"Sentences"

Jack is Mr. Talkative these days. He uses mostly longer phrases to get his point across as opposed to just one word. I love how clearly he is able to communicate now. Here are some samples:
-big truck fast wheels round and round
- goose water honk honk!
- dada up house ladder (this was when John was putting up Christmas lights)
- red light stop green light go
-Lucy loud bark bark
-uh oh, goggie (doggie) fall down

He's also a big fan of commands like:
-Dada, sit down!
-Lucy, come on!
-Mama, catch it!

He's a little sponge right now & will repeat anything. For instance, Aunt Amy taught him to say, "Stop! Hammer Time!" It's pretty funny.

Jacktionary 2.0

Jack had quite the word explosion over the last few weeks. I keep meaning to update the blog more often so I don't forget all this, but I'm too busy hanging out & having fun with my little guy!

Words:
Box- baah!
Highchair-hi dare
Rocky rocky - Raaaaaahee rah!
Amen! Maaaaae men (with much enthusiasm!)
Ball - bah(l)
Milk - mahlk
More - mo
Fish - ffffff
Bird- bahr!
Door- Doh
Car - cah (his favorite thing to identify at the moment)
Up- puh or uhpah
Down - dow
Done- duh
Bath - baah
Burp - ber
Poo poo - beew beew (He says this when I ask if he has a stinky diaper & it cracks me up!)
Cold - bur! (with a little shiver for effect)
Apple - abble

Names:
Grandma - bamah
Granddaddy - gran dada (His first 3 syllable word - he is very proud of himself when he says it.)
Grandpa -bapah
Paul - ppppbaull
Nancy - nah nah
Marc - mar
Lesa - lala
Billy - bee

Sound Effects:
Train sound- woo woo!
Roar - rahr!
Wind - ffffffff
Bark bark - bar bar
Ruff ruff - ruff ruff
Siren noise - woooooooo
Car & truck noises - brrrrrr
monkey noises - oo oo ah ah!

Jacktionary 1.0

Spending the Thanksgiving break with my little man made me realize how much talking he is doing lately. He is communicating more & more clearly, & it's exciting that he knows how to get his point across most of the time. In case you can't quite understand as well as Mama & Dada, here is the current "Jacktionary".
Words:
Thank you - hae ew
No- no no
Bye bye- bah bye
Night night- nigh nigh
Baby- bae-bee
Singing- la la la
Lucy- lushshshsh(+slobber)
Cow- moo
dog - Lushshshsh(+slobber), or dod
Names:
Uncle Matt- maah!
Aunt Amy- Mae Mae
Nate- nnnnae!
Daddy - Dada or daya
Jack Jack- Datdat, or daddad - we're still trying to distinguish this from dada, but it does sound a little different
Mommy - Mama or mah-mee
Nana - Nahnah
Other "words":
Didi - a new favorite we have no idea what it means...
Napple-abble - no clue, but apparently something very serious

19 weeks

That's how old our little guy is now! Here's the latest:

• He weighs about 15 lbs. which is about the 50th percentile.
• I forget how long he is, but I think it was around the 80th percentile, & his head is still in the 5-10 percentile, so over all his 'stats' have stayed about the same.
• He LAUGHS a lot more now & it's awesome.
• He LOVES bathtime now & often gets upset when it's over.
• I think we've officially finished off the size 1 diapers & are on to size 2!
• He plays in the bumbo chair & exersaucer a lot & is very entertained with his hands and any toys he can grab. I think he prefers sitting to lying down now.
• No rolling over yet, although he makes it halfway, then rolls back. He also lifts his head up when he's on his back, or in his carseat.
• He has just developed a bump on his gums where I would assume a bottom right tooth would appear...not sure if that's what's happening, but it's a definite possibility, especially since he spends so much time chewing on his fingers (he prefers the index & middle fingers on his left hand, but sometimes has those fingers of both hands in there at once).
• We've worked hard to establish a bedtime routine & it is working well. It's pretty much just bathtime, storytime, last meal of the day, & bed. We start at about 6 or 6:30 & he's usually out between 7 & 8, so we're pretty pleased with that.
• Speaking of sleep, he's kind of established his own nap routine too, which is nice. We've realized we have to 'catch' him early enough for a nap (i.e. the first yawn, or eye rub) or he will quickly turn into Mr. Crankypants & fight sleep completely.
• Another favorite development: he talks & babbles all the time. It's adorable & I love his little voice! Although, he did decide he needed to test out that cute little voice at 3am this morning. Not sure what that was about, but he had a great conversation with himself for about an hour.

I think that's about it for now!