A very special message

Go Granny .. it's yo birfday ..

And if they won't let you eat cake ...

A great big birthday hug goes out to Granny Gifford! Jack says he can hardly believe she is a year older considering every time he sees her she looks younger and more beautiful.

No really he said that.

In other news...

**We have a TOOTH! Well we have the beginnings of a tooth. One perfectly beautiful (because everything on Jack is perfectly beautiful) pearly white is slowly but surely working it's way out. Tried to get a picture but Jack wasn't having it.

**We have our first cold! Coughing .. sneezing ... perfectly beautiful gunk running out of his perfectly beautiful nose. No pictures. You're welcome.

**We have the beginnings of our second word! Or phrase. Or gutteral sound .. depending on how you look at it. It's "Uh-oh". Usually said right after he's hurled his sippy cup off his high chair tray for the 46th time. Right now Jack's got the "Uh" part down so usually it's "Uh-Uh". But about every fifth time the "oh" gets tagged on the end. And he's still got "da da" nailed.

Kelly: "Jack say Ma Ma."

Jack: "Da Da".

Kelly: "Um, good! Great. Now say Ma ma."

Jack: "Da Da".

Kelly: "No Jack say Ma Ma. MA MA. Mahhhhh Mahhhhh".

Jack: "DAAAA DAAAAA". (With attitude. Not even kidding.)

That's my boy!

EIGHT months!!!!

A solemn promise just ain't what it used to be! Christmas pictures are on the way. Really. No really.

Eight months already. Here are the boys...

It's hard to see -- but the shirt is a present from Jacks Mima and it says "I'm definitely up to something". Mike says I need a shirt like that in my size. (With the way this kid is growing I just might be able to fit into his shirt!)

Speaking of growing ... it's almost time to start planning Jack's Big One Year Extravgannza! (Jack insists on calling it that. You may recognize it by it's more common name - "first birthday party". )

Oh it's gonna be BIG. We're talking red carpet .. spotlights...black tie. Jack's Big One Year Extravaganza will be *THE* event of the year. They'll be scalping tickets to this thing on Ebay.

Off to go send a "Save the Date" to Paris, Nicole, Lindsay, etc ....

Oh.... my........STANDING!

We interrupt this blog drought for an important announcement:




Olivia Newton John he can STAND!

Assisted by an actual person he can stand for hours. And will. And does. And whines like, well, a baby when you sit him back down. He just wants to hold your hands and stand ALL the time. No idea how he doesn't get tired. I get tired watching him. Then again I get tired brushing my teeth.
Assisted by a prop (such as the lovely ottoman above) he can stand for about 5 seconds.

Who is this kid and what has he done with my little baby??

And here is one that I like to call "Camera of Death"

Is it just me or does it look like he thinks the camera is going to eat him??

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A special note to our faithful readers:

I am aware that the date is 1/13/2006 and we have YET to put up a single Christmas picture. I take full responsibility and admit to being the worst.blog.updater.ever. I give you my solemn vow to do my best to get those pictures posted this weekend.

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