Little Houdini

Last night Jack woke me up at around 5 am. He had managed to free both arms from his super-duper swaddling blanket. Great.... swaddling won't work anymore. He seemed very pleased with himself and enjoyed waving his hands around in the air. I just flipped him over, stuck a paci in his mouth and went back to bed.

This morning Jack was playing in his saucer when he started to whine. Little Houdini was at it again. He had pulled his arm inside his pajamas. But he didn't think it was as useful for sucking on when covered in terry cloth.

Mirror Image

Dan and I got Jack a mirror for Christmas. Jack thinks he's very handsome and spends lots of time every day primping in front of it.

Jack's been getting good at squealing and making happy baby noises when he plays with his toys. He's also getting better at playing with things - including his pacifier. He can hold it in place and pull it out. He hasn't yet figured out how to put it back in. That's my job.

Merry Christmas

Right before the Christmas Eve services.

Forget about smashed bananas and rice cereal...

Checkin' out some presents from the Mertens.

My new slippers!

When I put Jack in the water spills out!

The finger

After 3 months of testing, Jack has settled on a finger. He vigorously tested various finger, thumb and fist combinations - left fist, right fist, both fists, three fingers, two from each hand, finger and thumb, etc... It was looking for a while like he might settle on the whole fist. Or possibly even both fists at once. But a few days ago he made his final decision. He prefers his right index finger. Maybe someday he'll realize that God created the thumb for sucking.

Week before Christmas

I asked Jack to smile for the camera - and this is what he did for me.

3 Month Birthday!

The past several mornings Jack has been giving us this really funny smile where he sticks his bottom lip under his gums. This isn't a real good picture of it, but it's funny.

So Jack turned 1/4 a year on Wednesday. He's really enjoying his saucer more and more. Everyday he figures out how to do something new with it.

I think he's really starting to change in his looks. Especially in these pictures. He's looking more like a busy little boy than a baby.

A plethora of pictures

You're in for a treat this week. I found a bunch of pictures on our computer that Uncle Chris took at Thanksgiving time. So I take no credit for how good the pictures look. Well okay, I'll take some credit for how cute Jack is :-)

He's really irked that he didn't get any cheesecake.