of Pioneer cabins and houses . The shop owners go all out for Halloween and the place is crawling with witches. Going there has become a Halloween tradition and it was a lot of fun to show it to Jack.

This looks like a giant black and purple boa, but it is in fact a woman dressed up as a witch with a pet spider. I think she looks fantastic!

Baby Kirsten's Visit!

" Talk to the hand Kirsten"



Lizanne and Kirsten came to visit this weekend, and the babies had fun getting to know each other. Kirsten is teaching Jack a thing or two about rolling around...

Bouncy Chair Aerobics

Since we finally figured out how to post videos, here is another one of Jack doing his daily calisthenics.

Dolphin Squeaks

This is Jack's impersonation of a dolphin. Who knows, maybe he has a career at Sea World ahead of him... The picture is sideways because Mary is still learning how to use the camera.... :)

Visit from Grandma and Aunts

Grandma and Jack

This is me and Jack getting ready to watch the BYU football game last Saturday. He doesn't have a cougar shirt yet, but only because the bookstore was out when we went...

Tummy Time

In this picture, he had such a sly devlish grin that we had to embellish it a little...

Yup, he's a little drooler

I think Jack was having a bad day, as you can see from this picture, he didn't want to be photographed. Seriously, I didn't set this up.

Bouncing and Blowing Bubbles

Lately Jack has acquired a new talent of blowing bubbles. He drools a lot more as well and so it isn't too hard to turn the drool into a few fantastic bubbles. He also loves to kick his legs at some of his toys. It is a good thing too because I don't think the creases in his legs could get much deeper!

Meeting Aunt Carly

Aunt Carly stopped in Salt Lake on her way down to California and we were able to meet her at the airport. It was great to see her and hopefully next time we'll see her for a lot longer!!