He left us! He left us!!

Jack has started his separation anxiety phase. He'll wake up a several times at night crying. It's really quite sad. Since we don't really know anyone here in Brighton that we can leave Jack with (except for the church nursery), I'm getting concerned that he will get much too attached and will not want to be left alone with anyone else. I have been around him constantly lately, except for the couple of times I have gotten groceries while Jeremy stayed with him. When I am away from him, I feel very weird, like I should be taking care of him, but he's not there for me to take care of. For instance, when we're in the the car, I frequently check the backseat mirror to see if he's ok. The two times I've been in the car without him since we've been here, I kept checking that mirror, and it felt very wrong that he was not in his seat. It's like walking around without my arm, or something. I may not be feeling separation anxiety, but I am definitely feeling separation confusion. Anyhow, it's kind of frustrating that he keeps waking up through the night crying, but on the other hand, it makes me feel like the most important person in the world.

Jack's new hair-d'oh!

I can't believe today was the first time I utilized the gas station located right next to our apartment complex. I was in the middle of cooking and I realized that I didn't have any milk. Well, I had already realized I was out of milk, but I suddenly realized that I needed milk for the meal I was preparing. So, I grabbed Jack and walked over to the gas station. I made it there and back in about five minutes. Pretty sweet. One thing this experience has taught me is that it's quite a feat to carry Jack in one arm and a gallon of milk in the other, whilst walking up two flights of stairs. Quite a work out for my arms. Anyhow, the point of this paragraph was to let you know this: there is a gas station close to our apartment. What's that? I'm boring you? Well you're boring me!

(I meant to post this before that last video)
Jeremy and I decided it was about time for Jack to get a haircut. But how do you cut the hair of a 9 month old baby? Answer: I don't know. We figured scissors were out of the question, since that boy jerks his head around like a little bird. So we thought we'd try using the clippers. We decided to use the second shortest guard, because it seemed appropriate for a baby-sized head. We should have known this was wrong though, because even though Jack is a baby, his head is certainly not baby-sized. To make a long unfortunate story short, we didn't realize this mistake in time, and now Jack's hair is much shorter than we wanted it to be. I almost cried. We have video of this taking place, but it's much too traumatic for me to post. Maybe someday... but I doubt it.

Before this happened, Jeremy said that with Jack's hair combed he looked like Calvin (of 'And Hobbes' fame). Mainly, the difference between the unkempt and combed looks. But Jack's butchered hair look reminded him even more of butchered hair Calvin. See?





In other news, yesterday marked Jack's first trip into a swimming pool. He didn't like it at first until he realized it was splashable.





I have one more picture to post. It's one of my new favorites.

Door goes open, door goes shut.

Presenting Jack's new obsession with doors:

Jack on the box.

Just so you all don't think I'm really slow at unpacking, I'd like to clarify that this video is from the day the movers came. I'm just slow at YouTubing.

It's weird because it seems like Jack has already grown a lot since this video. He's definitely gotten a lot better at moving around and standing against things, like the couch. He often times will hold on with one hand, which leads me to believe that steps are not too far away. I actually let go of him today to see if he could balance freestanding and he did for several seconds. He seemed pretty pleased with himself. But I don't have a video of that, ok? I just have this video. Be happy with what you got.

Please don't kill me, freaky Jason.

Drew posted this picture a long time ago, I think, but I wanted to remind everyone just how scary Jeremy can't be. Can. I meant can.

Put a wet rag on that kid's head.

I was just uploading some pictures to put on Flickr, and I wanted to blog a few of them.

Here are some pictures of Jack after a rare 2 hour nap. He's got some seriously kickin' sleep hair.




And here's a pretty sweet picture of Jeremy playing with Jack on his lunch break. (Jeremy's not Jack's.)



Also, here is a picture of the sunset that was taken from our balcony.

You're not the peanut you once were.

A couple of comparisons for you.









Slow down, why don't ya.

My dignity, sir.

This has definitely been one of Henri's most humiliating moments. Apparently the movers see him as nothing more than a piece of furniture or a box. As if holding people's keys and wallets isn't degrading enough, the movers have to go ahead and put one of these stickers on his head. It's preposterous! He's not even holding his tray, for crying out loud. I haven't yet found it amidst the sea of boxes. But when I do, you better believe I'll return Henri to his full glory.

Well, 1 down, 6 to go.

Have you ever wondered where birds' ears are located?

Here's your answer.

...I find a little fella who's cute and yella and chubby...

Dude, Jack's new rubber ducky is sweet! (That's one of the reasons I had a baby is so that I can buy cute ducks like this and pretend they are for my son.)

Whatever, he's awesome and that's all you need to know.

(Jack's awesome too.)
(Duh.)

Just close your sleepy little eyeballs.

Here are some pictures of Jeremy, Jenna and Jack napping in our blank apartment. The movers should be here Monday so we'll be able to make the apartment not-so-blank. You'll see that we had to use Jeremy's Cardinals shirt as a make-shift blanket for Jack because his blankets were at the hotel.

Notice how small Jack's room is (the room in which Jeremy is laying.)

