Happy Birthday Jack!

In honor of Jack's birthday we rented a cabin near Sunriver with our friends MaryAnne and Jeremy and their 8 month old daughter, Lily. It was beautiful and sunny the whole weekend and Jack seemed to enjoy the change of scenery. I think it was originally supposed to be a weekend filled with snowy adventure- hiking, snowshoeing, etc. But instead we sat around visiting, watched the UO game, drank wine, ate tons of food, and soaked each night in the hot tub under millions of stars. Now that's my idea of a weekend getaway!

The inside of the cabin was... interesting. It was kind of like 70's lodge meets Native American tee pee museum display. I guess you'd just have to see it to understand... Jack stared and stared at the giant stuffed deer hanging on the wall. There was some sort of poor dead animal that had been made into a rug and Jack was really into rubbing his face on it. Yuck.

But the outside was nice and the hot tub was HEAVENLY!

Jack and Lily spent much of the weekend fighting over toys and pulling hair. Jack was the instigator. He really does not like to share his toys. I guess maybe he needs a sibling?? He was utterly fascinated by Lily's hair.. can you blame him?

Jack wasn't sure about the cake at first, but once he figured it out it was all over. He scarfed his piece down incredibly fast and then started banging on his tray for more. I am pretty sure he has inherited my sweet tooth (poor guy) and has obviously also inherited by lack of self-control. We had to cut him off after his second piece.

Look Who's Walking!

Can you believe this is February in Oregon?? We had Jack outside enjoying the warm sunshine on Sunday. He started walking a bit a week or so ago, but over the weekend he really took off. He seems to defy gravity (what with the oversized head and all)...

Falling down is no fun!

The Many Faces of Jack

I love how different he looks in each one of these pictures. He seems to have changed so much just in the last few weeks. Jack has been eating like crazy and packing on the pounds (okay, maybe just packing on the ounces, but still...). Hauling him around is a real workout. He's about to start walking, but for now his mobility is restricted to being walked around by an adult (ouch- my back!) or pushing around his little push cart (as seen in the background of the third picture). It took him awhile to figure out how to turn it, but now he pushes that thing all over the house like a pro. He just plows right over everything in his path and bashes into the furniture if it's in his way. The best part is that he cracks himself up and often laughs so hard that he falls over. It's pretty cute.

The big first birthday is coming up! I'm at the point in my curriculum where I was last year when I was oh-so-very-pregnant (I taught until the day before he was born). I keep getting little flashes of memory during my lessons. It was such an exciting and scary time. I remember wondering what I would do if my water broke in class, so I finally decided to confide in one student in each period who would agree to call the office if I suddenly ran out of the classroom. Fortunately for us all, it didn't happen that way!

Our plan is to spend his birthday in Central Oregon with some friends. Jack will be having a very small birthday party (yes, we will let him eat cake, and yes, it will have real sugar-gasp!). I also plan to spend some time in a hot tub on his birthday, cause hey, I deserve a bit of celebration, too.