On the Swings

Today at the playground there was a shortage of swings, so Clara decided she's like to share with Jackbo. They both really seemed to enjoy it. Clara only started to ask for Jackbo's turn to be all done when she realized that he was the reason they weren't going quite as high as before.

Fun at Cary Towne Centre

During the deluge of last week we struggled to occupy our time without access to the outdoors. One day we met Alison and Kierstin at the mall. After some shopping the kids got to go on the Carousel. It was Clara's first time and she was very excited. Then the girls had fun playing with the rental shopping carts. The fact that they were chained up didn't stop them from having fun. Meanwhile Jack had a good time chewing on Clara's rain jacket. ;)

Jack's 6 Months Stats

Sorry I didn't posted this sooner... at Jack's 6th month wellness visit, he weighed in at 18 lbs, 5 oz and was 27 1/2 inches long. He's still a tad behind Clara's 18 lbs, 11 oz, but he is as long as she was. He did gain more between 4 and 6 months than she did.

Jack's First Taste of Food

On the first of November we gave Jack his first taste of solid, albeit pureed, food. He has taken to it more readily than his sister did.

So far he's enjoyed peaches, sweet potatoes, pears, and summer squash. I think he likes the veggies better than the fruit! Here he is post-sweet potatoes.

Trick or Treat!

We had a really nice weekend with Nay-nay and Pop-pop visiting and a special Halloween edition blog post.



Clara dressed up as Cinderella and Jack went as a Jack-O-Lantern. As you can see, it would have been nice to have one picture with anybody looking at the camera. Argh!











Off to trick-or-treat. Still no one looking at the camera.


Since they can't be captured with still images alone, here's a video of Clara's full costume regalia. ;)

Jack is 6 Months Old!

How is it that his little guy became grew this much in a mere six months! Its crazy how fast the time has gone by! No stats yet - we head to the pediatrician Monday.

Weekly Wrap-Up

This post when conceived was supposed to be an end-of-the-week wrap-up, but now it can be a beginning-of-the-week pick-me-up! Either way, I'm going to try to do this type of post, which is to say pictures and videos from the week, more often.

Last week Jack and I were hiding out in the kitchen while Clara was falling asleep.




Chilling in his crib.


This weekend Clara wanted to hold Jack. She insisted on a pillow since that's how we did it when he was a newborn. He's not quite as fragile now but happy to lie down with Big Sister and Daddy for some cuddling.





While outside grilling Clara was practicing her princess twirls.




We are fast approaching the time when Jack will begin to eat solid foods, so we've been getting him accustomed to the high chair while we eat dinner.