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy.

This is Jack's first encounter with a balloon*.

Can anyone help me? What song is playing in the background of this video? I think I know, but Jeremy disagrees with me.




*Balloons are not toys.

Naked babies, runnin' around Wal-Mart...

Well we're here. In Colorado. It's pretty strange. We are living in a hotel right now because it's gonna take a week for the movers to get here with our stuff. It's difficult taking care of Jack in a hotel because of naps and things, but it will be over in a week.

This town is surprisingly ugly. The towns surrounding it are very pretty and green, but Brighton.. not so much. It's just a dinky little town.



I took this picture from our hotel window, but it's zoomed in quite a bit.

Here are a few Brighton tidbits for you:

There are there a lot of hicks!
There are a couple of weird roundabouts.
We've discovered a good hamburger place called Good Times. It's pretty delicious.

I don't really have anything else to report on this town, but I'll keep you updated.

In Jack news, he's still awesome! I offer some pictures as proof.






I'm sure you are confused by that last picture. No, Jack has not learned how to chew and blow bubble gum. That's just me blowing a bubble and putting it up to his mouth. Tricky, no? The reason for me blowing bubble gum in Jack's face was to make him laugh. I hope to you tube a video of him laughing at my bubble blowing soon. He thinks it's hilarious.

I guess that's all for now.

Lame post, I know, but I don't care. Jack pictures make everything better.

Such Sweet Sorrow

Well, it's time. Time for me to shake off the dust of this one-horse town... oh wait... I'm GOING to a one-horse town. My mistake.

I'm tired and have a lot to do but before I leave I wanted to make my last Texas post (for a while anyway). If I had more time I would go on and on about how awesome Texas is and how of course we will come back after a couple of years because it's just that awesome and I will never have Colorado loyalty, and if I have my next child in Colorado, I will LIE to him/her and say that he/she was indeed born in TEXAS. Yes I would say all that but I don't have time!! Must go!! Must pack!! No time for dilly- dallying!!

Anyhow, I don't want to get all mushy, so I'll let the Muppets do it for me.

Amy from Texas, out.


Muppets Saying Goodbye - Click here for more blooper videos

"Looky what he can do!"

Jack decided that just climbing around our downstairs wasn't enough. The other day, on his own accord, Jack crawled to the stairs and started going up. This video shows his third attempt at climbing the stairs, and it saddens me because of how much more impressive his second try was. I was behind him and he didn't even have a toy enticing him...just the thrill of adventure, I suppose. I followed him up to the landing and then he decided on his own that he wanted to go to the top. It's nice knowing that we are moving so we don't have to worry about him climbing up those stairs. Kind of scary.



You may be confused that we are still in our house. Yes, I am too. I'm sure Jeremy will tell us all about it soon, so I won't bother with it here. Suffice it to say that due to some seriously half-assed HR work, he won't be starting for several days... but I don't talk about that.

Hope you enjoyed Jack's impressive new ability.

G'night!

Jack be nimble...

Here's a video to show you how much better Jack has gotten at crawling.

What a stand up guy.

Emotionally edited

You already know this, but I'll type it anyway so this post can have a little focus.

We're moving. To Colorado. Jeremy got a job there and starts on June 1st. This week will be extremely crazy, so I wanted to take a moment to blog in case I can't before we leave.

Jack is crawling around like crazy. He has learned how to pull himself up into standing position.



This means it's gotten really hard to get him to go to sleep, because he'll just stand in his crib crying. It's really sad. Last night and today he fell asleep in this position when he finally gave up:



I guess all the video will have to wait because I just don't have time to post it.

I will leave you with a few pictures.

Jack from our trip to Crystal Beach:



(this picture reminded me of an album cover really badly, but I couldn't think which one. Fortunately Jeremy knew what I was talking about.)

Here's our first family picture since right after Jack was born:



Andrea and Aubrey are visiting us now. Here are some pretty cute pictures of the two cousins beating each other up:





That's all for now. There's a lot to be said about the moving situation, but I'm not much on emotional blogging.

So excuse me while I kiss the sky.

Looks just like me

Because of a certain bossy reader, I have decided to post a video.

The other day we were at Kick's-- and he has one of those mirror sliding door closets in his apartment and Jack was having a lot of fun looking at himself in the mirror . We wanted to get Jack to reenact this, but he was much too interested in the camera. Observe.

Beware the lethal Jack bite

Ok, so maybe not "lethal", but definitely painful. Here's a picture of Jack about to take a bite outta his dad's leg. The bad thing about him having so many teeth at such an early age is that he doesn't yet understand "no!" Anyhow, it's pretty terrifying, so watch out.

Today Jack is 7 months old! And to mark his 7 month mark, he started pulling himself up onto his knees if he's in his bed or something. If you hold your hand out he can grab it and pull himself up into a standing position. It's neat watching him grow up and learn how to do things. He seems to get really excited when he learns new things... and who could blame him? I'm sure it was annoying not being able to move around-- now he's able to go places and climb over things. Pretty neat.

Well, Jack is about to go to the beach for the first time, so stay tuned for some really sweet pictures.