03.20.16 – Happy Birthday, Jack!

Jack is 1 today! Of all four kiddos, he's the only one to go after his cake face first. He did finally figure out how to use his hands, but those photos aren't nearly as adorable as these. Happy birthday, Jack! We love you!

03.19.16 – Open mouth kisses

Jack is learning to give open mouth kisses and they are the best!

03.18.16 – Like this?

Tommy has been teaching Jack how to stick his tongue out. They're brothers, so they'll probably do lots of dumb stuff together.

03.17.16 – Loungin'

With a high near 70 and no wind, it was a perfect day to kick off your socks, put up your feet, and enjoy a stroller ride through Botanica.

03.16.16 – Hangin' with Grandma Shepherd

Grandma Shepherd logged a long shift of day care today.
Somehow, I don't think she minded it too much.

03.15.16 – Big sis

03.14.16 – Happy eater

03.13.16 – Long walks on the beach

Or short walks around the lake, which is what happened with Gramma Karen tonight after she, Grampy Keith, and Nan came over for dinner tonight.

03.12.16 – Everyone loves a parade?

That's what they say although you wouldn't know it by looking at the expressionless faces in this photo from the St. Patrick's Day parade today.

03.11.16 – Dinner date

Remember when Jack was a baby and we kept trying to get photos of him and Harley together? Well, no problem with that now! 

03.10.16 – Crayons for breakfast

03.09.16 – Big shoes to fill

If you take your shoes off in our house, check
them before you put them back on as you're likely
to find binks, remotes, plastic easter eggs, or other
random surprises in them!

03.08.16 – Penguin bum

As worried as we were that Jack might take
a long time to crawl, he's now pulling himself
up on his knees on everything. He'll be standing
soon, without a doubt.

03.07.16 – H2O distribution engineer

Most of the time, we do a good job at remembering
to pick Harley's bowls off the floor so Jack can't get
them. But occasionally we forget, and water ends up
all over Jack and the floor.

03.06.16 – Planning the next road trip

Jack contemplates our next road trip. Will it be round trip or one way?

03.05.16 – Push

Jack pushes his new (to him) milk truck across our new living room rug.

03.04.16 – Happy Hour!

03.03.16 – That tired

You know you're tired when you fall asleep sitting down.

03.02.16 – Mashed taters

03.01.16 – Wave

02.29.16 – "What do you mean this is off limits?"

02.28.16 – Open wide

Jack enjoys some frozen yogurt at Orange Leaf.

02.27.16 – Jack in the box

02.26.16 – Secret passageway

02.25.16 – Rabbits

02.24.16 – Drop it!

Jack is learning to drop food on the floor for Harley.

02.23.16 – Pot and Pan Band

02.22.16 – Waterfall

02.21.16 – Jack's getting a roommate!

Thanks to Brian and Emily for giving us their old crib, we're starting to get Jack's room set up for his brother or sister's arrival in April. He was pretty excited about all the action. We'll see how excited he is when the new one arrives.

02.20.16 – R&R

02.19.16 – Wanna go outside

02.18.16 – Bedtime Boys

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02.17.16 – Steam showers

Though you wouldn't know it from the look on his face, Jack's been feeling pretty lousy lately. We've been a lot of steam showers lately hoping to break up his congestion.

02.16.16 – Master bath

Sadly, Jack gets to bathe in the garden tub more often than mom or dad.

02.15.16 – Dinosaur toy

Jack's new favorite toy is one of our favorites, too. Glad we get to pull it out of storage one more time.

02.14.16 – Bustin' out

Jack tries to break his way through the newly installed baby gate on the stairs leading to the basement.

02.13.16 – I want to speak to my grandma

We've gotten a lot of mileage out of this shirt from
Grandma Shepherd. Jack is the fourth kid to wear it.

02.12.16 – Hide and seek

02.11.16 – Sittin' up in bed

Found Jack sitting up in bed for the first time.

02.10.16 – Happy to be outside

The unseasonably warm winter continues and
we were as happy as Jack to find him outside
at pickup from daycare today.

02.09.16 – Dum Ditty Dum Ditty Dum Dum Dum

Drumming on the kitchen step stools.

02.08.16 – Breakfast for dinner

Monday night is Breakfast for Dinner in this house – pancakes

from scratch, bacon or sausage, scrambled eggs, and fruit.

02.07.16 – Bedtime selfie

A quick selfie before bed with Dad and Tommy.

02.06.16 – Nan

Jack got to see his Nan tonight as she and others came over for Nate's birthday party.

02.05.16 – Wave

Jack likes to wave "hello!" these days.

02.04.16 – Happy baby

02.03.16 – Blessing

Jack received his first blessing tonight at Mass for the
Feast of St. Blaise.

02.02.16 – Balloons!

Jack was very happy with the balloons his brothers and sister brought home from the dentist today.

02.01.16 – Reach for it!

After some concern that Jack might not get the hang of crawling, he finally did it today! Of course, he was only interested in crawling if it meant getting something he shouldn't have.

01.31.16 – Gimme that ...

... it's mine!