14 Months Old

Hello friends!

It's high time I wrote again, as 14 months have already slipped by. Things have been going great with the Christensen Clan. Jack is growing like a weed, but no official numbers until next month at the check-up.

We have been getting into spring and finally getting into our backyard to fix it up. I told Scott it was uglier than nature, all wild and overgrown (in places) or dead (in other places). So this year we endeavored to make it look nice and inviting so Jack can play back there. When we have After photos we'll post both of them so you can be amazed yourself!

However, in our front yard we have started a nice tulip garden thanks to my birthday gift from Robert, Natalie, and Emerson. Not all of my tulips flowered this year, but these two varieties did:

There were actually two of the orange ones and they were beautiful. One day I took a photo of them. The next day one was missing. Not just the flower, the whole shebang. Leaves, stem, flower. Something or someone had absconded with my tulip!! While I am hoping it was an animal, I do admit to driving around our block looking in people's yards for my flower. Hope it helped whomever or whatever took it!!!

What you see on Jack's head here is a pair of Spider-Man swim trunks. He has taken an uncanny, yet apparently hereditary liking to the web-slinging super hero. He ran around and around the living room when they were on his head. He was even brave enough to step on the cat! He will now point out Spider-Man whenever he sees him. On TV, on his ball, on a DVD case, etc. Scott even bought Jack some Spider-Man pajamas. He is so excited when he wears them. I have to also add that he does not like the Symbiont Black Suit Spider-Man and refuses to point him out, or watch those cartoon episodes.

Oh the humanity! All this hard work makes Jack and I tired. This is a rare shot of Jack lying down and holding still while being in the awake state. I just wanted it on the record so people can have proof that it can happen. He exhausts Grandma and Grandpa whenever we leave him there. Run run run run run run run. Eat. Run run run run run run poop run. This is our life. Hey, it's good exercise, right?

Our last shot is of Jack and Scott sharing a cookie. Or having some sort of rock-paper-scissors cookie divvying event. It was a cute shot so I grabbed it. Plus it's a good lead in to the Jack Accomplishment List, at the end so if you want you can just move on with the next post. :)

• Starting to eat real food. I think he will wean himself off baby food. Sometimes he'll eat it, sometimes he won't.
• Feeds himself fairly well with a spoon, or his hands.
• Says "Ma Ma MaMAMAMAMAM" and "Dadadad" and "Papa". Usually for myself, or Scott, or one of his grandpas. Sometimes, for anyone who seems they would fit the description. :)
• Stacks blocks and puts pieces through shaped holes.
• Climbs on anything if you are not careful. Chairs, coffee tables, dishwashers, etc.
• Sits forwards in the car. He loves this, but gets really frustrated when it makes him sleepy.
• Knows animal sounds: Jack, what does a dog say? "woof woof". Jack, what does a lion/dragon/bear say? "rrrrr" If he doesn't know, it says "woof woof"
• Has six teeth! And bites!!

I remember today he was standing next to Seamus and sneezed. Seamus jumped into the air, startled. Jack thought it was hilarious and chased him around laughing. We really do have patient cats.

So that about wraps it up for our month-o-fun. Hopefully we'll have photos of our yard before June has gone into the past. We are about halfway there.

Have a super day!