Trip to Athens

Here he is tickling sweet Jack... I think Michael is a little overwhelmed with two!

Jay is helping Cristen burp Jack....he thought it was pretty fun beating the baby and not getting fussed at! I think Jack is confused about the game though. :)

Loving on the Rogers' dog, Gus....

Our boys swinging!

My favorite!! Sweet, germ-infested, toddler kisses for little baby Jack!

Talking...

Exploring UGA campus with Daddy.

Checking out the fishpond.

Smelling flowers.

he spent the majority of our time there chasing squirrels....he couldn't understand why they kept getting away.

I have some pictures of our short trip over to Athens to play with Jack, Michael and Cristen's 6 month old. He was precious....I forgot how sweet and easy to entertain they are at that age. And Jack, especially, was so laid back and adorable. I was so nervous the whole time though just waiting for jay to walk over and hit him or throw something at him. Jay was as gentle as I could hope for, with only a few close calls, and had a great time playing "babysitter" when we would let him.

Jay is still a wild man every day and I do my best to get him out of the house in the mornings. Even it is just to the park, it gives him time to run around and be crazy so that he is content to hang around the house in the afternoon. He is still loving "school" and probably would rather me just take him there every day so he can be with his friends. They sent me home with a stack of "artwork" the other day and I almost teared up....it was so cute. I am going to hang them up in his playroom so he can marvel at his artistic abilities.

I have lost count of how many words he says...everyday he just repeats what I say. Some words stick and others we have to work at a little more. Some of the new words that he says over and over are "rice", "tractor", "socks", "bath", "fish sticks", "firetruck", "balloon" and "slide". He tries so hard to say "gorilla" but just can't seem to make it happen. When I say a long word that he can't repeat, he just says, "dat dat dat" for however many syllables the word has and does it so confidently that I am almost convinced he said it right. He says "bye-bye!" to literally everything....book, toys, trash, car, bathtub, grocery store, tree, dirt, clothes, etc. If I have to get him to move on that is a sure way to get him to cooperate. I just say, "tell the slide bye!" and he gets so excited about saying it that he forgets about not wanting to stop. It is a little embarrassing though to say bye to every item in the grocery store. Who knows what people think about me until they see that I am just trying to appease my toddler.

The other day he found his toolbench that we had put up for Christmas in the garage. I heard him banging on something and ran out to find him "working"....he also repeats a few words with me.