Jack’s language has exploded over the past month. He’s always been very verbal, but now we can often understand what he’s saying. At his 18 month appointment, he was in the 95th percentile for height- he’s even tall enough to climb the stairs without using his hands. He likes movies on his DVD player above all things, and sometimes...

I’ve been tagged by Gayla at MomGadget and Doris at Home Office Women to come up with the five reasons I blog. I’m not sure I can come up with five, but we’ll see…. To connect: a blog is a perfect way to keep friends and family updated with the latest pictures of Jack and family news. Also, being a stay-at-home-mom, I appreciate the adult...

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I really miss the baby bathtub. When the child poops in the baby bathtub, you can simply dump the whole thing into the toilet and flush, clean and refill with water and rewash the child. When the child poops in the big bathtub… not so easy. I heard Jack sort of grunting from the other room where I stepped away for a minute (I know, I know… NEVER, NEVER...

A couple of days ago when it was still bearable outside, I let Jack go out with Poppaw while he shoveled the driveway. By the time I had finished bundling him up, he looked like the younger brother from “A Christmas Story” (his mother bundled him up so much that when he fell down, he wasn’t able to even get up on his own, and just laid their...