Happy 5 Month Birthday, Jackson!!

I cant believe my baby is 5 months old today and that it is already February. 2010 is gonna fly by, I can already tell! Since the last update we have introduced sweet potatoes and apples into Jack's diet. He LOVES meal time! As soon as we put him in the high chair he is all smiles and coos the whole time. Last week we started sweet potatoes and after three days of straight sweet potatoes we started three days of straight apples. He has done great with them both, although, we will have to lay off the apples just a touch because his bowel movements increased dramatically today. This morning I had my first try at making my own baby food. I have to say it went very well. I do have grandma and grandpa Timmons to thank for that. For Christmas they bought us a baby food steamer/blender. Its so easy to use! I made apples and sweet potatoes today. Its about time to introduce a new food. Will it be peas, bananas, or perhaps squash? Who knows! The possibilites are endless! It so much fun showing him all the fun foods that are out there and watching his facial expressions each time we give him something new.

Jack is so much more active these days, especially with his legs. He is constantly rolling to his side when he is on his back but has yet to roll completely from back to front, or to sit up completely on his own. I dont think it will be long though. Pretty soon we need to baby proof the house because he will be crawling before we know it!

Over the weekend we had the first snow (only about an inch or so) of the season. Along with that was alot of sleet and ice, which can be very dangerous driving conditions so we pretty much spent a very lazy weekend at home. On Sunday we did get out and do some sledding down our icy street. We also walked down to a highschool down the street to sled down a very steep hill that runs into the football field. It was a lot of fun!



Jack on the back deck with Daddy in his first snow!

Standing in the snow looking over the backyard

Family photo in grandma and grandpas driveway

New discovery: putting Jack in his bumbo seat in the bath tub so he

can play!