A couple weeks ago, Dean and I decided to start feeding Jack real food. Not all the time, since he has no teeth yet, but every once in a while to get him used to it. We started out with egg (and he's had bread, cheese and mashed potatoes). Here are some pics we took of him eating the egg. Let's just say he's NOT impressed. He was, however, very impressed with the yogurt melts from Gerber. He's had real yogurt and LOVES that!
This one I just thought was cute. He was looking at himself in the mirror!!!
Jack had his 9 month doctor's appointment today (3 weeks late, but better late than never!). He's gotten so big in just a little over 9 months! He's now 19 pounds (24%), and 29.75 inches (84%). He's reaching all his milestones but 2. He doesn't wave or clap, but we don't wave and clap at him either, so that's probably why. We'll be changing that though! He's been pulling himself up on EVERYTHING! The other night I caught him standing up in his crib trying to pull down his mobile! I took that down now. I guess he's not really a "baby" anymore. He's getting to be such a big boy!!!
Jack had a fun weekend too. We went to Nana's work Family Day, which was really fun! Nothing really for Jack to do until next year, but it was a nice day.
Anyway, here are some pics from the weekend.
Jack crawling on all FOURS!!!
Jack's the "Ladies Man." Drool and all!
Is that truck yummy?
Oh, new toys! Rachel (Dean's sister) gave us some toys for Jack, so I finally got off my duff and washed them. He loves them!
Lots happened this weekend in the world of Jack!
First, he's a big boy now and he and Sierra sleep in their own room! Yay! Mommy and Daddy were VERY happy about that! He sleeps a lot better in the other room, mostly because Sierra goes to sleep early too and it's quieter in there without the TV.
Then, he pulled himself up on the couch and wobbled himself along part of the couch! He really wants to walk, of course his little legs aren't strong enough for that yet. He gets around quite well doing his "Army crawl," but this weekend he also is getting better crawling on his hands and knees. The funny thing is, he can do that, but seems quite uninterested in doing it for the most part.
Also, on Friday Jack went to the ENT again. I was fortunate to go with him this time (as did Dean, thank goodness). Jack got scoped again, so he got Lidacaine and made some funny faces! I didn't realize the ENT was a photo op, so next time I'll bring my camera! LOL! Anyway, the doctor says he does refuse to do surgery on him because it's unnecessary and he'll grow out of it (it being Larnia Dysplacia, I think that's the "technical" name, if I remember correctly). The doctor says once his airway is the size of a straw he'll stop making the noise. He also said that the reason he won't do surgery (which, by the way, Dean and I are so grateful he doesn't need it) is because it's a difficult surgery and unless the doctor has deemed him "failure to thrive" (which he is anything but that) then he won't even consider it.
Anyway, that's the update on Jackster! Here are some recent pics of him.
Jack being goofy! He crawled underneath his exersaucer, then crawled out the other end!
Yummy, toast! I gave Jack a Zwieback Toast from Gerber Graduates. He's had the biscuits, but this is the first time he's had the toast. I guess he gives a new meaning to the "if it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face!"
This (believe it or not) is a sunset I took from the lanai from our room!
Jack and I at the entrance to Akaka Falls.
A stream on the hike to Akaka Falls.
This is, you guessed it! Akaka Falls! There was a beautiful rainbow below and I'm so glad it turned out in the picture! Dean has taken some beautiful pics of the trip.
The small crater at Kiluea.
Thurston Lava Tube
This place was really quite cool. It was a tunnel and it was so cool inside. A nice break from the humidity of the rainforest outside the tube.
I'm not sure what this is called other than the arch. It was so awesome to look at! Totally worth the drive down to the beach from Volcano National Park.
The vapors where the lava is flowing into the ocean. We didn't see it up close because it's a 5 mile hike on uneven lava (with Jack strapped to me, no thanks), so this is as close as we got.
The vapors coming out of the Kiluea crater. We didn't get to drive all the way around the crater because the road was closed due to the wind blowing the vapors to the south, so this is as close as we got.
Kohala Coast
This is one of our favorite places on the island. It is so beautiful that the pictures don't do it justice.
Jack and Daddy goofing off. Not sure how the boxer pajama bottoms ended up on his head, but I thought it was a cute pic anyway.
Black Sand Beach
Ok, so this wasn't that spectacular as I thought it might be. Call me jaded, but the whole island is filled with black lava, so the black sand beach seemed to be a given. We went anyway and took some pics. Don't get me wrong, it's still really cool!
This is a really cool rock hole thing that Dean found on the way to the Green Sand Beach. We ran out of time and never did find the Green Sand Beach. Oh well, there's always next time!
Well, that concludes the pics of our trip! Sorry there's so many and thanks for sticking it out until the end!
Mahalo!
Last night I put Jack in his crib to play a little so I could go get some water. I put him in there, turned around to get my cup, then turned back around and this is what I saw...
